NEET-UG Biology · Class 11
What makes something living; growth, reproduction and metabolism — NEET & JEE Questions
What makes something living; growth, reproduction and metabolism is a topic in The Living World, a Class 11 Biology chapter of the NEET-UG syllabus. TestBudy holds 30 published NEET-UG questions on What makes something living; growth, reproduction and metabolism, each with the marking scheme of the real paper.
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What makes something living; growth, reproduction and metabolism MCQs with solutions
10 of the 30 published questions on this topic, exactly as they appear in a test. Answers and worked solutions come with your result rather than on this page.
Which property represents the sum total of all chemical reactions occurring in a living organism?
- A. Growth
- B. Metabolism
- C. Reproduction
- D. Taxonomy
Which property refers to the increase in mass and number of cells of a living organism?
- A. Growth
- B. Taxonomy
- C. Reproduction
- D. Metabolism
Which term covers the sum total of all chemical reactions occurring in a living organism?
- A. Growth
- B. Nomenclature
- C. Metabolism
- D. Reproduction
Which life process produces new individuals of the same kind?
- A. Reproduction
- B. Classification
- C. Growth
- D. Metabolism
Which of the following is the only feature that all living organisms share without exception? (set mt9s9khf)
- A. Locomotion
- B. Metabolism
- C. Photosynthesis
- D. Consciousness
Which of the following is the only feature that all living organisms share without exception? (set mt9sit8r)
- A. Locomotion
- B. Metabolism
- C. Photosynthesis
- D. Consciousness
A mule is alive but is usually sterile. What does this example show about reproduction as a characteristic of life?
- A. Every living individual must reproduce
- B. Reproduction is not an absolute defining property of every living individual
- C. Sterile organisms do not carry out metabolism
- D. Only plants can reproduce without being fertile
A crystal increases in size when more material is deposited on its surface. Why is this not considered biological growth?
- A. The crystal has a fixed shape
- B. The increase happens only in sunlight
- C. The crystal contains no water
- D. External accretion
A mule is alive but usually sterile. Which conclusion follows from this example?
- A. Metabolism is unnecessary for life
- B. Reproduction is not universal
- C. Growth is absent in all sterile organisms
- D. Sterility prevents cellular organisation
A bread mould produces a large number of spores. In the context of living characteristics, the spores primarily demonstrate which process?
- A. External accretion
- B. Cellular enlargement
- C. Reproduction
- D. Taxonomic identification
Common mistakes in What makes something living; growth, reproduction and metabolism
Recorded against questions in this topic that are not shown above, so none of these points at an answer you can see on this page.
- Treating any increase in size as biological growth
- Using any increase in size as proof of biological growth.
- Assuming that the presence of any metabolic reaction proves that the entire preparation is alive.
- Adding two non-definitive observations together and assuming they become definitive evidence of life.
- Assumes a larger organ must contain somatic cells with more chromosomes.
- Treats any cell-free metabolic reaction as proof that the whole preparation is alive.
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