This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 2 Biological Classification – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 2 Biological Classification Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Branched-chain lipids occur in the cell membranes of ..... A) Actinomycetes. B) Mycoplasma. C) Streptomyces. D) Methanobacterium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methanobacterium. 2. Which of the following is fee living nitrogen fixing eubacteria? A) Rhizobium. B) Anabena. C) Nostoc. D) Azotobacter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Azotobacter. 3. Which of the following statements are not relevant for Archebacteria I) They live in some of most harsh habitats II) They are present in gut of several ruminants III) they are characterised by presence of rigid cellulosic cell wall. A) II & III. B) I & II. C) Only III. D) II & III. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only III. 4. I can be either a heterotroph or an autotroph-I can be either multicellular or unicellular-I can have cell walls or not-The only thing for sure about me is that I have a nucleus in my cells ..... I am Kingdom ..... A) Plantae. B) Protista. C) Fungi. D) Animalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protista. 5. Which one of the following combination is mismatched: A) Pili-respiration. B) Cell wall-protection, determine the shape, prevent from brusting. C) Flagella, fimbriae and pili-surface structure of bacterial cell. D) Glycocalyx-may be capsule or slime layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pili-respiration. 6. The Phylum Annelida contains which common names of creatures? A) Birds. B) Amphibians. C) Spiny headed worms. D) Segmented worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Segmented worms. 7. Carbon source used by photosynthetic bacteria is A) Water. B) Glucose. C) CO2. D) CaCO3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CO2. 8. ..... bacteria oxidise various inorganic substances such as nitrates, nitrites and ammonia and use the released energy for ATP production. They play an important role in recycling of nutrients (N, P, Fe, S etc.). A) Chemosynthetic autotrophic. B) Saprophytic. C) Photosynthetic autotrophic. D) Parasitic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemosynthetic autotrophic. 9. Agaricus sp. belongs to A) Ascomycetes. B) Deuteromycetes. C) Basidiomycetes. D) Zygomycetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basidiomycetes. 10. The 3 domains are Eukarya, Archaea, and A) Fungi. B) Plantae. C) Animalia. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacteria. 11. Which kingdom includes multicellular organisms that are autotrophs? A) Animalia. B) Plantae. C) Protista. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plantae. 12. Kingdom Monera was created by which of the following A) Copeland in 1956. B) RH Whitteker in 1969. C) Earnst Haeckel in 1866. D) Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copeland in 1956. 13. Which of the following is a characteristic of the kingdom Monera? A) They are eukaryotic. B) They have a true nucleus. C) They are unicellular and prokaryotic. D) They are multicellular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are unicellular and prokaryotic. 14. Rhizopus sp. belongs to A) Ascomycetes. B) Basidiomycetes. C) Deuteromycetes. D) Zygomycetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zygomycetes. 15. Who was the first to attempt a more scientific basis of classification? A) Linnaeus. B) Aristotle. C) Whittaker. D) Bentham and Hooker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aristotle. 16. Which domain of life include organisms that live in extreme climatic conditions? A) Archea. B) Bacteria. C) Eukarya. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archea. 17. Which pair of the following belongs to basidiomycetes A) Puff balls and Ustilago. B) Agaricus and Aspergillus. C) Colletotrichum and Claviceps. D) Rusts and Rhizopus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puff balls and Ustilago. 18. What is the primary basis for modern biological classification? A) Geographical location. B) Shared physical characteristics. C) Behavioral traits. D) Evolutionary relatedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evolutionary relatedness. 19. Seawater glows during the night mainly due to the occurrence of ..... A) Cyclotella. B) Euglena. C) Noctiluca. D) Gonyaulax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noctiluca. 20. The given statements describe a group of organisms.i) Instead of a cell wall they have a protein rich pellicle making their body flexible.ii) They have 2 flagella, a short and a long oneiii) They show mixotrophic nutrition iv) They are connecting link between plants and animals. Which of the following groups is referred to here? A) Dinoflagellates. B) Slime moulds. C) Desmids and diatoms. D) Euglenoids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euglenoids. 21. Which of the following is true about blue-green algae? A) They have chlorophyll b as a pigment. B) The colonies are generally surrounded by gelatinous sheath. C) They cannot fix atmospheric nitrogen. D) All of the above statements are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The colonies are generally surrounded by gelatinous sheath. 22. Match the following organisms with the products they produce:Column I Column II [A]Lactobacillus (i)Cheese[B]Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ii)Curd [C]Aspergillus niger (iii)Citric Acid[D]Acetobacter aceti (iv)Bread (v)Acetic AcidSelect the correct option A) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(v). B) A-(ii), B-(iv), C-(iii), D-(v). C) A-(iii), B-(iv), C-(v), D-(i). D) A-(ii), B-(iv), C-(v), D-(iii). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A-(ii), B-(iv), C-(iii), D-(v). 23. The ..... (also referred to as blue-green algae) have chlorophyll a similar to green plants and are photosynthetic autotrophs A) Cyanobacteria. B) Archaebacteria. C) Eubacteria. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cyanobacteria. 24. What specific parasite protist is responsible for Malaria? A) Sporozoa. B) Diatoms. C) Paramecium. D) Euglena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sporozoa. 25. Classification system based on phylogeny A) Class. B) Cladistics. C) Class. D) Phylogeny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cladistics. 26. The connective link between living and non-living organisms are A) Bacteria. B) Fungi. C) Viruses. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Viruses. 27. In the scientific name Homo sapiens, 'Homo' refers to the: A) Domain. B) Genus. C) Species. D) Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genus. 28. What is the main characteristic of organisms in the Eubacteria kingdom? A) Autotrophic. B) Unicellular. C) Heterotrophic. D) Multicellular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unicellular. 29. Best decomposes of wood belong to class with features, A) All members are with multinucleated mycelium. B) No vegetative reproduction. C) Sexual reproductive organs absent. D) Most are edible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sexual reproductive organs absent. 30. Group of related classes A) Family. B) Order. C) Phylum. D) Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phylum. 31. A peculiar order that prevails in marshy areas and cow sheds is on account of a gas produced by A) Mycoplasma. B) Archaebacteria. C) Cyanobacteria. D) Slime moulds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaebacteria. 32. Monera is dived into how many types A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 33. How many Domains are used to classify living organisms today? A) 5. B) 3. C) 7. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 34. Do eukaryotes have a nucleus? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 35. Sexual reproduction in fungi occurs by all of the following except A) Basidiospores. B) Ascopores. C) Zoospores. D) Oospores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zoospores. 36. Eubacteria include- A) Bacteria and Archaebacteria. B) Cyanobacteria + Archaebacteria. C) Bacteria and Blue green algae. D) Bacteria + Eukaryote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria and Blue green algae. 37. In Mucor, sexual reproduction takes place by ..... A) Zygospores. B) Oospores. C) Zoogametes. D) Motile zoospores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zygospores. 38. Before Linnaeus, biologists noticed that common names for plants and animals changed over time. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. The process where organisms that are better adapted to their environment will survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less adapted is called ..... A) Cloning. B) Selective Breeding. C) Evolution of all species. D) Natural Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural Selection. 40. ..... is the study of the evolutionary history of lineages of organisms. A) Taxomony. B) Cytology. C) Genetics. D) Phylogeny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phylogeny. 41. Which one of the following organisms is notan example of eukaryotic cells? A) Amoeba Proteus. B) Euglena viridis. C) Escherichia coli. D) Paramecium caudatum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Escherichia coli. 42. All organisms are composed of A) A. a nucleus. B) B. at least one cell. C) C. many cells. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. at least one cell. 43. Deuteromycetes are known as imperfect fungi because A) Only asexual stages are known. B) They have aseptate mycelium. C) Their zygote undergoes meiosis. D) They are autotrophic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only asexual stages are known. 44. Zygospores are formed in A) Pucinnia. B) Penicillium. C) Mucor. D) Alternaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mucor. 45. In whittaker's five kingdom system of classification, eukaryotes are distributed among A) Two kingdoms. B) Three kingdoms. C) Four kingdoms. D) All the five kingdoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Four kingdoms. 46. Which group of organisms is characterized by having a backbone? A) Amphibians. B) Invertebrates. C) Vertebrates. D) Mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrates. 47. A protein rich layer outside the cell membrane is called ..... A) Slime layer. B) Pellicle. C) Capsule. D) Gelatinous sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pellicle. 48. If the scientific name of a horse is Equus caballus, what is the species name? A) Caballus. B) Equus. C) Caballus. D) Equus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caballus. 49. Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics. A) Kingdom. B) Species. C) Domain. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species. 50. The kingdom protista forms a link with kingdom A) Plantae. B) Fungi. C) Animalia. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 51. Classification is the process of putting ..... subjects together. A) Like. B) Unlike. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Like. 52. Recent evidences suggests that these 2 groups of organisms, which traditionally have been grouped together in the same kingdom, should be separated into 2 different kingdoms. The groups are A) Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. B) Algae and protozoans. C) Archaebacteria and Eubacteria. D) Unicellular algae and Seaweed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archaebacteria and Eubacteria. 53. R H WHITTAKER HAS NOT INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING IN HIS CLASSIFICATION A) FUNGI. B) ANIMALIA. C) PROTISTA. D) VIRUS. E) PLANTAE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) VIRUS. 54. Consider the following characters:I. nuclear envelopeII. membranes lacking ribosomesIII. 80s ribosomes IV. split genesThe character not shared by fungi with other eukaryotic is / are: A) II alone. B) IV alone. C) II and IV only. D) III and IV only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) II alone. 55. Which domain do eukaryotes belong to? A) Bacteria. B) Protista. C) Eukarya. D) Archaea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eukarya. 56. Refer to the given structure of a prokaryotic cell and select the correct statement regarding it. A) P is a layer of non-cellulosic polysaccharides. B) Q is double layered in Gram +ve bacteria whereas it is single layered in Gram-ve bacteria. C) R is an impermeable covering that restricts entry and exit of molecules into and out of the cell. D) S could be tubular outgrowths that are involved in locomotion only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P is a layer of non-cellulosic polysaccharides. 57. The first scientific proof for existence of viruses was given by A) Beijerinck. B) D J Ivanowski. C) W M Stanley. D) Bawden and Pirie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D J Ivanowski. 58. Who organized living things based on shared characteristics and created a system for assigning scientific names? A) James Watson. B) Anton van Leeuwenhoek. C) Robert Hooke. D) Carolus Linnaeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carolus Linnaeus. 59. True nucleus is absent in: A) Mucor. B) Volvox. C) Anabaena. 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