What is living? Practice Questions
38 free What is living? practice questions for the NCERT Biology, each with the correct answer and a detailed explanation. Open any question below, or take the full set as an interactive quiz.
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- Q1. Which of the following sets of characteristics is considered the defining properties of living organisms without exception?
- Q2. In unicellular organisms like Amoeba, which two processes are often considered synonymous?
- Q3. Why is 'increase in body mass' not considered a defining property of living beings?
- Q4. Which statement correctly describes 'Metabolism'?
- Q5. The most obvious and technically complicated feature of all living organisms is:
- Q6. Self-consciousness is a unique characteristic of which organism?
- Q7. In plants, growth occurs ______; whereas in animals, growth occurs ______.
- Q8. Which of the following organisms do not reproduce at all?
- Q9. Isolated metabolic reactions in a test tube are:
- Q10. Photoperiod affects reproduction in which type of organisms?
- Q11. What is the primary reason why it is difficult to define the 'living state' of a patient in a coma?
- Q12. Living organisms are best described as:
- Q13. Which process results in the production of progeny possessing features more or less similar to those of parents?
- Q14. Fungi multiply and spread easily due to the production of millions of:
- Q15. True regeneration is observed in which of the following?
- Q16. Which of the following is NOT a result of cellular metabolism?
- Q17. Biological organization begins at the:
- Q18. A living organism can be exceptionally differentiated from a non-living thing on the basis of its ability for:
- Q19. Which of the following is the correct sequence of levels of biological organization?
- Q20. Properties of organs are not present in the constituent tissues but arise as a result of:
- Q21. Which of the following is considered a 'twin characteristic' of growth in living organisms?
- Q22. In which of the following pairs of organisms is fragmentation the primary method of asexual reproduction?
- Q23. Why is reproduction not considered an all-inclusive defining characteristic of living organisms?
- Q24. Metabolic reactions can be demonstrated outside the body in cell-free systems. These isolated reactions are:
- Q25. Which level of organization is the point where the 'properties of life' first emerge?
- Q26. If we define growth as an increase in body mass, then non-living objects like mountains and sand mounds also grow. How is this growth different from that of li…
- Q27. The sum total of all chemical reactions occurring in our body is called:
- Q28. Which of the following is the most technically complicated and defining feature of all living organisms?
- Q29. Which organism is known to exhibit 'self-consciousness'?
- Q30. What happens to the properties of tissues that are not present in the constituent cells?
- Q31. A patient in a coma, supported by machines that replace heart and lungs, is technically 'brain-dead.' Such a patient:
- Q32. Choose the correct statement regarding growth in plants and animals:
- Q33. Which of the following does not exist as a non-living object but is a characteristic of all living things?
- Q34. The property of self-replication, evolution, and self-regulation are characteristic of:
- Q35. What makes it difficult to define the 'living state' in a coma patient?
- Q36. Which of the following organisms shows true regeneration?
- Q37. In unicellular organisms like bacteria or unicellular algae, growth is synonymous with:
- Q38. Consciousness is a defining property because: