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✓✗A taxon is
- a group of related families
- a group of related species
- a taxonomic group of any ranking
- a type of living organisms
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✓✗In a taxonomic key, a pair of contrasting characters is called a ________ and each statement of the pair is called a ________.
- lead; couplet
- couplet; lead
- dichotomy; lead
- couplet; tribe
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✓✗Which of the following chemicals is used for poisoning the specimens in herbarium technique?
- Hg2Cl2
- HgCl2
- AgNO3
- HCl
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✓✗A genus is best described as
- a group of related families
- a group of related species with more characters in common than with species of other genera
- a group of individuals that interbreed freely
- a group of related orders
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✓✗The garden famous for the great Banyan tree is under control of
- ZSI
- WWF
- BSI
- Calcutta University
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✓✗In which of the following, organisms are very much similar to each other?
- Genus
- Class
- Order
- Species
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✓✗Given below are two statements.
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 from the options given below.
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 from the options given below.
- 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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✓✗In which of the following does growth by cell division continue throughout life?
- Mammals
- Insects
- Birds
- Plants
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✓✗The system of classification proposed by Bentham and Hooker is
- natural
- phylogenetic
- artificial
- numerical
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✓✗Order is placed between
- Genus and species
- Class and family
- Kingdom and class
- Kingdom and phyla
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✓✗Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?
- Non-living objects grow by accumulation of material on their surface
- In plants, growth by cell division occurs continuously throughout life
- In animals, growth by cell division occurs throughout life in all tissues
- Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals are twin characteristics of growth
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✓✗A division is formed by combining several
- Orders
- Classes
- Families
- Tribes
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✓✗Which of the following is not true for a species ?
- Members of a species can interbreed
- Variations occur among members of a species
- Each species is reproductively isolated from every other species.
- Gene flow does not occur between the populations of a species
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✓✗Which one of the following is the correctly printed scientific name of lion?
- PANTHERA LEO
- panthera Leo
- Panthera Leo
- Panthera leo
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✓✗Fungi multiply and spread easily mainly because they produce
- seeds
- gemmae
- buds only
- millions of asexual spores