Q.1
Match the columns and choose the correct combinations from the options given
a) Wheat Primata
b) Mango Diptera
c) House fly Sapindales
d) Man Poales
  • a) a- 1, b – 2, c – 4, d-3
  • b) a- 4, b – 3, c – 2, d-1
  • c) a- 2, b – 4, c – 1, d-3
  • d) a- 3, b – 4, c – 2, d-1
Q.2
Which is different in different groups? .. [WB 2007]
  • a) Species
  • b) Taxon
  • c) Plankton
  • d) Family
Q.3
Two plants belong to same species if they … [ CBSE 2007]
  • a) Have more than 90% similar genes
  • b) Look similar and possess identical secondary metabolites
  • c) Have similar number of chromosomes
  • d) Can reproduce freely with each other form seeds
Q.4
Descending arrangement of caregories is called … .. [ Chd. CET 2012]
  • a) Classification
  • b) Taxonomy
  • c) Hierarchy
  • d) Key
Q.5
National Botanical Institute is located in … [ DPMT 2007]
  • a) Mumbai
  • b) Kolkata
  • c) Lucknow
  • d) Chennai
Q.6
Which of the following is not taxon but a category … .. [ HPPMT 2012]
  • a) Division
  • b) Angiosperms
  • c) Polypetalae
  • d) Hibiscus
Q.7
The famous botanical garden of Kew is located in … .. [ AMU 2009]
  • a) India
  • b) England
  • c) Germany
  • d) France
Q.8
In hierarchical classification class interpolated between … [ CET Chd. 2002]
  • a) A family and genus
  • b) Phylum and order
  • c) Order and family
  • d) Kingdom and phylum
Q.9
Which is a taxon? …. [ Pb. PMT 1998 ]
  • a) Order
  • b) Family
  • c) Genus
  • d) All the above
Q.10
Carolus Linnaeus ( Carl Linne) was from …[ Manipal 1997]
  • a) Sweden
  • b) UK
  • c) Holland
  • d) France
Q.11
A living organism can be unexceptionally differentiated from a non-living thing on the basis of its ability for … .. [ CBSE 2007]
  • a) Reproduction
  • b) Growth and movement
  • c) Responsiveness to touch
  • d) Interaction with environment and progressive evolution
Q.12
Assertion : Complexity of classification increases from kingdom to species Reason : Common characters increases from kingdom to species … .. [ AIIMS 2012]
  • a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  • b) The Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not correct explanation of Assertion
  • c) Assertion is true but, Reason is false
  • d) Assertion is false but, Reason is true
Q.13
Assertion : Living systems are closed systems. Reason : Energy of living organisms cannot be lost or gained from environment … [ AIIMS 2002]
  • a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  • b) The Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not correct explanation of Assertion
  • c) Assertion is true but, Reason is false
  • d) Assertion is false but, Reason is true
Q.14
Institution which encourage publication of local flora is … [ EAMCET2001]
  • a) NBRI
  • b) FRI
  • c) BSI
  • d) IAFI
Q.15
Father of taxonomy is … .. [ AMU 2005 ]
  • a) Bentham and Hooker
  • b) Hutchinson
  • c) Linnaeus
  • d) Whittaker
Q.16
What is true about the species which have become extinct…. [ Orissa 2003 ]
  • a) About 99% of all that lived on earth
  • b) About 75% of all that lived on earth
  • c) About 25% of all that lived on earth
  • d) None of the above
Q.17
Select the incorrect statements 1) Lower the taxon, more are the characteristics shared by members 2) Order is an assemblage of genera which have a few similar characters 3) Cat and Dog belong to same family of felidae 4) Binomial nomenclature was introduced by Carolus Linnaeus
  • a) 2 and 3
  • b) 3 and 4
  • c) 1 and 4
  • d) 2,3 and 4
Q.18
Tenth edition of Systema Naturae was published in … [ W.B. 2007]
  • a) 1758
  • b) 1764
  • c) 1765
  • d) 1858
Q.19
Characteristics which delimit a family are more general than which delimit a … .. [ JIPMER 1999 ]
  • a) Cohort
  • b) Phylum
  • c) Class
  • d) Genus
Q.20
indented keys are also known as:
  • a) Yoked keys.
  • b) Yolked keys.
  • c) Bracketed keys.
  • d) None of these.
Q.21
Animals with built-in thermostat are … [ CPMT 2008]
  • a) Biothermic
  • b) Oligothermic
  • c) Poikilothermic
  • d) Homeothermic
Q.22
Living steady state has a self regulatory mechanism called … [ Manipur 2007]
  • a) Homeothermy
  • b)Feedback mechanism
  • c) Homoxygosity
  • d) Homeostasis
Q.23
The book having binomial nomenclature for the first time is … [ MPPMT 1999]
  • a) Histoire Naturelle
  • b) Systema Naturae
  • c) Historia Naturalis
  • d) Historia Plantarum
Q.24
A group of interbreeding organisms is …..[ BHU 1990]
  • a) Genus
  • b) Family
  • c) Order
  • d) Species
Q.25
Homeostasis is …. .. [ CBSE 1991]
  • a) Tendency to charge with change in environment
  • b) Tendency to resist change
  • c) Disturbance in regulatory control
  • d) Plants and animal extracts used in homeopathy
Q.26
Which one is positive feed back mechanism?
  • a) Sexual stimulation
  • b) Allosteric inhibition
  • c) Blood pressure
  • d) Perspiration
Q.27
What is correct … .. [ Manipal 2001 ]
  • a) APIS INDICA
  • b) trypansoma gambiense
  • c) Ficus Bengalensis
  • d) Mangifera indica
Q.28
Species is a group of organisms that … . [ DPMT 1992]
  • a) Can interbreed
  • b) Cannot interbreed
  • c) Live together
  • d) non of above
Q.29
Read the statement and identify the incorrect one .. .. [ KCET 2012]
  • a) Scientific names are often descriptive
  • b) Scientific names indicate relationship
  • c) Scientific name favour multiple naming
  • d) Scientific name are used all over the world
Q.30
The Indian Botanical Garden is located at … [ CET chd. 2010]
  • a) Dehradun
  • b) Lucknow
  • c) Kolkata
  • d) Chennai
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