This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the blank: ..... is the increase in concentration of slowly degradable, fat soluble chemicals such as DDT and PCBs in organisms at successively higher trophic levels of a food chain or food web. A) Eutrophication. B) Bioaccumulation. C) Bioremediation. D) Biomagnification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomagnification. 2. All the water areas on earth A) Atmosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. 3. The common characteristics between tomato and potato will be maximum at the level of their A) Order. B) Genus. C) Family. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Family. 4. The main ENERGY source for all things on Earth: A) Chemicals. B) Water. C) Sun. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 5. Exemplified by ticks feeding on a deer A) Competition. B) Predation. C) Commensalism. D) Mutualism. E) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Parasitism. 6. Which of the following is a defining characteristic of living organisms? A) Ability to make sound. B) Growth. C) Response to external stimuli. D) Reproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Response to external stimuli. 7. Species diversity A) A reduction in the genetic diversity of a population caused by a reduction in its size. B) The energy captured by producers in an ecosystem minus the energy producers respire. C) The number and relative abundance of species in a biological community. D) Type of succession that occurs in an area that was only partially destroyed by disturbances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number and relative abundance of species in a biological community. 8. How do lichens contribute to primary succession? A) Lichens decompose organic matter from animals and plants. B) Lichens begin to break down rock to form soil. C) Lichens are nitrogen fixing bacteria. D) Lichens convert carbohydrates into fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lichens begin to break down rock to form soil. 9. Species evenness A) The number of different species in a community (synonym for species diversity). B) The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution. C) The range of genetic material present in a gene pool or population of a species. D) The relative proportion of different species in a given area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The relative proportion of different species in a given area. 10. Genus represents A) An individual plant or animal. B) A collection of plants or animals. C) Group of closely related species of plants and animals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Group of closely related species of plants and animals. 11. What does a producer do? A) Produces light. B) Absorbs energy from the Sun. C) Eats herbivores. D) Gives off energy to the surrounding area. E) Breaks down dead organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absorbs energy from the Sun. 12. Which biogeochemical cycle does not contain an atmospheric stage A) Phosphorus. B) Nitrogen. C) Sulfur. D) Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phosphorus. 13. Which of the following is not a category? A) Phylum. B) Class. C) Aves. D) Genus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aves. 14. The largest reservoir of nitrogen is the: A) Oceans. B) Rivers. C) Rock, Lithosphere & Land. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere. 15. A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem A) Pioneer species. B) Endemic species. C) Indicator species. D) Keystone species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keystone species. 16. What advantage do specialist species have in habitats that remain constant? A) They can easily switch their diet to a new food source. B) They have a broad range of tolerance. C) They are less likely to become extinct. D) They are highly competitive and invasive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are less likely to become extinct. 17. Which biome is characterised by having no trees and permanently frozen sub-soil? A) Tundra. B) Polar. C) Alpin. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tundra. 18. What is a carbon sink? A) Something that removes carbon from the atmosphere. B) Something that adds carbon to the earth's crust. C) Something that removes carbon from the earth's crust. D) Something that adds to the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that removes carbon from the atmosphere. 19. The total number of different species in a given area is called A) Evolution. B) Phylogeny. C) Species evenness. D) Species richness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Species richness. 20. A naturally occurring unit of organisms and their physical environment is called: A) A community. B) A population. C) A biotic environment. D) An ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An ecosystem. 21. The word 'taxonomy' comes from two Greek words: A) Taxis, nomos. B) Bios, logos. C) Chemeia, logist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taxis, nomos. 22. Which is the best example of a disruption that will lead to a population bottleneck? A) A new food source is available to a population of cats. B) A wild fire kills off a significant portion of a deer population. C) Climate change causes the local population of birds to migrate elsewhere. D) A tsunami wipes out the entire population of plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A wild fire kills off a significant portion of a deer population. 23. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Responsiveness. 24. The best way to preserve biodiversity is to ..... A) Stop using all plastics. B) Protect and maintain habitats. C) Reduce our impact on pollution. D) Lower our need for poultry and beef. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect and maintain habitats. 25. Barnacles attach themselves to the skin of whales. This allows them to filter feed as the whale swims. The whale is unaffected. This is an example of ..... A) Predation. B) Commensalism. C) Competition. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commensalism. 26. The standard size of herbarium sheet is A) 42cmx29cm. B) 41cm x 28 cm. C) 41cm x 29cm. D) 40cm x 30cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 41cm x 29cm. 27. Who is the father of modern taxonomy? A) John Ray. B) Theraphrastus. C) Carolus Linnaeus. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carolus Linnaeus. 28. An example of an unicellular organism would be: A) Monkey. B) Spider. C) Bacteria. D) Human. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria. 29. Which of the following statements is true about adaptations? A) Adaptations help an animal living in its habitat. B) Most animals do not have adaptations. C) Animals do not need adaptations to survive. D) All animals have some type of adaptations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All animals have some type of adaptations. 30. Who was the first to classify all animals in the History of Animalia? A) Walter Rosen. B) Aristotle. C) Augustin. D) Linnaeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aristotle. 31. Gradual changes occurs in the body parts and also in the behaviour of organisms which helps them to adjust to their surroundings such changes are called ..... A) Adaptation. B) Classification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adaptation. 32. ..... is the value of an organism, species, ecosystem, or the Earth's biodiversity based on its existence, regardless of whether it has any usefulness to humans. A) Intrinsic/existence value. B) Instrumental value. C) Market value. D) Aesthetic value. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intrinsic/existence value. 33. Identify from the following, the only taxonomic category that has a real existence. A) Species. B) Kingdom. C) Genus. D) Phylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species. 34. Which of the following is correct statement About biology A) Story of life on earth. B) Evolution of living organisms on earth. C) Present past, future are linked to one another by sharing of common genetic material but to varying degrees. D) All above are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All above are correct. 35. Which of the following best represents inbreeding? A) Crossing 2 different animals. B) Crossing 2 similiar animals. C) Removing DNA from an organism. D) Changing traits based on environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crossing 2 similiar animals. 36. What do you understand by the term 'mycelium'? A) Mould hyphae's growth into a cottony mass. B) Fungi which causes Athlete's foot. C) Long filaments containing cytoplasm and nuclei. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mould hyphae's growth into a cottony mass. 37. Which group forms 'red tides' due to rapid multiplication and toxin release? A) Slime moulds. B) Euglenoids. C) Dinoflagellates. D) Chrysophytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dinoflagellates. 38. A theory that demonstrates the dual importance of habitat size and distance in determining species richness. A) Ecological succession. B) Pioneer species. C) Island biogeography. D) Climax community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Island biogeography. 39. The third name in a trinomial nomenclature is A) Ecotype. B) Subspecies. C) Subgenus. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subspecies. 40. Which biome creates 50% of the world's oxygen? A) Desert. B) Marine. C) Grasslands. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marine. 41. A hypothesis is ..... A) Expensive. B) Invisible. C) Testable. D) Unpredictable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Testable. 42. Define the term:Constants/controlled variables. A) Constants or controlled variables are the variables that are changed on purpose in an experiment. B) Constants or controlled variables are factors in an experiment that are kept the same to ensure a fair test. C) Constants or controlled variables are the results measured in an experiment. D) Constants or controlled variables are the errors that occur during an experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constants or controlled variables are factors in an experiment that are kept the same to ensure a fair test. 43. Loss of habitat can lead to which of the following? A) Loss of specialist species and loss of species that occupy large territories. B) Loss of generalist species and loss of species that occupy small territories. C) Loss of specialist species and loss of R-selected species. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loss of specialist species and loss of species that occupy large territories. 44. The process in which water is absorbed by the root systems of plants, moves up through the plants, passes through pores (stomata) in their leave or other parts, and evaporates into the atmosphere as water vapor is referred to as which of the following? A) Photosynthesis. B) Evaporation. C) Respiration. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transpiration. 45. Of the following ecosystems, which has the lowest net primary productivity, measured as kilocalories of energy produced per square meter per year? A) Taiga (boreal forest). B) Open ocean. C) Temperature grassland. D) Estuary. E) Agricultural land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open ocean. 46. Movement from one area to another A) Migration. B) Physical adaptation. C) Hibernation. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Migration. 47. Which plant has a hard and thick stem and is known to live for many years? A) Tree. B) Shrub. C) Creeper. D) Herb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tree. 48. Animals and plants are best protected in A) Sanctuaries. B) National parks. C) Botanical gardens. D) Zoos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National parks. 49. Which law regulates the trade in endangered species between countries? A) Endangered Species Act. B) Kyoto Protocol. C) Montreal Protocol. D) CITES. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CITES. 50. Metabolism is a defining characteristic of all living organism. Say True or False A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Fresh water referrers to which of the following A) Ponds, rivers, oceans. B) Streams, lakes, oceans. C) Oceans, rivers, lakes. D) Lakes, ponds, streams. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lakes, ponds, streams. 52. One of the most important functions of botanicalgardens is that A) They provide a beautiful area for recreation. B) One can observe tropical plants there. C) They allow ex situ conservation ofgermplasm. D) They provide the natural habitat for wild life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They allow ex situ conservation ofgermplasm. 53. How do animals gain sulfur, phosphorus, carbon, and nitrogen from their environment? A) Mitosis & meiosis. B) Eating other organisms. C) Exchange of gases. D) Drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating other organisms. 54. Reads the following statements1. Animals, mammals and dogs represents taxa at different levels.2. Animals with external ears and body hair are mammals.3. Ecological information form basis of modern taxonomy4.Systematics is based on evolutionaly relation.How many statements mentioned above are incorrect? A) Statement 3 incorrect. B) Statement 3 and 4 incorrect. C) Statement 1 and 3 incorrect. D) None of these incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these incorrect. 55. A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits. A) Ecosystem service. B) Natural selection. C) Primary succession. D) Species diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural selection. 56. Which of the following characters given below displays the description of lowest taxonomic category of organisms in the plant and animal kingdom? A) It includes one or more than one order. B) It is a group containing one or more families. C) It is a group of related organisms that resemble one another. D) It is a group of organisms that are closely related and share similar characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a group of related organisms that resemble one another. 57. What is the second lowest layer in the Rainforest? A) Understory. B) Forest Floor. C) Canopy. D) Leafage. E) Emergents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understory. 58. A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically. A) Easter Island. B) Experimental Design. C) Keystone species. D) Natural selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keystone species. 59. Slime moulds under suitable conditions form a large aggregation called: A) Mycelium. B) Ascocarp. C) Plasmodium. D) Sporangium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plasmodium. 60. Assertion:Metabolism, Growth and consciousness are defining features of all living organisms.Reason:defining features are present all living organisms without any exception. A) Both are correct. B) Assertion is correct and reason is incorrect. C) Assertion is incorrect and reason is correct. D) Both are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertion is incorrect and reason is correct. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 1Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 2Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 3Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 4Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 5Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 6Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 7Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books