Blog Post — “The Living World – NEET 2025 Notes (Easy Explanation + PYQs)

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“🌿 The Living World – NEET 2025 Complete Notes | Class 11 Biology Chapter 1”

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🪴 Blog Structure

🌸 1. Introduction

Welcome NEET aspirants 👋
In this chapter, “The Living World,” we explore what makes an organism truly “alive.”
We’ll decode key NCERT points, scientific classification, and NEET-level PYQs — in the simplest, most visual way.


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🧬 2. Characteristics of Living Organisms

Growth

Reproduction

Metabolism

Cellular organization

Consciousness


🧠 Mnemonic: “GRMCC — Growth, Reproduction, Metabolism, Cell, Consciousness.”

👉 Remember: All living organisms grow and metabolize, but growth alone is not a unique feature of life (crystals grow too!).


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🌿 3. Taxonomy and Systematics

Taxonomy = Identification + Nomenclature + Classification
Systematics = Study of diversity + evolutionary relationships.

📚 Father of Taxonomy: Carolus Linnaeus
🔑 Father of Modern Taxonomy: H.A. Bentham and J.D. Hooker (Flora of British India)


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🌍 4. Binomial Nomenclature

Developed by Carolus Linnaeus

Format: Genus species
e.g., Homo sapiens, Mangifera indica


🧠 Rule: First letter of Genus → Capital; species → small; both in italics.


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🌳 5. Taxonomic Categories

Hierarchy:
Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species
🔑 Mnemonic: King Philip Came Over For Good Soup 🍲


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📘 6. Taxonomical Aids

Tools for classification:

Herbarium: Collection of pressed, dried plants.

Botanical Garden: Plants grown for study.

Museum: Preserved specimens (plants & animals).

Zoological Park: Live animals for observation.

Key: Helps identify species.



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🧾 7. PYQs (Previous Year Questions)

Q1. Which of the following is not a taxonomic category?
A) Phylum B) Order C) Family D) Species
✅ Answer: All are categories — trick question.

Q2. Binomial nomenclature was introduced by —
✅ Carolus Linnaeus


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🧠 8. Quick Summary

All living things show metabolism & reproduction.

Taxonomy = naming + classification.

Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature.

Major aids: Herbarium, Key, Botanical Garden.



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🌟 9. Motivation Corner

> “Life is not about classification, it’s about connection — with every living thing that grows and breathes.”

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