The Living World Biology | Chemistry | Physics | NTA The Living World Please enter your email: Which of the following is less general in characters as compared to genus? (a) Species (b) Division (c) Class (d) Family Which of the following is required as equivalent to subspecies of classical taxonomy? (1) Ecotype (2) Ecospecies (3) Cenospecies (4) Comparium The sorting out of identified and accessioned herbaria sheets family. Genus and species wise and their arrangement according to a standard system of classification are a step in making herbarium. This step is known as (1) Index registers (2) Filing of specimens (3) Mounting (4) Labeling of specimen sheets. Identify from the following the only taxonomic category that has a real existence (1) genus (2) species (3) phylum (4) kingdom ICBN stands for (1) International classification of biological nomenclature (2) International code of biological nomenclature (3) International code of botanical nomenclature (4) International classification of biological naming Choose the correct sequence of taxonomic categories in Linnaeus Hierarchy (1) Phylum – class – Family – Tribe – Order – Genus – Species (2) Division – Class – Order – Family – Tribe – Genus – Species (3) Order – Class – Tribe – Division – Family – Genus – Species (4) Phylum – Class – Tribe – Order – Family. – Genus – Species Identification of plants and animals based on the (1) Similarities (2) dissimilarities (3) (1) and (2) both (4) None of these Who proposed phylogenetic classification of plants? (1) Mehta (2) Linnaeus (3) Hutchinson (4) Bentham and Hooker Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular named taxonomic category? (a) Tiger – tigris, the species (b) Cuttle fish – mollusca, a class (c) Humans – primata, the family (d) Housefly – musca, an order Largest herbaria of the Asia is at (1) Kew (2) Sibpur (3) Chennai (4) Trombay Species is : (a) population of individuals having same genotypes and phenotypes (b) a group of individuals inhabiting a geographical area (c) a group of interbreeding populations (d) population of one type Which of the following is a category? (1) Order (2) Class (3) Genus (4) All of these Taxonomic hierarchy refers to (a) Step-wise arrangement of all categories for classification of plants and animals (b) A group of senior taxonomists who decide the nomenclature of plants and animals (c) A list of botanists or zoologists who have worked on taxonomy of a species or group (d) Classification of a species based on fossil record What is true for individuals of same species? (a) Live in same niche (b) Live in same habitat (c) Interbreeding (d) Live in different habitat The U.S. National Herbarium is situated in (1) Los Angeles (2) Hollywood (3) Washington (4) California CNH (Central National Herbarium) is located at (1) Mumbai (2) Chennai (3) Kolkata (4) Bangalore A duplicate of nomenclature type is termed by a taxonomist as (a) Syntype (b) Neotype (c) Paratype (d) Isotype Which one of the following has least similar characters? (a) Family (b) Class (c) Genus (d) Species Intermediate category is (1) Category in addition to obligate categories (2) sub phylum (3) Sub species (4) all of the above A taxon with reference to classification of living organisms can be defined as (a) a group of similar genera (b) a group of similar species (c) a group of organisms based on chromosome numbers (d) a group of any one rank of organisms Holotype is a (1) Typical specimen designated by author for nomenclature and publication (2) Incomplete specimen (3) Unpreserved specimen (4) Specimen fro mother locality The head quarter of BSI (Botanical survey of India) is at (1) Howrah, (Calcutta) (2) New Delhi (3) NBRI Lucknow (U.P) (4) FRI Dehradun (Utranchal) First national park developed in India is (1) Jim Corbett (2) Gir (3) Kaziranga (4) None of these Biosystematics aims at (a) Identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of their cytological characteristics (b) The classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters (c) Delimiting various taxa of organisms and establishing their relationships (d) The classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies The ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is called as (a) classification (b) taxonomy (c) hierarchy (d) key Which one of the following is not includes in taxonomical aids (1) Herbarium (2) Museum (3) Botanical gardens (4) None of these Which taxonomic category contains organisms belonging to same class but not to same family? (1) Species (2) Genus (3) Order (4) Population Study of number of chromosomes for resolving difficulties in classification is used in (a) Chemotaxonomy (b) Morphotaxonomy (c) Cytotaxonomy (d) Biochemical taxonomy Of the following taxonomic categories which is the most inclusive (i.e., is the highest in the hierarchy)? (1) Order (2) Sub-species (3) Class (4) Genus The usage of binomial names, for plant species was accepted by all after the publication of the work by : (a) Hooker (b) Linnaeus (c) Bentham (d) Darwin Maximum diversity is seen amongst (1) Monera (2) Animalia (3) Plantae (4) Protista Linneaus system of classification is : (a) Natural (b) Artificial (c) Phylogenetic (d) Progressive The recent branch of taxonomy is (1) karyotaxonomy (based on structure/number and banding of chromosomes) (2) Cytotaxonomy (based on cytoplasmic structures) (3) Evolution of species (4) Phylogeny Taxon is (1) Short term for taxonomy (2) A group of species (3) A classificatory(taxonomic) unit of any rank (4) A compendium of international rules of nomenclature Species belonging to different time period are called (a) Syntype (b) Paratype (c) Lectotype (d) Isotype Which of the following is most important for speciation? (a) Seasonal isolation (b) Reproductive isolation (c) Behavioural isolation (d) Temporal isolation Which is not a taxon in Linnaeus hierarchy? (1) Class & order (2) Kingdom & Class (3) Genus & species (4) Phylum & family 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 (1) Organic evolution (2) Adaptations (3) Inorganic evolution (4) Variations Which of the following is a name for a taxon that is identical to other such name? (a) Autonym (b) Synonym (c) Homonym (d) Tautonym Five kingdom classified was given by (1) Copeland (2) Haeckal (3) Whittaker (4) Takhtajan A binomial nomenclature has (1) 2 taxons (2) one name (3) 2 terms (4) None of these Which of the following is not a taxon? (a) Carnivora (b) Insectivora (c) Herbivora (d) Mastigophora Most recent branch of Taxonomy is (1) Karyotaxonomy (based on nucleus and number, structure and arrangement of chromosomes) (2) Biochemical taxonomy (based on biochemicals) (3) Numerical taxonomy (based on number of shared characters using statistical methods (4) Classical systematics (based on morphological features) Five phyllogenetic system of classification was proposed by (1) Hutchinson (2) Engler and Prantl (3) Takhtajan (4) Linnaeus 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 (a) Organisms like mules do not reproduce (b) It brings about variation in offsprings (c) Clones are blueprints of their parents (d) Drones (male honey bees) are produced parthenogenetically Loading … Question 1 of 45