Kingdom Animalia — NEET Biology MCQs with Solutions
Free NEET Biology Kingdom Animalia MCQs with step-by-step solutions (9 questions). Part of Biological Classification. Practise online on Prepizo — no login needed.
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Q1 — Kingdom Animalia · easy · theory
Members of Kingdom Animalia are:
A. Prokaryotic
B. Autotrophic with cell walls
C. Unicellular only
D. Multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes without cell walls ✓ Correct
Solution: Animals are multicellular, heterotrophic (holozoic) eukaryotes lacking cell walls and chlorophyll.
Q2 — Kingdom Animalia · easy · theory
The mode of nutrition in most animals is:
A. Photosynthetic
B. Holozoic (ingestion of food) ✓ Correct
C. Absorptive (like fungi)
D. Chemosynthetic
Solution: Animals typically ingest food and digest it internally — holozoic nutrition.
Q3 — Kingdom Animalia · easy · theory
The stored food (reserve carbohydrate) in animal cells is:
A. Cellulose
B. Glycogen ✓ Correct
C. Starch
D. Inulin
Solution: Animals store energy as glycogen, as do fungi.
Q4 — Kingdom Animalia · medium · theory
Higher animals show an elaborate sensory and neuromotor control, which is largely absent in:
A. Other animals
B. Plants (they lack a nervous system) ✓ Correct
C. Vertebrates
D. Mammals
Solution: A defining animal feature is a nervous/neuromotor system enabling rapid responses — plants lack this.
Q5 — Kingdom Animalia · medium · theory
Which characteristic clearly distinguishes Animalia from Plantae AND Fungi together?
A. Being eukaryotic
B. Absence of a cell wall ✓ Correct
C. Presence of a nucleus
D. Multicellularity
Solution: Both plants and fungi have cell walls (cellulose/chitin); animal cells lack a cell wall — a clean distinguishing trait.
Q6 — Kingdom Animalia · medium · theory
Sexual reproduction in most animals is characterised by:
A. Only asexual budding
B. Alternation of generations with a dominant gametophyte
C. Spore formation as the main mode
D. Copulation followed by embryological development ✓ Correct
Solution: Most animals reproduce sexually by copulation, fertilisation and embryonic development.
Q7 — Kingdom Animalia · hard · theory
The key features used to place an organism firmly in Animalia rather than Protista is:
A. Being heterotrophic
B. Having a nucleus
C. Multicellularity with tissue-level (or higher) organisation ✓ Correct
D. Being eukaryotic
Solution: Unicellular heterotrophic eukaryotes are Protista; multicellular heterotrophs with organised tissues are Animalia.
Q8 — Kingdom Animalia · hard · theory
Both animals and fungi are heterotrophic eukaryotes storing glycogen. The fundamental difference lies in:
A. Their DNA
B. Being eukaryotic
C. Mode of nutrition (holozoic ingestion vs absorptive) and absence/presence of a chitin wall ✓ Correct
D. Presence of a nucleus
Solution: Fungi absorb nutrients through chitinous walls; animals ingest food and have no cell wall — hence separate kingdoms.
Q9 — Kingdom Animalia · hard · theory
The presence of a "neuromotor and sensory apparatus" and "muscular movement" are hallmarks that separate Animalia. These arose in evolution with:
A. Autotrophy
B. The presence of chloroplasts
C. The development of true tissues and organs ✓ Correct
D. The chitin cell wall
Solution: True tissues (from Cnidaria upward) enabled nervous coordination and muscular movement, distinctive of most animals.