This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 2 Biological Classification – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 2 Biological Classification Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The multinucleate slimy mass of protoplasm which forms the body of slime moulds is called A) Plasmodium. B) Sporocytes. C) Myxamoeba. D) Periplasmodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plasmodium. 2. Human beings are bilaterally symmetrical. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Who is known as the father of taxonomy and developed the system of binomial nomenclature? A) Charles Darwin. B) Gregor Mendel. C) Carl Linnaeus. D) Louis Pasteur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carl Linnaeus. 4. The Phylum Echinodermata contains which common names of creatures? A) Goblet worms. B) Jellyfish. C) Sea anenomes. D) Starfish, sea cucumber, and more. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Starfish, sea cucumber, and more. 5. At which level are organisms classified based on their overall characteristics and traits? A) Kingdom level. B) Domain level. C) Phylum level. D) Species level. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kingdom level. 6. The Phylum Cycliophora contains which common names of creatures? A) Bacteria. B) Cycliophorans. C) Bryozoans. D) Sea anenomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cycliophorans. 7. Euglena is a member of the kingdom ..... A) Protista. B) Plantae. C) Animalia. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protista. 8. Fungi play an important role in ecosystems because they: A) Filter water. B) Cause diseases. C) Break down dead material. D) Produce oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Break down dead material. 9. Which one of the following statements about mycoplasma is wrong? A) They are also called PPLO. B) They are pleomorphic. C) They are sensitive to penicillin. D) They cause disease in plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are sensitive to penicillin. 10. Entamoeba hystolytica causes? A) Cholera. B) Dysentry. C) Typhoid. D) Sleeping sickness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dysentry. 11. Chrysophytes, Euglenoids, Dinoflagellates and Slime moulds are included in the kingdom:- A) Protista. B) Monera. C) Fungi. D) Animalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protista. 12. Sexual reproduction is absent in A) Phycomycetes. B) Ascomycetes. C) Basidiomycetes. D) Deuteromycetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deuteromycetes. 13. ..... was the first to try to classify in 300 BC by putting living things into 2 groups:plants and animals A) Aristotle. B) Aros. C) Michaelangelo. D) Murphy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 14. Go through the following characters. How many of them are used to classify the organisms according to five kingdom system of classification?Cell structure, flagellation, mode of nutrition, reproduction, phylogenetic relationship, pigmentation. A) 4. B) 3. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 15. Organism that does NOT have the ability to make its own food A) Autotroph. B) Heterotroph. C) Organism. D) Eukaryotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heterotroph. 16. Which of the following is not a fungal asexual spore? A) Sporangiospore. B) Ascospore. C) Zoospore. D) Conidia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ascospore. 17. Which among the following is incorrect about Cyanobacteria? A) The word cyano means greenish-blue because of which cyanobacteria is also called blue-green algae. B) The colour of cyanobacteria is due to the pres chlorophyll. C) Cyanobacteria are chemosynthetic autotrophs. D) Cyanobacteria help in enriching oxygen levels in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cyanobacteria are chemosynthetic autotrophs. 18. The hyphae of Aspergillus are A) Aseptate and multinucleate. B) Septate and multinucleate. C) Septate and uninucleate. D) Aseptate and uninucleate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Septate and multinucleate. 19. How does Paramecium sp. Differs to Staphylococcus sp.? A) Paramecium sp. digest food internally while Staphylococcus sp. digest food externally. B) Paramecium sp. multicellular while Staphylococcus sp. unicellular. C) Paramecium sp. has chlorophyll while Staphylococcus sp. does not have chlorophyll. D) Paramecium sp. is eukaryotes while Staphylococcus sp. Is prokaryotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paramecium sp. is eukaryotes while Staphylococcus sp. Is prokaryotes. 20. Which of the following organism is not an eukaryote? A) Escherichia. B) Paramoecium. C) Euglena. D) Amoeba. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Escherichia. 21. The Phylum Arthropoda contains which common names of creatures? A) Lobsters, arachnids, insects, millipedes, and centipedes. B) Arachnids. C) Starfish. D) Earthworms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lobsters, arachnids, insects, millipedes, and centipedes. 22. Protozoans are not included in kingdom Animalia because- A) Mostly asymmetrical. B) Multicellular prokaryotes. C) Heterotrophic nature. D) Unicellular eukaryotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unicellular eukaryotes. 23. The sub-phyla Myriapoda (of Arthropoda) contains which common names of creatures? A) Arachnids. B) Crustaceans. C) Insects and springtails. D) Millipedes and centipedes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Millipedes and centipedes. 24. Read the following statements carefully-A. members of Protista are primarily aquaticB. majority of protists have cilia as well as flagellaC. Most of dinoflagellates have 2 flagella, one lies longitudinally and the other transverselyD. The spores of slime moulds are extremely resistant but survive only for one monthHow many of the above statements are incorrect? A) Three. B) One. C) Two. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 25. One specific group had retractable claws and a musical purr. What Genus did Leo call this group? A) Carnivora. B) Mammalia. C) Siderocat. D) Felidae-7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Siderocat. 26. Molds, yeast, and mushroom belong to kingdom: A) Fungi. B) Eubacteria. C) Archaebacteria. D) Protista. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fungi. 27. Process of grouping things based on their similarities A) Biodiversity. B) Binomial nomenclature. C) Taxnomy. D) Classification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classification. 28. Living things were grouped into plants and animals for the first time by A) Socrates. B) Linnaeus. C) Whittaker. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aristotle. 29. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce A) Species. B) Binomial nomenclature. C) Taxonomy. D) Genus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species. 30. What disease did Edward Jenner create a vaccine for? A) Chickenpox. B) Cowpox. C) Smallpox. D) Swinepox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smallpox. 31. Which of the following fungus lacks dikaryophase? A) Aspergillus. B) Claviceps. C) Puccinia. D) Trichoderma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trichoderma. 32. Which of the following statements is true about Mycoplasma? A) They are the smallest eukaryotes. B) They are cell wall-less prokaryotes. C) They are multicellular organisms. D) They have chitin in their cell wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are cell wall-less prokaryotes. 33. Which organism is most closely related to Quercus rubrum? A) Acer rubrum. B) Quercus macrophylla. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quercus macrophylla. 34. What is the above-ground, reproductive structure produced by fungi? A) Mycelium. B) Fruiting body. C) Chitin. D) Hyphae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fruiting body. 35. Leo noticed a group that moved on their own and ate other organisms for energy. What Kingdom did he declare for them? A) Plantae. B) Protista. C) Fungi. D) Animalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animalia. 36. Which of the following contains insectivorous plants? A) Bladderwort and Cuscuta. B) Cuscuta and Solanum. C) Venus fly trap and bladderwort. D) Solanum and Venus fly trap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venus fly trap and bladderwort. 37. What does a virus have on the outside? A) Crispy skin. B) A protein coat. C) Membrane. D) A fur coat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A protein coat. 38. Who created the 2 name system? A) Darwin. B) Linnaeus. C) Edison. D) Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linnaeus. 39. What is the scientific name for the domestic cat? A) Felis silvestris. B) Felis catus. C) Felis domesticus. D) Canis lupus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Felis catus. 40. What is the smallest, most specific category used to classify organisms? A) Species. B) Family. C) Genus. D) Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species. 41. Which of the following groups of organisms are included under chrysophytes? A) Diatoms and golden algae. B) Diatoms and dinoflagellates. C) Euglenoids. D) Slime moulds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diatoms and golden algae. 42. For given members, how many are representative of group where fruiting bodies possess exogenously produce meiospores?Colletotrichum, Amanita, Neurospora, Trichoderma, Ustilago, Aspergillus, Claviceps, Puccinia, Rhizopus, Albugo A) 1. B) 3. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 43. Contagium vivum fluidum was proposed by1. D.J Ivanowsky2. M. W Beijerinek3. Stanley4. Robert Hook A) 1. B) 2. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 44. Which kingdom consists of heterotrophic organisms that grow on or in what they eat? A) Protists. B) Archaea. C) Bacteria. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fungi. 45. Carl Linnaeus was from ..... A) Sweden. B) America. C) Austria. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweden. 46. The bacteria which oxidize various inorganic substances and use the released energy for the synthesis of food are called ..... A) Heterotrophic bacteria. B) Archaebacteria. C) Photosynthetic autotrophic bacteria. D) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria. 47. Which of the following viruses is devoid of protein coat with their body constituted by only RNA A) Potato spindle tuber virus. B) Tobacco mosaic virus. C) Polyoma virus. D) Mumps virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potato spindle tuber virus. 48. To say that an organism is heterotrophic means ..... A) It cannot reproduce asexually. B) It cannot make its own food. C) It cannot breathe oxygen gas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It cannot make its own food. 49. "Drosophila of Plant kingdom" belongs to which kingdom? A) Kingdom Plantae. B) Kingdom Fungi. C) Kingdom Monera. D) Kingdom Animalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kingdom Fungi. 50. The hyphae of fungi and protonema of mosses can be easily vegetatively propagated through A) Chlamydospore. B) Conidia. C) Fragmentation. D) Zygospore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragmentation. 51. Which one is the most abundant microorganism? A) Protozoan. B) Protists. C) Bacteria. D) Viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria. 52. Botany experts were eager to adopt the methods of Carl Linnaeus. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. The Phylum Entoprocta (also known as Kamptozoa) contains which common names of creatures? A) Goblet worms. B) Spiny headed worms. C) Segmented worms. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goblet worms. 54. Which of the following statements is wrong for viroids? A) They are smaller than viruses. B) They cause infections. C) Their RNA is of high molecular weight. D) They lack a protein coat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their RNA is of high molecular weight. 55. The Phylum Ctnenophora contains which common names of creatures? A) Bioluminescent jellyfish. B) Comb jellies. C) Tiny marine worms. D) Sea anenomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comb jellies. 56. Which of the following is not true when comparing scientific and common names? A) Scientific names vary from place to place. B) Common names can vary from place to place. C) Scientific names are written in Latin. D) Common names can inaccurately describe the organism and be confusing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scientific names vary from place to place. 57. Which of the them are rod shaped bacteria? A) Treponema pallidum. B) Diplococcus pneumoniae. C) Vibrio cholerae. D) Bacillus anthracis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacillus anthracis. 58. I have no cell wallsI am eukaryoticI reproduce sexuallyI am multicellularWhat kingdom do I belong to? A) Animalia. B) Plantae. C) Fungi. D) Archaea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animalia. 59. What is a capsid? A) Prokaryotic cell. B) Protein coat that protects a virus. C) Viral reproduction. D) Type of nucleic acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protein coat that protects a virus. 60. This domain is made up of all eukaryotes. A) Eukarya. B) Bacteria. C) Archaea. D) Animalia. 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