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Class 11 Biological Classification worksheet
CBSE Biology. Five kingdoms, bacteria, protists, fungi, viruses and lichens. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The five-kingdom classification was proposed by:
- Aristotle
- Robert Hooke
- Carolus Linnaeus
- R. H. Whittaker
Answer
(d) R. H. Whittaker
1969
- 2.
Amoeba is one of the:
- amoeboid protozoans
- Phycomycetes
- sporozoans
- ciliated protozoans
Answer
(a) amoeboid protozoans
kingdom Protista
- 3.
Cholera is caused by:
- a viroid
- a protozoan
- a bacterium
- a prion
Answer
(c) a bacterium
Vibrio cholerae (a bacterium)
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Give two drawbacks of the two-kingdom classification.
Answer
It did not separate prokaryotes from eukaryotes, unicellular from multicellular organisms, or photosynthetic from non-photosynthetic organisms; fungi were wrongly placed with plants.
- 5.
To which kingdom and group does Mucor belong?
Answer
Kingdom Fungi; Phycomycetes
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Compare the five kingdoms of Whittaker by cell type, cell wall, nuclear membrane, body organisation and mode of nutrition.
Answer
Monera: prokaryotic, cell wall non-cellulosic (polysaccharide + amino acid), no nuclear membrane, cellular, autotrophic or heterotrophic. Protista: eukaryotic, cell wall present in some, nuclear membrane present, cellular, autotrophic or heterotrophic. Fungi: eukaryotic, wall of chitin, multicellular/loose tissue, heterotrophic (saprophytic or parasitic). Plantae: eukaryotic, cellulose wall, tissue/organ level, autotrophic. Animalia: eukaryotic, no cell wall, tissue/organ/organ system level, heterotrophic (holozoic).
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