Q. No.Which of the following taxonomic categories are correctly matched to their standard termination of names with respect to biological classification of plants?
| I | Division: | - phyta |
| II | Class: | - opsida |
| III | Order: | - ales |
| IV | Family: | - idae |
(1) I, II, IV
(2) I, II, III
(3) II, III, IV
(4) I, II, III, IV
Difficulty Level:
Consider the following statements:
I. Higher the taxa, more are the characteristics that members whithin the taxon share.
II. Lower the category, greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level.
Of the two statements:
(1) I is true but II is false
(2) I is false but II is true
(3) Both I and II are true
(4) Both I and II are false
Difficulty Level:
The Indian Botanical Garden and the National Botanical Research Institute are located respectively at:
(1) Pune and Howrah
(2) Howrah and Lucknow
(3) Darjeeling and Lucknow
(4) Shimla and Dehradun
Difficulty Level:
Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and choose your answer from the codes given below:
|
COLUMN I Taxonomical Aid |
|
COLUMN II Feature |
|
| I. | Flora | 1. | Useful in providing information for identification of names of species found in an area |
| II. | Manuals | 2. | Contains the actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of a given area. |
| III. | Monographs | 3. | contain information on any one taxon |
Codes:
|
I |
II |
III | |
| (1) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| (2) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (3) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| (4) | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Difficulty Level:
The suffix that denotes the taxonomic category 'Family' in plants would be
(1) -ae
(2) -aceae
(3) -ales
(4) -nae
Difficulty Level:
As we go lower from kingdom to species, the number of common characters at each taxon:
1. Goes on decreasing
2. Goes on increasing
3. Remains same
4. There is no pattern to this
Difficulty Level:
Which of the following taxonomic categories contains organisms least similar to one another?
1. Class
2. Genus
3. Family
4. Species
Difficulty Level:
The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on
(1) date of collection
(2) name of collector
(3) local names
(4) height of the plant
Difficulty Level:
Match column I with column II for housefly classification and select the correct option using the codes given below:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A. | Family | 1. | Diptera |
| B. | Order | 2. | Arthropoda |
| C. | Class | 3. | Muscidae |
| D. | Phylum | 4. | Insecta |
Codes:
A B C D
(1) 3 1 4 2
(2) 3 2 4 1
(3) 4 3 2 1
(4) 4 2 1 3
Difficulty Level:
Study the four statements (I-IV) given below and select the two correct ones out of them:
I. Definition of biological species was given by Ernst Mayr.
II. Photoperiod does not affect reproduction in plants.
III. Binomial nomenclature system was given by RH Whittaker.
IV. In unicellular organisms, reproduction is synonymous with growth.
The two correct statements are
(1) II and III
(2) III and IV
(3) I and IV
(4) I and II
Difficulty Level:
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