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61. The large omnivorous bird that flies to Pakistan in winter from former Soviet territory is:

(a) Chakor

(b) Houbara bustard✅

(c) Kiwi

(d) Ostrich

62. Forests are the source of:

(a) Drugs

(c) Timber

(b) Fuel

(d) All of these✅

63. Deforestation results in.

(a) Soil erosions ✅

(b) Increased water storage capacity of dams

(c) More humidity

(d) More clouds

64. The lowest taxon among the following is:

(a) Genera✅

(b) Class

(c) Order

(d) Families

65. Euglena is included in kingdom:

(a) Monera.

(b) Protista. ✅

(c) Fungi.

(d) Plantae.

66. A species is a group of natural population which can:

(a) Interbreed and produce offsprings

(b) Interbreed in nature and produce offspring

(c) Interbreed and produce fertile offspring

(d) Interbreed in nature and produce fertile offsprings✅

67. The need of third kingdom protista raised due to:

(a) presence of certain unicellular organisms

(b) presence of plant like character

(c) presence of animal like characters

(d) presence of both animal and plant like characters✅

68. Fungi cannot be placed in plantae kingdom because:

(a) Fungi lack cell wall

(b) fungi lack root, stem and leave

(c) Fungi lack chlorophyll✅

(d) Fungi do not store food

69. Robert Whittaker selected which one of the following as principle for the formation of five classification system? kingdom

(a) Mode of locomotion

(b) Mode of nutrition✅

(c) Mode of reproduction

(d) Mode of respiration

70. The five kingdom classification system is not based on:

(a) Mode of nutrition

(b) Cytology

(c) Genetics

(d) Morphology✅

71. It is at the risk of becoming extinct because few members are left:

(a) Extinct

(b) Threatened

(c) Vulnerable

(d) Endangered✅

72. Marco polo Sheep is found in:

(a) Khunjerab National Park✅

(b) plains

(c) India

(d) Indus Valley

73. Members of the same species living in the same place is called:

(a) Habitat

(b) Biosphere

(c) Community

(d) Population✅

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 41. The scientific name of human being is:

(a) Homo sapiens✅

(b) Pisum sativum

(c) Amanita muscaria

(d) E. coli

42. The class of man is:

(a) Insecta

(b) Mammalia✅

(c) Magnoliopsida

(d) Proteobacteria

43. The kingdom of bacteria is.

(a) Fungi

(b) Monera✅

(c) Protista

(d) Plantae

44. Who suggested the first system of classification of organisms?

(a) Al-Jahiz

(c) John Ray✅

(b) Aristotle

(d) Averroes

45. In which language, Ibn-Rushd translated the Aristotle's book "de Anima"?

(a) Ibrani

(b) Arabic✅

(c) Hindi

(d) Persian

46. Who introduced Taxon of 'order' in classification?

(a) Caesalpino

(b) John Ray

(c) Tournefort

(d) Rivinus✅

47. Modern classification (binomial nomenclature) is based on the work of:

(a) Caesalpino

(b) John Ray

(c) Tournefort

(d) Carolous Linnaeus✅

48. Who proposed the kingdom protista?

(a) Ernst Hackel✅

(b) Robert Whittaker

(c) Margulis

(d) Schwartz

49. The terms "procariotique" and "eucariotique" were introduced by E. Chatton in:

(a) 1866

(b) 1937✅

(c) 1988

(d) 1990

50. Five kingdom classification system was first introduced by:

(a) Margulis

(b) Hackel

(c) Whittaker✅

(d) Linnaeus

51. All prokaryotic organisms are included in kingdom:

(a) Protista

(b) Monera✅

(c) Fungi

(d) Plantae

52. Which one is not related to protista?

(a) Algae

(b) Protozoans

(c) Bacteria✅

(d) Fungi like organisms

53. Which kingdom includes eukaryotic, multicellular and absorptive heterotrophs?

(a) Monera

(b) Protista

(c) Fungi✅

(d) Plantae

54. Which of the following character is not related to Animalia?

(a) Eukaryotic

(b) Multicellular

(c) Heterotrophs

(d) Autotrophs✅

55. Which one of the following is without nuclear membrane?

(a) Animalia

(b) Plantae

(c) Monera✅

(d) Protista

56. Cellular organization is absent in:

(a) Viruses✅

(b) Bacteria

(c) Algae

(d) Protozoans

57. The body of which organism consists only of RNA?

(a) Prions

(b) Viroids✅

(c) Viruses

(d) Algae

58. The species which will become extinct in future:

(a) Threatened

(b) Endangered✅

(c) Extinct

(d) All of these

59. How many people live on earth today?

(a) 100 million

(b) 300 million

(c) 400 million

(d) 600 million✅

60. It is the national animal of Pakistan.

(a) Dolphin

(b) Ibex

(c) Markhor✅

(d) Camel

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21. When a last member of a particular species dies, the species is said to be

(a) Established

(b) Extinct✅

(c) Threatened

(d) Endangered 

22. In which season Houbara bustard migrates to Pakistan and settles here?

(a) Summer

(b) Spring

(c) Autumn

(d) Winter✅

23. Who published important work on plants classification?

(a) John Ray✅

(b) Andrea Caesalpino

(c) Tourrnefort

(d) Agustus Rivinus

24. What is the greatest threat to biodiversity on this planet?

(a) Habitat loss✅

(b) deforestation

(c) overpopulation

(d) b and c

25. Who divided living organisms into three kingdom Classification System?

(a) Linnaeous

(b) Aristotle

(c) John Ray

(d) Hackel✅

26. How many children born in each minute in the world?

(a) 100

(b) 150

(c) 180✅

(d) 200

27. How many kinds of organisms inhabit the earth?

(a) 1 million

(b) 5 million

(c) 10 million✅

(d) 10 billion

28. Biodiversity means:

(a) Variety within a species

(b) Variety among the species

(c) Variety within a species and among the species✅

(d) None of these

29. The bio diversity of any region depends on:

(a) Climate

(b) Altitude

(c) Soil and other species

(d) All of these✅

30. Biodiversity is richer in:

(a) Tropics✅

(b) Temperate regions

(c) Polar regions

(d) Desert

31. Biodiversity is the source of:

(a) Food

(b) Fibres

(c) Rubber and oil

(d) All of these✅

32. The kinds of animals found on Earth:

(a) 0.5 million

(b) 1.0 million

(c) 1.5 million✅

(d) 2 million

33. The kinds of plants found on Earth:

(a) 0.1 million

(b) 0.3 million

(c) 0.5 million✅

(d) 1.0 million

34. The branch of biology which deals with classification is?

(a) Taxonomy✅

(b) Systematic

(c) Botany

(d) Genetics

35. On what basis, organisms have been classified by biologists?

(a) Similarities

(b) differences

(c) both a and b✅

(d) Randomly

36. It is a group of related phyla:

(a) Kingdom✅

(b) Class

(c) Order

(d) Family

37. It is a group of related classes:

(a) Phylum✅

(b) Class

(c) Family

(d) Species

38. It is a group of related orders:

(a) Genus

(b) Family

(c) Species

(d) Class✅

39. It is a group of related genera:

(a) Species

(b) Family✅

(c) Order

(d) Class

40. Which one is the lowest taxon of classification?

(a) Genus

(b) Order

(c) Species✅

(d) Phylum

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Chapter NO 3 Biodiversity solved MCQs

 1. Genus of Pea is;

(a) Homo

(b) Amanita

(c) Escherichia

(d) Pisum ✅

2. Three kingdom Classification system was proposed in:

(a) 1866 ✅

(b) 1937

(c) 1688

(d) 1788

3. Which is composed of only protein?

(a) Viruses

(b) Prions ✅

(c) Viroids

(d) 'b' and 'c'

4. Important cause of species extinctions is:

(a) Habitat loss ✅

(b) Deforestation

(c) Over population

(d) Both 'a' and 'b'

5. Which one is the national bird of Pakistan?

(a) Pigeon

(b) Ostrich

(c) Crow

(d) Chakor ✅

6. Cutting down of trees is known as:

(a) Habitat loss

(b) Deforestation ✅

(c) Extinction

(d) None of these

7. Which one is acellular?

(a) Bacteria

(b) Fungi

(c) Cyanobacteria

(d) Viruses ✅

8. Cell wall of fungi is made up of:

(a) Cellulose

(b) Amino acid

(c) Chitin ✅

(d) 'a' and 'b'

9. Basic unit of classification is:

(a) Genus

(b) Order

(c) Family

(d) Species ✅

10. Classification means the grouping of organisms on the basis of:

(a) How they feed

(b) The features they have in common ✅

(c) How they respire

(d) How they can survive

11. The kingdom protista includes:

(a) Unicellular and multicellular simple organisms with membrane bounded nucleus. ✅

(b) True multicellular organisms with distinct membrane bounded по nucleus.

(c) True multicellular organisms with membrane bounded nucleus.

(d) Unicellular organisms with no distinct membrane bounded nucleus.

12. Viruses are not classified in any kingdom because:

(a) They are too poorly understood

(b) They are too small

(c) Their genetics cannot be determined

(d) They are not considered organisms ✅

13. Viruses are assigned to the kingdom:

(a) Monera

(b) Protista

(c) Fungi

(d) None of above ✅

14. A related group of genera comprises:

(a) An order

(b) A family ✅

(c) A class

(d) A phylum

15. In which kingdom, would you classify unicellular eukaryotes?

(a) Fungi and Protists

(b) Fungi and Monera

(c) Only Protista ✅

(d) Only Fungi

16. In binomial nomenclature, the first letter of the _________ name is capitalized.

(a) Family

(b) Class

(c) Species

(d) Genus ✅

17. Which one of the following sequences shows the correct hierarchy of classification, going from the smaller to the bigger group?

(a) Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, Species

(b) Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

(c) Genus, Species, Phylum, Order, Class, Family Kingdom,

(d) Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class Phylum, Kingdom. ✅

18. Which of the following may be the correct way of writing the scientific name of an organism?

(a) Canis lupis✅

(b) Saccharum

(c) Grant's gazelleu

(d) E. Coli

19. A certain organism is multicellular, adapted for photosynthesis and has multicellular sex organs. To which kingdom does it belong?

(a) Animalia

(b) Fungi

(c) Plantae✅

(d) Protista

20. Species that are in same _________ are more closely related than species that are are in the same

(a) Phylum....Class

(b) Family.....Order✅

(c) Class.....Order

(d) Family....Genus

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