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1. Store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, 7. Wheat, Mango, potato and sweet potato share the
pressed and preserved on sheets, provide all the common categories that are
information, except (1) Class and order
(1) Family of the specimen (2) Class and division
(2) Botanical name of the specimen (3) Division and kingdom
(3) English name of the specimen (4) Kingdom and phylum
(4) Measurement of the specimen
8. Family which includes genera Felis and Panthera is
2. Select the odd one from the following. (1) Muscidae
(1) familiaris (2) Felidae
(2) lupus (3) Canidae
(3) aureus (4) Convolvulaceae
(4) pardus
9. Out of the seven taxonomic categories, the basic and the
3. Plant families like Convolvulaceae and Solanaceae are lowest category of taxonomic hierarchy is
included in the order Polymoniales mainly based on (1) Species
(1) Habitat and distribution (2) Genus
(2) Floral characters (3) Tribe
(3) Vegetative characters (4) Family
(4) Root and stem structures
10. Select the mismatched pair w.r.t organism and its order
4. Which of the following serve as quick referral system in (1) Wheat – Poales
taxonomic studies?
(2) Mango – Sapindales
(1) Herbaria
(3) Housefly – Diptera
(2) Botanical Gardens
(4) Man – Mammalia
(3) Manuals
(4) Keys 11. Read the statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and
select the correct option.
5. Who developed the binomial system for nomenclature of Assertion (A): Higher the category, greater is the
organisms? difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at
(1) Carolus Linnaeus the same level.
Reason (R): Higher the taxa, more are the characteristics
(2) Darwin
that the members within the taxon share.
(3) Aristotle
Both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is
(4) E. Haeckel (1)
the correct explanation of the assertion
6. Select the correct order of taxonomic category in Both Assertion & Reason are true but the reason is
(2)
ascending order. not the correct explanation of the assertion
(1) Species → Genus → Class → Order → Family (3) Assertion is true statement but Reason is false
(2) Species → Genus → Family → Order → Class (4) Both Assertion and Reason are false statements
(3) Kingdom → Species → Class → Family → Order
(4) Species → Family → Genus → Order → Class
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12. Worker honey bees do not show 20. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of
(1) Growth fungi?
(2) Reproduction (1) Chitinous cell wall
(3) Metabolism (2) Filamentous thalloid body
(4) Consciousness (3) Cosmopolitan occurrence
(4) Diploid organisms
13. Family Convolvulaceae and Solanaceae are placed in
the order 21. Which of the given statement is not true for binomial
(1) Sapindales nomenclature system?
(2) Poales Biological names are generally in Latin or Latinised
(1)
irrespective of their origin
(3) Polymoniales
(2) Both the words if hand written are underlined together
(4) Dicotyledonae
Name of the author is written after specific epithet in
(3)
14. At which of the given categories, lesser is the difficulty of an abbreviated form
determining the relationship to other taxa at the same First word represents the genus, which starts with a
level? (4)
capital letter
(1) Division
22. The immediate next lower category to kingdom in
(2) Class
taxonomic hierarchy for plants is
(3) Order
(1) Genus
(4) Genus
(2) Division
15. Select the incorrect statement w.r.t. binomial (3) Class
nomenclature. (4) Order
The first word denoting genus starts with a capital
(1) 23. Mango belongs to the order
letter
Generic name, specific epithet and author citation (1) Dicotyledonae
(2)
collectively form binomial epithet (2) Monocotyledonae
The scientific name is printed in italics or underlined (3) Poales
(3)
combinedly when hand written (4) Sapindales
Biological names are generally taken from Latin
(4) 24. Select the taxonomic category of human which is
language
equivalent to Insecta of housefly.
16. The binomial epithet of garden pea is Pisum sativum (1) Primata
Linn. What does Pisum represents?
(2) Chordata
(1) Generic name
(3) Mammalia
(2) Specific epithet
(4) Hominidae
(3) Species
(4) Author citation 25. Boundaries of which kingdom is not well defined?
(1) Monera
17. Isolated metabolic reactions performed in vitro, i.e.,
(2) Protista
outside the body of an organism are
(1) Living things (3) Fungi
(4) Plantae
(2) Living reactions
(3) Performed by non-living objects 26. Mark the incorrect statement w.r.t. binomial
(4) Only anabolic reactions nomenclature.
The genus and specific epithet collectively form
18. Classes in plants with a few similar characters are (1)
binomial epithet along with author citation
assigned to a higher category called
(2) The name of discoverer is printed in italics
(1) Phylum
(3) Specific epithet starts with a small letter
(2) Division
Biological names are generally taken from Latin
(3) Order (4)
language
(4) Family
27. All of the following are specific epithets of Solanum,
19. Select the incorrectly matched pair w.r.t. housefly. except
(1) Kingdom – Animalia (1) tuberosum
(2) Order – Primata (2) nigrum
(3) Class – Insecta (3) familiaris
(4) Genus – Musca (4) melongena
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28. Growth and reproduction are mutually inclusive 34. Which of the following organisms is not included in order
phenomenon in all, except Polymonials?
(1) Hydra (1) Potato
(2) Yeast (2) Petunia
(3) Amoeba (3) Datura
(4) Bacteria (4) Wheat
29. Match the following : 35. In taxonomic hierarchy there can be many intermediate
Column I Column II categories but there are only _____ obligate categories.
a. Leaf cuttings (i) Raspberry (1) Six
(2) Four
b. Stem cuttings (ii) Grasses
(3) Seven
c. Runner (iii) Chrysanthemum
(4) Five
d. Sucker (iv) Clerodendron
36. Potato, brinjal and wheat can be placed under a common
e. Root cuttings (v) Sansevieria taxonomic category, that is
Select the correct option.
(1) Order- Polymoniales
(1) a.(iv), b(iii), c(i), d(v), e(ii)
(2) Class- Dicotyledonae
(2) a.(v), b(iv), c(ii), d(iii), e(i) (3) Family – Solanaceae
(3) a.(iv), b(ii), c(i), d(v), e(iii)
(4) Kingdom- Plantae
(4) a.(v), b(iii), c(ii), d(iv), e(i)
37. Among kingdom, phylum, class, order and family, how
30. The scientific names ensure that each organism has many taxonomic categories are common for Felis and
(1) Two names – one local and one taxonomic name Canis?
(2) Two names – one vernacular and one latin name (1) Two
(3) A name that has been used for other known organism (2) Three
(4) Only one name, which is universally accepted (3) Four
(4) Five
31. Match the following columns and select the correct
option. 38. Choose the correct positioning of Paramecium and
Column-I Column-II Amoeba according to Whittaker system of classification?
(a) Family (i) Primata (1) Bacteria
(b) Order (ii) Solanum (2) Protista
(3) Fungi
(c) Genus (iii) Insecta
(4) Monera
(d) Class (iv) Anacardiaceae
39. Read the given statements
(1) a(iv), b(i), c(ii), d(iii)
Statement A : Aristotle classified plants on the basis of
(2) a(ii), b(iv), c(i), d(iii) habit and habitat.
(3) a(iv), b(iii), c(ii), d(i) Statement B : Organisms with loose tissue body
(4) a(i), b(ii), c(iii), d(iv) organisation were placed in Mychota by Copeland.
(1) Only statement A is correct
32. Which of the following is correct for Mango?
(2) Only statement B is correct
(1) Genus - Triticum, Class - Dicotyledonae (3) Both statements are incorrect
(2) Species - Triticum, Class - Dicotyledonae
(4) Both statements are correct
(3) Family - Poaceae, Class - Monocotyledonae
40. Given organisms belong to how many kingdoms
(4) Genus - Mangifera, Class - Dicotyledonae
according to Whittaker system?
33. Read the following statements and select the correct
option.
Statement A: Taxonomic categories are distinct
biological entities and not merely morphological
aggregates.
Statement B: Classification of organisms into various (1) One
categories does not help in identifying similarities and (2) Two
dissimilarities among different organisms. (3) Four
(1) Only A is incorrect (4) Three
(2) Only B is incorrect
(3) Both A and B are correct
(4) Both A and B are incorrect
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41. Select the correct option w.r.t. criteria used by Linnaeus 46. Who proposed "Biological concept of species"?
for classifying living organisms. (1) Lamarck
(a) Contractile vacuole
(b) Body organisation (2) Ernst Mayr
(c) Cell wall (3) Julian Huxley
(d) Response to external stimuli (4) Carolus Linnaeus
(e) Locomotion
(f) Cell type 47. Read the following statements.
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) & (f) Statement-A : Modern taxonomic studies are based on
external and internal structure of organisms along with
(2) (a), (b), (c) & (e) cell structure, development process and ecological
(3) (b), (c), (e) & (f) information of organisms.
(4) (a), (c), (d) & (e) Statement-B : Neo-systematics is based upon
morphological characters only
42. Which of the following kingdoms include organisms with (1) Only statement-A is incorrect
chemosynthetic autotrophic mode of nutrition?
(2) Only statement-B is incorrect
(1) Plantae
(3) Both statements are incorrect
(2) Protista
(4) Both statements are correct
(3) Monera
(4) Fungi 48. Branch of science which deals with the study of principles
and procedures for grouping of organisms is
43. Which of the following taxonomic aid provide information (1) Classification
on the results of on going research?
(2) Identification
(1) Manual
(3) Taxonomy
(2) Monograph
(4) Nomenclature
(3) Catalogue
(4) Journal 49. Which of the following suffix is used for taxonomic
category 'family'?
44. Which of the following kingdoms contain organisms with (1) — ae
non cellulosic cell wall?
(2) — phyta
(1) Monera
(3) — ales
(2) Fungi
(4) — aceae
(3) Protista
(4) More than one option is correct 50. Select the taxonomic category of wheat and brinjal, that is
equivalent to Carnivora of cats and dogs.
45. Choose correct sequence of taxonomic categories in Wheat Brinjal
descending order
(1) Poaceae Solanaceae
(1) Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus (2) Monocotyledonae Dicotyledonae
(2) Kingdom - Division - Class - Family - Order (3) Poales Polymoniales
(3) Division - Class - Family - Order - Genus (4) Poales Sapindales
(4) Kingdom - Phylum - Order - Species - Genus
(1) (1)
(2) (2)
(3) (3)
(4) (4)
