The Living World: NEET MCQ Questions [30+ Solved]

The Living World: NEET MCQ Questions

                                                       [30+solved]

1. Who is also called the “Darwin of the 20th century”?

(a) Lamarck

(b) Ernst Mayr

(c) Carolus Linnaeus

(d) Robert May

2. The number of species that are known and described range between _. Fill in the blanks with the correct option from the following.

(a) 1.4 to 1.5 million

(b) 1.6 to 1.7 million

(c) 1.7 to 1.8 million

(d) 1.9 to 2 million

3. What are the twin characteristics of growth?

(a) increase in mass

(b) increase in number

(c) both a and b 

(d) none of the above

4. Growth in living organisms is from

(a) outside

(b) inside 

(c) both a and b

(d) none of the above

5. Growth cannot be taken as a defining property or feature of living organisms because

(a) all living organisms do not show growth

(b) non living things grow from inside

(c) non living things also grow

(d) some living organisms do not show the process of reproduction

6. Growth is synonymous with reproduction for which of the following organisms?

(a) unicellular algae

(b) amoeba

(c) bacteria

(d) all of the above

7. Which of the following organisms multiply by fragmentation?

(a) fungi

(b) filamentous algae

(c) planaria

(d) all of the above

8. Mark the correct statement from the following

(a) growth in living organisms is from inside

(b) plants grow but only up to a certain age

(c) only living organisms grow

(d) all of the above

9. Growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive events in which of the following

(a) plants only

(b) animals only

(c) higher animals and plants

(d) lower organisms

10. Reproduction cannot be an all inclusive defining characteristic feature of living organisms because

(a) living organisms do not show growth

(b) many living organisms do not reproduce

(c) non living objects are also capable of reproducing

(d) all living organisms show a small period of reproductive phase in their life

11. Living organisms show

(a) self replication and self regulation

(b) evolution

(c) response to external stimuli

(d) all of the above

12. The sum total of all the chemical reactions occurring in the body is known as

(a) metabolism

(b) catabolism

(c) anabolism 

(d) homeostasis

13. Select the incorrect statement from the following

1) NBRI (National Botanical Research Institute) is situated at Lucknow

2) Plant families like convolvulaceae and solanaceae are included in other polynomials mainly based on floral characters

3) All living organisms – present, past and future are linked to one another by sharing of common genetic material but to varying degrees

4) Order solanum, datura and petunia are placed in the family solanaceae

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 and 4

(c) 4 only

(d) 2 and 3

14. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

(a) all plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms exhibit metabolism

(b) interactions among the molecular components of the organelles result into the properties of cell organelles

(c) properties of cellular organelles are present in the molecular constituents of the organelles

(d) cellular organisation of the body is the defining feature of life forms

15. Properties of organs are

(a) present in the constituent cells

(b) due to different cells in them

(c) due to their similar origin

(d) a result of interaction among the constituent issues

16. Growth by cell division occurs ___ in plants and ___ in animals

(a) continuously, only up to a certain age

(b) only up to a certain age, continuously 

(c) continuously,  continuously

(d) never, continuously

17. Which set of the following organisms multiply by fragmentation?

(a) planaria, hydra, yeast

(b) echinoderms fungi bacteria

(c) fungi, filamentous algae, protonema of mosses 

(d) amoeba, hydra, virus

18. Which of the following organisms do not reproduce?

(a) mules

(b) sterile worker bees

(c) sterile human couple

(d) all of the above

19. Which of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living organisms?

(a) isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro 

(b) increase in mass is from inside only

(c) increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally

(d) perception of events happening around their environment and their memory

20. Which of the following is self conscious?

(a) human being 

(b) salamander

(c) cat

(d) housefly

21. Metabolic reactions take place

(a) in vitro

(b) in Vivo

(c) both a and b

(d) none of the above

22. Which of the following organisms can sense and respond to environmental cues?

(a) eukaryotes only

(b) prokaryotes only 

(c) both a and b

(d) none of the above

23. Growth, development and functioning of a living organism is due to 

(a) an increase in Gibbs free energy

(b) a decrease in entropy

(c) metabolism

(d) adaptation

24. Living organisms can be exceptionally differentiated from non living things on the basis of which of the following abilities?

(a) reproduction and excretion

(b) growth and movement

(c) responsiveness in touch and temperature

(d) interaction with the environment and progressive evolution

25. What are the two components of Binomial Nomenclature?

(a) the generic name

(b) specific epithet

(c) both a and b

(d) none of the above

26. In Mangifera Indica Linn, what does Linn stand for?

(a) Latin

(b) Lamarck

(c) Linnaeus

(d) lower organism

27. Alsatian is a breed of?

(a) dog

(b) cat

(c) donkey

(d)  horse

28. Modern taxonomy studies require which of the following?

(a) knowledge of external and internal structure

(b) knowledge development process and ecological information of organism

(c) knowledge of structure of cell

(d) all of the above

29. Which of the following terms includes all other terms?

(a) classification

(b) nomenclature

(c) taxonomy

(d) systematics

30. What are groups of plants or animals with similar traits of any rank called?

(a) species

(b) order

(c) genus

(d) taxon