Q. No.What do A, B and C represent in the given scientific name, respectively?
Mangifera indica Linn
C B A
A, B, C are-
1. Generic name, specific name and author's name
2. Specific name, generic name and author's name
3. Author's name, specific name and generic name
4. Generic name, author's name and specific name
A, B, C are-
Which of the following statements about classification is not true?
| I. | Members of a family are less similar than members of an included genus. |
| II. | An order has more members than the number of members in an included genus. |
| III. | Families have more members than phyla. |
| IV. | The number of species in a taxon depends on their relative degree of similarity. |
1. Only III
2. Only IV
3. Only II
4. Only I
Which of the following is against the rules of ICBN?
| 1. | Handwritten scientific names should be underlined separately. |
| 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. |
Select the correct sequence of taxonomic categories of Mango in ascending order
| 1. | Mangifera → Anacardiaceae → Dicotyledonae → Sapindales → Angiospermae. |
| 2. | Mangifera → Anacardiaceae → Sapindales → Dicotyledonae → Angiospermae. |
| 3. | Angiospermae → Dicotyledonae → Sapindales → Anacardiaceae → Mangifera. |
| 4. | Angiospermae → Sapindales → Anacardiaceae → Dicotyledonae → Mangifera. |
Animals, dogs and mammals represent
| 1. | Taxa at different levels |
| 2. | Taxonomic hierarchy |
| 3. | Taxa at equivalent level |
| 4. | Categories at equivalent level |
First step of taxonomy is
| 1. | Classification |
| 2. | Nomenclature |
| 3. | Identification |
| 4. | Characterisation |
Study of diversity of organisms and evolutionary relationship amongst them on the basis of all possible characters is called as
| 1. | Taxonomy | 2. | Systematics |
| 3. | Alpha-taxonomy | 4. | Phylogeny |
Which statements is incorrect with respect to genus?
| 1. | Each genus may have one or more than one specific epithets |
| 2. | It comprises a group of related species |
| 3. | It has more characters in common in comparison to species of other genera |
| 4. | Potato and brinjal belong to different genus |
What is incorrect for taxonomic hierarchy?
| 1. | There are 7 obligate and more than 21 intermediate categories |
| 2. | Higher the category, fewer the number of organism |
| 3. | Lower the category, more the number of common features |
| 4. | Greatest similarity in structure is found in between members of a species |
Genus represents aggregate of closely related species. Which of the following group of species does not belong to same genus?
1 Potato, Brinjal
2 Brinjal, makoi
3 Lion, Leopard
4 Potato, Sweet potato
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