This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 2 Biological Classification – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 2 Biological Classification Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following is wrong for fungi? A) They are eukaryotic. B) All fungi possess a purely cellulosic cell wall. C) They are heterotrophic. D) They are both unicellular and multicellular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All fungi possess a purely cellulosic cell wall. 2. Members of this kingdom are multicellular and heterotrophic A) Plantae. B) Animalia. C) Achaebacteria. D) Protista. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animalia. 3. The most dangerous sexually transmitted disease is caused by members of kingdom A) Protista. B) Animalia. C) Monera. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 4. Classification relies on careful ..... of patterns of similarities and differences. A) Note taking. B) Reading. C) Observation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observation. 5. Member of phycomycetes are found in1. Aquatic habitats2. On decaying wood3. Moist and damp places4. As obligate parasites in plants A) None of the above. B) I and 4. C) 2 and 3. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. How does an amoeba move? A) It uses pseudopods. B) It cannot move. C) It uses a flagellum. D) It uses cilia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It uses pseudopods. 7. What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things? A) Toxicology. B) Taxonomy. C) Taxadermy. D) Taxification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taxonomy. 8. The basis for the division of the kingdom fungi into various classes is /are:i. the morphology of the myceliumii. mode of spore formationiii. fruiting bodies iv. type of pigment v. type of cell wall A) I, iv and v. B) I, ii and iii. C) Ii, iii, iv and v. D) I, ii, iii and v. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I, ii and iii. 9. Which domain includes bacteria? A) Archaea. B) Eukarya. C) Fungi. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacteria. 10. In binomial nomenclature, which part of the name is capitalized? A) Both genus and species. B) Genus only. C) Species only. D) Neither genus nor species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genus only. 11. Most of the lichen consists of A) Blue green algae and basidiomycetes. B) Blue green algae and ascomycetes. C) Red algae and Basidiomycetes. D) Brown algae and phycomycetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue green algae and ascomycetes. 12. What is the Phylum for creatures with a backbone (or a glowing rod that acted like one)? A) Felidae-7. B) Chordata. C) Carnivora. D) Mammalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chordata. 13. The structures that help some bacteria to attach to rocks and /or host tissues are: A) Rhizome. B) Mesosomes. C) Fimbriae. D) Hold fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fimbriae. 14. Which of the following is the correct order of taxonomic ranks in biological classification? A) Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Domain, Kingdom. B) Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Domain. C) Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum. D) Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. 15. Which of the following characters served as the criteria for five kingdom system of classification as used by R.H. Whittaker? A) Cell structure and thallus organisation. B) Mode of nutrition and reproduction. C) Phylogenetic relationships. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. Photosynthetic bacteria have pigments in ..... A) Chromoplasts. B) Chromatophore. C) Leucoplasts. D) Chloroplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chromatophore. 17. Which of the following environmental conditions are essentials for optimum growth of Mucor on a piece of bread? i. Temperature of about 25$^\circ$Cii. Temperature of about 5$^\circ$Ciii. Relative humidity of about 5%iv. Relative humidity of about 95%v. A shady placevi. A brightly illuminated placeChoose the answer from the following options A) I, iv and v only. B) Ii, iv and v only. C) Ii. iii and vi only. D) I, iii and v only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I, iv and v only. 18. Red tides in warm coastal water develop due to the abundance of A) Dinoflagellates. B) Euglenoids. C) Diatoms and desmids. D) Slime moulds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dinoflagellates. 19. The envelope of a virus is called A) Capsid. B) Cell envelope. C) Virion. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capsid. 20. Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related? A) Organisms that share a domain. B) Organisms that share a species. C) Organisms that share a genus. D) Organisms that share a family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organisms that share a domain. 21. Plants that posses spores and embryo but lack vascular tissues and seeds A) Pteridophyta. B) Phaeophyta. C) Bryophyta. D) Rhodophyta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bryophyta. 22. Trichonympha is a symbiont in alimentary canal of A) Hermit Crab. B) Snails. C) Earthworm. D) Termite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Termite. 23. A common character found in a ascomycetes member, deuteromycetes member and basidiomycetes member studied by you is A) Vegetative reproduction by budding. B) Asexual reproduction by conidia. C) Meiosis takes place in fruiting bodies. D) Branched, septate mycelium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Branched, septate mycelium. 24. Smallest living organism A) Spirulina. B) Mycoplasma. C) Trifolium. D) Nostoc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mycoplasma. 25. What is the primary purpose of classification in biology? A) To arrange organisms into orderly groups based on similarities. B) To create confusion with different names. C) To reduce the number of species on Earth. D) To make Latin the universal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To arrange organisms into orderly groups based on similarities. 26. The Phylum Cnidaria contains which common names of creatures? A) Cats. B) Tiny marine worms. C) Turtles. D) Sea anemones and jellyfishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sea anemones and jellyfishes. 27. Pseudomycelium is a characteristic feature of A) Mushroom. B) Mucor. C) Bread Mould. D) Yeast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yeast. 28. Which level of biological classification is the LEAST specific? A) Family. B) Domain. C) Kingdom. D) Genus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Domain. 29. What is biological classification also known as? A) Taxonomy. B) Scientific naming. C) Biological sorting. D) Species grouping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taxonomy. 30. $^{which is not an example of sexual spore of fungi?}$ A) Zygospore. B) Ascospore. C) Aplanospore. D) Oospore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aplanospore. 31. Assertion:Ascomycetes and basidiomycetes classes considered as advance fungi classes.Reason:Septate mycelium is found and complex fruiting body is formed in these groups. A) Both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion. B) Both are correct. C) Both are correct and reason is incorrect explanation of assertion. D) Both are wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion. 32. Crown gall disease is caused by, A) Thiobacillus. B) Agrobacterium. C) Clostridium. D) E.coli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agrobacterium. 33. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VIRUS AND VIROIDS IS A) ABSENCE OF PROTEI COAT IN VIROIDS BUT PRESENT IN VIRUS. B) PRESENCE OF RNA IN VIRUS ABSENT IN VIROIDS. C) BOTH. D) NONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ABSENCE OF PROTEI COAT IN VIROIDS BUT PRESENT IN VIRUS. 34. Which is not an example of Pteridophytes A) Equisetum. B) Funaria. C) Fern. D) Salvinia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Funaria. 35. Which of the following lists contains only biotic factors? A) Acorns, worms, soil, light. B) Nuts, weeds, acorns, snails. C) Mice, tall grass, spiders, soil. D) Rock, cows, shells, warm climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuts, weeds, acorns, snails. 36. Which of the following is/are example(s) of deuteromycetes? A) Alternaria. B) Colletotrichum. C) Trichoderma. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 37. What type of organisms did Linnaeus' system include? A) Only multicellular organisms. B) Only photosynthetic organisms. C) Only unicellular organisms. D) All plants and animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All plants and animals. 38. Coenocytic, multinucleate and branched mycelial habit is found in- A) Ascomycetes. B) Deuteromycetes. C) Basidiomycetes. D) Phycomycetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phycomycetes. 39. If it was ever living A) It is biotic. B) It is made of cells. C) A & C. D) It is abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A & C. 40. Group of related orders A) Class. B) Order. C) Species. D) Genus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Class. 41. Two organism of the same class but different families will be kept under the same A) Family. B) Order. C) Genera. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Order. 42. Yeasts are unusual fungi because they are: A) Unicellular. B) Producers. C) Unable to reproduce. D) Prokaryotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unicellular. 43. The sub-phyla Crustacea (of Arthropoda) contains which common names of creatures? A) Arachnids. B) Crustaceans. C) Insects and springtails. D) Millipedes and centipedes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crustaceans. 44. The number of sets of chromosomes in a dikaryotic cell A) Is greater than diploid cell. B) Is lesser than diploid cell. C) Is equal to diploid cell. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is equal to diploid cell. 45. 70S ribosomes, chromatophores, and circular DNA are found in ..... A) All prokaryotes. B) Some prokaryotes. C) Some eukaryotes and some prokaryotes. D) All eukaryotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some eukaryotes and some prokaryotes. 46. Which kingdom has organisms that are all autotrophic AND have a cell wall? A) Protista. B) Plantae. C) Fungi. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plantae. 47. Which of the following fungi is a parasite on mustard plant and causes the disease white rust of crucifers? A) Albugo candida. B) Puccinia graminis tritici. C) Saccharomyces cerevisiae. D) Ustilago hordei. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albugo candida. 48. The cell wall is composed of two thin overlapping shells which fit together like a soap case in A) Slime moulds. B) Diatoms. C) Dinoflagellates. D) Desmids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diatoms. 49. The organisms Panthera leo and Panthera tigris are the same A) Cat. B) Family. C) Genus. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genus. 50. Which kingdom is NOT mentioned in the text? A) Kingdom Animalia. B) Kingdom Protista. C) Kingdom Fungi. D) Kingdom Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kingdom Bacteria. 51. Which domain consists of all kingdoms except prokaryotes? A) A archaea. B) B bacteria. C) C eukarya or eukaryota. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C eukarya or eukaryota. 52. MEMBERS OF PHYCOMYCETES ARE FOUND IN A) AQUATIC ORGANISM. B) ON DECAYING WOOD. C) MOIST AND DAMP PLACES. D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. 53. Viroids were discovered by A) Stanley. B) T.O. Diener. C) Dmitri Ivanowsky. D) Beijernick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) T.O. Diener. 54. Trypanosoma gambiense causes A) Malaria. B) Kala-azar. C) Sleeping sickness. D) Dysentry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleeping sickness. 55. The branch of biology that groups and names organisms A) Phylogeny. B) Nomenclature. C) Classification. D) Taxonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taxonomy. 56. Carolus Linnaeus is known for ..... A) Discovering T. rex. B) Discovering retractable claws. C) Identifying the characteristics of rare species. D) Founding the science of taxonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Founding the science of taxonomy. 57. Which Kingdom contains simple, mostly unicellular organisms with no nucleus? A) Protists. B) Plants. C) Bacteria. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria. 58. Heterotrophic bacteria helps in A) Curling of milk. B) Production of antibiotics. C) Nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 59. The difference between Kingdoms Plantae and Fungi is that ..... A) Plantae are autotrophs & fungi are heterotrophs. B) There is no real difference. C) Plantae are multicellular. D) Fungi are eukaryotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plantae are autotrophs & fungi are heterotrophs. 60. Dinoflagellates have- A) One flagellum that lies longitudinally and other transversely in a furrow between the wall plates. B) Only one flagellum in the transverse groove between the cell plates. C) Only one flagellum in the longitudinal groove. D) Two flagella ehich lie longitudinally. 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