Chapter 1: Biodiversity - Biology Mcqs for High School - Grade 9 - Set 3

1)   Starfish helps other animals to live by eating

a. mussels
b. jelly fish
c. dolphin
d. whale
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ANSWER: mussels

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2)   The nutritional model of mushrooms of kingdom fungi is

a. destructive
b. absorptive
c. photosynthetic
d. ingestive
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ANSWER: absorptive

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3)   A group of related species is termed as

a. phylum
b. order
c. class
d. genus
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ANSWER: genus

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4)   Considering the five-kingdom classification system, the unicellular eukaryotic, prokaryotic and multicellular eukaryotic are considered as

a. shoot and root systems
b. cellular organization levels
c. modes of nutrition
d. green plants classification
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ANSWER: cellular organization levels

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5)   IUCN was the first organization who have given the red list of

a. endangered species
b. growing species
c. migrating species
d. extinct species
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ANSWER: endangered species

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6)   The proposed five-kingdom classification system of Whittaker was altered by

a. Schwartz and Margulis
b. Ernst and Chatton
c. Wilson and Corwin
d. Corwin and Margulis
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ANSWER: Schwartz and Margulis

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7)   The branch of biology which focuses on the evolutionary history of different organisms and classification is called

a. parasitology
b. systematics
c. pharmacology
d. morphology
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ANSWER: systematics

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8)   Andrea Caesalpino divided the plants into groups which are in number

a. 2
b. 4
c. 10
d. 15
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ANSWER: 15

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9)   To classify the organism, biologist categorize into several groups that are

a. 2
b. 4
c. 3
d. 5
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ANSWER: 2

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10)   The specific groups in which organisms are classified are called

a. historic categories
b. parasitic categories
c. entomology categories
d. taxonomic categories
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ANSWER: taxonomic categories

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11)   Whales, Ibex, urial, and markhor are at risk of extinct from Pakistan due to

a. pollution
b. over hunting
c. domino effect
d. deforestation
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ANSWER: over hunting

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12)   The characteristics of species include

a. interbreed freely
b. fertile offspring
c. reproductively isolated
d. all of above
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ANSWER: all of above

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13)   The unnatural cross-breeding between two organisms leads to

a. unicellular offspring
b. infertile offspring
c. fertile offspring
d. multicellular offspring
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ANSWER: fertile offspring

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14)   The factors on which the five-kingdom classification system is based includes

a. modes of nutrition only
b. levels of cellular organization only
c. presence of cell wall
d. modes of nutrition and levels of cellular organization
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ANSWER: modes of nutrition and levels of cellular organization

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15)   If descendants of the same ancestor reside in the same group it is called

a. monophyletic
b. phyletic
c. polyphyletic
d. biphyletic
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ANSWER: monophyletic

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16)   The wood which is used to make houses is taken from

a. timber
b. pulp
c. pine
d. bark
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ANSWER: timber

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17)   The name of the order to which humans belongs is

a. primates
b. odonatan
c. acarina
d. protura
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ANSWER: primates

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18)   Considering the biodiversity, the plants can be classified as

a. sativum
b. pisum
c. fauna
d. flora
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ANSWER: flora

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19)   Eukaryotic and simple multicellular organisms are included in the kingdom

a. Monera
b. Protista
c. Fungi
d. Plantae
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ANSWER: Protista

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20)   When two species are interdependent they form a

a. domino effect
b. pollution
c. parasitic relation
d. deforestation
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ANSWER: domino effect

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