Neet Questions The Living World
The Living World chapter in Class 11 NEET Biology syllabus is the first chapter. To help students prepare for the exam, important questions from previous years’ question papers and a few questions from test and sample papers are provided here. All the questions are likely to be asked in the NEET exam.
Important NEET Questions on Class 11 Chapter 1: The Living World
1. Naming an element with a numerical value
A. The first word in a biological name typically represents the genus name, and the second word is a specific epithet.
Biological names can be written in any language.
C. When written by hand, the names are to be underlined
D. Names are written in Latin and are italicized
Match Column I and II for housefly classification and select the correct option using the codes provided below: (NEET-II 2016)
| Column I | Column II |
| A. Family | I. Diptera |
| b.Order | ii.Arthropoda |
| c. Class | iii. Muscidae |
| d. Phylum | iv. Insecta |
A.
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a-i
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b-ii
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c-i
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d-iii
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B: i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a
a- iii, b- ii, c- iv, d- i
a- iii, b- i, c- iv, d- ii
3. This statement is incorrect (NEET 2013)
A. Botanical gardens have a collection of living plants for reference.
B. Herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens
C. Key is a taxonomic aid for the identification of specimens
D. A museum has a collection of photographs of animals and plants
4. According to Mains (2012), this entity is scientifically named, printed and described in accordance with the International Rules of Nomenclature.
A. Entamoeba coli (E-coli) - a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine.
B. Felis tigris - The Indian Tiger, well protected in Gir Forests.
C. Plasmodium falciparum - a protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria
D. Musca domestica - the common house fly, an insect
5. What are the common characteristics between potato and tomato at the NEET 2013 level?
A. Order
B. Family
C. Genus
D. Division
6. This animal is correctly matched with its particular taxonomic category: Mammalia (2011)
A. Housefly - Musca, Order
B. Humans - Primates, Family
C. Cuttlefish - Mollusca, Class
D. Tiger - Tigris, species
Exclusive characteristics of living things are often noted in Mains (2011).
A. Increase in mass through the accumulation of material both on the surface and internally
B. Perception and Memory of Events in the Environment
C. Increase in mass from only internal sources
D. Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro
Species are considered to be (2003)
A. Real units of classification devised by taxonomists
B. Artificial concept of the human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms
C. Real Basic Units of Classification
D. None of these
Biosystematics aims to classify and name organisms, as well as to understand the evolutionary relationships among them (2003).
A. Classifying organisms based on their evolutionary history and determining their phylogeny based on parameters from all areas of study.
B. Classification of Organisms Based on Broad Morphological Characters
C. Identification and Arrangement of Organisms on the Basis of their Cytological Characteristics
Delineating various taxa of organisms and establishing their relationships
The label of a herbarium sheet does not provide information on NEET-II 2016.
A. Height of the plant
B. Name of the Collector
C. Local Names
D. Date of Collection.
| Question | Answer Key |
|---|
| 1 | B |
| 2 | D |
| 3 | D |
| 4 | C |
| 5 | B |
| 6 | D |
| 7 | B |
| 8 | C |
| 9 | A |
| 10 | A |
Don’t forget to check out: Diversity in living world MCQs
More Important NEET Questions on The Living World Chapter of NEET Biology
What is the order of ‘Horse’?
Perissodactyla
(b) Equidae
(c) Caballus
Ferus
The cat meowed.
Answer: (a) The cat meowed.
As we move up the taxonomic hierarchy from species to kingdom, the number of shared characteristics increases
Decreasing
(b) Increasing
(c) remains constant
None of these
What is the capital of Spain?
Answer: (a) The capital of Spain is Madrid.
Petunia is a 13.
Genus
(b) Subgenus
(c) Species
(d) Subspecies
What is the capital of France?
Answer: (a) The capital of France is Paris.
Genera Petunia and Datura belong to the same family
Fabaceae
(b) Liliaceae
(c) Solanaceae
None of the Above
Which of the following is an example of a programming language?
A) HTML B) CSS C) Python
Answer: (C) Python
Keys are generally based on pairs of contrasting characters called
(a) Duplex
(b) Dimer
(c) Couplet
None of the Above
Which of the following is an example of a programming language?
A) HTML
B) Microsoft Word
C) Java
Answer: (C)
Which is the appropriate way of writing a biological name?
Panthera leo
Solanum nigrum
Solanum tuberosum
Mangifera Indica
What is the correct answer?
Answer: (c)
The necessity of a well-defined system of classification arises due to the need for organization and structure.
(a) It is not possible to study every organism.
Classification helps to understand the connections between different groups of organisms.
The organisms of the past cannot be studied without (c).
- (d) All of these
Which of the following is the correct answer?
A) Option A
B) Option B
C) Option C
D) Option D
Answer: (D)
Which of the following is not a taxon but a category?
(a) Division
(b) Polypetalae
(c) Angiosperms
(d) Dicotyledons
What is the capital of France?
Answer: (a) The capital of France is Paris.
Two organisms from the same phylum, but different family, may still belong to the same genus.
Genus
(b) Species
(c) Division
(d) Order
Which of the following is the correct answer?
- a) Wrong
- b) Incorrect
- c) Not correct
- d) None of the above
Answer: d) None of the above
Kew, London is known for its Royal Botanic Gardens
Herbarium
(b) Diverse Flora and Fauna
Being the largest botanical garden
Being the largest biological reserve
Which answer is correct?
- a) This one
- b) That one
- c) Neither
Answer: (c)
