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Diversity In Living World PYQs

All NEET previous year questions from Diversity In Living World — with explanations.

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12025

While trying to find out the characteristic of a newly found animal, a researcher did the histology of adult animal and observed a cavity with presence of mesodermal tissue towards the body wall but no mesodermal tissue was observed towards the alimentary canal. What could be the possible coelome of that animal?

Hard NEET 2025Class 11Animal Kingdom
22025

Given below are the stages in the life cycle of pteridophytes. Arrange the following stages in the correct sequence. A. Prothallus stage B. Meiosis in spore mother cells C. Fertilisation D. Formation of archegonia and antheridia in gametophyte E. Transfer of antherozoids to the archegonia in presence of water Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Hard NEET 2025Class 11Pteridophyte Life Cycle
32025

The correct sequence of events in the life cycle of bryophytes is A. Fusion of antherozoid with egg. B. Attachment of gametophyte to substratum. C. Reduction division to produce haploid spores. D. Formation of sporophyte. E. Release of antherozoids into water. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Medium NEET 2025Class 11Bryophytes
42025

Each of the following characteristics represent a Kingdom proposed by Whittaker. Arrange the following in increasing order of complexity of body organization. A. Multicellular heterotrophs with cell wall made of chitin. B. Heterotrophs with tissue/organ/organ system level of body organization. C. Prokaryotes with cell wall made of polysaccharides and amino acids. D. Eukaryotic autotrophs with tissue/organ level of body organization. E. Eukaryotes with cellular body organization. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Medium NEET 2025Class 11Five kingdom classification
52025

All living members of the class Cyclostomata are:

Easy NEET 2025Class 11Salient Features and Classification of Animals
62025

Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrate. Reason (R) : The members of subphylum vertebrata possess notochord during the embryonic period, the notochord is replaced by a cartilaginous or bony vertebral column in adults. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Medium NEET 2025Class 11Salient Features and Classification of Animals
72025

Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of gymnosperms?

Easy NEET 2025Class 11Gymnosperms
82025

Match List I with List II. Choose the option with all correct matches.

Medium NEET 2025Class 11Plant Classification
92025

In bryophytes, the gemmae help in which one of the following?

Easy NEET 2025Class 11Bryophytes
102024

Match List I with List II Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Medium NEET 2024Class 11Fungi
112024

Which one of the following is not a criterion for classification of fungi?

Easy NEET 2024Class 11Kingdom Fungi

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122024

Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements: In the members of Phaeophyceae, A. Asexual reproduction occurs usually by biflagellate zoospores. B. Sexual reproduction is by oogamous method only. C. Stored food is in the form of carbohydrates which is either mannitol or laminarin. D. The major pigments found are chlorophyll a, c and carotenoids and xanthophyll. E. Vegetative cells have a cellulosic wall, usually covered on the outside by gelatinous coating of algin. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Hard NEET 2024Class 11Algae

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132024

Match List I with List II : Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Medium NEET 2024Class 11Pisces Classification

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142024

Match List I with List II : Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Medium NEET 2024Class 11Animal Kingdom Classification

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152024

Consider the following statements : A. Annelids are true coelomates B. Poriferans are pseudocoelomates C. Aschelminthes are acoelomates D. Platyhelminthes are pseudocoelomates Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Easy NEET 2024Class 11Animal Kingdom Classification

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162024

The following are the statements about non-chordates : A. Pharynx is perforated by gill slits. B. Notochord is absent. C. Central nervous system is dorsal. D. Heart is dorsal if present. E. Post anal tail is absent. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Medium NEET 2024Class 11Non-Chordates and Chordates

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172023

Radial symmetry is NOT found in adults of phylum ______.

Easy NEET 2023Class 11Plant and animal classification

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182023

Select the correct statements with reference to chordates. A. Presence of a mid-dorsal, solid and double nerve cord. B. Presence of closed circulatory system. C. Presence of paired pharyngeal gill slits. D. Presence of dorsal heart. E. Triploblastic pseudocoelomate animals. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Medium NEET 2023Class 11Plant and animal classification

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192022

Hydrocolloid carrageen is obtained from:

Medium NEET 2022Class 11Algae – Classification and Economic Importance

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202022

Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

Easy NEET 2022Class 11Algae – Pigments and Reserve Food Materials

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212022

Identify the asexual reproductive structure associated with Penicillium:

Easy NEET 2022Class 11Biological Classification – Fungi Reproduction

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222022

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates. Reason (R): Notochord is replaced by vertebral column in adult vertebrates. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Medium NEET 2022Class 11Animal Kingdom – Chordates and Vertebrates

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232022

Given below are two statements: Statement I: Mycoplasma can pass through less than 1 micron filter size. Statement II: Mycoplasma are bacteria with cell wall. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Medium NEET 2022Class 11Biological Classification – Mycoplasma

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242022

In the taxonomic categories which hierarchical arrangement in ascending order is correct in case of animals?

Easy NEET 2022Class 11The Living World – Taxonomic Categories

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252022

Which of the following is a correct statement?

Easy NEET 2022Class 11Biological Classification – Monera

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262021

Which of the following plants is monoecious?

Easy NEET 2021Class 11Plant Kingdom

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272021

Which of the following algae produce carrageen?

Easy NEET 2021Class 11Algae - Red Algae

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282021

Which of the following algae contains mannitol as reserve food material?

Easy NEET 2021Class 11Algae

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292021

Genera like Selaginella and Salvinia produce two kinds of spores. Such plants are known as:

Easy NEET 2021Class 11Pteridophytes

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302021

Match the following: Choose the correct answer from the options given below. Match the following: Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Easy NEET 2021Class 11Animal Kingdom Classification and Examples

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312021

Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?

Easy NEET 2021Class 11Animal Classification

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322021

Which one of the following organisms bears hollow and pneumatic long bones?

Medium NEET 2021Class 11Animal Classification - Vertebrates

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332021

Read the following statements: (a) Metagenesis is observed in Helminths. (b) Echinoderms are triploblastic and coelomate animals. (c) Round worms have organ-system level of body organization. (d) Comb plates present in ctenophores help in digestion. (e) Water vascular system is characteristic of Echinoderms. Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Hard NEET 2021Class 11Animal Kingdom - Characteristics of Phyla

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342021

Match List-I with List-II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Easy NEET 2021Class 11Animal Kingdom - Non-Chordates

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352020

Match the following columns and select the correct option.

Medium NEET 2020Class 11Animal Kingdom Classification

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362020

Which of the following statements are true for the phylum-Chordata? (a) In Urochordata notochord extends from head to tail and it is present throughout their life. (b) In Vertebrata notochord is present during the embryonic period only. (c) Central nervous system is dorsal and hollow. (d) Chordata is divided into 3 subphyla : Hemichordata, Tunicata and Cephalochordata.

Medium NEET 2020Class 11Chordata

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372020

Floridean starch has structure similar to:

Medium NEET 2020Class 11Biological Classification

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382020

Which of the following pairs is of unicellular algae?

Medium NEET 2020Class 11Plant Kingdom

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392020

Which of the following is correct about viroids?

Easy NEET 2020Class 11Viruses and Viroids

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402020

Strobili or cones are found in

Easy NEET 2020Class 11Pteridophytes

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412020

Bilaterally symmetrical and acoelomate animals are exemplified by

Easy NEET 2020Class 11Animal Kingdom

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422019

Coca alkaloid or cocaine is obtained from:

Easy NEET 2019Class 11Economic Importance of Plants

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432019

Which of the following is against the rules of ICBN?

Easy NEET 2019Class 11Binomial Nomenclature

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442019

Which of the following statements is correct?

Easy NEET 2019Class 11Lichens

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452019

Match the organisms in Column I with habitats in Column II. Select the correct answer from the options given below:

Easy NEET 2019Class 11Five Kingdom Classification

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462019

Match the following genera with their respective phylum: Select the correct option.

Easy NEET 2019Class 11Salient Features and Classification of Animals

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472019

Which of the following animals are true coelomates with bilateral symmetry?

Easy NEET 2019Class 11Classification of Animals

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482019

The contrasting characteristics generally in a pair used for identification of animals in Taxonomic Key are referred to as:

Easy NEET 2019Class 11Taxonomy and Systematics

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492017

Viroids differ from viruses in having

Easy NEET 2017Class 11Viruses and Viroids

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502017

An example of colonial alga is

Easy NEET 2017Class 11Algae

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512017

In case of poriferans the spongocoel is lined with flagellated cells called

Easy NEET 2017Class 11Porifera

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522017

Select the mismatch

Medium NEET 2017Class 11Plant Kingdom

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532017

An important characteristic that Hemichordates share with Chordates is

Medium NEET 2017Class 11Animal Kingdom - Hemichordata and Chordata

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542017

Which among these is the correct combination of aquatic mammals?

Easy NEET 2017Class 11Animal Kingdom - Mammalia and Chondrichthyes

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552017

Which of the following represents order of 'Horse'?

Medium NEET 2017Class 11Animal Kingdom - Mammalia

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562017

Which of the following are found in extreme saline conditions?

Easy NEET 2017Class 11Kingdom Monera - Archaebacteria

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572016

Match Column-I with Column-II for housefly classification and select the correct option using the codes given below:

Medium NEET 2016Class 11Taxonomic classification

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582016

Choose the correct statement.

Medium NEET 2016Class 11Animal classification

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592016

Study the four statements (A–D) given below and select the two correct ones out of them: A. Definition of biological species was given by Ernst Mayr. B. Photoperiod does not affect reproduction in plants. C. Binomial nomenclature system was given by R.H. Whittaker. D. In unicellular organisms, reproduction is synonymous with growth. The two correct statements are

Medium NEET 2016Class 11Biological species concept and nomenclature

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602015

Which one is a wrong statement?

Medium NEET 2015Class 11Plant and Fungal Classification

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612015

In which group of organisms do the cell walls form two thin overlapping shells which fit together?

Medium NEET 2015Class 11Protists - Chrysophytes

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622015

The imperfect fungi which are decomposers of litter and help in mineral cycling belong to:

Medium NEET 2015Class 11Kingdom Fungi

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632015

Pick up the wrong statement:

Easy NEET 2015Class 11Biological Classification

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642014

Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of:

Easy NEET 2014Class 11Monera and Photosynthetic Bacteria

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652014

Select the taxon mentioned that represents both marine and fresh water species:

Medium NEET 2014Class 11Animal Kingdom - Cnidaria

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662014

Which one of the following living organisms completely lacks a cell wall?

Easy NEET 2014Class 11Animal Kingdom - Characteristics of Major Groups

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672014

A marine cartilaginous fish that can produce electric current is:

Easy NEET 2014Class 11Pisces

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682014

Given below is the representation of the extent of global diversity of invertebrates. What groups do the four portions (A-D) represent respectively?

Medium NEET 2014Class 11Animal Kingdom - Invertebrate Diversity

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692010

Which one of the following is monoecious?

Easy NEET 2010Class 11Gymnosperms and Plant Reproduction

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702010

Crocodile and Penguin are similar to Whale and Dogfish in which one of the following features?

Medium NEET 2010Class 11Vertebrate Classification

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712009

Which one of the following has haplontic life cycle?

Medium NEET 2009Class 11Life Cycles in Plants and Fungi

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722009

Mannitol is the stored food in:

Easy NEET 2009Class 11Algae

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732009

Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogam?

Easy NEET 2009Class 11Plant Kingdom Classification

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742009

Phylogenetic system of classification is based on:

Easy NEET 2009Class 11Taxonomy and Classification Systems

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752009

Which one of the following groups of animals is bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic?

Medium NEET 2009Class 11Animal Kingdom Classification

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762009

Peripatus is a connecting link between:

Easy NEET 2009Class 11Animal Kingdom Classification

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772008

Select one of the following of important features distinguishing Gnetum from Cycas and Pinus and showing affinities with angiosperms

Medium NEET 2008Class 11Gymnosperms

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782008

Thermococcus, Methanococcus and Methanobacterium exemplify

Medium NEET 2008Class 11Archaebacteria

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792008

Which one of the following is heterosporous?

Easy NEET 2008Class 11Pteridophytes

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802008

Which one of the following groups of three animals each is correctly matched with their one characteristic morphological feature?

Medium NEET 2008Class 11Animal Kingdom - Morphological Features

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812008

Which one of the following phyla is correctly matched with its two general characteristics?

Medium NEET 2008Class 11Animal Kingdom - Phylum Characteristics

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822008

Which one of the following in birds indicates their reptilian ancestry?

Easy NEET 2008Class 11Chordates - Birds

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832008

Ascaris is characterized by

Medium NEET 2008Class 11Animal Kingdom - Aschelminthes (Nematoda)

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842008

Which one of the following is not a characteristic of phylum Annelida?

Easy NEET 2008Class 11Animal Kingdom - Annelida

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852008

Cellulose is the major component of cell walls of

Easy NEET 2008Class 11Five Kingdom Classification - Fungi and Monera

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862008

In the light of recent classification of living organisms into three domains of life (Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya), which one of the following statements is true about archaea?

Medium NEET 2008Class 11Three Domain Classification - Archaea

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872005

There exists a close association between the alga and the fungus within a lichen. The fungus:

Easy NEET 2005Class 11Lichens

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882005

Match items in Column-I with those in Column-II and select the correct answer.

Medium NEET 2005Class 11Biological Classification

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892005

Top-shaped multiciliate male gametes and the mature seed which bears only one embryo with two cotyledons are characteristic features of:

Medium NEET 2005Class 11Gymnosperms

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902005

From the following statements select the wrong one:

Medium NEET 2005Class 11Animal Kingdom

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912005

Ectophloic siphonostele is found in:

Hard NEET 2005Class 11Pteridophytes

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922005

In contrast to annelids the platyhelminths show:

Medium NEET 2005Class 11Animal Kingdom

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932005

Which of the following unicellular organism has a macro-nucleus for trophic function and one or more micro-nuclei for reproduction?

Easy NEET 2005Class 11Protista

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