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Growth occurs due to synthesis of
(1) protoplasmic substances
(2) apoplasmic substances
(3) both (1) and (2)
(4) None of the above as growth is natural

The basic/smallest unit of classification is
(1) species
(2) taxon
(3) category
(4) sub-species

A national herbarium is that which contains plants of
(1) a region
(2) a country
(3) a locality
(4) world

Herbarium means
1. Storehouse/place where preserved identified dry/liquid/specimens are kept systematically
2. A heavy card sheet carrying the dried and pressed specimen of the plant
3. A garden with all plants arranged systematically
4. A system of arranging plants into different categories

What is a botanical garden?
(1) It is essentially a collection of living plant maintained for both pure and applied studies
(2) It is essentially a collection of plants only
(3) It is essentially the collection of rare and fossil plants
(4) It is for research work on

The idea of binomial nomenclature was first introduced by
(1) Gaspared Bauhin
(2) Linnaeus
(3) John Ray
(4) Father Santa pan

In a plant herbarium, mostly to arrange plants, we make use of
(1) Hutchinson system of classification
(2) Bentham and Hooker's system
(3) Linnaeus system of classification
(4) Haeckel system of classification

Royal botanical garden is situated at
(1) Kew
(2) Paris
(3) Washington
(4) Howrah

ICBN stands for
1. International Classification of Biological Nomenclature
2. International Class of Biological Nomenclature
3. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
4. International Classification of Biological Namning

The suffix of family ends with
(1) eae
(2) aceae
(3) ieae
(4) oideae

Most of the herbaria in India arrange their plants according to
(1) Bentham and Hooker's system
(2) Engler and Prant''s system
(3) Takhtajan's system
(4) Eichler's system

The members of which one of the following groups have many characteristics in common?
(1) Genus
(2) Kingdom
(3) Phylum
(4) Species

The analytical approach to understand the diversity and relatedness of both living and extinct organisms is called
(1) systematics
(2) evolution
(3) taxonomy
(4) binomial nomenclature

The bionomical system assigns to each organism a unique name that describes its
(1) order and family
(2) body plan and habitat
(3) genus and species
(4) family and species

In hierarchial classification class is incorporated between
(1) family and genus
(2) phylum and order
(3) order and family
(4) kingdom and phylum

Which covers the largest number of organisms?
(1) Genus
(2) Family
(3) Phylum
(4) Order

Find out the correct sequence in hierarchy
(1) Phylum, class, family, species, order
(2) Species, genus, family, order, class
(3) Species, genus, phylum, family, class
(4) Class, family, species, genus, order

Which term can be used for any taxonomic rank?
(1) Class
(2) Taxon
(3) Family
(4) Cohort

Duplicate of holotype is
(1) Monotype
(2) Paratype
(3) Isotype
(4) Lectotype

The herbarium specimen, based on which, a new species is described for the first time, is called
(1) neotype
(2) lectotype
(3) paratype
(4) holotype