Class 7 Science Chapter 6 MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) of Respiration in Organisms updated for academic session 2025-26. All the objective questions are taken from the latest NCERT Textbooks issued for CBSE Session 2025-26. Get the complete revision using these important mcq objective questions with answers. The explanation of each answer is also given below each question.
Class 7 Science Chapter 6 MCQ for 2025-26
Class: 7 | Science |
Chapter: 10 | Respiration in Organisms |
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MCQ Tests with Answers for Class 7 Science Chapter 10
Q1
Pick the odd one out from the groups, given below on the basis of respiratory organs:
[A]. Cockroach, grasshopper, ant
[B]. Lizard, cow, snake
[C]. Crocodile, dolphin, fish
[D]. Snake, crow, goat
Q2
The end products of respiration are:
[A]. CO₂ and energy
[B]. CO₂ and water
[C]. CO₂ and oxygen
[D]. CO₂, water, and energy
Q3
Read the following sentences carefully, and choose the correct one:
[A]. The process of releasing energy from food is called respiration.
[B]. All the organisms require energy for performing various activities and maintaining their life.
[C]. The process of respiration involves taking in oxygen into the cells using it and then eliminating the waste products from the body.
[D]. All the above.
Q4
Consider the following statements and choose the incorrect one(s):
[A]. Cockroaches breathe with the help of air tubes called spiracles.
[B]. Exchange of gases in the leaves take place with the help of stomata.
[C]. Diaphragm forms the floor of the chest cavity.
[D]. The roots of a plant take up oxygen from the air trapped between the soil particles.
Q5
During exhalation, the ribs:
[A]. Move outward
[B]. Move downwards
[C]. Move upwards
[D]. Do not move at all
Q6
Which of the following is most likely to have a much higher breathing rate?
[A]. Man
[B]. Dog
[C]. Sparrow
[D]. Fish
Q7
Payel is completed her science chapter where she wrote some statements. She wants to know whether the statements are correct or not? Payel wants to take help from you:
[A]. Oxygen breaks down glucose outside the cell of organisms.
[B]. Insects have spiracles on the lower surface of the body
[C]. Exhaled air has more percentage of CO2 than inhaled air.
[D]. None of the above
Q8
Normal range of breathing rate per minute in an average adult person at rest is:
[A]. 9 – 12
[B]. 15 – 18
[C]. 21 – 24
[D]. 30 – 33
Q9
Earthworms and frogs breathe through their skin because of which the skin of both the organisms is:
[A]. Moist and rough
[B]. Dry and rough
[C]. Dry and slimy
[D]. Moist and slimy
Q10
During heavy exercise, we get cramps in the legs due to the accumulation of:
[A]. Carbon dioxide
[B]. Lactic acid
[C]. Alcohol
[D]. Water
Q11
Consider the following statements and choose the incorrect one:
[A]. During heavy physical exercise or any other hard work, most of the energy is produced by aerobic respiration.
[B]. Anaerobic respiration does not take place only in the muscles of human beings, it also takes place in the muscles of other animals.
[C]. When extra energy is needed, anaerobic respiration can take place in our muscles for a long time.
[D]. We can live without food and water for many days but we cannot live for more than a few minutes without air.
Q12
The mountaineers carry oxygen with them because:
[A]. At an altitude of more than 5 km there is no air.
[B]. The amount of air available to the person is less than that available on the ground.
[C]. The temperature of air is higher than that on the ground.
[D]. The pressure of air is higher than that on the ground.
Q13
Recently, in a science class test, you are asked a question where you have to say whether the statements are correct or not?
[A]. The size of the chest cavity increases during inhalation.
[B]. The fishes have lungs for respiration.
[C]. Frogs breathe through their skin as well as their lungs.
[D]. Plants carry out photosynthesis only during the daytime when sunlight is available.
Q14
Fish breathe with the help of gills which are richly supplied with blood vessels. The gills help the fish to:
[A]. Take in oxygen from air
[B]. Take in oxygen dissolved in water
[C]. Absorb nutrients present in water
[D]. Reduce waste substance in water
Q15
Read the following sentences carefully, and choose the correct one:
[A]. A breath means one inhalation plus one exhalation.
[B]. The taking in of air rich in oxygen into the body during breathing is called inhalation.
[C]. The ordinary air which we take into the lungs is rich in oxygen but the air expelled from the lungs is rich in carbon dioxide.
[D]. All the above.
Q16
Which of the following statement is or are correct?
[A]. Children breathe about 20 to 30 times per minute.
[B]. Whenever a person needs extra energy, he breathes faster than usual.
[C]. We feel hungry after doing a heavy physical exercise or activity.
[D]. All the above.
Q17
Consider the following statements and choose the incorrect one:
[A]. The breathing is a chemical process.
[B]. The air tubes of insect open to exterior by spiracles.
[C]. Windpipe in humans is called trachea.
[D]. Yeast can respire in absence of oxygen and it is known as anaerobic respiration.
Q18
Priya is writing some statements, choose the correct statement and help her:
[A]. The taking in of air rich in oxygen into the body is called inhalation.
[B]. The giving out of air rich in carbon dioxide is called exhalations.
[C]. During anaerobic respiration, yeast produces alcohol resulting in sour smell.
[D]. All the above
Q19
Badal appeared in class test but he confused to know the incorrect statement. Would you help him to know that?
[A]. The air which we inhale contains a higher proportion of oxygen.
[B]. The air which we inhale contains a lower proportion of carbon dioxide.
[C]. The air which we inhale contains only a little of water vapour.
[D]. None of the above.
Q20
Recently, in a science class test, you are asked a question where you have to say whether the statements are correct or not?
[A]. Smoking cause heart diseases.
[B]. Smoking causes lung cancer.
[C]. A person who can inhale the air containing tobacco have no health issues.
[D]. None of the above
Q21
Read the following sentences carefully, and choose the correct one:
[A]. We often sneeze when we inhale air containing dust, smoke or pollen etc.
[B]. Yawning is caused by insufficient oxygen in the body.
[C]. The blood carries oxygen to the all parts of the body, this oxygen is carried by a red pigment called hemoglobin present in the red blood cells.
[D]. All the above
Q22
In a quiz competition, you are asked a question where you have to choose the statement which is/ are incorrect?
[A]. The blood carrying oxygen called oxygenated blood.
[B]. The blood having no oxygen called deoxygenated blood.
[C]. Different people can expand their chest by different amounts.
[D]. The breathing rate in children is lower than that of adults.
Q23
In a science quiz competition, Payel are asked a question where she had to choose the statement which was/were incorrect?
[A]. Dolphin and whales come to the surface of sea water from time to time to breathe in air.
[B]. We cannot survive under water because we have no use to make use of oxygen dissolved in water for breathing.
[C]. Frog is an animal which can breathe through lungs as well as its moist skin.
[D]. Insects have very little haemoglobin, present in their blood to carry out oxygen.
Q24
Which of the following statement is or are incorrect?
[A]. All the insects have tiny holes on the sides of their body which are called spiracles.
[B]. The breathing in all the insects take place through tiny holes and thin air tube called trachea.
[C]. Cockroach has spiracles on the sides of its body and trachea or air tube throughout inside its body for the process of breathing and respiration.
[D]. None of the above
Q25
Boojho, has taken three test tubes with half-filled water and kept some organisms. But he wants to know which tube has highest concentration of Carbo dioxide?
[A]. Snail, in A test tube
[B]. Plant, in B test tube
[C]. Snail and plant, in C test tube
[D]. None of the above
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Last Edited: June 13, 2023