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1.

The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on:
1. date of collection
2. name of collector
3. local names
4. height of the plant

2. Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II and select the correct option given below:

Column I		Column II
a.	Herbarium	i.	It is a place having a collection of preserved plants and animals.
b.	Key	ii.	A list that enumerates methodically all the species found in an area with a brief description aiding identification.
c.	Museum	iii.	Is a place where dried and pressed plant specimens mounted on sheets are kept.
d.	Catalogue	iv.	A booklet containing a list of characters and their alternates which are helpful in the identification of various taxa.

 

	a	b	c	d
1.	i	iv	iii	ii
2.	iii	ii	i	iv
3.	ii	iv	iii	i
4.	iii	iv	i	ii

3.

	Column-I		Column-II
A.	Family	(i)	Diptera
B.	Order	(ii)	Arthropoda
C.	Class	(iii)	Muscidae
D.	Phylum	(iv)	Insecta

4.

Study the four statements (I-IV) given below and select the two correct ones out of them: 

1.	Definition of biological species was given by Ernst Mayr.
2.	Photoperiod does not affect reproduction in plants.
3.	Binomial nomenclature system was given by RH Whittaker.
4.	In unicellular organisms, reproduction is synonymous with growth.

The two correct statements are:
1.  II and I
2.  III and IV
3.  I and IV
4.  I and II

5. Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?

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.

6.

Which one of the following is not a correct statement?

1.	Botanical Gardens have a collection of living plants for reference.
2.	A museum has a collection of photographs of plants and animals
3.	The key is taxonomic aid for the identification of specimens.
4.	herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens

7.

Which one of the following is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?
1. Diplontic life cycle
2. Members of kingdom-Plantae
3. Mode of nutrition
4. Multiplication by fragmentation

8.

9.

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

10.

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

11.

The contrasting characteristics generally in a pair used for identification of animals in Taxonomic Key are referred to as:
1. Lead
2. Couplet
3. Doublet
4. Alternate 

12.

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.

13.

Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things?

1.	Increase in mass by the accumulation of material both on the surface as well as internally
2.	Isolated metabolic reactions occurring in vitro
3.	Increase in mass from outside only
4.	Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?

1.	Cockroach	2.	House fly
3.	Fire fly	4.	Grasshopper

20. In the taxonomic categories, which hierarchical arrangement in ascending order is correct in the case of animals?

1.	Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Species
2.	Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
3.	Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Family, Order, Genus, Species
4.	Kingdom, Order, Class, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species

21.

Herbarium, Botanical gardens, Museum, Zoological parks and Key are considered as: 
1. Trophic aids 
2. Environmental aids 
3. Pollution aids 
4. Taxonomical aids 

22. Which of the following are true about the taxonomical aid 'key' ?
 

a.	Keys are based on the similarities and dissimilarities.
b.	Key is analytical in nature.
c.	Keys are based on the contrasting characters in pair called couplets.
d.	Same key can be used for all taxonomic categories.
e	Each statement in the key is called Lead.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
1. (a), (b) and (c) only
2. (b), (c) and (d) only
3. (a), (b), (c) and (e) only
4. (a), (c), (d) and (e) only