1. Select true and false statement and choose correct answer from the option given below
I. Taxon is a group of related organism
II. Homo sapiens is the scientific name of man
III. Royal Botanical Garden is located in Bristol (England)
IV. Dudhwa National Park is located at Lakhimpur in UP
V. There are about 89 wildlife sanctuaries and 492 National Parks in India
VI. When specific name is identical to generic name it is an example of tautonym
a) True-I, III, V, False-II, IV, VI
b) True-I, II, III, False-IV, V, VI
c) True-II, IV, VI, False-V, III, I
d) True-VI, V, IV, False-III, II, I
2. Biological organization in living state is at
a) Sub-microscopic level
b) Atomic level
c) Cellular level
d) Mixture level
3. Which of the following are considered as the twin characteristics of growth?
I. Responses to stimuli
II. Increases in mass
III. Increases in the number of individuals
IV. Increases in width
a) II and IV
b) III and IV
c) II and III
d) I, II, III and IV
4. Linnaean system of plant classification is based on
a) Morphological and anatomical characters
b) Evolutionary trends
c) Floral characters
d) None of the above
5. A group of inbreeding plant or animals is
a) Order
b) Species
c) Family
d) Genus
6. Binomial nomenclature means
a) A scientific name, which consist of two words giving a generic name and a specific name
b) One name is given by two scientists
c) Two name, one vernacular and one scientific
d) Two name, one in Latin and other is a named of person
7. Tautonym is
a) Unscientific explanation of a phenomenon
b) Common name used as a scientific name
c) Nonlatinised name
d) Same name for genus and species
8. What size of herbarium sheet and label is recommended generally?
a) 30×40 cm,6×12 cm
b) 29×41 cm,7×14 cm
c) 30×45 cm,7×12 cm
d) 20×30 cm,5×10 cm
9. Choose the correct classification for the given plant
a) Plantae, Anglosperm, Monocotyledons
b) Plantae, Anglosperm, Dicotyledons
c) Plantae, Gymnosperm, Monocot
d) Plantae, Pteridophytes, Dicot
10. Which one is correctly written scientific name?
a) Panther Tigris
b) Mangifera indica
c) Pucnthera Leo
d) Columnba LIVEA
11. New systematics introduced by Sir Julian Huxley is also called as
a) Phonetics
b) Cladistics
c) Biosystematics
d) Numerical taxonomy
12. Which one of the category contain the least similar characteristic to one another?
a) Class
b) Order
c) Family
d) Division
13. Who first proved that virus was made up of a nucleic acid and protein?
a) Griffith
b) WM Stanley
c) Dr Salvador Huria and Dr Max Delbruk
d) Dr NW Pjrie and Dr FC Bawden
14. In five kingdom classification, the eukaryotes were assigned under how many kingdoms?
a) Only four kingdom
b) All five kingdom
c) Only two kingdom
d) Only three kingdom
15. Select the correct statement from the following statements
I. Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals are twin characteristics of growth
II. Metabolic reactions can also be demonstrated outside the body in isolated cell-free systems
III. ‘Response to stimuli’ is a defining property of living organisms
a) I and II
b) II and III
c) I and III
d) I, II and III
16. In Mangifera indica, the word Mangifera is a
a) Genus
b) Species
c) Variety
d) Order
17. In majority of higher animals and plants reproduction and growth are
a) Mutually exclusive events
b) Synonymous events
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
18. Binomial nomenclature means
a) A scientific name, which consist of two words giving a generic name and a specific name
b) One name is given by two scientists
c) Two name, one vernacular and one scientific
d) Two name, one in Latin and other is a named of person
19. Which taxonomical aid provide all information about a particular taxon like order or family
a) Herbarium
b) Catalogue
c) Taxonomic key
d) Monograph
20. The biological definition of a species depends on
a) The geographical distribution of two groups of organism
b) Reproductive isolation of two groups of organism
c) Anatomical and development differences between the two groups of organism
d) Difference in the adaptation of two groups of organism
1 (c)
Taxon is used represent any rank in taxonomic hierarchy.
Royal Botanical Garden is located at (Kew) London in England.
There are about 492 (approximately 504) wildlife sanctuaries and 89 national park in India. Rest three statement are true
2 (b)
Organization or living being starts with atomic, i.e., sub-microscopic level and reaches to cells (microscopic level), then become visible or microscopic with tissue and organs and then reaches to conceptual level
3 (c)
Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals are considered the twin characteristic of growth in living organisms
4 (c)
The system of classification proposed by Linnaeus was artificial. It was mainly based on floral characters.
5 (b)
According to Earnt Mayr species are group of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups. It contains most similar organisms
6 (a)
Binomial system of nomenclature was proposed by Linnaeus. According to the system an organism is provided a distinct and proper name consisting of two words first generic name and second specific name which present genus and species, respectively
7 (d)
When the specific name repeats the unaltered generic name this is called tautonym, e.g., Malus malus.
8 (c)
Generally size of a herbarium sheet is 30×45 cm. Which is slightly small than the size of American herbarium (29×41 cm) and label size is 7×12
9 (b)
The given figure shows flowering plant so, plant belongs to angiosperm. And the leaf venation is reticulate so plant is dicot
10 (b)
Mangifera indica, scientific name consists of two words a generic and another specific name. It is binomial system of nomenclature.
The first word denoting the genus start with capital letter, while specific epithets start with small letter
11 (b)
New systematics or biosystematics is concept of systematics which brings out taxonomic affinities on the basis of evolutionary, genetic and morphological traits. New systematics brings out cladistics or phylogenetic classification
12 (d)
In taxonomical hierarchy similarity increases from highest/largest category to lowest categories. Therefore, division has least similar feature as compared to lower categories (species)
13 (d)
Dr. NW Pjrie and Dr. FC Bawden proved that virus are composition of nucleoprotein, i.e., made up of nucleic acid and protein
14 (a)
Eukaryotes are assigned the kingdom-Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia, while prokaryotes occupy space only in kingdom-Monera
15 (d)
Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals are considered twin characteristics of growth, metabolic reaction can also be demonstrated in vitro and consciousness is considered as a determining property of livings
16 (a)
Mangifera is the generic name of mango
17 (b)
In majority of the higher organisms (plant and animals) reproduction and growth characteristic are mutually exclusive events as increase in the body size of living being do not alters the rate of reproduction or vice-versa
18 (a)
Binomial system of nomenclature was proposed by Linnaeus. According to the system an organism is provided a distinct and proper name consisting of two words first generic name and second specific name which present genus and species, respectively
19 (c)
Taxonomic aid monograph is treatise having complete information about a particular rank level of a taxonomic category. Key or taxonomic key contain list of traits or characters and their alternate which are helpful in taxonomic studies. Catalogue registers the species present in a particular place with brief description
20 (b)
Mayr (1942) defined species as an array of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups under natural conditions.
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