Which arrangement is in correct ascending order?
1. | Species < genus < order < family |
2. | Genus < species < family < order |
3. | Order < family < genus < species |
4. | Species < genus < family < order |
Biosystematics aims at:
1. | The classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters |
2. | Delimiting various taxa of organisms and establishing their relationships |
3. | The classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies |
4. | Identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of cytological characteristics |
Species are considered:
1. | Real basic units of classification |
2. | The lowest units of classification |
3. | The artificial concept of the human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms |
4. | Real units of classification devised by taxonomists |
Which of the following taxonomic category is less general in characters as compared to the taxonomic category ‘Genus’?
1. | Species | 2. | Division |
3. | Class | 4. | Family |
Practical purpose of taxonomy or classification is to:
1. facilitate the identification of unknown species
2. explain the origin of organisms
3. know the evolutionary history
4. identify medicinal plants
Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?
1. | Cockroach | 2. | House fly |
3. | Fire fly | 4. | Grasshopper |
1. | Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Species |
2. | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
3. | Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Family, Order, Genus, Species |
4. | Kingdom, Order, Class, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species |
1. | Cyprinidae | 2. | Hominidae |
3. | Calliphoridae | 4. | Muscidae |
1. | X - Generic name, Y - Specific epithet, Z - Carolus Linnaeus |
2. | X - Specific epithet, Y - Generic name, Z - R.H. Whittaker |
3. | X - Specific epithet, Y - Generic name, Z - Carolus Linnaeus |
4. | X - Generic name, Y - Specific epithet, Z - R.H. Whittaker |
Which of the following is against the rules of ICBN?
1. | Hand written scientific names should be underlined. |
2. | Every species should have a generic name and a specific epithet. |
3. | Scientific names are in Latin and should be italicized. |
4. | Generic and specific names should be written starting with small letters. |