Class 11 Biology · Chapter 1 · Test 1
Biodiversity Part 1
40 MCQs This set covers the three-domain system, the taxonomic hierarchy and the main kingdoms of Eukarya (Protista, Fungi, Plantae). It includes Archaea and Bacteria features, taxonomic ranks and the major groups within each kingdom.
40 questions · 30 min · 40 marks
Sample questions
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Question 1
Who proposed the five-kingdom classification system in 1969?
- ARobert Whittaker
- BCarl Woese
- CErnst Mayr
- DCharles Darwin
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Answer: A
American ecologist Robert Whittaker proposed the five-kingdom system in 1969.
Question 2
Which kingdom of the five-kingdom system included all prokaryotes?
- AProtista
- BFungi
- CMonera
- DPlantae
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Answer: C
Kingdom Monera included prokaryotes while the other four kingdoms included eukaryotes.
Question 3
Who suggested in 1990 that prokaryotes form two separate groups?
- ARobert Whittaker
- BCarl Woese
- CErnst Mayr
- DLouis Pasteur
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Answer: B
Carl Woese proposed the three-domain system: Archaea and Bacteria and Eukarya.
Question 4
The evolutionary relationship among organisms is called
- APhylogeny
- BTaxonomy
- CSpeciation
- DEcology
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Answer: A
Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of organisms and is shown by a phylogenetic tree.
Question 5
Molecular evidence suggests that Archaea are more closely related to
- ABacteria
- BEukarya
- CViruses
- DMonera
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Answer: B
Eukarya evolved from Archaea after archaea split off from Bacteria.
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