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✓✗Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?
- The names are written in Latin and are italicised.
- When written by hand the names are to be underlined.
- Biological names can be written in any language.
- The first word in a biological name represents the genus name and the second is a specific epithet.
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✓✗The fundamental taxonomic category or basic unit of classification is
- Genus
- Species
- Sub-species
- Variety
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✓✗Evolutionary classification is called
- Artificial system
- Natural system
- Phylogenetic system
- None of the above
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✓✗A division is formed by combining several
- Orders
- Families
- Classes
- Tribes
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✓✗'Taxon' is the unit of a group of
- order
- taxonomy
- species
- genes
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✓✗In which of the following, organisms are very much similar to each other?
- Order
- Class
- Genus
- Species
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✓✗Which of the following is not included under in situ conservation?
- National park
- Sanctuary
- Botanical garden
- Biosphere reserve
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✓✗Species are considered as
- real basic units of classification
- the lowest units of classification
- artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms
- real units of classification devised by taxonomists.
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✓✗The term "New Systematics" was introduced by
- Bentham and Hooker
- Linnaeus
- Julian Huxley
- A.P. de Candolle
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✓✗Oryza sativae is a binomial name of rice plant. Sativae
- Specific name
- Specific epithet
- Species name
- Specific nomenclature
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✓✗The concept of key was introduced by
- John Ray
- Bentham
- Linnaeus
- Hutchinson
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✓✗Organisms which can freely interbreed and produce fertile offspring and have similar coded information or blue print for making these organisms are called
- Species
- Tribe
- Genus
- Sub-genus
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✓✗One of the most important functions of botanical gardens is that
- they provide a beautiful area for recreation
- one can observe tropical plants there
- they allow ex situ conservation of germplasm
- they provide the natural habitat for wild life.
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✓✗The garden famous for the great Banyan tree is under control of
- ZSI
- Calcutta University
- WWF
- BSI
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✓✗Concept of phylogeny was proposed by
- John Ray
- Lamarck
- Ernest Haeckel
- Darwin