ICBN stands for
1. Indian Congress of Biological Name
2. International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
3. International Congress of Biological Name
4. Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature

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Which one of the following is not a correct statement?
1. Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference
2. A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals
3. Key is taxonomic aid for identification of specimens
4. herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens

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Which of the following is less general in characters as compared to genus?

1. Species 2. Division
3. Class 4. Family
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 2: Classification up to Genus |
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Genus represents
1. An individual plant or animal
2. A collection of plants or animals
3. Group of closely related species of plants or animals
4. None of these

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Taxonomic key is one of the taxonomic tools in the identification and classification of plants and animals. It is used in the preparation of
1. Monographs
2. Flora
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of the above

Subtopic:  Taxonomical Aids: Part 1 (OLD NCERT) | Taxonomical Aids: Part 2 (OLD NCERT) | Taxonomical Aids (OLD NCERT) |
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Maintenance of a constant internal environment in spite of an ever changing external environment by living organisms is called:
1. Hemostasis
2. Thermoregulation
3. Osmoregulation
4. Homeostasis

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The currently accepted definition of biological species was pioneered by:

1. John Ray 2. G. G. Simpson
3. Ernst Mayr 4. Ernst Haeckel
Subtopic:  Systematics & Type study |
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Fragmentation is not a common method of asexual reproduction in:
1. Planaria
2. Hydra
3. Filamentous algae
4. Protonema of moss

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The taxon ‘Division’ in plant taxonomy is used as a substitute for which of the following taxonomic categories in animal taxonomy?

1. Phylum 2. Class
3. Order 4. Family
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Panthera tigris belongs to the Felidae family. What taxonomic category does Panthera represent?

1. Species 2. Family
3. Genus 4. Order
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 2: Classification up to Genus |
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