NEET Section

May & June Batches

Subject Topic Test – KAR Date
Diversity in Living World, NEET – 11- WT
Biology 8th Jul 2024
Biological Classification N1120240708

Max. Marks: 60 Duration: 1 Hour

Useful Data
At. Wt.:
N = 14; O = 16; H = 1; S = 32; Cl = 35.5; Mn = 55; Na = 23; C = 12; Ag = 108; K = 39; Fe = 56; Pb = 207

Physical Constants:

h = 6.626  10 −34 Js , N a = 6.022  1023 mol-1 , c = 2.998  108 m s-1 , me = 9.110−31 kg , R = 8.314 J mol-1 K -1

The OMR sheet for 200 questions is to be used

Answer all the questions. Each question carries 2 marks 30 x 2 = 60

1. The number of species that are known and described range between
(a) 2-3 million (b) 1.7-1.8 million (c) 3-4 million (d) 5 million
Sol: 1.7-1.8 million
Ans: (b)
2. ICBN stands for
(a) International Code for Biological Naming
(b) International Centre for Botanical Nomenclature
(c) Indian Code for Biological Nomenclature
(d) International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
Sol: International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
Ans: (d)
3. Choose the correct statement about scientific names.
(a) They ensure that each organism has only one name.
(b) Description of any organism should enable the people to arrive at the same name.
(c) They ensure that such a name has not been used for any other organism.
(d) All of these
Sol: All of these
Ans: (d)
4. In Homo sapiens, the specific epithet is
(a) sapiens (b) homo (c) Homo sapiens (d) none of these
Sol: sapiens
Ans: (a)
5. Viral envelope is made up of
(a) Proteins only (b) Lipids and proteins
(c) Carbohydrates and proteins (d) Lipids and carbohydrate
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Sol: Proteins only

Ans: (a)
6. Monerans with chlorophyll ‘a’ and oxygenic photosynthesis are
(a) Actinomycetes (b) Mycoplasma (c) Bacteria (d) Cyanobacteria
Sol: Cyanobacteria
Ans: (d)
7. Thread like fungal structures are:
(a) Hyphae (b) Mycelium (c) Coenocyte (d) Acoenocyte
Sol: Hyphae
Ans: (a)
8. The process by which organisms are grouped into convenient categories based on some easily
observable characters, is called
(a) Morphology (b) identification (c) classification (d) nomenclature
Sol: classification
Ans: (c)
9. Monkey, Gorilla and Gibbon are placed in the class
(a) carnivora (b) primate (c) mammalia (d) Canidae
Sol: mammalia
Ans: (c)
10. Sequence of taxonomic categories is
(a) Class - phylum – order – family – genus – species
(b) Division – class – family – order – genus – species
(c) Division – class – order – family – genus – species
(d) Phylum – order – class – family – genus – species
Sol: Division – class – order – family – genus – species
Ans: (c)
11. Binomial nomenclature consists of two words
(a) Genus and Species (b) Order and Family
(c) Family and Genus (d) Species and variety
Sol: Genus and Species
Ans: (a)
12. Decomposer protists are
(a) Sarcodines (b) Dinoflagellates (c) Slime moulds (d) Diatoms

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Sol: Slime moulds

Ans: (c)
13. Find the odd one from the following.
(a) Alternaria (b) Colletotrichum (c) Trichoderma (d) Agaricus
Sol: Agaricus
Ans: (d)
14. Deuteromycetes are called fungi imperfecti due to
(a) Lack asexual reproduction
(b) Lack of cell wall
(c) Lack of sexual reproduction
(d) Lack of vacuoles
Sol: Lack of sexual reproduction
Ans: (c)
15. Genus represents
(a) An individual plant or animal
(b) A collection of plant or animals
(c) Group of closely related species of plants or animals
(d) Group of closely related families
Sol: Group of closely related species of plants or animals
Ans: (c)
16. As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic hierarchy, the number of common characteristics.
(a) Will decrease (b) Will increase
(c) Remain same (d) May increase or decrease
Sol: Will decrease
Ans: (a)
17. Lichens show:
(a) Mutualism (b) Commensalisms (c) Parasitism (d) Saprophytic
Sol: Mutualism
Ans: (a)
18. Morels and Agaricus have edible fruiting bodies and belong to their respective class as
(a) Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes (b) Basidiomycetes and Ascomycetes
(c) Ascomycetes only (d) Basidiomycetes only
Sol: Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes
Ans: (a)

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19. Which of the following organisms are known as chief producers in the oceans?
(a) Cyanobacteria (b) Diatoms (c) Dinoflagellates (d) Euglenoids
Sol: Diatoms
Ans: (b)
20. The primitive prokaryotes responsible for the production of biogas from the dung of ruminant animals,
include the
(a) Thermoacidophiles (b) Methanogens
(c) Eubacteria (d) Halophiles
Sol: Methanogens
Ans: (b)
21. Red tide is caused by
(a) Ceretium (b) Noctiluca (c) Gonyaulax (d) All of these.
Sol: Gonyaulax
Ans: (c)
22. (i) Instead of a cell wall they have a protein rich pellicle making their body flexible.
(ii) They have 2 flagella, a short and a long one.
(iii) They have mixotrophic nutrition
(iv) In light they are photosynthetic, but act as heterotroph (predating other smaller organism) when
they are in dark.
(v) They are connecting link between plants and animals. The above statements are assigned to
(a) Dinoflagellates (b) Slime mould
(c) Desmids and Diatoms (d) Euglena
Sol: Euglena
Ans: (d)
23. Which of the following always produce an infectious spore like stage in their life cycles?
(a) Ciliated protozoans (b) Flagellated protozoans
(c) Sporozoans (d) None of these
Sol: Sporozoans
Ans: (c)
24. Which of the following ascomycetes is the source of antibiotic?
(a) Neurospora (b) Penicillium (c) Claviceps (d) None of these
Sol: Penicillium
Ans: (b)

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25. Prions are-

(a) Larger than bacteria (b) Larger than virus
(c) Smaller than viroid (d) Similar in size to viruses
Sol: Smaller than viroid
Ans: (c)
26. ------------has a group of related genera with still less number of similarities as compared to genus and
species
(a) phylum (b) class (c) family (d) division
Sol: family
Ans: (c)
27. Find out the missing category 'X'. Species → Genus → X → Order → Class
(a) Class (b) Subspecies (c) Variety (d) Family
Sol: Family
Ans: (d)
28. Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae are included in the order Polymoniales mainly based on the
(a) Habitat (b) stem (c) root (d) Floral characters
Sol: Floral characters
Ans: (d)
29. Ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is known as
(a) classification (b) key (c) taxonomy (d) hierarchy
Sol: hierarchy
Ans: (d)
30. Carnivora, includes families like
(a) Urcidae (b) Felidae (c) Canidae (d) both (b) and (c)
Sol: both (b) and (c)
Ans: (d)

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Key Answers:

1. b 2. d 3. d 4. a 5. a 6. d 7. a 8. c 9. c 10. c
11. a 12. c 13. d 14. c 15. c 16. a 17. a 18. a 19. b 20. b
21. c 22. d 23. c 24. b 25. c 26. c 27. d 28. d 29. d 30. d

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