The Living World is a Class 11 Biology chapter that carries about 1.0% of the Biology questions in NEET. Practise it with 47 questions covering 4 topics, each with an explanation.
Sets of 15 questions that adapt to your level, with an explanation for every answer.
Across the 13 previous year papers, The Living World had 8 questions, about 0.6 a year. The most in one paper was 1, in NEET 2016.
| Paper | Questions from this chapter |
|---|---|
| NEET 2026 | 1 |
| NEET 2025 | 1 |
| NEET 2024 | 0 |
| NEET 2023 | 0 |
| NEET 2022 | 1 |
| NEET 2021 | 1 |
| NEET 2020 | 0 |
| NEET 2019 | 1 |
| NEET 2018 | 1 |
| NEET 2017 | 1 |
| NEET 2016 | 1 |
| Re-AIPMT 2015 | 0 |
| AIPMT 2014 | 0 |
8 questions from the practice bank, spread across the chapter's topics. The full set is in the app.
Reproduction cannot be an all-inclusive defining characteristic of the living organisms because:
Answer: B. many organisms, such as the mules, the sterile worker bees, and the infertile human couples, do not reproduce
Why: Hence it is not universal.
The taxonomic key is:
Answer: B. a taxonomic aid used for the identification, based on the contrasting characters in a pair, called the couplet
Why: Each statement is a lead.
In binomial nomenclature, the scientific name of an organism consists of the:
Answer: B. genus and species
Why: Binomial nomenclature, formalised by Linnaeus, names each organism with two parts: the genus (capitalised) followed by the species epithet (lowercase), both italicised.
The scientific name of the potato is:
Answer: C. Solanum tuberosum
Why: Solanum is the genus.
Growth in living organisms differs from growth in non-living objects because it is:
Answer: D. intrinsic, taking place from within the organism
Why: A mountain or a crystal grows by adding material from outside, while living things grow by dividing and enlarging cells.
The taxonomic category 'species' is defined as:
Answer: B. a group of individuals with fundamental similarities, which can interbreed
Why: The species is the lowest category.
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) governs the naming of:
Answer: D. animals
Why: Plants are named under a separate code.
Consciousness — awareness of and the ability to sense one's environment — is considered by many biologists to be:
Answer: C. a characteristic feature of living organisms, though difficult to define and test precisely
Why: Consciousness is widely regarded as a hallmark of living organisms, though — unlike metabolism — it remains a subjective, difficult-to-define and test characteristic.
The Living World carries about 1.0% of the Biology questions in NEET. Across the 13 previous year papers on NeetVictory it appeared 8 times, about 0.6 questions a year.
The Living World is a Class 11 Biology chapter in the NCERT syllabus.
NeetVictory has 47 practice questions on The Living World, each with an explanation, in sets of 15 that adapt to your level. This page shows a free sample.
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