The Living World - MCQs

{ "question_no": 76, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "All living organisms can be classified into different taxa based on:", "options": [ "Uses only", "Characteristics", "Size only", "Habitat only" ], "answer": 2, "explanation": "Classification of organisms into different taxa is based on their characteristics." } { "question_no": 77, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "The process of classifying organisms into different taxa is called:", "options": [ "Nomenclature", "Identification", "Taxonomy", "Evolution" ], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Taxonomy is the science of classification of living organisms." } { "question_no": 78, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "Which of the following forms the basis of modern taxonomic studies?", "options": [ "External structure only", "Internal structure only", "Cell structure only", "All of these along with development and ecological information" ], "answer": 4, "explanation": "Modern taxonomy considers external structure, internal structure, cell structure, development and ecological information." } { "question_no": 79, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "Which process is NOT considered basic to taxonomy?", "options": [ "Characterisation", "Identification", "Classification", "Photosynthesis" ], "answer": 4, "explanation": "Characterisation, identification, classification and nomenclature are the basic processes of taxonomy." } { "question_no": 80, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "Taxonomy is based on:", "options": [ "Characterisation", "Identification", "Classification and nomenclature", "All of these" ], "answer": 4, "explanation": "All four processes together form the basis of taxonomy." } { "question_no": 81, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "Taxonomy is:", "options": [ "A modern concept only", "A recent discovery", "Not something new", "Limited to plants" ], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Humans have been classifying organisms since ancient times." } { "question_no": 82, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "The earliest classifications made by humans were based on:", "options": [ "Evolutionary relationships", "Cell structure", "Uses of organisms", "Genetic information" ], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Early humans classified organisms according to their usefulness for food, clothing and shelter." } { "question_no": 83, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "Early humans were mainly interested in organisms for:", "options": [ "Scientific research", "Food, clothing and shelter", "Evolutionary studies", "Genetic analysis" ], "answer": 2, "explanation": "Basic survival needs such as food, clothing and shelter guided early classifications." } { "question_no": 84, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "The branch of study dealing with the diversity of organisms and their relationships is called:", "options": [ "Ecology", "Genetics", "Systematics", "Physiology" ], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Systematics deals with the study of organismal diversity and relationships." } { "question_no": 85, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "The word 'Systematics' is derived from the Latin word:", "options": [ "Taxon", "Systema", "Nomen", "Species" ], "answer": 2, "explanation": "Systematics comes from the Latin word 'systema', meaning systematic arrangement." } { "question_no": 86, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "The Latin word 'systema' means:", "options": [ "Scientific naming", "Classification", "Systematic arrangement of organisms", "Evolutionary change" ], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Systema means systematic arrangement of organisms." } { "question_no": 87, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "Who used 'Systema Naturae' as the title of his publication?", "options": [ "Darwin", "Huxley", "Linnaeus", "Bentham" ], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Carolus Linnaeus named his famous work 'Systema Naturae'." } { "question_no": 88, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "The scope of systematics was later enlarged to include:", "options": [ "Identification", "Nomenclature", "Classification", "All of these" ], "answer": 4, "explanation": "Modern systematics includes identification, nomenclature and classification." } { "question_no": 89, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "Systematics takes into account:", "options": [ "Economic importance only", "Evolutionary relationships", "Habitat only", "Size only" ], "answer": 2, "explanation": "A major feature of systematics is the study of evolutionary relationships among organisms." } { "question_no": 90, "exam": "NCERT", "question": "Which statement correctly differentiates taxonomy and systematics?", "options": [ "Both are exactly the same", "Taxonomy focuses on classification, while systematics also considers evolutionary relationships", "Systematics deals only with plants", "Taxonomy deals only with animals" ], "answer": 2, "explanation": "Systematics is broader than taxonomy because it includes evolutionary relationships in addition to identification, nomenclature and classification." }
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