The Living World

Biology | Chemistry | Physics | NTA

The Living World

Please enter your email:

The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for

 
 
 
 

The head quarter of BSI (Botanical survey of India) is at

 
 
 
 

A population of similar organisms which are capable of interbreeding to form fertile off spring is

 
 
 
 

The immense biological diversity (1.7 million species of living organisms -1.2 million animals and 0.5 million plants) that we see is the result of

 
 
 
 

“Ordines Anomali” of Bentham and Hooker includes:

 
 
 
 

Binomial nomenclature includes

 
 
 
 

Species is :

 
 
 
 

Binomial epithet in binomial nomenclature is

 
 
 
 

Maximum diversity is seen amongst

 
 
 
 

Category is

 
 
 
 

All members of different species of plants and animals present in particular area make up

 
 
 
 

Which of the following is required as equivalent to subspecies of classical taxonomy?

 
 
 
 

The practical purpose of classification of living organisms is to

 
 
 
 

No non-living object is capable of reproduction or replication by itself. Although reproduction can not be an all-inclusive defining characteristics of living organisms because

 
 
 
 

Biosystematics aims at

 
 
 
 

Five kingdom classified was given by

 
 
 
 

Systema Naturae was written by

 
 
 
 

The category which includes related families is

 
 
 
 

What is a botanical garden?

 
 
 
 

Species occurring in different geographical areas are called as

 
 
 
 

The usage of binomial names, for plant species was accepted by all after the publication of the work by :

 
 
 
 

Of the following taxonomic categories which is the most inclusive (i.e., is the highest in the hierarchy)?

 
 
 
 

First national park developed in India is

 
 
 
 

A new nomenclatural type submitted when the original material is missing is known as

 
 
 
 

Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular named taxonomic category?

 
 
 
 

Who developed the key first for the identification of animals?

 
 
 
 

The relationship between comparable structures is called

 
 
 
 

The institute which encourage publication of local flora in India is

 
 
 
 

Which of the following categories is the most inclusive?

 
 
 
 

Which of the following is a name for a taxon that is identical to other such name?

 
 
 
 

Natural system of classfication was given by

 
 
 
 

Holotype is a

 
 
 
 

Animal taxonomists have named the animals according to:

 
 
 
 

The five kingdom classification of living organisms was proposed by

 
 
 
 

In the classification of plants, the term cladistics refers to the

 
 
 
 

Arrange the following in order of increasing group size, beginning with the smallest (i) family (ii) kingdom (iii) phylum/division (iv) genus (v) order (vi) class (vii) species.

 
 
 
 

Static concept of species (nullae species novae i.e., no species new, it is immutable) was given by

 
 
 
 

ICBN stands for

 
 
 
 

Two similar holotypes are called

 
 
 
 

Select the false statement

 
 
 
 

Identify from the following the only taxonomic category that has a real existence

 
 
 
 

Linneaus system of classification is :

 
 
 
 

FRI is situated at

 
 
 
 

Two different animals are classified into the same family. This means they would be classified in:

 
 
 
 

Five kingdom classification includes

 
 
 
 

Question 1 of 45