Class 6 Science Chapter 10 MCQ Living Creatures Exploring their Characteristics
MCQ on Living Creatures Exploring their Characteristics Class 6
1. Choose the correct option in the following questions
Question 1.
Which of the following statement is incorrect?
(a) Cell is the structural unit of living things
(b) Living and non-living things are made up of cells
(c) Living and non-living things are made up of matter
(d) Similar cells combine together to form tissues.
Answer:
(b) Living and non-living things are made up of cells
Question 2.
Animals move
(a) to search their food
(b) to search for shelter
(c) to escape from their enemies
(d) all of these
Answer:
(d) all of these
Question 3.
Energy is released during the process of
(a) digestion
(b) excretion
(c) growth
(d) respiration
Answer:
(d) respiration
Question 4.
Which of the following is true for plants and animals?
(a) They make their own food
(b) They need sunlight for energy
(c) They respire to get energy
(d) They move from one place to another
Answer:
(c) They respire to get energy
Question 5.
Which of the following does not grow?
(a) Tree
(b) eraser
(c) baby
(d) butterfly
Answer:
(b) eraser
Question 6.
Which of the following is not a product of excretion?
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) energy
(c) urine
(d) sweat
Answer:
(b) energy
Question 7.
The germination of pea seeds requires one of these gases.
(a) nitrogen
(b) oxygen
(c) vapours of water
(d) hydrogen
Answer:
(b) oxygen
Question 8.
Which is not a requirement for germination of a seed?
(a) favourable temperature
(b) light
(c) fertilizer
(d) sufficient moisture
Answer:
(c) fertilizer
Question 9.
The process of plants creating their own food is called?
(a) Germinate
(b) Nutrients
(c) Photosynthesis
(d) Plant life
Answer:
(c) Photosynthesis
Question 10.
Jagadish Chandra Bose born in
(a) 1858
(b) 1859
(c) 1857
(d) 1860
Answer:
(a) 1858
Question 11.
The process in which some organisms change form in different stages of their life cycle is known as
(a) Life span
(b) Germination
(c) Metamorphosis
(d) Reproduction
Answer:
(c) Metamorphosis
Question 12.
An organism that is fully grown is called
(a) A pupa
(b) A larva
(c) An adult
(d) A nymph
Answer:
(c) An adult
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
1. Living beings need __________ for their growth and development.
Answer:
nutrition
2. The tiny __________ inside a seeds develops into a plant.
Answer:
embryo
3. The process of __________ maintains the continuity of a kind of an animal.
Answer:
reproduction
4. The __________ transforms into an adult mosquito.
Answer:
pupa
5. All living beings respond to __________
Answer:
stimuli
6. Tiny pores called __________ help plants to respire.
Answer:
stomata
3. State whether the statements given below are True or False:
(i) Anything that prompts living beings to respond is called stimulus.
Answer:
True
(ii) Growth is not a characteristic of living beings.
Answer:
False
(iii) Insectivorous plants are dependent on other plants for their nutrition.
Answer:
False
(iv) Opening of flowers is an example of movements in plants.
Answer:
True
(v) Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water.
Answer:
True
4. Match the following items given in Column A with that in Column B:
Question 1.
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Respiration | (i) grows upward |
| (b) Excretion | (ii) breathing in and out |
| (c) Shoots | (iii) Removal of waste from body |
| (d) Pupae | (iv) movement in plants |
| (e) Spawn | (v) Changes into insect |
| (f) Opening of leaves | (vi) cluster of eggs. |
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Respiration | (ii) breathing in and out |
| (b) Excretion | (iii) Removal of waste from body |
| (c) Shoots | (i) grows upward |
| (d) Pupae | (v) Changes into insect |
| (e) Spawn | (vi) cluster of eggs |
| (j) Opening of leaves | (iv) movement in plants |