The Living World Class 11 Biology Exam Questions

Objective Questions

Question. Defining property of living organism?
a. Reproduction
b. Metabolism
c. Consciousness
d. Cell division

Question. Isolated metabolism reaction outside the body performed in test tube
a. Living
b. Non – living
c. Neither living nor Non-living
d. Both (a) and (b)

Question. In which organism reproduction can be considered as synonymous with growth?
a. Amoeba
b. Planaria
c. Star fish
d. More then one option are correct

Question. A living organism is unexceptionally differentiated from a nonliving structure on the basis of
a. Reproduction
b. Growth and movement
c. Interaction with environment
d. Responsiveness

Question. Described biodiversity range?
a. 1.7 – 1.8 million
b. 1.1 – 1.8 trillion
c. 1.7 – 1.8 billion
d. 17 – 18 billion

Question. ICZN codes for:
a. International code of zoological Nomenclature
b. International code for zoological Naming
c. International coding for zoological Nomenclature
d. Inbreeding code for zoological Nomenclature

Question. The science of giving names to living beings called
a. Nomenclature
b. Identification
c. Classification
d. Characterization

Question. Biological names, when hand written, should necessary be:
a. Underlined
b. Bold (antics)
c. In capital letter
d. Italics

Question. The main purpose of classification of organisms is to
a. Study geography
b. Locate plants and animals
c. Establish relationships amongst organisms
d. Study evolution

Question. The word systematics is derived from
a. Greek word systema
b. Italic word systema
c. Latin word systema
d. English word systema

Question. Term biology was introduced by:
a. Aristotle
b. Darwin
c. John Ray
d. Lamarck and Treviranus

Question. Edaphology is:
a. Study of soils
b. Study of amphibians
c. Study of snakes
d. Study of elephants

Question. A prediction made by a scientist based on his observation is known as:
a. Law
b. Principle
c. Theory
d. Hypothesis

Question. Glucose in taken in test tube and acted upon by hexokinase enzyme. Resulting substrate is glucose – 6 – phosphate. This isolated metabolic reaction is:
a. Occurring in test tube which can be considered as living
b. Considered to be in vivo
c. Considered to be in vitro and living reaction.
d. Considered as non-living reaction

Question. The scientific name of banyan is written as Ficus bengalensis L. which of the following is a correct statement regarding this?
a. Letter L signifies Latin language.
b. The name should be reverse with bengalensis preceding Ficus
c. Letter L signifies taxonomist Linnaeus
d. Bengalensis is generic name

Question. Order polyemoniales include
a. Convolvulaceae
b. Solanaceae
c. Both of this
d. None of these

Question. Order polyemoniales based on
a. Reproductive character
b. Floral character
c. Evolutionary character
d. None of these

Question. Sapindales is the order of
a. Mango
b. Maize
c. Wheat
d. Corn

Question. The category that includes related order is
a. Families
b. Phylum
c. Class
d. Kingdom

Question. Which of the following categories possess least number of related characters?
a. Order
b. Phylum
c. Class
d. Species

Question. Father of Indian Taxonomy:
a. Ajay phadke
b. Henry Santapau
c. Har Govind Khorana
d. Chanukah

Question. Largest Herbarium in the world situated in
a. Kew
b. L.A.
c. Johannesburg
d. Brazil

Question. Pesticide used in the Herbarium is:
a. 2 , 4 – D
b. NAA
c. CS₂
d. HgCl₂

Question. Insects are preserved in insect boxes after:
a. Collecting – Killing – Pinning
b. Killing – Collecting – Pinning
c. Killing – Pinning – Collecting
d. None of these

Question. Plant species in botanical gardens are labeled to indicate
a. English and local name
b. Collectors name
c. Botanical name and family
d. Family and place of collection

Question. National Botanical Research Institute located in:
a. Chennai
b. Lucknow
c. Darjeeling
d. Kolkata

Question. The collection of preserved plants and animals for study and reference is called:
a. Museum
b. Keys
c. Herbarium
d. Flora

Question. Museums are known to preserve:
a. Insects
b. Larger animals
c. Skeleton of animals
d. All of these

Question. Father of zoology:
a. Theophrastus
b. Aristotle
c. Carl correns
d. Von – Tschemark

Question. Each statement in key is called
a. Couplet
b. Lead
c. Principle
d. None of these

Question. Providing information for identification of names of species found in an area
a. Fauna
b. Flora
c. Monograph
d. Manuals