This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 55 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The smallest unit of classification is A) Phylum. B) Family. C) Species. D) Genus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species. 2. This is all of the lifeforms and living areas on earth A) Lithosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 3. Have a very broad niche (Can live in a variety of ecosystems and eat a variety of food) A) Generalist species. B) Specialist species. C) Keystone species. D) Indicator species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalist species. 4. Primary succession would occur in all the following areas except ..... A) Bare rock. B) After a volcanic eruption. C) Sandy dunes. D) An open field. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An open field. 5. About what share of Alaska's mineral wealth is in gold? A) Around twenty percent. B) Around five percent. C) Around half of it. D) Nearly all of it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around twenty percent. 6. Which of the following is considered a wetland? A) Swamps. B) Marshes. C) Bogs. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. Two animals which are the members of the same order must also be the members of the same ..... A) Class. B) Family. C) Genus. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Class. 8. Three different genera Solanum, Petunia & Dhatura are placed in family A) Poaceae. B) Anacardiaceae. C) Hominidae. D) Solanaceae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solanaceae. 9. Which describes all of the water on Earth, solid, liquid, and gas? A) Geosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. 10. Plants with parallel venation usually have which type of roots? A) Taproot. B) Fibrous. C) Deep root. D) Climbing root. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fibrous. 11. Tundra is found in the Arctic Circle A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. National forest A) Species that plays a major role in shaping a community by creating and enhancing a habitat that benefits other species. B) Protected strips of land that allow the migration of organisms from one wilderness area to another. C) Complex forest that has developed over a long period of time and is relatively untouched by human activity. D) Area of federally-owned land where logging and grazing are permitted under more heavily-managed conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Area of federally-owned land where logging and grazing are permitted under more heavily-managed conditions. 13. What is a community of plants and animals that interact with each other and their physical environment? A) Habitat. B) Ecosystem. C) Biome. D) Food Web. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystem. 14. Which is called Darwin of 20th century? A) Ernst mayr. B) R H whittaker. C) F. Darwin. D) A. Einstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ernst mayr. 15. The technical names of organisms are given in the ..... language A) Latin. B) Greek. C) French. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latin. 16. Would salt water or fresh water be expected to have a greater concentration of dissolved oxygen? A) Salt water. B) Fresh water. C) They would be equal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fresh water. 17. Who is Maniram chacha? A) A student from the community. B) A scientist at the Research Laboratory. C) An expert in mimicking bird calls. D) A teacher at the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An expert in mimicking bird calls. 18. Assertion:The science of classifiying organisms is called taxonomy.Reason:Systematics and taxonomy have same meaning. A) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion. B) If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion. C) If Assertion is true but Reason is false. D) If both Assertion and Reason are false. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If Assertion is true but Reason is false. 19. Which of the following hold true for scientific nomenclature? A) Naming of living organisms in English language. B) Naming of particular organisms by the same name all over the world. C) Naming of living organisms in such a manner that it may cause less confusion. D) Naming of living organisms in such a manner that it becomes easier to pronounce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naming of particular organisms by the same name all over the world. 20. Which of the following would count as a disruption to an ecosystem? A) Change in temperature. B) Natural disaster. C) Disease. D) All of the these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the these. 21. The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called A) Genes. B) Variations. C) Traits. D) Theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variations. 22. Which of the following are functions of wetlands? A) Absorb pollutants. B) Provide habitat for many animals. C) Control floods by acting as a sponge for excess water. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. What of the following is NOT a way that people add carbon to the environment? A) Burning fossil fuels. B) Deforestation. C) Littering. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Littering. 24. Biomass refers to A) Chemical Energy. B) Light Energy. C) Rank in the feeding heirarchy. D) Amount of living tissue at the tropic level. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amount of living tissue at the tropic level. 25. Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms? A) Carl Linnaeus. B) Carl's Jr. C) Charles Darwin. D) Henry Groseclose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carl Linnaeus. ← 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