Students of class 11 Biology should refer to MCQ Questions Class 11 Biology The Living World with answers provided here which is an important chapter in Class 11 Biology NCERT textbook. These MCQ for Class 11 Biology with Answers have been prepared based on the latest CBSE and NCERT syllabus and examination guidelines for Class 11 Biology. The following MCQs can help you to practice and get better marks in the upcoming class 11 Biology examination

Chapter 1 The Living World MCQ with Answers Class 11 Biology

MCQ Questions Class 11 Biology The Living World provided below have been prepared by expert teachers of grade 11. These objective questions with solutions are expected to come in the upcoming Standard 11 examinations. Learn the below provided MCQ questions to get better marks in examinations.

Question. Rearing of bees is:
a. Horticulture
b. Sericulture
c. Silviculture
d. Apiculture

Question. In museums, larger animals like birds and mammals are:
a. Collected, killed and pinned
b. Stuffed and preserved
c. Preserved in natural habitat
d. Both a. and b.

Question. First book of Zoology Historia animalicum was given by:
a. Aristotle
b. Theophrastus
c. Carl woese
d. Alberto del rio

Question. Not applicable to zoological parks:
a. In vivo mode of conservation
b. Wild animals are kept under human care
c. Wild animals are kept in separate enclosures
d. All are true

Question. Which of the following provide information of any one taxon?
a. Manuals
b. Monograph
c. Flora
d. Fauna

Question. The taxonomic category below the lovel of family is
a. Class
b. Species
c. Phylum
d. Genus

Question. Olericulture is cultivation of:
a. Flowers
b. Vegetables
c. Fruits
d. All the above

Question. Family – order – class of Musca domestica (Housefly) are respectively:
a. Muscidae – Insecta – Hymenoptera
b. Muscidae – Diptera – Mandibulata
c. Hymenoptera – Insecta – Mandibuleta
d. Muscidae – Diptera – Insecta

Question. The word ending with – aceae indicates:
a. Genera
b. Family
c. Order
d. Class

Question. Cohort is a group of correlated:
a. Order
b. Species
c. Genera
d. Families

Question. Carnivora includes
a. Canis
b. Felis
c. Both of these
d. None of these

Question. Poales is the order of
a. Mango
b. Wheat
c. Maize
d. Corn

Question. When organisms are in the same class but not in same family, the taxonomic term is called as:
a. Order
b. Genus
c. Family
d. Species

Question. Term phylum was given by:
a. Haeckel
b. H. J. Lam
c. Eichler
d. Linnaeus

Question. Two animals belong to the same kingdom but different classes. They may belong to the same
a. Phylum
b. Order
c. Division
d. Family

Question. The term taxon for plants coined by
a. Curier
b. Adolf Meyer
c. H.J Lam
d. DeCandolle

Question. Herbarium sheet size?
a. 29 * 41.5 cm
b. 29 * 40 cm
c. 30 * 20 cm
d. 20 * 20 cm

Question. Employment of hereditary principles in the improvement of human race is:
a. Ethnology
b. Euphenics
c. Eugenics
d. Euthenics

Question. Royal Botanical Garden consists of how many specimens?
a. 6.5 millions
b. 6 millions
c. 6.5 billions
d. 6.5 trillions

Question. Father of Botany:
a. Aristotle
b. Theophrastus
c. Lamark
d. Whittaker

Question. In botanical gardens various plant species are grown for which purpose?
a. Identification
b. Nomenclature
c. Classification
d. Both 2 and 3 

Question. Branch of biology, which deals with study of evolutionary relationship between organism :-
a. Plant anatomy
b. Systematics
c. Ecology
d. Physiology 

Question. Taxonomical aid which contain actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of a given area : 
a. Flora
b. Fauna
c. Manual
d. Monograph 

Question. The number of species that are known and described ranges between :
a. 1-2 million
b. 1.7 – 1.8 billion
c. 1.7 – 1.8 million
d. 7 million   

Question. ICZN is used for
a. Virus
b. Bacteria
c. Cultivated plants
d. Animals 

Question. The taxonomic aid, which is useful in providing information for identification of names of species found in an area, called :
a. Flora
b. Museum
c. Manual
d. Monograph 

Question. Grouping of any thing into convenient categories based on some easily observable characters called:
a. Nomenclature
b. Identification
c. Classification
d. Taxonomy 

Question. Plant Ocimum sanctum belongs to kingdom plantae. As per taxonomic terminology term kingdom and plantae are respectively :
a. taxon and category
b. category and taxon
c. taxon and division
d. taxonomy and systematics 

Question. Monographs are concerned with :
a. Information of any species only
b. Information of any genus only
c. Information of any family only
d. Information of any one taxon 

Question. In taxonomic hierarchy plant families are characterised by
a. Only vegetative features of plant species
b. Genetic features of plant species
c. Both vegetative and floral features of plant species
d. Neither vegetative nor floral features of plant species 

Question. Taxon represents:
a. Rank in classification
b. Basic unit of classification
c. Both of these
d. None of these

Question. Term classification was given by:
a. A.P de Condolle
b. Norman E. Borloug
c. Tansley
d. None of these

Question. Which of the following combinations is correct for wheat ?
a. Genus : Triticum, Family : Anacardiaceae, Order : Poales, Class : Monocotyledonae
b. Genus : Triticum, Family : Poaceae, Order : Poales, Class : Dicotyledonae
c. Genus : Triticum, Family : Poaceae, Order : Sapindales, Class : Monocotyledonae
d. Genus : Triticum, Family : Poaceae, Order : Poales, Class : Monocotyledonae

Question. Species living in different geographical areas are called:
a. Allochronic
b. Allopatric
c. Sympatric
d. Siblings

Question. What is ethnobotany?
a. Cultivation of flower yielding plants
b. Use of plants and their parts
c. Relationship between plants and primitive people
d. Study of soil

Question. In a scientific name, the name of the author is printed in
a. Capital letters
b. Bold ( antics)
c. Italics
d. Roman

Question. Identity the incorrect statement:
a. Class like Mammalia is involved in phylum Chordata
b. Order like Insecta is involved in class Mandibulate
c. Genus like Panthera is involved in family Felidae.
d. Order like Primata is involved in class Mammalia

Question. Which is less general in characters as compared to genus?
a. Family
d. Class
c. Division
d. Species

Question. Genera Plantarum was given by:
a. Bentham Hooker
b. Engler & Prantl
c. A.P de Condole
d. None of these

Question. In a taxonomic hierarchy, genus is interpolated between
a. Kingdom and class
b. Phylum and order
c. Order and species
d. Family and species

Question. Die naturlichen pflanzenfamilien was given by.
a. Engler & Prantl
b. Lamarck
c. Curier
d. None of these

Question. Family and order of Triticum aestivum (wheat) are
a. Poaceae, Monocotyledonae
b. Poaceae, Poales
c. Poales, Monocotyledonae
d. None is correct

Question. Family of man (Homo sapiens) is:
a. Hominidae
b. Hominini
c. Primata
d. Ceboideae

Question. In a taxonomic hierarchy, family is interpolated between:
a. Kingdom and class
b. Class and order
c. Order and genus
d. Class and genus

Question. Order polyemoniales include
a. Convolvulaceae
b. Solanaceae
c. Both of this
d. None of these

Question. Order polyemoniales based on
a. Reproductive character
b. Floral character
c. Evolutionary character
d. None of these

Question. Sapindales is the order of
a. Mango
b. Maize
c. Wheat
d. Corn

Question. The category that includes related order is
a. Families
b. Phylum
c. Class
d. Kingdom

Question. Which of the following categories possess least number of related characters?
a. Order
b. Phylum
c. Class
d. Species

Question. Father of Indian Taxonomy:
a. Ajay phadke
b. Henry Santapau
c. Har Govind Khorana
d. Chanukah

Question. Largest Herbarium in the world situated in
a. Kew
b. L.A.
c. Johannesburg
d. Brazil

Question. Pesticide used in the Herbarium is:
a. 2 , 4 – D
b. NAA
c. CS₂ 
d. HgCl₂

Question. Insects are preserved in insect boxes after:
a. Collecting – Killing – Pinning
b. Killing – Collecting – Pinning
c. Killing – Pinning – Collecting
d. None of these

Question. Plant species in botanical gardens are labeled to indicate
a. English and local name
b. Collectors name
c. Botanical name and family
d. Family and place of collection

Question. National Botanical Research Institute located in:
a. Chennai
b. Lucknow
c. Darjeeling
d. Kolkata

Question. The collection of preserved plants and animals for study and reference is called:
a. Museum
b. Keys
c. Herbarium
d. Flora

Question. Museums are known to preserve:
a. Insects
b. Larger animals
c. Skeleton of animals
d. All of these

Question. Father of zoology:
a. Theophrastus
b. Aristotle
c. Carl correns
d. Von – Tschemark

Question. Each statement in key is called
a. Couplet
b. Lead
c. Principle
d. None of these

Question. Providing information for identification of names of species found in an area
a. Fauna
b. Flora
c. Monograph
d. Manuals