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The classification of organisms - class-XI

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Multicellular eukaryotic organism with holophytic mode of nutrition belong to how many kingdoms in Whittaker system?

  1. One

  2. Two

  3. Three

  4. Five


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In Whittaker's five kingdom system of classification, only kingdom Plantae have organisms with a multicellular eukaryotic organism with holophytic nutrition. The organisms which are able to synthesize food by photosynthesis are said to have holophytic nutrition. 


So, the correct option is ' one'.

Which kingdom of Whittaker are not well defined?

  1. Monera

  2. Protisa

  3. Fungi

  4. Animalia


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Monera is the most primitive kingdom mentioned by R.H.Whittaker. It is not well defined among all five kingdoms- Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plants, and Animalia.


So, the correct answer is 'Monera'.

Whittaker is famous for

  1. Two kingdom classification

  2. Four kingdom classification.

  3. Five kingdom classification.

  4. Distinguishing in bacteria and blue green algae.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The two kingdom classification system was given by Carlous Linnaeus in 1758, who classified living things into two kingdoms: Animal Kingdom (mobile and heterotrophic) and Plant Kingdom (fixed, stationary in the soil, autotrophic). These were then divided into classes and the classes into phyla for animals and divisions for plants. R.H Whittaker proposed the five kingdom classification in 1969, in which all living organisms are divided into five kingdoms based on their complexity of cell structure, complexity of organism’s body and mode of nutrition. The five kingdoms are Monera (prokaryotic BGA and bacteria), Protista (Eukaryotic unicellular organisms; algae and protozoa), Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. The four kingdom classification concept was given by Haeckel who divided living organisms into four kingdoms namely Monera, Protista, Metaphyta and Animalia. BGA and bacteria differ in their kind or reserve food, mode of nutrition, movement and type of photosynthetic pigments. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

According to Whittaker, kingdom Monera includes

  1. Unicellular eukaryotes

  2. Prokaryotes

  3. Slime molds and protozoa

  4. Multicellular and eukaryotes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The five kingdom classification was proposed by R. H. Whittaker in the year 1969. The kingdom Monera is comprised of unicellular prokaryotic organisms. This group contains the bacteria and the cyanobacteria species. The other four kingdoms, protista, fungi, plantae and animalia are composed of all the eukaryotic organisms. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B. 

Five kingdom scheme to classify living beings has been proposed by 

  1. J. B. S Haldane

  2. G. G. Simpson

  3. E. Mayr

  4. R. H. Whittaker


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

R.H.Whittaker was an American plant ecologist who proposed five kingdom scheme. J.B.S.Haldane was a British Indian scientist renowned for his innovative contributions in statistics and biostatics. George Gaylord Simpson was a palaeontologist. Ernst Mayr was a biologist.

The correct answer is D. 

Which of the following is not one of the five kingdoms of R. H. Whittaker's classification system?

  1. Animalia

  2. Monera

  3. Protista

  4. Chordate


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Robert H. Whittaker in 1969, proposed five kingdom system of classification of organisms. The following three criteria were used for classification:

1) Complexity of cell structure
2) Complexity of the organism's body
3) Mode of nutrition.
Five kingdoms of Whittaker's classification include Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia. Hence option D is the correct answer. 

Kingdom in which boundaries are not well defined includes _____________.

  1. Sole organisms as bacteria

  2. Organisms live as predators or parasites also

  3. Organism primarily terrestrial

  4. Achlorophyllous, spore producing organisms with loose tissue level today organisation


Correct Option: A

Five kingdom system of classification suggested by R.H. Whittaker is not based on.

  1. Mode of reproduction

  2. Mode of nutrition

  3. Complexity of body organisation

  4. Presence or absence of well defined nucleus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • R. H. Whittaker's five-kingdom classification is mainly based on Cell structure, Thallus organization,  Mode of Nutrition, Mode of reproduction and Phylogenetic relationship.

So the correct option is 'Presence or absence of a well-defined nucleus.'

Read the following statements and find out the correct statement:-
(a) Human being can move limbs, jaws,eyelids and earpinna etc.
(b) Streaming of protoplasm in unicellular organism like amoeba is a simple form of movement
(c) Movement of significant feature of living beings.
(d) movement of cilia, flagella are shown by many organism.

  1. a,b,c

  2. b,c,d

  3. c,d,a

  4. d,a,b


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Human beings can move their limbs, jaws, eyelids, and ear pinna etc. These movements are referred to them by the presence of voluntary muscles and a framework of the body that allows Movement in such possible ways.

Streaming of Protoplasm in a unicellular organism like Amoeba is a simple form of movement as it allows them to move in a media.
Movement of cilia, flagella are shown by many organisms ranging from algae, protozoa to certain animals in the animal kingdom.
However, the movement is not a significant defining feature of living beings, for example, the sponges are living beings however majority of them are immovable plants also show similar characteristics.
So the correct answer is 'd, a, b' .

Different organisms belonging to different orders are placed in a single class due to the fact that?

  1. They have all similar morphological and reproductive characters

  2. They have similar place of origin

  3. They share a common habitat

  4. They have few similar or common characters


Correct Option: A

For identifying organisms through key usually.

  1. Two contrasting characters are used

  2. One similar character is studied

  3. Two are more similar characters are used

  4. Only one statement called lead is used


Correct Option: A

Algae, green plants and photosynthetic bacteria are:

  1. Autotrophic organisms

  2. Heterotrophic

  3. Decomposers

  4. Consumers


Correct Option: A

Skin of organisms in class Cyclostomata is ________.

  1. Hard

  2. Soft

  3. Spiny

  4. Scaly


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Organisms of class: Cyclostomata belongs to division: Agnatha. Their skin is soft smooth, containing unicellular mucous gland but no scales.

Virus belongs to the kingdom ___________.

  1. Protista

  2. Monera

  3. Animalia

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Five kingdom classification was given by R.H. Whittaker. Classification of viruses has always been difficult as they are said to be threshold of life. Thus viruses did not find any position in five kingdom classification.

First step in taxonomy is?

  1. Description of the organism

  2. Identification of the organism

  3. Nomenclature of the organism

  4. Classification of the organism


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

First step is taxonomy is identification of the organism. Identification is the finding of correct name and place of an organism according to some approved system of classification.

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
The struggle for existence is a consequence of

  1. each organism leaving more offspring than needed to replace itself

  2. the inevitable difficulty of coping with climatic conditions

  3. innate competitive tendencies

  4. territories and dominance hierarchies


Correct Option: A

The basic unit upon which the systems of classification are based is?

  1. Species

  2. Genus

  3. Order

  4. Family


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to Linnaeus' system, each species is given a unique, two-part name called a binomen. Each binomen consists of a genus and species epithet. The species is the basic unit of classification and the only 'natural' one.
Correct option is option A.

Which one of the following does not find a heterotrophs place in five kingdom system of classification?

  1. Bacteria

  2. Lichens

  3. Cyanobacteria

  4. Viruses


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Viruses are considered to be acellular as they do not have a defined cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus or nucleoid, cytoplasm and cellular organelles. For this reason, they cannot perform their metabolic activities on their own and are obligately dependent on the host cell machinery. Therefore, they do not find a place in the five-kingdom classification system. 

A. Bacteria are classified under Kingdom Monera as they have a prokaryotic cell.
B. Lichens are grouped under Kingdom Fungi.
C. Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes grouped under Kingdom Monera.
D. No kingdom is ascribed to the viruses.
Hence, the correct answer is 'Viruses'

Living things are divided into .......... kingdoms.

  1. 4

  2. 3

  3. 5

  4. 2


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Very early on, scientists began grouping the living organisms under different categories. Some biologists classified organisms into plants and animals. Ernst Haeckel, Robert Whittaker, and Carl Woese are some biologists who attempted a broader system of classification. Amongst these, the Five Kingdom Classification proposed by Robert Whittaker stood out and is widely used. It consists of  Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia
So, the correct answer is '5'

The classification given by Whittaker includes which of the following kingdoms?

  1. Monera

  2. Protista

  3. Animalia

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The correct answer is 'all of the above'

The classification by Robert Whittaker divides the living world into 5 kingdoms which are Monera,Protista,Plantae,Animalia and Fungi.

Which of the following is the most commonly used classification scheme?

  1. Linnaeus, five kingdom scheme

  2. Whittaker, five kingdom scheme

  3. Darwin, five kingdom scheme

  4. Hooke, five kingdom scheme


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
R.H. Whittaker proposed the five kingdom classification in the year 1969. It is the modern or latest classification system of organisms which is most commonly used. It classifies the organisms in the groups Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. The classification is performed on the basis of the structure of cell, complexity of organisms, mode of nutrition and phylogenetic relationship.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Carolus Linnaeus was from

  1. Sweden

  2. U.K

  3. Holland

  4. France


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Carolus Linnaeus (23 May 1707 10 January 1778), also known as Carl von Linn or Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, and taxonomist, who established conventions for naming living organisms still in general scientific use today, which is called as the binomial nomenclature. 
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

Choose the incorrect match from the following in Whittaker's classification.

  1. Archeae - Monera

  2. Diatoms - Protista

  3. Lichens - Fungi

  4. Green algae - Plantae


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A lichen is not a single organism, but the result of a partnership (mutualistic symbiosis) between a fungus and an alga or cyanobacteria. So they are not particularly classified under one single kingdom because it consists of two or more mutualistic symbiotic organisms.
So the correct option  is 'Lichens -fungi'.
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