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

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In plant taxonomy, the most inclusive category will be:

1. Kingdom 2. Division
3. Class 4. Order
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 1: Nomenclature |
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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
Subtopic:  Systematics & Type study |
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The binomial system of nomenclature of living organisms was given by:

1. Carl Woose 2. Copeland
3. Chatton 4. Carl Linnaeus

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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
Subtopic:  Diversity in the Living World |
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The book Systema Naturae was authored by:

1. Linnaeus 2. Theophrastus
3. Aristotle 4. Bentham and Hooker
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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
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 1: Nomenclature |
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Humans belong to the Order:

1. Hominidae 2. Primata
3. Mammalia 4. Vertebrata
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
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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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The scientific term for biological classification categories is:

1. Species 2. Taxon
3. Phylum​​​​​ 4. Domain
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 1: Nomenclature |
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