Here are the NEET UG questions asked from the year 2013 to 2023 on the topic Biological Classification, along with the year they were asked. These previous years asked mcq on Biological Classification MCQ for NEET will help you to analyse question paper pattern.
NEET 2023
Q: Which of the following belongs to the kingdom Monera?
- a) Algae
- b) Protozoa
- c) Bacteria
- d) Fungi
Answer: c) Bacteria
Q: Which of the following groups belong to Kingdom Protista?
- a) Bacteria and Fungi
- b) Algae and Fungi
- c) Diatoms and Protozoans
- d) Bacteria and Protozoans
Answer: c) Diatoms and Protozoans
NEET 2022
Q: Which one of the following organisms is not included in the group Protista?
- a) Amoeba
- b) Paramecium
- c) Saccharomyces
- d) Euglena
Answer: c) Saccharomyces
Q: Members of Ascomycetes are known as:
- a) Club fungi
- b) Sac fungi
- c) Zygospore fungi
- d) Conidial fungi
Answer: b) Sac fungi
NEET 2021
Q: Which of the following is not true for fungi?
- a) They have a cell wall made of cellulose.
- b) They are heterotrophic.
- c) They store food in the form of glycogen.
- d) Some fungi are used in fermentation processes.
Answer: a) They have a cell wall made of cellulose.
Q: Which one of the following is an incorrect statement regarding Mycoplasma?
- a) They lack a cell wall.
- b) They are the smallest living cells.
- c) They cannot survive without oxygen.
- d) They can survive without oxygen.
Answer: c) They cannot survive without oxygen.
NEET 2020
Q: Archaebacteria differ from eubacteria in:
- a) Cell membrane structure
- b) Mode of nutrition
- c) Cell wall composition
- d) Habitat
Answer: c) Cell wall composition
Q: Which of the following statements is incorrect about Euglena?
- a) It lacks a cellulose cell wall.
- b) It exhibits both autotrophic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition.
- c) It reproduces by binary fission.
- d) It belongs to Kingdom Fungi.
Answer: d) It belongs to Kingdom Fungi
NEET 2019
Q: Which of the following organisms are known for having both plant and animal characteristics?
- a) Dinoflagellates
- b) Euglenoids
- c) Slime molds
- d) Chrysophytes
Answer: b) Euglenoids
Q: Which of the following kingdoms does not include multicellular organisms?
- a) Monera
- b) Protista
- c) Fungi
- d) Plantae
Answer: a) Monera
NEET 2018
Q: Which of the following groups of organisms are responsible for ‘red tides’?
- a) Dinoflagellates
- b) Euglenoids
- c) Chrysophytes
- d) Slime molds
Answer: a) Dinoflagellates
Q: Fungi show a great diversity in morphology and habitat. Which of the following options is not correct?
- a) Some are unicellular.
- b) They reproduce by spores.
- c) Their cell wall is made up of peptidoglycan.
- d) They store food in the form of glycogen.
Answer: c) Their cell wall is made up of peptidoglycan
NEET 2017
Q: The heterocysts in Cyanobacteria are specialized for:
- a) Photosynthesis
- b) Nitrogen fixation
- c) Reproduction
- d) Respiration
Answer: b) Nitrogen fixation
Q: The cyanobacteria are classified under:
- a) Fungi
- b) Protista
- c) Monera
- d) Plantae
Answer: c) Monera
NEET 2016 (Phase I)
Q: Which of the following organisms are unicellular eukaryotes?
- a) Bacteria
- b) Archaea
- c) Fungi
- d) Protists
Answer: d) Protists
Q: Viruses differ from living organisms because they:
- a) Reproduce only inside host cells
- b) Can undergo genetic recombination
- c) Are made up of cells
- d) Exhibit metabolism
Answer: a) Reproduce only inside host cells
NEET 2016 (Phase II)
Q: Slime molds, in their vegetative phase, behave as:
- a) Fungi
- b) Animals
- c) Protozoans
- d) Plants
Answer: c) Protozoans
Q: Which of the following does not belong to the kingdom Protista?
- a) Paramoecium
- b) Euglena
- c) Amoeba
- d) Saccharomyces
Answer: d) Saccharomyces
NEET 2015
Q: Which of the following does not belong to the kingdom Fungi?
- a) Agaricus
- b) Rhizopus
- c) Penicillium
- d) Volvox
Answer: d) Volvox
Q: Which of the following is a characteristic feature of dinoflagellates?
- a) They are parasitic
- b) They are photosynthetic
- c) They are heterotrophic
- d) They are only unicellular
Answer: b) They are photosynthetic
NEET 2014
Q: The five-kingdom classification was proposed by:
- a) Whittaker
- b) Linnaeus
- c) Haeckel
- d) Copeland
Answer: a) Whittaker
Q: Which one of the following pairs of organisms are both unicellular and eukaryotic?
- a) Euglena and Paramoecium
- b) Amoeba and Bacillus
- c) Bacillus and Nostoc
- d) Paramoecium and Nostoc
Answer: a) Euglena and Paramoecium
NEET 2013
Q: Lichens are a symbiotic association between:
- a) Algae and fungi
- b) Bacteria and fungi
- c) Algae and protozoa
- d) Bacteria and protozoa
Answer: a) Algae and fungi
Q: Which of the following options represents the correct combination of characteristics of the kingdom Monera?
- a) Unicellular, prokaryotic, cell wall made of peptidoglycan
- b) Multicellular, eukaryotic, cell wall made of cellulose
- c) Unicellular, eukaryotic, cell wall made of cellulose
- d) Multicellular, prokaryotic, cell wall made of chitin
Answer: a) Unicellular, prokaryotic, cell wall made of peptidoglycan
Two important additional Biological Classification MCQ for NEET:
Q: Which of the following statements is correct regarding lichens?
- a) They are symbiotic associations between fungi and algae.
- b) They are purely autotrophic organisms.
- c) They consist of only fungi.
- d) They are parasitic on algae.
Answer: a) They are symbiotic associations between fungi and algae.
Q: Which of the following is not a characteristic of Monera?
- a) They are prokaryotes.
- b) They lack a true nucleus.
- c) Their DNA is not enclosed in a membrane.
- d) They have membrane-bound organelles.
Answer: d) They have membrane-bound organelles
These questions cover various aspects of biological classification asked in NEET UG from 2013 to 2023.
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