| 1. | Cuttlefish – Mollusca, a class |
| 2. | Humans – Primate, the family |
| 3. | Housefly – Musca, an order |
| 4. | Tiger – Tigris, the species |
ICBN stands for:
| 1. | Indian Congress of Biological Names |
| 2. | International Code of Botanical Nomenclature |
| 3. | Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature |
| 4. | International Congress of Biological Names |
Select the correctly written complete scientific name of Mango which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus:
1. Mangifera Indica
2. Mangifera indica Car. Linn.
3. Mangifera indica Linn.
4. Mangifera indica
| 1. | The first word in a biological name represents the genus name and the second is a specific epithet. |
| 2. | The names are derived from Latin and written in italics. |
| 3. | When written by hand, the names are to be underlined. |
| 4. | Biological names can be written in any language. |
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A. | Family | (i) | Diptera |
| B. | Order | (ii) | Arthropoda |
| C. | Class | (iii) | Muscidae |
| D. | Phylum | (iv) | Insecta |
1. A-(iii) B-(i) C-(iv) D-(ii)
2. A-(iii) B-(ii) C-(iv) D-(i)
3. A-(iv) B-(iii) C-(ii) D-(i)
4. A-(iv) B-(ii) C-(i) D-(iii)
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. |
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 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. | 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 |