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✓✗Match the items given in column I with those in column II and select the correct option given below:
Column I | Column II |
| (A) Herbarium | (i) It is a place having a collection of preserved plants and animals. |
| (B) Key | (ii) A list that enumerates methodically all the species found in an area with brief description aiding identification. |
| (C) Museum | (iii) Is a place where dried and pressed plant specimens mounted on sheets are kept. |
| (D) Catalogue | (iv) A booklet containing a list of characters and their alternates which are helpful in identification of various taxa. |
- A-(i), B-(iv), C-(iii), D-(ii)
- A-(iii), B-(ii), C-(i), D-(iv)
- A-(ii), B-(iv), C-(iii), D-(i)
- A-(iii), B-(iv), C-(i), D-(ii)
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✓✗Who is the "father of zoology"?
- Aristotle
- Theophrastus
- Lazzaro Spallanzani
- Carolus Linnaeus
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✓✗Which of the following is a taxonomic category and NOT a taxon?
- Family
- Poales
- Mammalia
- Panthera
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✓✗The number of species that are known and described so far ranges between
- 0.7 - 0.8 million
- 1.7 - 1.8 million
- 7 - 8 million
- 17 - 18 million
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✓✗Study the four statements (A-D) given below and select the two correct ones.
(A) Definition of biological species was given by Ernst Mayr.
(B) Photoperiod does not affect reproduction in plants.
(C) Binomial nomenclature system was given by R.H. Whittaker.
(D) In unicellular organisms, reproduction is synonymous with growth.
The two correct statements are
(A) Definition of biological species was given by Ernst Mayr.
(B) Photoperiod does not affect reproduction in plants.
(C) Binomial nomenclature system was given by R.H. Whittaker.
(D) In unicellular organisms, reproduction is synonymous with growth.
The two correct statements are
- A and D
- A and B
- B and C
- C and D
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✓✗Which of the following statements regarding nomenclature is correct?
- The generic name always begins with a capital letter, whereas the specific epithet begins with a small letter
- Scientific names should be printed in bold letters
- Scientific names, when handwritten, should not be underlined
- All of the above
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✓✗According to binomial nomenclature, two words used for naming a plant or animal are
- Species and genus
- Genus and species
- Species and family
- Genus and family
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✓✗Fragmentation is a common mode of reproduction in
- yeast
- filamentous algae
- Hydra
- Planaria
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✓✗Which one of the following is NOT one of the basic processes of taxonomy?
- Characterisation
- Identification
- Nomenclature
- Hybridisation
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✓✗A genus is best described as
- a group of individuals that interbreed freely
- a group of related species with more characters in common than with species of other genera
- a group of related families
- a group of related orders
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✓✗Which of the following sets contains only taxa and no categories?
- Family, Genus, Order
- Felidae, Panthera, Carnivora
- Felidae, Genus, Mammalia
- Order, Poaceae, Class
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✓✗Which of the following is the correctly printed scientific name of the potato?
- SOLANUM TUBEROSUM
- Solanum Tuberosum
- Solanum tuberosum
- solanum tuberosum
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✓✗The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for
- interaction with the environment and progressive evolution
- reproduction
- growth and movement
- responsiveness to touch
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✓✗Statement I: A genus may have one or more than one specific epithet, representing different organisms with similar morphological characters.
Statement II: Solanum nigrum and Solanum tuberosum belong to different genera.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer.
Statement II: Solanum nigrum and Solanum tuberosum belong to different genera.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
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✓✗The term taxonomic hierarchy was introduced by
- Carolus Linnaeus
- John Ray
- Lamarck
- Bessey