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
Subtopic:  Systematics & Type study |
 75%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 1999
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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
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
 75%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 1999
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Which of the following taxonomic category is more common in characters as compared to the taxonomic category ‘Genus’?

1. Species 2. Division
3. Class 4. Family
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
Level 4: Below 35%
AIPMT - 2001
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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
Subtopic:  Systematics & Type study |
 80%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2003
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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
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 2: Classification up to Genus |
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 2003
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