THE LIVING WORLD

The Living World:- PLANT DIVERSITY

Eklabhya The living world :- Plant Diversity

1) Artificial system of classification classifies plants on the basis of :-
(1) One or two characters
(2) Phylogenetic trends
(3) Many naturally existing characters
(4) None of the above

2) Mayr proposed which type of concept of species:-
(1) Taxonomic concept
(2) Biological concept
(3) Taxonomic and Biological concept
(4) Genetic concept

3) Group of organisms that closely resemble each other and freely interbreed in nature, constitute a:-
(1) Species
(2) Genus
(3) Family
(4) Taxon

4) The term systematics was introduced by :-
(1) Mayr
(2) Bentham
(3) Hutchinson
(4) Linnaeus

5) The term taxon refers to :-
(1) Name of a species
(2) Name of genus
(3) Name of family
(4) A taxonomic group of any rank

6) ICBN was first published in :-
(1) 1961
(2) 1964
(3) 1975
(4) 1753

7) The scientific naming of plants began with publication of Linnaeus book :-
(1) Genera plantarum
(2) Systema naturae
(3) Species plantarum
(4) Charaka sanhita

8) Which book most impressed the opinion of taxonomists ?
(1) Enquiry into plants
(2) Origin of life
(3) Genera plantarum
(4) Origin of species

9) Plant nomenclature means :-
(1) To give names to plants without any rules
(2) Nomenclature of plants under the international rules
(3) Nomenclature of plants in local language
(4) Nomenclature of plants in English language

10) The basic smallest unit of classifications is :-
(1) Genus
(2) Species
(3) Order
(4) All of the above

11) Which of the following is a correct name ?
(1) Solanum tuberosum
(2) Solanum Tuberosum
(3) Solanum tuberosum Linn.
(4) All the above

12) Taxonomy term was given by :-
(1) Linnaeus
(2) Mayr
(3) Haeckel
(4) A.P. de. Candolle

13) Systematics deals with :-
(1) Classification
(2) Nomenclature
(3) Identification
(4) All of these

14) Scientific name of Mango plant is Mangifera indica Linn. in the above name Linn. refers to :-
(1) Variety of Mango
(2) A taxonomist who proposed the present nomenclature in honor of Linnaeus
(3) A scientist who for the first time described Mango plant
(4) A scientist who changed the name proposed by Linnaeus and proposed present name

15) Phylogeny refers to :-
(1) Natural classification
(2) Evolutionary classification
(3) Evolutionary history
(4) Origin of algae

16) In taxonomy the first step is :-
(1) Identification
(2) Nomenclature
(3) Classification
(4) Affinities

17) Biological concept of species is given by :-
(1) Aristotle
(2) Bentham
(3) Koch
(4) Mayr

18) A large number of unknown species of plants and
animals are believed to be present in :-
(1) Temperate forests
(2) Antarctica
(3) Taiga
(4) Tropical forest

19) For higher plants, flowers are chiefly used as a basis of classification, because :–
(1) These show a great variety in color
(2) It can be preserved easily
(3) Reproductive parts are more conservative than vegetative parts
(4) None of these

20) Who wrote systema naturae ?
(1) Linnaeus
(2) Mayr
(3) John Ray
(4) De Candolle

21) Who wrote species plantarum ?
(1) Linnaeus
(2) Mayr
(3) Bentham
(4) Aristotle

22) Who is regarded as "Darwin of 20th century" ?
(1) John Ray
(2) Lamarck
(3) Ernst Mayr
(4) Darwin

23) The binomial system of nomenclature was given by:-
(1) Magnus
(2) Linnaeus
(3) Caesalpinno
(4) Discorides

24) For declaration of new species of higher plants what characters are mainly used :-
(1) Floral character of new species
(2) Anatomical characters of new species
(3) Physiological character of new species
(4) Character of endosperm

25) A division is formed by combining several :–
(1) Orders
(2) Families
(3) Classes
(4) Tribes

26) Book "Systema Naturae" was written by :-
(1) Mayr
(2) Linnaeus
(3) John-Ray
(4) Theophrastus

27) Which statement is true ?
(1) Tautonyms are not allowed in plants
(2) Tautonyms are not allowed in animals
(3) Tautonyms normally allowed in animals and some time allowed in plants
(4) Tautonyms allowed only in bacteria

28) The standard size of herbarium sheets is :-
(1) 11.5" ´ 16.5"
(2) 15.5" ´ 16.5"
(3) 18.5" ´ 10.5"
(4) 20.5" ´ 21.5"

29) Evolutionary classification is called :-
(1) Artificial system
(2) Natural system
(3) Phylogenetic system
(4) None of the above

30) Most of the botanical names are derived from the
following language :-
(1) German
(2) Greek
(3) Latin
(4) Spanish

31) Which of the following statements regarding nomenclature is correct ?
(1) Generic name always begins with capital letter whereas specific epithet with small letter
(2) Scientific nomenclature should be printed in italics
(3) Scientific nomenclature when typed or handwritten should be separately underlined
(4) All the above

32) "Genera Plantarum" was written by :-
(1) Engler and Prantal
(2) Hutchinson
(3) Bentham & Hooker
(4) Bessey

33) According to Whittaker, BGA are included in :-
(1) Mycota
(2) Protista
(3) Plantae
(4) Monera

34) By Bentham-Hooker, how many families are placed in gymnosperm class :-
(1) 86
(2) 88
(3) 45
(4) 3

35) The system of classification proposed by Bentham and Hooker is :-
(1) Artificial
(2) Natural
(3) Phylogenetic
(4) Numerical

Living World, Living World, Living World, Living World.

36) Chief merit of Bentham and Hooker's classification is that :-
(1) It is a system mostly based on evolutionary concepts
(2) It is a natural systems of classification of all groups of plants
(3) The description of the taxa are based on actual observation of the specimen
(4) It also considers the phylogenetic aspects

37) Kingdom Monera comprises the :-
(1) Plants of economic importance
(2) All the plants studied in botany
(3) Prokaryotic organisms
(4) Plants of Thallophyta group

38) The classification of Linnaeus was mainly based on :-
(1) Sepals
(2) Stem
(3) Petals
(4) Stamens

39) In Whittaker's five kingdom classification, eucaryotes were assigned to :-
(1) All the five kingdom
(2) Only four of the five kingdoms
(3) Only three kingdom
(4) Only one kingdom

40) The group "Plantae" proposed by Whittaker includes:-
(1) Pteridophytes
(2) Gymnosperms
(3) Angiosperms
(4) All the above

41) System of classification proposed by Linnaeus was:-
(1) Artificial
(2) Natural
(3) Sexual
(4) (1) and (3) both

42) Whittaker is famous for :-
(1) Two kingdom classification
(2) Four kingdom classification
(3) Five kingdom classification
(4) Distinguishing in Bacteria & blue green Algae

43) The book genera plantarum which contains the classification of seed plants was wrote by :-
(1) Linnaeus
(2) De jussieu
(3) Bentham and Hooker
(4) Eichler

44) Carolus Linnaeus classified plant kingdom on the basis of :-
(1) Floral morphology
(2) Overall morphology of plants
(3) Type of sexual reproduction
(4) Anatomical character

45) "Theorie elementaire de la botanique" is the book written by :-
(1) Takhtajan
(2) De Candolle
(3) Eichler
(4) Linnaeus

46) The word Cryptogamia was coined by :-
(1) Theophrastus
(2) Linnaeus
(3) Bentham & Hooker
(4) John-Ray

47) "Systema Naturae" book was written by:-
(1) Angler and Prantle
(2) Darwin
(3) Linnaeus
(4) Oswald & Tippo

48) First plant classification was given by :
(1) Linnaeus
(2) John-Ray
(3) Aristotle
(4) Darwin

49) According to Whittaker kingdom Protista includes:-
(1) Prokaryotes
(2) Unicellular eukaryotes
(3) Slime molds & protozoa
(4) Multicellular & eukaryotes

50) According to Benthum & Hooker total families of real flowering plants :–
(1) 202
(2) 199
(3) 34
(4) 85