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class 9 biology 1st chapter mcq's

MCQs for Class 9 Biology

1. The word “biology” has been derived from two…………words.
a) Latin
b) Greek
c) English
d) Scientific
Sol: (b) Greek

2. In biology the word “bios” means ……….
a) Life
b) Logos
c) Living things
d) All of the above
Sol: (a) Life

3. In biology the word “logos” means………
a) Thought
b) Reasoning
c) Thought or reasoning
d) None
Sol: (c) Thought or reasoning

4. The division of biology in which we study animals is called……
a) Botany
b) Zoogeography
c) Zoology
d) Cell biology
Sol: (c) Zoology

5. The division of biology in which we study plants is called…….
a) Botany
b) Zoology
c) Zoology and Botany
d) Plant ecology
Sol: (a) Botany

6. The study of tissues is called ……
a) Anatomy
b) Histology
c) Physiology
d) Entomology
Sol: (b) Histology

7. The study of internal structures is called…
a) Anatomy
b) Cell biology
c) Genetics
d) Biotechnology
Sol: (a) Anatomy

8. The transmission of characters from one generation to the other is called……
a) Genetics
b) Inheritance
c) Heredity
d) Both (b) and (c)
Sol: (d) Both (b) and (c)

9. The branch that deals with the study of parasites is called ……
a) Taxonomy
b) Parasitology
c) Embryology
d) Socio-biology
Sol: (b) Parasitology

10. The study of fossils is called………
a) Physiology
b) Paleontology
c) Morphology
d) Embryology
Sol: (b) Paleontology

11. The study of insects is called ……
a) Entomology
b) Histology
c) Pharmacology
d) Embryology
Sol: (a) Entomology

12. The study of the development of the embryo into a new individual is called…….
a) Histology
b) Genetics
c) Environmental biology
d) Embryology
Sol: (d) Embryology

13. The study of the form and structure of living organisms is called ……
a) Physiology
b) Morphology
c) Environmental biology
d) Immunology
Sol: (b) Morphology

14. The study of naming and classification of organisms into groups is called……
a) Biotechnology
b) Taxonomy
c) Pharmacology
d) Cell biology
Sol: (b) Taxonomy

15. The branch that deals with the functions of different parts of living organisms is called……
a) Histology
b) Physiology
c) Morphology
d) Pharmacology
Sol: (b) Physiology

16. The art of gardening is called……
a) Farming
b) Forestry
c) Horticulture
d) Animal husbandry
Sol: (c) Horticulture

17. The latest profession in the field of biology is……
a) Farming
b) Agriculture
c) Biotechnology
d) Fisheries
Sol: (c) Biotechnology

18. In the Quran, “We made every living thing from ……”
a) Clay
b) Water
c) Bones
d) Blood
Sol: (b) Water

19. Jabir Bin Hayan was born in
a) Iraq
b) Iran
c) Lebanon
d) Turkey
Sol: (b) Iran

20. “Al-Haywan” is a famous book by which Muslim scientist?
a) Abdul Malik Asmai
b) Jabir Bin Hayan
c) Bu Ali Sina
d) Omar Khayyam
Sol: (b) Jabir Bin Hayan

21. Who is considered the first Muslim scientist to study animals in detail?
a) Jabir Bin Hayan
b) Abdul Malik Asmai
c) Ibn Rushd
d) Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi
Sol: (b) Abdul Malik Asmai

22. Abdul Malik Asmai’s famous writing (Al-Khail) means
a) Camel
b) Horse
c) Animal
d) Plant
Sol: (b) Horse

23. Which scientist is called Avicenna in the West?
a) Jabir Bin Hayan
b) Hippocrates
c) Bu Ali Sina
d) Abu Nasr Al-Farabi
Sol: (c) Bu Ali Sina

24. Which book is called the “Canon of Medicine” in the West?
a) Kalq al-Insan
b) Al-Nabatat
c) Al-Qanun-fial-Tib
d) Alchemist
Sol: (c) Al-Qanun-fial-Tib

25. How many elements are there in nature?
a) 94
b) 93
c) 92
d) 16
Sol: (c) 92

26. Out of 92 naturally occurring elements, how many are considered bio-elements?
a) 18
b) 16
c) 118
d) 20
Sol: (b) 16

27. Only six bio-elements make up what percentage of total body mass?
a) 98%
b) 99%
c) 76%
d) 29%
Sol: (b) 99%

28. What percentage of “Oxygen” is in the protoplasm of living organisms?
a) 10%
b) 0.9%
c) 18%
d) 65%
Sol: (d) 65%

29. Which organelle is used for protein synthesis?
a) Mitochondria
b) Golgi apparatus
c) Liver
d) Ribosomes
Sol: (d) Ribosomes

30. A group of similar cells performing similar functions is called
a) Organ
b) Molecules
c) Tissues
d) Community
Sol: (c) Tissues

31. A group of organisms of the same species located at the same place at the same time is called ………
a) Biosphere
b) Habitat
c) Community
d) Population
Sol: (d) Population

32. The area of the environment in which an organism lives is called…
a) Species
b) Habitat
c) Population
d) Biosphere
Sol: (b) Habitat

33. The part of Earth inhabited by organisms is called……
a) Community
b) Stratosphere
c) Biosphere
d) Cryosphere
Sol: (c) Biosphere

34. Hundreds of Volvox cells make a ………
a) Colony
b) Organism
c) Tissues
d) None of the above
Sol: (a) Colony

35. What is the scientific name of the mustard plant?
a) Allium cepa
b) Corvus splendens
c) Brassica campestris
d) All of the above
Sol: (c) Brassica campestris

36. What is the scientific name of a frog?
a) Rana tigrina
b) Homo sapiens
c) Mangifera indica
d) Rosa
Sol: (a) Rana tigrina

37. What is the scientific name of human beings?
a) Homo erectus
b) Homo neanderthalensis
c) Homo sapiens
d) Homo habilis
Sol: (c) Homo sapiens

38. The name given to the scientific study of life and living organisms is
a) Chemistry
b) Physics
c) Biology
d) Psychology
Sol: (c) Biology

39. Which one is a unicellular organism?
a) Amoeba
b) Hydra
c) Earthworm
d) Frog
Sol: (a) Amoeba

40. Which of the following is a multicellular organism?
a) Paramecium
b) Euglena
c) Amoeba
d) Hydra
Sol: (d) Hydra

41. The smallest unit of life is:
a) Atom
b) Tissue
c) Organ
d) Cell
Sol: (d) Cell

42. Viruses are considered living:
a) In all conditions
b) Only inside host cells
c) Outside host only
d) Always non-living
Sol: (b) Only inside host cells

43. A group of tissues performing a specific function is called:
a) Cell
b) Organ
c) Organ system
d) Organism
Sol: (b) Organ

44. Which one is a biological molecule?
a) Water
b) Iron
c) Carbohydrates
d) Oxygen
Sol: (c) Carbohydrates

45. What is the study of cellular structure and function?
a) Morphology
b) Histology
c) Cell biology
d) Taxonomy
Sol: (c) Cell biology

46. Binomial nomenclature was introduced by:
a) Aristotle
b) Carolus Linnaeus
c) Charles Darwin
d) Gregor Mendel
Sol: (b) Carolus Linnaeus

47. Who is known as the father of genetics?
a) Linnaeus
b) Watson
c) Gregor Mendel
d) Darwin
Sol: (c) Gregor Mendel

48. What is the level of organization between organ and organism?
a) Tissue
b) Organ system
c) Molecule
d) Cell
Sol: (b) Organ system

49. Which of these is not a branch of biology?
a) Botany
b) Astrology
c) Zoology
d) Microbiology
Sol: (b) Astrology

50. The scientific study of fungi is called:
a) Entomology
b) Virology
c) Bacteriology
d) Mycology
Sol: (d) Mycology

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