1. I. Increase in mass II.

Differentiation III. Increase in

number of individuals IV.
Response to stimuli
Which two points are known as
the twin characteristics of
growth?
(a) I and II (b) I
and IV (c) II and III
(d) I and III
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in plants and _______ in animals
(a)
Continuously,
only upto a
certain age (b) Only upto a
certain age,
continuously
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Continuously;
never
(d) Once: twice
3. Generally growth and
reproduction are -
(a) Mutually inclusive events (b)
Mutually exclus^d events (c)
Either a or b (d) Non
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(a) Mules (b)
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a and b (d)None
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stimuli are -
(a) Eukaryotes only (b)
Prokaryotes only
(c) Both a and b (d) Those with
a well developed nervous
system
9. I. Growth II. Reproduction
III. Response to stimuli IV.
Metabolism V. Cellular
organisation
Which of the above features
are generally characteristic of
life?
(a) I, II, IV, V

(b)AII (c) II, III,

IV (d) I, II, III, V
10. Growth, development and
functioning of living body is due to -
(a) Order (b)
Homeostasis (c)
Metabolism (d)
Adaptations

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11. Which type of organisation is found in only living beings -
(a) Atomic (b) Molecular (c) Mixture (d) Subcellular
12. Organisation levels in living beings are -
(a) Subcellular —> cellular —*- individual —* community —> population
(b) Atomic —> molecular —> subcellular —> cellular —> tissue —> organ —> individual
(c) Individual —> population —> organ system —> tissue —> cellular —K molecular —> atomic
(d) Atomic —> molecular —> tissue —> individual —>* ecosystem —** community
13. Given below are assertion and reason. Point out if both are true and the reason is correct explanation (I), both are true but
reason is not correct explanation (II), assertion is true but reason is wrong (III) and both are wrong (IV).
Assertion - Death is regarded as the most regulatory process on earth.
Reason - It avoids over-crowding caused by continuous reproducti on.
(a) I (b)ll (c)lll (d)IV
14. Biological organisation begins at—
(a) Cellular level (b) Atomic level (c) Organismic level (d) Submicroscopic molecular level
15. A living organism can be exceptionally differentiated from a nonliving thing on the basis of its ability for -
(a) reproduction (b) Growth and movement
(c) Responsiveness to touch (d) Interaction with environment and progressive evolution
16. Linnaeus evolved a system of nomenclature called-
(a) Mononomial (b) Vernacular (c) Binomial (d) Polynomial
V7, Which one is the species?
(a) Carnivora (b) Canis (c) familiaris (d) Canis familiaris v
18. Binomial nomenclature seems to be difficult because a.scientific name is derived from -
(a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Latin (d) French
19. Two plants are taxonomicaliy related if -
(a) They store carbohydrate in the same type of molecule
(b) Both obtain energy from hydrolysis of ATP into ADP and inorganic phosphate
(c) Both have similarly lobed palmate leaves
(d) Both have pinnately veined leaves
20. A group of plants or animals with similar traits of any rank is -
(a) Species (b) Genus (c) Order (d)Taxon
21. Binomal nomenclature means -
(a) One name given by two scientists (b) One scientific name consisting of a generic and specific epithet
(c) Two names, one latinised, other of a person (d) Two names, one scientific, other local
22. Basic unit or smallest taxon of taxonomy / classification is - .,
(a) Species (b) Kingdom (c) Family (d) Variety
23. Father of taxonomy is -
(a) De Candolle (b) Hooker (c) Linnaeus (d) Aristotle
24. A scientist connected with the study of variations, evolution and origin along with classification is known as -
 (a) Classical taxonomist (b) Herbal taxonomist (c) Modern taxonomist (d) New taxonomist
25. Linnaeus system of classification was based on -
(a) Morphology (b) Ecology (c) Embryology (d) Cytology
26. First act in taxonomy is -
(a) Description (b) Identification (c) Naming (d) Classification
27. Taxonomy based on determination of genetic relationships is -
(a) Cytotaxonomy (b) Numerical taxonomy
(c) Biochemical taxonomy (d) Experimental taxonomy.
28. A group of interbreeding organisms is -
(a) Genus (b) Family (c) Order (d) Species.
29. Ataxonis-
(a) A group of related families (b) A group of related species
(c) Atype of living organisms (d)Ataxonomicgroup of any ranking.
30. Branch connected with nomenclature, identification and classification is —
(a) Ecology (b) Taxonomy (c) Morphology (d) Physiology.
31. Sequence of taxonomic categories is- '
(a) Class — Phylum — Tribe — Order —Family — Genus —Species
(b) Division — Class — Family — Tribe —Order — Genus — Species
(c) Division — Class — Order— Family —Tribe — Genus — Species
(d) Phylum — Order — Class — Tribe—Family—Genus — Species.
32. The third name in trinomial nomenclature is-
(a) Species (b) Subgenus (c) Subspecies (d) Ecotype.
33. In nomenclature-
(a) Both genus and species are printed in italics (b) Genus and species may be of same name (c) Both in
genus & species, the first letter is capital (d) Genus is written after the species.
34. Whittaker proposed-
(a) Two kingdom classification - (b) Five kingdom classification
(c) Four kingdom classification (d) Three kingdom classification.
35. In Whittaker's classification, non-nucleated unicellular organisms/prokaryotes are included under -
(a) Plantae (b)Monera (c) Protista (d)Animalia.
36. In Whittaker's five kingdom classification, eucaryotes are assigned to -
(a) All the five kingdoms (b) Only four kingdoms (c) Only three kingdoms (d) Only two kingdoms
37. Mayer's biological concepts of species is mainly based on
(a) Morphological traits (b) Reproductive isolation (c) Modes of reproduction (d) Morphology and reproduction.
38. Two morphologically similar populations are intersterile. They belong to -
(a) One species (b) Two biospecies (c) Two sibling species (d) None of the above
39. Distinction of procaryota and eucaryota is mainly based on -
(a) Nucleus only (b) Cell organelles only (c) Chromosome only (d) All of the above
40. On the basis of nucleus, virus should be placed under -
(a) Prokaryotes (b) Eukaryotes (c) Both A and B (d) None of the above
41. In Whittaker's five kingdom classification unicellular eukaryotes primarily aquatic & having various cell organdies constitute-
(a)Monera (b) Protista (c)Animalia (d)Plantae
42. In five kingdom classification, which single kingdom contains blue-green algae, nitrogen fixing bacteria and
methanogenic archaebacteria -
(a) Monera (b) Protista (c) Plantae (d) Fungi
43. Floral features are commonly used for identification of angiosperms because -
(a) Reproductive parts are more conservative (b) Flowers can be safely pressured
(c) Flowers are nice to work with (d) Flowers have various colours and scents
44. A taxonomic key used to identify organisms is labeled:
(a) phylogenetic key (b) evergreen key (c) dichotomous key (d) none of the above
45. Which one of the following has least similar characters?
(a) Family (b) Class (c) Genus (d) Species
46. On which of the following, five kingdom classification is based -•
(a) Cell wall (b) Genetic material (c) Types of organelles (d) Mode of nutrition
47. Number of criteria used in classifying organisms in five-kingdom classification is -
(a) 5 (b)4 (c)3 (d)2
48. Which of the following is less general in characters as compared to genus -
(a) Species (b) Family (c) Class (d) Division
49. What is correct?
(a) APIS INDICA (b) Trypansoma gambiense (c) Ficus Bengalensis (d) Mangifera Indies
50. Descending arrangement of categories is called -
(a) Classification (b) Taxonomy (c) Hierarchy (d) Key
51. Nicotiana\s-
(a) Variety (b) Subspecies (c) Species (d) Genus
52. Which one is odd/not a category?
(a) Species (b) Class (c) Phylum (d)Glumaceae/ Malvaceae
53. In hierarchical classification, class is interpolated between -
(a) Family and genus (b) Phylum and order (c) Order and family (d) Kingdom and phylum
54. The disadvantage of using common names for species is that:
(a) the names may change
(b) one name does not apply universally
(c) one species may have several common names and one common name may be applied to two species
(d) all of the above
55. , Place of keeping and studying dry plants is -
(a) Arboretum (b) Museum (c)Vasculum (d) Herbarium
56. Hierarchy of categories of Carolus Linnaeus had categories except -
(a) Genus and species (b) Order and class (c) Kingdom and class (d) Phylum and family.

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57. An important function of botanical garden is -
(a) Providing beautiful area for recreation (b) One can observe tropical plants over there
(c) They allow ex-situ conservation of germ plasm (d) They provide natural habitat to wildlife
58. Two plants belong to same species if they -
(a) Have more than 90% similar genes (b) Look similar and possess identical secondary metabolites
(c) Have similar number of chromosomes (d) Can reproduce freely with each other and form seeds
59. Which is different in different groups?
(a) Species (b)Taxon (c) Plankton (d) Family
60. In Oryzasativa, sativa stands for -
(a) Name of species (b) Specific nomenclature (c) Specific epithet (d) Species
61. An organism is in the same class but not in the same family. It may belong to same
(a) Genus (b) Species (c) Variety (d) Order
62. Largest herbarium in India is at-
(a) National Botanical Garden, Lucknow (b) Lloyd Botanical garden, Darjeeling
(c) Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (d) Indian Botanical Garden, Sibpur
63. The famous botanical garden of Kew is located in -
(a) India (b) England (c) Germany (d) France
64. Related genera belong to same -
(a) Variety (b) Family (c) Species (d) None of these
65. Which is not applicable to biological species concept?
(a) Hybridisation (b) Reproductive isolation (c) Natural selection (d) Gene pool
66. Which taxonomic aid gives comprehensive account of complete compiled information of a genus or family at a
particular time?
(a) Taxonomic key (b) Herbarium (c) Monograph (d) Flora
67. ICBNis-
(a) International Code of Biological Naming (b) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
(c) Internal Class of Biological Nomenclature (d) International Classification of Biological Nomenclature
68. Who wrote "Species Plantarimrf and provided a basis for classification of pianis?
(a) Carolus Linnaeus (b) Charles Darwin (c) Robert Hooke (d) Leeuwenhoek
69. Identify the true statements from below -
I. Father of taxonomy is John Ray II. Homo sapiens is the scientific name of man
III. Ataxon is a group of related plants or animals. IV. Basic unit or lowest taxnomic category is species.
V. The first step in taxonomy is naming. VI. Modern classification is based on phytogeny
VII. First time binomial nomenclature was written in latin
VIII. The number of species that are known and described, range between 1.7-1.8 million
(a) I, II, III and IV (b) II. IV, VI, VII and VIII (c) I, III, Vand VII (d) II, III, VandVI
70. Classification systems have many uses. Which of the following is not a goal of biological classification?
(a) To depict convergent evolution (b) To clarify relationships among organisms
(c) To help us remember organisms and their traits (d) To clearly identify organisms befficg studied
71. Taxonomic systems used by biologists are hierarchical; that is,
(a) taxonomic groups reflect shared characters, not evolutionary relationships.
(b) each higher taxonomic group contains all the groups below it.
(c) tlxonomic groups reflect common habitats.
(d) a hierarchy of traits is used to establish classifications. 72 Classification systems serve four
important roles. Which of the following is not one of those roles?
(a) To help us remember characteristics of a large number of different things
(b) To help us identify shared traits, such as hair, mammary glands and constant high body temperature in mammals
(c) To reveal the harmony of nature
(d) To provide stable, unique, unequivocal names for organisms and to help reconstruct evolutionary pathways
73. In referring to an organism in writing, such as in a newspaper, textbook, or lab report, which of these rules should be -
followed?
1. Underline or italicize genus 2. Underline or italicize species
3. First letter of species should be uppercase 4. First letter of genus should be uppercase
(a) 1,2, 4 (b)1,2, 3 (c) 2, 3, 4 (d)1,3,4
74. Which of the following statements about classification is not true?
I. Members of a family are iess similar than members of an included genus
II. An order has more members than the number of members in an included genus
III. Families have more members than phyla
IV. Members of a family share a common ancestor in the more distant past than members of an included genus
V. The number of species in a taxon depends on their relative degree of similiarity.
(a) Only III (b) Only IV (c) Only V (d)None
76. Reproduction is synonymous with growth / cell division in -
I. Bacteria \ \\.Hydra \\\.PIanaria IV. Unicellular algae V. Amoeba
(a) I, III and V .' (b) I, II and IV (c) I, IV and V (d)AII
77. Choose the correct statement-
(a) Growth in multicellular organisms cannot take place in in vitro culture.
(b) Growth by cell division in unicellular organisms can be observed in in vivo culture.
(c) Growth by cell divisin in unicellular organisms can be observed in in vitro culture.
(d) Greater by cell division in unicellular organisms cannot be observed by any method.
78. Which one of the following constitutes the two best reasons for distinguishing the living from the noi i living?
(a) Growth and locomotion (b) Irritability and locomotion
(c) Respiration and excretion (d) Reproduction and locomotion
79. Which of the followlrjg biological processes do not operate within the life span of a given organism ?
 (a) Birth and nutrition (b) Growth and maturation
(c) Metabolism and excretion (d) Decomposition and mineralization
80. The life can be attempted to be defined as a peculiar series of functions associated
with
(a) Transformation and utilization of energy
(b) Transmission and utilization of genetic information
(c) Metabolism and response to the environmental variations
(d) All of the above. 81 . The process called evolution, exhibited by the living organisms is
the manifestation of
(a) Only short term changes in the environment (b) Reasonably long term changes in the environment
(c) A fully stable conditions of the environment (d) The own desire of the organism to change the: environment.
82. The living organisms of all hierarchial levels share in common, which one of the following feature s?
(a) Nature of protoplasmic constitution (b) Method of cell division
(c) Degree of body organization (d) Mode of nutrition.
83. Mark the incorrect statement concerning life
(a) It is a self-regulated thermodynamic system.
(b) It is capable of catalyzing the metabolic reactions
(c) It is capable of self perpetuation from generation to generation without DMA duplication
(d) It is simply impossible without energy.
84. Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things?
(a) Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro
(b) Increase in mass from inside only
(c) Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory
(d) Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally
85. Which of the following is self-conscious?
(a) Human being (b) Tiger . (c) Lion (d) Amoebn
86. Living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the nonliving thing on the basis of their jibility for -
(a) Reproduction
(b) Growth and movement
(c) Interaction with environment and progressive evolution
(d) responsiveness to touch
87. All living organism present, past and future are
(a) Not linked to any extent
(b) Linked to one another in their cell membrane
(c) Linked to one another by the sharing of the common genetic materials, but to varying degrees.
(d) Linked to another by the sharing of the common genetic materials to 1 00% extent
88. Choose the correct one
I. Growth cannot be taken as a defining property of living organism.
II. Dead organism does not grow.

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 III. Reproduction cannot be an all inclusive defining characteristic of living organisms.
IV. No nonliving object is capable of replicating itself.
V. Metabolism in a test tube is nonliving.
VI. Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organism.
(a)land III (b) All except V (c) All except III (d)AII
89. Properties of tissues
(a) Are present in the constituent cells
(b) Are due to similar cells in them
(c) Are due to their similar origin
(d) Arise as a'result of interactions among the constituent cells
90. Which of the following statement is false?
(a) Properties of cellular organelles are present in the molecular constituents of the organelles
(b) Interactions among the molecutar components of the organelles result into properties of cell organelles
(c) Biology is the story of life on earth
(d) Biology is the story of evolution of living organisms on earth
91. The growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive events in
(a) Plants only (b) Animals only (c) Higher animal and plants (d) Lower organisms
92. The sum total of chemical reactions occurring in our body is called
(a) Metabolism (b) Homeostasis (c) Irritability (d) Catabolism
93. Mark the correct statement
(a) Only living organisms grow (b) Plants grow only up to a certain age
(c) The growth in living organisms is from inside (d) All of these
94. Which of the following multiply by the process of fragmentation?
(a) Planaria (b) Filamentous algae (c) Fungi (d) All of these
95. Given below is the botanical name of mango. Mark the option in which the name is correctly written
(a) Magnifera Indica (b) Mangifera indica (c) Mangifera Indica (d) Mangifera indica
96. Identify the correct sequence of taxonomic categories
(a) Species-order-kingdom-phylum . (b) Species-family-genus-class
(c) Genus-species-order-phylum (d) Species-genus-order-phylum
97. The famous botanical garden 'Kew' is located in
(a) England (b)Lucknow (c) Berlin (d) Australia
98. The 'Birds' taxonomically represent
(a) Family (b) Order (c) Class (d) Phylum
99. The Indian Botanical garden is located in
(a) Howrah (b) Lucknow (c) Mumbai . (d) Mysore
100. Following taxonomic aid provides information for the identification of names of species found in an area
(a) Monograph (b) Manual (c) Memoir . (d) Periodical
101. The term Taxon'is used for
(a) The ranks of species and genus (b) The ranks up to phylum
(c) The species epithet only (d) Any rank of taxonomic hierarchy
102. The binomial nomenclature was given by
(a) Lamarck (b) Ernst Mayr (c) Carolus Linnaeus • (d) Cuvier
103. Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed, according to the International
Rules of Nomenclature and correctly described?
(a) Musca domestica - The common house lizard, a reptile
(b) Plasmodium falciparum - A protozoan pathogen causing the most seYious type of malaria
(c) Felis tigris - The Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests.
(d) E.co//- Full name Entamoeba coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine
104. In fish, Catla catla the specific name is identical with the generic name, thus it is an example of
(a) antonym (b)tautonym (c) synonym (d) homonym
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i. d 2. a 3. b 4. b 5. c 6. c 7. c 8. c 9. b 10. c

11. d 12. b 13. a 14. d 15. a 16. c 17. d 18. c 19 .a 20. d

21. b 22. a 23. c 24. a 25. a 26. b 27. d 28. d 29 . d 30. b

31. c 32. c 33. a 34. b 35. b 36. b 37. b 38. c 39 . d 40. d

41. b 42. a 43. a 44. c 45. b 46. d 47. a 48. a 49 . d 50. c

51. d 52. d 53. b 54. d 55. d 56. d 57. c 58. d 59 . b 60. c

61. d 62. d 63. b 64. b 65. a 66. c 67. b 68. a 69 . b 70. a

71. b 72. c 73. a 74. a 75. a 76. c 77. c 78. c 79 . d 80. d

81. b 82. a 83. c 84. c 85. a 86. c 87. c 88. b 89 . d 90. a

•91. c 92. a 93. c 94. d 95. d 96. d 97. a 98. c 99 . a 100. b

101. d 102. c 103. b 104. b