This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which body part helps a fish to swim in water? A) Legs. B) Wings. C) Tail. D) Fins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fins. 2. All of the populations gathered in an ecosystem are called this A) Population. B) Ecosystem. C) Community. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Community. 3. Large herds of grazing mammals are most likely to be located in a A) Rain forest. B) Estuary. C) Coniferous forest. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grassland. 4. ICBN stands for A) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. B) International Congress of Biological Names. C) Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature. D) Indian Congress of Biological Names. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. 5. What are the major reservoirs in the Phosphorus Cycle? A) Rock. B) Sediments. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rock. 6. Which of the following is true of carbon as it cycles in nature? A) Carbon dioxide is released during photosynthesis. B) Carbon compounds rarely exist in the gaseous state. C) Carbon sinks include forests and oceans. D) The carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is reduced by cutting trees. E) Carbon is concentrated in igneous rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon sinks include forests and oceans. 7. Permafrost is: A) Ground frozen all year round. B) Frost found on windows. C) Chemicals used to melt ice. D) A type of hairstyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ground frozen all year round. 8. Recombination nodule observed in ..... phase of meiosis. A) Pachytene. B) Zygotene. C) Diplotene. D) Leptotene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pachytene. 9. Which of the following are characteristics of living things A) They reproduce. B) They respond to stimuli. C) They grow. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 10. Which of the following best explains why nitrogen fixation (when bacteria in the soil change atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen for plants & animals) must take place? A) Atmospheric nitrogen is unusable to plants and animals. B) Nitrogen must be returned to the atmosphere. C) Animals must breathe in nitrogen. D) Nitrogen gets "stuck" in the soil and must be untrapped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmospheric nitrogen is unusable to plants and animals. 11. What dud we use to measure temperature A) Raingage. B) Fossil Fuel. C) Theremometer. D) Wind indicater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theremometer. 12. This is the species that does the hunting of another organism for it to consume A) Prey. B) Predator. C) Producer. D) Ecosystem engineer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predator. 13. Both the crown and root of a tooth is coveredby a layer of bony hard substance called A) Enamel. B) Dentine. C) Bony socket. D) Cementum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dentine. 14. A primary consumer A) Makes its own food. B) Eats other animals. C) Is a carnivore. D) Consumes the producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumes the producer. 15. The term "New Systematics" was introduced by A) Charles Darwin. B) Gregor Mendel. C) Julian Huxley. D) Carl Linnaeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Julian Huxley. 16. Binomial nomenclature is given by ..... A) Carolous Linnaeus. B) Charles Darwin. C) Henry Cavendish. D) James Chadwick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carolous Linnaeus. 17. The order generally ends with A) Ales. B) Aceae. C) Eae. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ales. 18. What is the primary goal of selective breeding in agriculture? A) To increase genetic diversity. B) To produce offspring with desired traits. C) To eliminate all genetic mutations. D) To create new species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To produce offspring with desired traits. 19. In which phase of meiosis do homologous chromosomes separate? A) Prophase I. B) Anaphase I. C) Metaphase I. D) Telophase I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphase I. 20. ..... species is a non-native plant or animal introduced accidentally or intentionally by humans A) Invasive. B) Threatened. C) Extinct. D) Endangered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invasive. 21. They are animals that eat only meat A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carnivore. 22. The limits to the abiotic conditions that a species can tolerate A) Range of tolerance. B) Distribution. C) Realized niche. D) Fundamental niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Range of tolerance. 23. The hydrologic cycle is a continuous process driven by energy from the ..... A) Moon. B) Sun. C) Gravity. D) Earth's interior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. 24. A community of living and nonliving things in their natural environment makes up a A) Food web. B) Ecosystem. C) Food chain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystem. 25. Which weather tool measures air pressure? A) Thermometer. B) Barometer. C) Anemometer. D) Psychrometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barometer. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 1Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 2Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 3Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 4Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 5Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 6Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 7Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 8Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 9Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books