This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Carbon dioxide and methane are examples of these, that can cause the earth to warm up A) Acid precipitation. B) Greenhouse gases. C) Overexploitation. D) Invasive species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenhouse gases. 2. Anaerobic A) A living part of an ecosystem. B) Process that requires oxygen. C) Non-living things. D) Process that does not require oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Process that does not require oxygen. 3. Biodiversity is measured using two criteria. They are ..... A) Species evenness and habitat area. B) Species richness and ecological relationships. C) Species richness and evenness. D) Species evenness and NPP produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species richness and evenness. 4. As we go on lower from kingdom to species. the number of common characters A) Goes on increasing. B) Goes on decreasing. C) Remains Same. D) No pattern is seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goes on increasing. 5. The tundra biome & the desert biome are both very dry, but A) The desert is always hot. B) The desert has a wider temperature range. C) The tundra has a wider temperature range. D) They are also similar in temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The desert has a wider temperature range. 6. Which of these terms means the disappearance of a species from a specific geographic region where it once lived, but the species continues to exist in other parts of the world? A) Local extinction. B) Global extinction. C) Speciation. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local extinction. 7. When a community is stable with little to no change, what level of ecological succession is taking place? A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Tertiary succession. D) Climax community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax community. 8. ..... is a more specific category than family. A) Class. B) Order. C) Genus. D) Phylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genus. 9. In general, which of the following is the best long-term method of preventing extinctions? A) Protecting the habitats of endangered species. B) Paying people not to kill endangered species. C) Removing predators from areas that contain endangered species. D) Providing food to endangered species in the wild. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protecting the habitats of endangered species. 10. The genus of Mango is A) Magnifera. B) Indica. C) Sapindales. D) Dicotyledonae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnifera. 11. Biodiversity hotspot A) An area that supports a large number of native species. B) Using the land for more than one purpose at the same time. C) The range of conditions in which a species can survive. D) First species to populate an area during primary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An area that supports a large number of native species. 12. Place used for storing & preservation, exhibition is known as A) Herbaria. B) Zoo. C) Botanical garden. D) Musuem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Musuem. 13. Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the codes given belowCOLUMN I COLUMN II A. Planaria ( i ) Binary fission B. Fungi ( ii) Asexual spores C. Yeast ( iii ) Budding D. Amoeba ( iv ) true regeneration A) A-( i ), B-( ii ), C-( iii ), D-( iv ). B) A-( iv ), B-( ii ), ( v ), C-( III ), D-( i). C) A-(ii), B-(v) c-(i) D-(iv). D) A-(V) B-(ii), (i), C-(iii) D-(iv). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A-( iv ), B-( ii ), ( v ), C-( III ), D-( i). 14. The two components of binomial nomenclature are A) Genus and species. B) Class and species. C) Genus and family. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genus and species. 15. Two thirds of the Earth's fresh water is stored where? A) Oceans. B) Seas. C) Lakes. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ice. 16. A living organism can be differentiated from a non-living structure on the basis of A) (a) Reproduction. B) ( b) Growth. C) ( c) Interaction with environment and progressive evolution. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ( c) Interaction with environment and progressive evolution. 17. Which of the following aquatic biomes is a GOOD source of freshwater that we can use for our homes and agriculture? A) Coral Reefs. B) Lakes and rivers. C) Coastal Wetlands. D) Estuaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lakes and rivers. 18. Which of the following is a density-dependent limiting factor? A) Human activities. B) Unusual weather. C) Competition. D) Natural disaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Competition. 19. What do you think is the need of nomenclature? A) Scientists can use this term in their seminars. B) To have a standard name for an organism instead of having many names in different languages. C) Nomenclature is something which is same for all organisms and people need not mention each organism with different names. D) Nomenclature looks fancier and more technical than regional names. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have a standard name for an organism instead of having many names in different languages. 20. An ecological succession that begins in an area where no biotic community previously existed A) Indicator species. B) Primary succession. C) Ecosystem diversity. D) Foundation species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary succession. 21. Match column-I with column-II and choose the correct combination from the options given below. Column-I Column-II A. National Botanical I. Carolus Linneaus Research Institute B. Indian Botanical II. Taxon Garden C. Binomial III. Howrah (India) Nomenclature D. A unit of IV. Lucknow classification A) A-III; B-IV; C-I; D-II. B) A-IV; B-III; C-I; D-II. C) A-IV; B-III; C-II; D-I. D) A-IV; B-I; C-III; D-II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A-IV; B-III; C-I; D-II. 22. This biome gets a little more rain than deserts and has similar temperatures to deciduous forest. A) Tundra. B) Taiga. C) Grassland. D) Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grassland. 23. Which of these is an example of intraspecific competition? A) Hyenas fighting one another for access to food. B) Barnacles and oysters competing for space on the rocky shore. C) Eucalyptus trees secreting chemicals that kill of nightshade plants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyenas fighting one another for access to food. 24. What are the challenges of living in the Thar desert? A) Farming, Tourism and Mineral mining. B) Hydro electric power, gypsum, marble. C) Lack of Water, few roads and extreme temperatures. D) Desert festival at Jaisalmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lack of Water, few roads and extreme temperatures. 25. The main purpose of classification of organisms is to A) Study geography. B) Locate plants and animals. C) Establish relationships amongst organisms. D) Study evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Establish relationships amongst organisms. ← 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 10Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books