1.The scientific name of an organism is made up of its _____ and _____ a.
Kingdom and Phylum
b. Genus and family c. Genus and species d. Family and species
2. Which class of animal has skin with scales, lays eggs with a leathery shell and does not maintain a constant body temperature?
a. Birds b. Amphibians c. Reptiles d. Mammals
3. Which class of animal has soft skin without scales, lays eggs in water, lives in the water when young but on land when mature
and does not maintain a constant body temperature? a. Mammals b. Reptiles c. Fish d. Amphibians
4. A fish propels itself through water with the help of its __ a. tail b. fins c. scale. d. operculum
5. Reptiles have ___ for respiration. a. gills b. stomata c. lungs d. all of the above
6. Pick the "odd one out". a. Crocodile b. Newt c. Alligator d. Turtle
7. Which of the following vectors is a vertebrate? a. Cockroach b. Mosquito c. Rat d. Tsetse Fly
8. The body of a fish is _______. a. Streamlined b. hairy c. intruded d. all of the above
9. Which of the following is an example of an amphibian? a. Penguin b. Fish c. Snake d. Frog
10. All of the following are characteristics of mammals except _____? a. they give birth to live young
b. they breathe through gills c. they produce milk d. they are covered with hair
11. What do mammals use to breathe? a. gills b. lungs c. Skin d. Blood
12. What Order do Frogs and Toads belong to? a. Anura b. Caecilia c. Caudata d. Squamata
13. What does ‘Amphibia’ means? a. Frogs b. Double life c. Toads d. Slimy animal
14. What is the scientific term that refers to animals who live on trees? a. arboreal b. Aquatic
c. Terrestrial d. Marine
15. An animal having pentadactyl limbs without claws belongs to the class _________? a. Amphibia
b. Reptilia c. Aves d. Mammalia
16. The body part, which is absent in birds a. Forelimb b. Hindlimb c. Pectoral girdle d. Pelvic girdle
17. The long hollow bones and connected air sacs are the characteristic features of _____ a. Reptilia b. Aves c. Mammals d. all
the vertebrates
18. Oviparous means to ___ a. internal fertilization b. eat only plants c. swallow prey whole d. lay eggs
19. Which classes of animals are endotherms? a. Birds and Reptiles b. Reptiles and Mammals
c. Birds and Mammals d. Mammals and Amphibians 2
20. Which single characteristic is specific to only Aves? a. beaks b. claws
c. nests d. feathers
21. Birds nearly hollow bones help it to________ a. store extra oxygens b. be lightweight in air
c. deliver oxygen to its cells d. defend itself against predators
22. Most mammal species are __________, which means that the females carry young in uterus and give birth to live young. a.
oviparous b. marsupial c. viviparous d. monotreme
23. Female mammals secrete milk from ________________ to feed new-borns. a. Mammary glands b. mammal glands c. milk
glands d. marsupial glands
24. What class of chordate phylum do birds belong to? a. Vertebrata b. Aves c. Chordata
d. Urochordata
25. In which order is the human placed? a. Carnivora b. Rodentia c. Primate d. None of the above
26. Protozoa are-------- a. Prokaryotes b. Eukaryotes c. Osteocytes d. Sycons
27. Hair-like structures for motility by microbes are called ____ a. Flagella b. Cillia c. Legs d. Pilli
28. A whip-like structure extending from the cell surface is called __ a. Flagella b. Cillia c. Legs d. Pilli
29. Amoeba makes use of ______ for locomotion. a. Legs b. Cillia c. Pseudopodia d. Pilli
30. Euglena makes its own food by __ a. Killing it b. photosynthesis c. Holozoic d. Heterotrophic
31. Protozoa are known not to have ______ a. Nucleus b. cytoplasm c. Cell walls d. Food vacuoles
32. A resting phase of a Protozoa is called a ____ a. Head b. vege c. Cysts d. Zooplanktons
33. Another name for protozoa is called ____ a. Phytoplankton b. Zooplankton c. Cysts d. Vacuoles
34. Protozoa take in large food particles by ____ a. Phagocytosis b. Zooplanktons c. pseudopodia d. Lungs
35. Protozoa can reproduce by _______ a. Sexual Reproduction b. Asexual Reproduction c. Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
d. Vacuoles
36. Arthropods have an exoskeleton made up of _________ a. Gylcan b. Peptidase c. Chitin d. Protein
37. Arthropods grow by shedding their skins in a process known as ________ a. Shedding b. Coelomes c. Molting d. Proboscis
38. Cockroaches are nocturnal and so they are active ____ a. During the day b. At night c. in the winter d. During the rains
39. Circulation in Arthropods is of the __ a. Closed Type b. Open Type c. Blood type d. Water type
40. Organic matter and soil is ejected from the earthworms in a structure known as _______
a. Burrows b. Holes c. Casting d. Homes
41. The first segment of the earthworm is called the _____ a. Peristomium b. Prostomium c. casting d. Coelomates
42. The plant cell without chloroplast is ____ a. Algae b. Fungi c. Bryophytes d. Pteridophytes
43. The study of lichen is called ____ a. Algology b. Lichenology c. Cytology d. Mycology
44. The _____ is the spore-bearing in bryophyte. a. Thallophyte b. Sporophyte c. Gametophyte d. Thalloid
45. ______ are the naked-seeded plants where the seeds remain exposed. a. Gymnosperms b. Angiosperms
c. Thallophyte d. Bryophyte
46. Which of the plant groups needs both land and water to complete their life cycle? a. Tracheophyta
b. Pteridophyta c. Thallophyta d. Bryophyta
47. Most primitive vascular plants? a. Mosses b. Cycads c. Kelps d. Fernshat
48. Plants that possess spores and embryos but lack vascular tissues and seeds? a. Rhodophyta b. Bryophyta c. Pteridophyta d.
Phaeophyta
49. Which one is not an exception in angiosperms? a. Double fertilization b. Secondary growth c. Presence of vessels d.
Autotrophic nutrition
50. Pteridophytes differ from mosses in _____ a. Independent gametophyte b. Dependent gametophyte
c. Flagellate antherozoids d. Independent and dominant sporophyte
51. Angiosperms are the dominant flora because of ___ a. Domestication by man b. Power of adapting in diverse habitats c.
Self-pollination property d. Property of producing a large number of seeds
52. Plants reproducing by spores are grouped under ___ a. Bryophytes b. Sporophytes c. Cryptogams
d. Thallophytes
53. Plants having vascular tissue without seeds ___ a. Angiosperm b. Pteridophytes c. Bryophytes
d. Gymnosperms
54. The plant group that possesses the largest ovule, largest gametes, and largest tree are ______
a. Angiosperms b. Gymnosperms c. Pteridophytes d. Bryophytes
55. Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of __ a. Fucus b. Funaria c. Marchantia d. Chlamydomonas
56. Pick the mismatched pair a. Cycas – Dioecious b. Equisetum – Homosporous
c. Salvinia – Heterosporous d. Pinus – Dioecious
57. The cell wall of Spirogyra contains a. Cellulose b. Chitin c. Lignin d. Suberin
58. Which of the following completely lacks a cell wall? a. Blue-green algae b. Saccharomyces
c. Sea-fan d. Cyanobacteria
59. Prothallus gives rise to sporophytes without fertilization. This is known as _______ a. Apogamy
b. Parthenocarpy c. Parthenogenesis d. Apospory
60. Chromatophores participate in __ a. Photosynthesis b. Respiration c. Growth d. Movement