Q. No.Identify the incorrect statement regarding the rules of Binomial Nomenclature?
1.
The names are derived from Latin or Latinized.
2.
The first word in a biological name represents the genus while the second component denotes the specific epithet.
3.
Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are written in italics, or printed separately underlined to indicate their Latin origin.
4.
The first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter.
Perhaps the most obvious and technically complicated feature of all living organisms is:
1. Capability to reproduce to produce similar offspring
2. Ability to grow from inside
3. Ability to sense and respond to environmental stimuli
4. Metabolism inside a defined boundary of a cell
In plant taxonomy, the most inclusive category will be:
| 1. | Kingdom | 2. | Division |
| 3. | Class | 4. | Order |
ICBN stands for:
| 1. | Indian Council for Biological Nomenclature |
| 2. | International Code for Binomial Nomenclature |
| 3. | Indian Council for Binomial Nomenclature |
| 4. | International Code for Botanical Nomenclature |
The binomial system of nomenclature of living organisms was given by:
| 1. | Carl Woose | 2. | Copeland |
| 3. | Chatton | 4. | Carl Linnaeus |
The number of species that are known and described ranges between:
| 1. | 1.2 and 1.3 million | 2. | 1.4 and 1.5 million |
| 3. | 1.7 and 1.8 million | 4. | 2.1 and 2.2 million |
The book Systema Naturae was authored by:
| 1. | Linnaeus | 2. | Theophrastus |
| 3. | Aristotle | 4. | Bentham and Hooker |
Identify the correct chronological order of the taxonomic hierarchy from lowest to highest:
| 1. | Family – Order – Class – Phylum |
| 2. | Family – Class – Order – Phylum |
| 3. | Order – Family – Class – Phylum |
| 4. | Order – Class – Phylum – Family |
Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and choose your answer from the codes given below:
| COLUMN I | COLUMN II |
| Taxonomical aid | Feature |
| I. Flora | a. Useful in providing information for identification of names of species found in an area |
| II. Manuals | b. Contains the actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of a given area. |
| III. Monographs | c. Contain information on any one taxon |
Codes:
| I | II | III | |
| 1. | a | b | c |
| 2. | c | b | a |
| 3. | b | a | c |
| 4. | b | c | a |
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