Chapter 1 Life And Its Diversity Life And Its Diversity Plant Kingdom MCQs
Question 1. Bryophytes are — :
(1) Embryophytes
(2) Pioneer land plants
(3) All of these
(4) Amphibians of plant kingdom
Answer: (4)Amphibians of plant kingdom.
Question 2. Which group of plant is known as vascular cryptogams?
(1) Bryophyta
(2) Pteridophyta
(3) Gymnosperm
(4) Algae
Answer: (2)Pteridophyta. :
Question 3. kelps are marine —
(1) Angiosperm
(2) Red algae
(3) Green algae
(4) Brown algae
Answer: (4)Brown alga.
Question 4. Multicellular rhizoids occur in —
(1) Liver worts
(2) Hornworts
(3) Mosses
(4) None of these
Answer: (3)Mosses.
Question 5. Spirulina belongs to kingdom —
(1) Monera
(2) Fungi
(3) Plantae
(4) Animalia
Answer: (1)Monera.
Question 6. An alga which is rich in protein is —
(1) Ulothrix
(2) Spirogyra
(3) Nostoc
(4) Chlorella
Answer: (4)Chlorella.
Question 7. Which one of the following plant is monocious?
(1) Marchantia
(2) Pinus
(3) Cycas
(4) Papaya
Answer: (2)Pinus.
Question 8. Which one is an edible fungi?
(1) Mucor
(2) Penicillium
(3) Rhizopus
(4) Agaricus
Answer: (4)Agaricus.
Question 9. Component of the cell wall of fungi is —
(1) Cellulose
(2) Pectin
(3) Chitin
(4) Dextrin
Answer: (3)Chitin.
Question 10. A plant with naked seed is —
(1) Mango
(2) Cycas
(3) Fern
(4) Neem
Answer: (2)Cycas.
Question 11. Which of the following is a prokaryote?
(1) Amoeba
(2) Spirogyra
(3) Bacteria
(4) Chlamydomonas
Answer: (3)Bacteria.
Question 12. The lichen represents symbiotic relationship between —
(1) Algae and bacteria —_
(2) Fungi and higher plants
(3) Algae and fungi
(4) Bacteria and virus :
Answer: (3)Algae and fungi.
Question 13. A thalloid bryophyte is —
(1) Riccia
(2) Pogonatum
(3) Dryopteris
(4) Lycopodium
Answer: (1)Riccia.
Question 14. Angiosperms are included under —
(1) Embryophyta
(2) Trachaeophyta
(3) Spermatophyta
(4) Each of them
Answer: (4)Each of them.
Question 15. In fungi reserve food is —
(1) Starch
(2) Cellulose
(3) Glycogen
(4) Ali of these
Answer: (3)Glycogen.
Question 16. Fern rhizome is —
(1) Root
(2) Stem
(3) Rhizoid
(4) Rhizophore
Answer: (3)Rhizoid.
Question 17. The smallest flower is of —
(1) Carica papaya
(2).Nelumbo nucifera
(3) Wolfia micro scopia_
(4) Rafflesia
Answer: (3)Wolfia micro scopia.
Question 18. Which part of coconut is eaten?
(1) Entire seed
(2) Embryo
(3) Pericarp
(4) Seed coat
Answer: (1)Entire seed.
Question 19. Which one is a parasitic algae ?
(1) Sargassum
(2) Ulothrix
(3) Cephaleuros
(4) Oedogonium
Answer: (3)Cephaleuros. :
Question 20. Which one is not a root vegetable?
(1) Potato
(2) Turnip
(3) Carrot
(4) Sweet potato
Answer: (1)Potato.
Chapter 1 Life And Its Diversity Animal Kingdom MCQs
Question 1. Which of the following is ectoparasite in other fishes —
(1) Dog fish
(2) Lamprey
(3) Rohu
(4) Lobeo
Answer: (2)Lamprey. :
Question 2. Which of the following is toad?
(1) Hyla
(2) Bufo
(3) Rana
(4) Tree frog
Answer: (2)Bufo.
Question 3. Which of the following is a flying lizard?
(1) Wall lizard
(2) Varanus
(3) Draco
(4) Monitor lizard
Answer: (3)Draco.
Question 4. “Venus flower basket” is the popular name of —
(1) Spongilla
(2) Sea lily
(3) Euplectella
(4) Obelia
Answer: (3)Euplectella.
Question 5. Leach is —
(1) Endoparasite
(2) Ectoparasite
(3) Vector
(4) Free living
Answer: (2)Ectoparasite.
Question 6. The anti-coagulant produced by Leech is —
(1) heparin
(2) hirudin
(3) oxalates
(4) citrates
Answer: (2)hirudin.
Question 7. Acharacteristic feature of mollusc is —
(1) Soft body
(2) Shell
(3) Foot
(4) Mantle
Answer: (4)Mantle.
Question 8. The centipedes have —
(1) 100 legs
(2) 100-200 legs
(3) A pair of legs per each trunk segment
(4) Equal to the body segment
Answer: (3)A pair of legs per each trunk segment.
Question 9. Water vascular system is a characteristic of —
(1) Sponges
(2) motluses
(3) Coelentrates
(4) Echinoderm
Answer: (4)Echinoderm.
Question 10. The internal body cavity of coelenterates is —
(1) Haemocoel
(2) Coelom
(3) Enteron
(4) Pseudocoel
Answer: (3)Enteron.
Question 11. Which one Arthopodes is viviparous ?
(1) Cockroach
(2) Scorpion
(3) Prawn
(4) Centipede
Answer: (2)Scorpion.
Question 12. Which of the following is not a true fish?
(1) Dogfish
(2) Jelly fish
(3) Flying fish
(4) Gold fish
Answer: (2)Jelly fish.
Question 13. All are cold blooded animals except
(1) crocodile
(2) varanus
(3) snake
(4) pigeon
Answer: (4)pigeon.
Question 14. The bat is a true —
(1) bird
(2) flying mammal
(3) flying fish
(4) flying lizard
Answer: (2)flying mammal.
Question 15. The scorpion respires through —
(1) Gills
(2) Spiracles
(3) Book lung
(4) Trachea
Answer: (3)Book lung.
Question 16. The basic unit of classification is —
(1) order
(2) class
(3) species
(4) family
Answer: (3)species.
Question 17. Animals having innumerable pores in their body are grouped under—
(1) Porifera
(2) Coelenterata
(3) Protozoa
(4) Mollusca
Answer: (1)Porifera.
Question 18. Acoelomate animals fall under the phylum —
(1) Nemathelminthes _
(2) Platyhelminthes
(3) Annelida
(4) Arthropoda
Answer: (2)Platy helminthes.
Question 19. One of the following animals get already digested food and need not digest it again. It is —
(1) Amoeba
(2) Cockroach
(3) Leech
(4) Taenia
Answer: (4)Taenia.
Question 20. The Largest number of animals belong to —
(1) Mammalia
(2) Arthropoda
(3) Reptilia
(4) Pisces
Answer: (2)Arthropoda.
Question 21. The body of hydra is —
(1) Monoblastic
(2) Triploblastic
(3) Diplobiastic
(4) Polyblastic
Answer: (3)Diploblastic.
Question 22. Ink gland is found in—
(1) Sepia
(2) Octopus
(3) Loligo
(4) All of these
Answer: (4)All of these.
Question 23. True flight is found in —
(1) Flying fish
(2) Flying lizard
(3) Flying frog
(4) Bat
Answer: (4)Bat.
Question 24. Mammary glands are modification of —
(1) Salivary galnd
(2) Sebaceous.gland
(3) Sweat gland
(4) Lacrymal gland
Answer: (2)Sebaceous gland.
Question 25. The phylum of which animals can live on land, in water and can also fly is—
(1) Arthropoda
(2) Protozoa
(3) Mollusca
(4) Annelida
Answer: (1)Arthropoda.
Question 26. Which one of we following animals is not a vertebrate?
(1) Fish *
(2) Pigeon
(3) Garden lizard
(4) Amphioxus
Answer: (4)Amphioxus.
Question 27. Stinging cells are found in —
(1) Frog
(2) Snake
(3) Hydra
(4) Snail
Answer: (3)Hydra. :
Question 28. The bat differs from bird in having —
(1) Four chambered heart
(2) Diaphragm
(3) Wings
(4) Small brain
Answer: (2)Diaphragm.
Question 29. The animals of which invertebrate phylum consist kidney like structure for excretion?
(1) Anrthropoda
(2) Mollusca
(3) Porifera
(4) Echinodermata
Answer: (2)Mollusca.
Question 30. Excretory organ of earthworm is —
(1) Nephirdia
(2) Kidney
(3) Trachea
(4) Gills
Answer: (1)Nephirdia.
Chapter 1 Life And Its Diversity Life and Biology MCQs
Question 1.Who first recognised plants and animals as living objects ?
(1) Linnaeus
(2) Aristotle
(3) Pavlov
(4) Phillipson
Answer: (2)Aristotle
Question 2. In which of the following leaves protoplasmic movement is clearly observed under microscope —
(1) Vallisneria leaf
(2) China rose leaf
(3) Lotus leaf
(4) Lemna leaf
Answer: (1)Vallisneria leaf
Question 3. The constructive phase in which food materials are built up into more complex substances is called —
(1) Catabolism
(2) Metabolism
(3) Anabolism
(4) None of these
Answer: (3)Anabolism :
Question 4. Movement by the help of flagella is observed in —
(1) Paramaecium
(2) Euglena
(3) Amoeba
(4) Hydra
Answer: (2)Euglena
Question 5. The characteristic of life is —
(1) Respiration
(2) Movement
(3) Growth
(4) All of these
Answer: (4)All of these
Question 6. Life first originated in earth —
(1) In the soil
(2) In air
(3) In rocks
(4) In water
Answer: (4)In water
Question 7. The study of classification of plants and animals on the basis of their relationship, resemblances and differences is called —
(1) Ecology
(2) Taxonomy
(3) Anatomy
(4) Genetics
Answer: (2)Taxonomy
Question 8. The term ecology was proposed by —
(1) Haeckel
(2) Pavlov
(3) Simpson
(4) Tansiey
Answer: (1)Haeckel
Question 9. Biology and Statistics together form a subject called —
(1) Bionics
(2) Biometry
(3) Bioinformatics
(3) Bio-Geography
Answer: (2)Biometry
Question 10. The subject which deals with the study of cells is called —
(1) Genetic .
(2) Cytology
(3) Taxonomy :
(4) Pathology
Answer: (2)Cytology
Question 11. The branch of science which deals with birds is called —
(1) Apiculture
(2) Pisciculture
(3) Ornithology
(4) None of these
Answer: (3)Ornithology
Question 12. The branch of science which deals with the study of bacteria is called —
(1) Dendrology
(2) Agrostology
(3) Bacteriology
(4) Helminthology
Answer: (3)Bacteriology