I: | Both words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined. |
II: | Systematics takes into account evolutionary relationship between organisms. |
III: | In case of animals, classes with a few similar characters are assigned to a higher category called Division. |
IV: | Higher the taxonomic category, higher is the ease of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level. |
Statement I: | Taxonomists have been able to identify a vast majority of species present on Earth. |
Statement II: | The number of species that are known and described range between 1.7-1.8 million. |
Assertion (A): | Characterisation, identification, classification and nomenclature are the processes that are basic to taxonomy. |
Reason (R): | The structural, developmental and ecological information of an organism is important for taxonomic studies. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Statement I: | Taxa can indicate categories at very different levels. |
Statement II: | Taxonomic groups/categories are not distinct biological entities but are merely morphological aggregates. |
1. | Statement I is correct and Statement II is also correct |
2. | Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct |
3. | Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is also incorrect |
4. | Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect |
1. | 0 | 2. | 1 |
3. | 2 | 4. | 3 |