Given below is an article from a Newspaper using the word ‘growth’ for the trash at a dump site in New Delhi:

Consider the two statements below:
I: The term ‘grow’ is incorrect for the trash at the dump site.
II: The growth seen in the trash is by accumulation of material on the surface.
1. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I.
2. Both I and II are correct and II explains I.
3. Both I and II are incorrect.
4. I is incorrect but II is correct.

Subtopic:  Introduction & Growth as Criterion for Being Living (OLD NCERT) |
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Look at a sample of a Herbarium Sheet given in the diagram and select the correct statements regarding a herbarium:

I: Herbarium specimens are accompanied by a label that indicates the location where the plant was growing, the collector and the date collected.
II: Most herbaria utilize a standard system of organizing their specimens into herbarium cases.

1. Only I 2. Only II
3. Both I and II 4. Neither I nor II
Subtopic:  Taxonomical Aids (OLD NCERT) |
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Shown below is a Guinness World Records holder - this 250 years old banyan tree with 3616 prop roots is spread across 1.6 Hectares. This tree is located in the:
  
1. Indian Botanic Garden, Kolkata
2. Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
3. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
4. NBRI, Lucknow

Subtopic:  Taxonomical Aids (OLD NCERT) |
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Study the given figure regarding a taxonomic aid. Read the two statements given after the figure and select the correct option as your answer:
      
I: The taxonomic aid is a dichotomous key.
II: If the entire key consists of exactly two choices at each branching point, the key is called dichotomous.
1. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I.
2. Both I and II are correct and II explains I.
3. Both I and II are incorrect.
4. II is incorrect but I is correct.

Subtopic:  Taxonomical Aids (OLD NCERT) |
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Jahi McMath was a thirteen-year-old girl who was declared brain dead in California following surgery in 2013. This led to a bioethical debate engendered by her family's rejection of the medicolegal findings of death in the case, and their efforts to maintain her body using mechanical ventilation and other measures. Her parents considered these measures to constitute life support, while her doctors considered this to be futile treatment of a deceased person. The family also claims that the hospital pressured them to donate McMath's organs. What will be true for ‘brain dead’ cases?
I: In brain death there is no chance of recovery because body of a brain dead person is unable to survive without artificial life support.
II.The difference between brain death and a vegetative state is that it's possible to recover from a vegetative state, but brain death is permanent.
III. After brain death, it may be possible for the person's organs to be used in transplants.

1. Only I and II 2. Only I and III
3. Only II and III 4. I, II and III
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A store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets is called as:
1. Herbarium         
2. Flora
3. Catalogues
4. Manuals

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Consider the following statements:
I. Lion, leopard and tiger belong to same genus
II. Lion, leopard, tiger and cats belong to same family
III. Lion, leopard, tiger, cats and dogs belong to same order

This implies that:

1. Cats and dogs are more closely related to each other than cats and leopards
2. Lions share maximum characteristics with dogs
3. Lion, leopard and tiger are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring
4. Lion, leopard, tiger, cats and dogs may belong to the same class in taxonomic hierarchy

Subtopic:  Taxonomy 2: Classification up to Genus | Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
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In the taxonomic hierarchy, for Prunus persica [peach]:

I. Genus will be a taxon and Prunus will be a category
II. Species will be a taxon and persica will be a category

1. Both I and II are correct
2. Only I is correct
3. Only II is correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect

Subtopic:  Taxonomy 2: Classification up to Genus |
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Sometimes the terms such as biological classification, taxonomy and systematics are used as synonyms. However, if we define them separately, which of the following would be acceptable?
I. Classification is the ordering of organisms into groups
II. Taxonomy is the study of principles and procedures of classification
III. Systematics is the study of organisms and their diversities and the evolutionary relationships among them

1. Only I and II 2. Only I and III
3. Only II and III 4. I, II and III
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Which taxonomic category is not correctly matched with name regarding the classification of the housefly?

1. Phylum: Arthropoda 2. Class: Diptera
3. Family: Muscidae 4. Genus: Musca
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