This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the smallest taxon A) Class. B) Order. C) Species. D) Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species. 2. The term phylum was given by A) Ernst Haeckel. B) Charles Darwin. C) Carl Linnaeus. D) Gregor Mendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ernst Haeckel. 3. Who was awarded the three prizes ; the triple crown of biology;theBalzanprize, the international prize for biology, theCrafoord prize? A) Linnaeus. B) Ernst Mayr. C) A P Decandolle. D) Adolf Mayer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ernst Mayr. 4. Mangroves develop aerial roots.This is an adaptation to the ..... A) Type of soil. B) Temperature. C) Fresh water availability. D) Amount of rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Type of soil. 5. Study the following statements and select the correct ones.i) Herbarium is a store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets.ii) Flora provides the index to the plant species found in a particular area.iii) Monographs contain information about particular taxon. A) (i) and (ii) only. B) (ii) and (iii) only. C) (i) and (iii) only. D) (i), (ii) and (iii). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (i), (ii) and (iii). 6. The tallest layer of the rainforest is called ..... ? A) Emergency. B) Amergent. C) Emergent. D) Ameargent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emergent. 7. The scientific name of mango is A) Mangifera indica. B) Citrus reticulata. C) Malus domestica. D) Prunus persica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mangifera indica. 8. What is the correct definition of Desertification? A) The cutting down and removal of forests. B) The process by which land becomes dry as a result of climate change and human activity. C) The decline of a country's traditional manufacturing industry due to exhaustion of raw materials. D) A long term change in the Earth's climate, mainky due to an increase in temperature. E) Two plates slide along each other in the same, or different direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process by which land becomes dry as a result of climate change and human activity. 9. The symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved. A) Competition. B) Mutualism. C) Predation. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 10. What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment? A) Natural selection. B) Mutation. C) Camouflage. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adaptation. 11. Which of the following taxa are in their increasing order of their similarities? A) Class, Phylum, Kingdom. B) Genus, Kingdom, Phylum. C) Kingdom, Genus, Specific epithet. D) Specific epithet, Phylum, Genus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kingdom, Genus, Specific epithet. 12. Which of the following statements best describes how the fossil record shows evidence for evolution? A) The fossil record shows the remains or traces of ancient life forms. B) Fossils exist all over the world. C) When an animal dies, its body can be covered up and preserved by layers of rock and earth, forming a fossil. D) By studying, dating, and analyzing fossils, we can learn how living creatures changed over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By studying, dating, and analyzing fossils, we can learn how living creatures changed over time. 13. What type of root does a mustard plant have? A) Fibrous root. B) Weak roots. C) Taproot. D) No roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taproot. 14. In some areas, farmer's rotate the order of crops planted in fields each year. Why? A) To maintain nitrogen levels in soil. B) To prevent erosion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To maintain nitrogen levels in soil. 15. The range of conditions in which a species can survive A) Ecological tolerance. B) Genetic diversity. C) Range of tolerance. D) Ecological restoration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecological tolerance. 16. Methanogens, a type of archaebacteria, are commonly found: A) In hot springs. B) In the gut of ruminants. C) In highly acidic soils. D) In shallow freshwater ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the gut of ruminants. 17. Ecological succession on an area that lacks any vegetation or soil is called: A) Secondary succession. B) Gap regeneration. C) Primary succession. D) Deflection succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary succession. 18. What is the best way to define the characteristics of desert soils? A) Nutrient rich, large leaf litter, impermeable. B) Sandy, lots of organic matter, impermeable. C) Infertile, little organic matter, drains quickly. D) Impermeable, nutrient rich, sandy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infertile, little organic matter, drains quickly. 19. A PAIR OF CONTRASTING STATEMENT IS CALLED A) KEY. B) LEAD. C) COUPLET. D) HERBARIUM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) COUPLET. 20. This biome has very little rainfall, also extremely cold temperatures for most of the year, and frozen soil makes ponds form. A) Deciduous forest. B) Tundra. C) Rain forest. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tundra. 21. What is the home of a bird? A) Kennel. B) Burrow. C) Ocean. D) Nest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nest. 22. This type of aquatic ecosystem is a mix of fresh and salt water. A) Estuary. B) Lake. C) River. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Estuary. 23. How are organisms classified into kingdoms? A) Organisms are grouped into kingdoms based on their size and color. B) Organisms are categorized into kingdoms according to their lifespan and mobility. C) Organisms are classified into kingdoms based on shared characteristics and genetic relationships. D) Organisms are classified into kingdoms by their habitat and diet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organisms are classified into kingdoms based on shared characteristics and genetic relationships. 24. How do Fish breath A) Nose. B) Gills. C) Skin. D) Nostrills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gills. 25. One of the following things cannot move by itself. This one is: A) Bird. B) Worm. C) Bicycle. D) Plant. 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