Living World and Classification of Microbes NMMS Questions

Living World and Classification of Microbes

NMMS Questions

Q1. Who divided the living world into 2 kingdoms - Vegetabilia and Animalia in 1735?

A) Haeckel

B) Chatton

C) Carl Linnaeus

D) Kopland

Q2. In which year did Haeckel propose the classification of living organisms into 3 kingdoms: Protista, Plants, and Animals?

A) 1735

B) 1866

C) 1925

D) 1938

Q3. Who created the groups Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes in 1925?

A) Chatton

B) Carl Linnaeus

C) Haeckel

D) Kopland

Q4. In 1938, which scientist divided living organisms into 4 kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Plants, and Animals?

A) Carl Linnaeus

B) Haeckel

C) Kopland

D) Chatton

Q5.  According to the 2011 census, how many species of living organisms are found on Earth?

A) 50 million

B) 57 million

C) 77 million

D) 87 million

Q6. What is the process of dividing living organisms into groups and subgroups based on similarities and differences called?

A) Evolution

B) Genetic modification

C) Biological classification

D) Taxonomy

Q7.Who divided living organisms into 5 groups in 1969?

A) Robert Harding Whittaker

B) Carl Linnaeus

C) Haeckel

D) Kopland

Q8.In 1735, Carl Linnaeus divided the living world into which two kingdoms?

A) Plants and Animals

B) Monera and Protista

C) Protista and Animalia

D) Vegetabilia and Animalia

Q9.Who introduced the concept of dividing living organisms into Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes in 1925?

A) Robert Harding Whittaker

B) Chatton

C) Carl Linnaeus

D) Haeckel

Q10.According to Robert Harding Whittaker's classification, which mode of nutrition do fungi use?

A) Autotrophic

B) Heterotrophic

C) Saprophytic

D) Photosynthetic

Q11.Which of the following is a characteristic of plants in Whittaker's classification?

A) Decomposers

B) Producers

C) Ingestive nutrition

D) Consumers

Q12.According to Whittaker's classification, animals are considered as:

A) Consumers

B) Producers

C) Decomposers

D) Autotrophs

Q13.What type of organisms are included in the kingdom Monera?

A) Fungi and Plants

B) Bacteria and Blue-green algae

C) Animals and Protozoa

D) Algae and Protozoa

Q14.Which of the following is a characteristic of organisms in the kingdom Monera?

A) Unicellular and prokaryotic

B) Multicellular and autotrophic

C) Eukaryotic and multicellular

D) Unicellular and autotrophic

Q15.What was observed under the microscope when a drop of curd or buttermilk was placed on the slide?

A) Small green algae

B) Small rod-like lactobacilli bacteria

C) Large multicellular organisms

D) Fungal spores

Q16.What type of cells do organisms in the kingdom Monera have?

A) Prokaryotic cells without distinct nuclei or cell organelles

B) Eukaryotic cells with distinct nuclei

C) Eukaryotic cells with cell organelles

D) Prokaryotic cells with mitochondria

Q17.Organisms in the kingdom Monera can be:

A) Autotrophic or Heterotrophic

B) Only autotrophic

C) Only heterotrophic

D) Only parasitic

Q18.Which of the following organisms are included in the kingdom Protista?

A) Fungi and Algae

B) Blue-green algae and Bacteria

C) Amoeba and Paramecium

D) Plants and Animals

Q19.What characteristic do organisms in the kingdom Protista have?

A) They are multicellular with no nucleus

B) They are single-celled with a well-defined nucleus

C) They are multicellular with a defined nucleus

D) They have no nucleus or cell membrane

Q20.How do organisms in the kingdom Protista move?

A) Using cilia, flagella, or pseudopodia

B) By secreting slime

C) By using flagella only

D) By osmosis

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