Q. No.The term ‘systematics’ refers to:
1. Identification and classification of plants and animals
2. Nomenclature and identification of plants and animals
3. Diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship
4. Different kinds of organisms and their classification
1. Identification and classification of plants and animals
2. Nomenclature and identification of plants and animals
3. Diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship
4. Different kinds of organisms and their classification
Genus represents
1. An individual plant or animal
2. A collection of plants or animals
3. Group of closely related species of plants or animals
4. None of these
The taxonomic unit ‘Phylum’ in the classification of animals is equivalent to which hierarchical level in classification of plants?
| 1. | Class | 2. | Order |
| 3. | Division | 4. | Family |
Botanical gardens and zoological parks have
1. Collection of endemic living species only
2. Collection of exotic living species only
3. Collection of endemic and exotic living species
4. Collection of only local plants and animals
Taxonomic key is one of the taxonomic tools in the identification and classification of plants and animals. It is used in the preparation of
1. Monographs
2. Flora
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of the above
All living organisms are linked to one another because
1. They have common genetic material of the same type
2. They share common genetic material but to varying degrees
3. All have common cellular organization
4. All of the above
Which of the following is a defining characteristic of living organisms?
| 1. Growth | 2. Ability to make sound |
| 3. Reproduction | 4. Response to external stimuli |
Match the following and choose the correct option:
| A. Family | i. tuberosum |
| B. Kingdom | ii. Polymoniales |
| C. Order | iii. Solanum |
| D. Species | iv. Plantae |
| E. Genus | v. Solanacea |
| i | ii | iii | iv | v | |
| 1. | D | C | E | B | A |
| 2. | E | D | B | A | C |
| 3. | D | E | B | A | C |
| 4. | E | C | B | A | D |
Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular named taxonomic category?
1. Tiger - tigris, the species
2. Cuttlefish - Mollusca, a class
3. Humans - Primata, the family
4. Housefly - Musca, an order
Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclature and is correctly described?
1. Musca domestica - The common house lizard, a reptile
2. Plasmodium falciparum - A protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria
3. Felis tigris - The Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests.
4. E.coli - Full name Escherichia coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine
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