MCQ on Diversity in the Living World Class 6
Class 6 Science Chapter 2 MCQ Diversity in the Living World
Multiple Choice Questions: Choose the correct option
Question 1.
The plants having green and tender stems are called
(a) herbs
(b) shrubs
(c) trees
(d) all of these
Answer:
(a) herbs
Question 2.
Grape is an example of
(a) trees
(b) climbers
(c) creepers
(d) shrubs
Answer:
(b) climbers
Question 3.
Tomato plants are _________
(a) herbs
(b) shrubs
(c) trees
(d) none of these
Answer:
(a) herbs
Question 4.
Mango plants are _________
(a) herbs
(b) shrubs
(c) trees
(d) none of these
Answer:
(c) trees
Question 5.
Lemon plants are _________
(a) herbs
(b) shrubs
(c) trees
(d) none of these
Answer:
(b) shrubs
Question 6.
Which of the following have streamlined body?
(a) Goat
(b) Tiger
(c) Camel
(d) Fish
Answer:
(d) Fish
Question 7.
_________ has thick and fleshy stem.
(a) Deodar
(b) Rhododendron
(c) Cactus
(d) All of these
Answer:
(c) Cactus
Question 8.
Camels store food in their _________
(a) humps
(b) legs
(c) tails
(d) all of these
Answer:
(a) humps
Question 9.
Example of térestrial habitat are
(a) deserts
(b) grasslands
(c) mountains
(d) all of these
Answer:
(d) all of these
Question 10.
Aquatic animals live
(a) on trees
(b) on land
(c) in water
(d) on land and in water
Answer:
(c) in water
Fill in the Blanks:
Complete the following with a suitable word or words:
1. Leaves of mustard plant have _________ venation.
Answer:
reticulate
2. Maize is a _________ plant.
Answer:
monocot
3. Camels in the cold desert have _________ humps each.
Answer:
two
4. _________ is an amphibian animal.
Answer:
Frog
5. Pigeon flies with the help of their _________.
Answer:
wings
Complete the following:
Answer:
| Name of plant | Type of leaf venation | Type of roots |
| 1. Mango | Reticulate | Taproot |
| 2. Mustard | Reticulate | Taproot |
| 3. Wheat | Parallel | Fibrous root |
| 4. Bajra | Parallel | Fibrous root |
| 5. Gram | Reticulate | Taproot |
Match the Following:
Match the items in column A with those in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Climber | (a) Protected forests |
| (ii) Shrub | (b) Grapes |
| (iii) Taproot | (c) Parallel venation |
| (iv) Fibrous root | (d) Rose |
| (v) Sacred groves | (e) Reticulate venation |
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Climber | (b) Grapes |
| (ii) Shrub | (d) Rose |
| (iii) Taproot | (e) Reticulate venation |
| (iv) Fibrous root | (c) Parallel venation |
| (v) Sacred groves | (a) Protected forests |
True/False:
Write ‘true’ or ‘false’ against the following statements:
1. A large variety of plants and animals present in our surroundings is a part of biodiversity.
Answer:
True
2. Grouping is the method of arranging things into groups based on their common features.
Answer:
True
3. Plants can be grouped into herbs, shrubs, and trees on the basis of their leaf venation.
Answer:
False
4. On the basis of height, plants can be grouped as dicotyledons and monocotyledons.
Answer:
False
5. Monocots generally exhibit parallel venation in their leaves and possess fibrous roots.
Answer:
True
6. All animals show same type of movement.
Answer:
False
7. The place where plants and animals live is called their adaptation.
Answer:
False
8. Terrestrial animals live on land.
Answer:
True
Assertion-Reason type Questions:
Directions (Question . No. 1 to 5): Each Question uestion below consists of an Assertion (A) and a Reason (R). Use the following key to choose the appropriate answer.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Question 1.
Assertion (A): The small plants with soft, tender, green, shorter stem are called herbs.
Reason (R): A herb may or may not have branches.
Answer:
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Question 2.
Assertion (A): Trees are very tall plants that have stout trunks.
Reason (R): The trunk is very soft and nonwoody.
Answer:
(c) A is true but R is false.
Question 3.
Assertion (A): Climbers are plants that take support of neighbouring structures.
Reason (R): Climbers have weak stems.
Answer:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Question 4.
Assertion (A): Creepers are plants that have weak stems which cannot stand upright.
Reason (R): Pumpkin and watermelon are examples of creepers.
Answer:
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Question 5.
Assertion (A): The place where organisms live is called their habitat.
Reason (R): Organisms depend for their food, water, air, shelter on their habitat.
Answer:
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Quiz Time:
Question 1.
A plant has branches emerging from the stem just above the ground. Its stem is strong but not thick. What would be the category of this plant?
Answer:
Shrub
Question 2.
Why does stem of pumpkin spread on the ground?
Answer:
The stem of the pumpkin is weak and is not woody. So, it cannot stand erect.
Question 3.
Can you observe pattern of venation in a dried leaf pasted in Herbarium?
Answer:
Yes, dried leaves pasted in a Herbarium do not loose pattern of venation. We can recognise the venation.
Question 4.
How many cotyledons does a gram seed have?
Answer:
A gram seed has two cotyledons.
Question 5.
Why are deodar trees conical in shape?
Answer:
Deodar trees have conical shape so that they can slide off snow easily.
Question 6.
Name the place where an organism lives and gets its food.
Answer:
Habitat
Question 7.
Write the names of two mountainous living things.
Answer:
(i) Mountain goat, (ii) Deodars
Question 8.
Give the names of two organisms which are adapted to live in desert.
Answer:
(i) Cactus, (ii) Camel
Self-Assessment:
Question 1.
Which of the following have streamlined body?
(a) Goat
(b) Tiger
(c) Camel
(d) Fish
Question 2.
Camels store food in their _________
(a) humps
(b) legs
(c) tails
(d) all of these
Question 3.
Tomato plants are _________ .
(b) shrubs
(c) trees
(d) none of these
(a) herbs
Question 4.
Assertion (A): The small plants with soft, tender, green, shorter stem are called herbs.
Reason (R): A herb may or may not have branches. .
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A .
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Question 5.
Match the items in column A with those in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Climber | (a) Protected forests |
| (ii) Shrub | (b) Rose |
| (iii) Taproot | (c) Parallel venation |
| (iv) Fibrous root | (d) Grapes |
| (v) Sacred groves | (e) Reticulate venation |
(A) (i)-(b), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(e), (iv)-(c), (v)-(a)
(B) (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(e), (iv)-(c), (v)-(b)
(C) (i)-(b),(i i)-(a),(i i i)-(d),(i v)-(e),(v)-(c)
(D) (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(c),(v)-(e)
Question 6.
What are taproots? Name two plants which have taproots.
Question 7.
Name any two plants which have fibrous roots.
Question 8.
Give two examples of shrubs.
Question 9.
Name any two aquatic animals.
Question 10.
What do you understand by the term biodiversity?
Question 11.
Classify the plants and give one example of each.
Question 12.
What is the difference between dicots and monocots?
Question 13.
What do you understand by the term habitat? Give habitats of two plants and two animals.
Question 14.
Name the locomotary organs of the following animals:
Question (i) Housefly (ii) Fish
Question 15.
What are cotyledons? How many cotyledons does a chickpea seed have? .
Question 16.
Differentiate between herbs, shrubs and trees.
Question 17.
How many types of roots are there? Explain each with an example.
Question 18.
What are creepers and climbers? Give two examples of each.
Question 19.
Give any two features of Rhododendrons found in Shola forests of Nilgiris. How these plants differ from Rododendrons found in Sikkim?
Question 20.
What do you understand by the term adaptation? Give any one example to show living things are well adapted to the climate of their habitat.
Question 21.
What is leaf venation? Explain various types of leaf venation with examples and draw a diagram also to show leaf venation.
Question 22.
How are camels living in hot desert differ from the camels living in cold desert?
Question 23.
Give one adaptation of the following living things:
(i) Mountain goat (ii) Cactus (iii) Deodar (iv) Fish