This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 2 Biological Classification – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 2 Biological Classification Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Myxamoeba are formed in the life cycle of ..... A) Amoeba. B) Physarum. C) Diatoms. D) Entamoeba. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physarum. 2. The scientific name of an organism comes from its ..... and ..... A) Genus, species. B) Family, genus. C) Class, genus. D) Kingdom, phylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genus, species. 3. Fungai store their reserve food material in the form of A) Starch. B) Glycogen and oil. C) Lipid. D) Protein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glycogen and oil. 4. The Phylum Acanthocephla contains which common names of creatures? A) Starfish. B) Arachnids. C) Earthworms. D) Spiny headed worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spiny headed worms. 5. Things that are classified together ..... A) Share a similar evolutionary history. B) Are not related to each other. C) Are larger organisms. D) Have a different evolutionary history. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Share a similar evolutionary history. 6. R.H. Whittaker (1969) proposed a Five Kingdom Classification A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Organisms that drift in the ocean unable to swim against the currents A) Epifauna. B) Plankton. C) Nekton. D) Benthos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plankton. 8. Nitrogen fixing autotrophic bacteria is, A) Rhizobium. B) Anabaena. C) More than one. D) Rhodospirillium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More than one. 9. The main language of scientific names is: A) English. B) Greek. C) Latin. D) Arabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latin. 10. Match the following column I and column IIColumn I Column II A. Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1. Production of immuno suppressive agents B. Monascus purpureus 2. Ripening of Swiss cheese C. Trichoderma polysporum 3. Commercial production of ethanol D. Propionibacterium sharmanii 4. Production of blood-cholesterol lowering agents A) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2. B) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1. C) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3. D) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2. 11. Naked cytoplasm, multinucleated saprophytes belongs to A) Protista. B) Slime mould. C) Fungi. D) Monera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slime mould. 12. During its formation bread, becomes porous due to release of CO2 by the action of ..... A) Aspergillus. B) Methanococcus. C) Saccharomyces. D) Lactobacillus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saccharomyces. 13. This domain includes prokaryotes that live in soil, water, and in humans. A) Bacteria. B) Prokarya. C) Eukarya. D) Archaea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 14. An archean that lives in extremely salty condition is referred to as a- A) Methanogen. B) Thermoacidophile. C) Halophiles. D) Thermophile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Halophiles. 15. Dikaryophase is a specific characteristic of A) All fungi. B) Phycomycetes and Ascomycetes. C) Basidiomycetes and Deuteromycetes. D) Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes. 16. Ergot is caused by A) Rhizobium. B) Aspergillus. C) Claviceps. D) Penicillium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claviceps. 17. Which of the following is an example of heteropolymer bio-macromolecule A) Cellulose. B) Peptidoglycan. C) Chitin. D) Glycogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peptidoglycan. 18. Organism whose cells contain nuclei A) Eukaryotes. B) Autotroph. C) Heterotroph. D) Prokaryotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eukaryotes. 19. Canis lupus, the scientific name for a wolf, is in which genus? A) Animalia. B) Lupus. C) Canis. D) Mammalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canis. 20. What is the importance of biological classification in science? A) Biological classification is only useful for naming species. B) It is primarily used for agricultural purposes. C) Biological classification is important for organizing species, understanding relationships, facilitating communication, and aiding in conservation efforts. D) It has no impact on conservation efforts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological classification is important for organizing species, understanding relationships, facilitating communication, and aiding in conservation efforts. 21. All statements listed below are true about Rhizopus sp. except A) It produces zygospore. B) Asexual reproduction by conidia. C) It's hyphae is coenocytic. D) The phylum of Rhizopus sp. is Zygomycota. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asexual reproduction by conidia. 22. A common nitrogen fixer in paddy field is A) Oscillatoria. B) Azospirillum. C) Frankia. D) Rhizobium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Azospirillum. 23. Which one shows bioluminiscence A) Suctoria. B) Entamoeba. C) Polystomella. D) Noctiluca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noctiluca. 24. Genus + Species = Name of the plant or animal A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group A) ANIMALIA. B) FUNGI. C) PLANTAE. D) MONERA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MONERA. 26. What are the eight levels of classification from general to specific? A) Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain. B) Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. C) Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, order, genus, species. D) Species, genus, family, order, phylum, class, kingdom, domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. 27. In five kingdom classification, lichens are placed under which kingdom? A) Plantae. B) Protista. C) Fungi. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 28. Which kingdom contains members who are prokaryotic? A) Archaebacteria and Eubacteria. B) Archaebacteria and Protista. C) Eubacteria and Animalia. D) Eubacteria and Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archaebacteria and Eubacteria. 29. Facultative anerobic bacteria are A) Strictly anaerobes. B) Anaerobes but can live aerobically. C) Aerobes but can live anaerobically also. D) Strictly aerobic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aerobes but can live anaerobically also. 30. ..... used two kingdom classification system A) Linnaeus. B) Darwin. C) Aristotle. D) Whittaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linnaeus. 31. * ..... differ from other bacteria in having a different cell wall structure and this feature is responsible for their survival in extreme conditions. A) Eubacteria. B) Archaebacteria. C) Bacteria. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaebacteria. 32. ..... are present in the gut of several ruminant animals such as cows and buffaloes. A) Methanogens. B) Pathogens. C) Animals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methanogens. 33. Which of the following is true about Gonyalux A) Release toxin. B) Slow multiplication causing red tide. C) Heterotrophic. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slow multiplication causing red tide. 34. (Kingdoms) Moss is multicellular, autotrophic (photosynthetic), and has cell walls. Which kingdom does moss belong to? A) Fungi. B) Protista. C) Plantae. D) Animalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plantae. 35. Which of the following statements is correct regarding sexual reproduction in Basidiomycetes? A) Plasmogamy occurs by the fusion of two somatic cells of different strains. B) Karyogamy and meiosis occur in the basidium producing four basidiospores. C) Basidiospores are exogenously produced on the basidium. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 36. Which kingdom in the Linnaean classification system includes multicellular organisms that can photosynthesize? A) Protista. B) Fungi. C) Animalia. D) Plantae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plantae. 37. The most abundant prokaryotes helpful to humans in making curd from milk and in production of antibiotics are ones categorized as: A) Cyanobacteria. B) Archaebacteria. C) Chemosynthetic autotrophs. D) Heterotrophic bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heterotrophic bacteria. 38. A botanist discovers a new plant in the jungle. Which of thefollowing observations of the plant's characteristics would be useful in determining its identity with a dichotomous key? A) It was discovered in the summertime. B) It is wet from a recent rain storm. C) Its leaves curl up on the edges. D) It is eaten by native jungle ants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its leaves curl up on the edges. 39. Select the correct statement regarding heterocyst. A) These are present in some filmentous cyanobacteria such as Nostoc and Anabaena. B) These cells are specialised to perform N$_{2}$-fixation. C) These cells contain enzyme nitrogenase. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 40. The guts of cow and buffalo possess A) Fucus. B) Chlorella. C) Cyanobacteria. D) Methanogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Methanogens. 41. Specialized cell of Nostoc and Anabena fox nitrogen are known as A) Heterocyst. B) Cholcyst. C) Cyst. D) Oocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterocyst. 42. Assertion:Bacterial structure is very simple, but they are very complexin behavior.Reason:They are inhabitants of diverse adverse environment. A) Both assertion and reason are correct. B) Only reason is correct. C) Both are wrong. D) Assertion is incorrect and reason is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both assertion and reason are correct. 43. The Two Kingdom Classification was found to have certain drawbacks for which other classifications emerged later. Which one of the following was not a drawback of the two kingdom classification? A) Grouping of prokaryotes and eukaryotes together. B) Cyanobacteria was placed under plant kingdom. C) Organism having cell wall separated from organism lacking cell wall. D) Unicellular amd multicellular organisms were not separated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organism having cell wall separated from organism lacking cell wall. 44. Mushrooms are an example of this Kingdom? A) Archea. B) Fungi. C) Protista. D) Animalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fungi. 45. Fungi was separated from kingdom Plantae and introduced as a new kingdom because fungi i) have cell wall which is made of Chitinii) are mostly unicellulariii) are prokaryoticiv) have heterotrophic mode of nutritionChose the correct combination from below A) I) and ii). B) I) and iii). C) I) and iv). D) Ii) and iv). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I) and iv). 46. (A) Viruses are smaller than bacteria(B) Viruses' are always made up of DNA & protein only(C) Viruses contain approximately 5% RNA & 95% DNA, (D) Viruses contain nucleic acid so they are capable of protein synthesis independently.Which of the above statements is / are correct? A) A and B. B) A, B and D. C) B and C. D) A only. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A only. 47. (Taxonomy) How many common names does an organism have? A) 3. B) 1. C) Many. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many. 48. Which of the following organisms does not belong to kingdom Monera? A) Cyanobacteria. B) Mycoplasma. C) Euglena. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euglena. 49. In lichens, sexual reproduction belongs to ..... A) Algal partner only. B) Fungal partner only. C) Fungal and algal partners (both). D) Sexual reproduction is absent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fungal partner only. 50. Sexual reproduction by adopting a primitive type of DNA transfer is found in ..... A) Archaebacteria. B) Bacteria. C) Mycoplasma. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 51. Which of the followings organism causes red tide? A) Navicula. B) Pinus. C) Gonyalulax. D) Noctiluca. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gonyalulax. 52. What is the highest rank in the biological hierarchy? A) Domain. B) Class. C) Kingdom. D) Phylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Domain. 53. Myxamoeba is found in the life cycle of A) Physarum. B) Diatoms. C) Amoeba. D) Entamoeba. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physarum. 54. Viruses are non-cellular organisms but replicate themselves once they infect the host cell. To which of the following kingdom do viruses belong to? A) Monera. B) Protista. C) Fungi. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 55. Which of the following is wrongly matched in the given table? Microbe Product Application A)Trichoderma polysporum Cyclosporin AImmunosuppressive drugB)Monascus purpureus Statins Lowering of blood cholesterolC)Streptococcus Streptokinase Removal of clot from blood vesselD)Clostridium butylicum Lipase Removal of oil stains A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 56. Which of the following statements is correct for dinoflagellates flagella? A) A single flagellum lies in the transverse groove between the cell plates. B) A single flagellum lies in the longitudinal groove between the cell plates. C) Two flagella, one lies longitudinally and the other transversely in a furrow between the wall plates. D) Flagella are absent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two flagella, one lies longitudinally and the other transversely in a furrow between the wall plates. 57. Which of the followings fungi has different chemical in there cell wall incomparision to most of fungi? A) 1 Saccharomyces. B) 2 Albugo. C) 3 phytophthora. D) 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2 and 3. 58. What is the process of organizing and categorizing living organisms based on their characteristics and relationship to one another called? A) Genetics. B) Evolutionary biology. C) Ecology. D) Biological classification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological classification. 59. Which of the following is NOT a domain in the biological classification system? A) Eubacteria. B) Archaea. C) Plantae. D) Eukarya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plantae. 60. Edible fungi are- A) Morchella and Agaricus. B) Puccinia and yeast. C) Albugo and alternaria. D) Candida and e.oli. 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