Question

SCI-TECH LERNING CENTER
Q1) Which of the following is less general in characters as compared to genus [ CBSE
2001]
a) Species
b) Family
c) Class
d) Division
Q2) Which of the following combinations is correct for Wheat? . [ DPMT 2009]
a) Genus Triticum, family Poaceae , order Poales, Class Dicotyledonae
b) Genus Triticum, family Poaceae , order Sapindales, class Monocotyledonae.
c) Genus Triticum, family Poaceae , order Poales, Class Moncotyledonae.
d) Genus Triticum , family Anacardiaceae, order Poales, class Monocotyledonae
Q3) Cells regulate their activity through

a) Flow of energy.
b) Flow of materials.
c) Flow of information .
d) Flow of smoke
Q4) A group of plants or animals with similar traits of any rank is [ AFMC 2011]
a) Species
b) Genus
c) Order
d) Taxon
Q5) Assertion(a): The biological species concept help us to ask how species are formed.
Reason (r) : The concept of biological species focuses our attention on the question of how
reproductive isolation comes about.
a) both (a) and (r) are correct but r does not explains a
b) both (a) and (r) are correct and (r) is true explanation of a
c) Both (a) and (r) are not true
d) Only (a) is true, (r) is not correct
Q6) In fish Catla catla, the specific name is identical with the generic name. It is an example
of .. [ AMU 2012 [
a) Autonym
b) Tautonym
c) Phylum
d) Species
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Q7) Which is the correct sequence of taxonomic categories? [ HPPMT 2010]

a) Species genus order phylum
b) Species order phylum kingdom
c) genus Species order kingdom
d) None of the above
Q8) Linnaeus is credited with .. [ BHU 1991 ]

a) Binomial nomenclature
b) Theory of biogenesis
c) Discovery of microscope
d) Discovery of blood circulation
Q9) Linnaeus evolved a system of nomenclature called [ CBSE 1990]

a) Monomial
b) Vernacular
c) Binomial
d) Polynomial
Q10) Metabolism is .. [ Har PMT 2005]

a) Release of energy
b) Gain of energy
c) Release or gain of energy
d) Catabolism of a reaction
Q11) Thanatology is the science that deals with .. [ AIIMS

a) Death in all its aspects
b) Solving paternity of child
c) Identification of living
d) Detection of lie
Q12) Which of the following is the hierarchical sequence

a) Phylum, class, order, family
b) Phylum, division, family, class
c) Genus, species, order, family
d) Division, order, class, genus.
Q13) Taxonomic hierarchy refers to .. [ DPMT 2009]

a) Stepwise arrangement of all categories for classification of plants and animals.
b) A group of senior taxonomists who decide the nomenclature of plants and animals
c) A list of botanists or zoologists who have worked on taxonomy of a species or group
d) Classification of species based on fossil record

Q14) Two similar holotypes are called ..[ BHU 1997]

a) Mesotypes
b) Meotypes
c) Syntypes
d) Isotypes
Q15) In nomenclature [ MPPMT 1993]

a) Both genus and species are printed italics
b) Genus and species may be of same name
c) Both in genus and species the first letter is capital
d) Genus is written after the species
Q16) Pesticide used in preparation of herbarium [ KJCMEE 2010 ]

a) 2, 4-D
b) NAA
c) Mercuric chloride
d) Carbon disulphide
Q17) Maintenance of internal favorable conditions despite changes in external environment

is [ BHU 2002]
a) Enthalpy
b) Homoeostasis
c) Entropy
d) Steady state
Q18) Identify from the following the only category that has a real existence
a) Phylum
b) Kingdom
c) Genus
d) Species
Q19) The term phylum was given by

a) Cuvier
b) Haeckel
c) Theophrastus
d) Linnaeus
Q20) Binomial nomenclature means ..[AMU 1995]

a) One name given by scientists
b) One scientific name consisting of a generic and specific epithet

c) Two name, one latinised, other of a person

d) Two names, one scientific, other local
Q21) Assertion : Death is regarded as the most regulatory process on earth.

Reason: It avoids over-crowding caused by continuous reproduction .. [ 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
Q22) Binomial nomenclature was introduced by . [ BHU 1991 ]

a) De Vries
b) Carolus Linnaeus
c) Huxley
d) John Ray
Q23) Match the columns

I II
1. Carp a. 102 years
2. Cobra b. 47 years
3. Turtle c. 152 years
4. Giant Tortoise d. 28 years
5. Swan e. 123 years
a) 1 b, 2-d, 3-e, 4 c, 5-a

b) 1 a, 2-d, 3-c, 4 e, 5-b
c) 1 b, 2-c, 3-d, 4 e, 5-a
d) 1 b, 2-c, 3-b, 4 e, 5-d
Q24) Species living in different geographical areas are

a) Sibling species
b) Morphospecies
c) Sympatric species
d) Allopatric species
Q25) The term species was given by .. [ KCET 2004 ]

a) John Ray
b) Linnaeus

c) Darwin
d) Aristotle
Q26) Which one of the following has least similar character? .. [ DPMT 1999 ]
a) Family
b) Class
c) Genus
d) Species
Q27) Animals are classified into hierarchical groups. In which one of the following the
largest number of species is found. [ W.B. 2012 ]
a) Genus
b) Order
c) Family
d) Cohort
Q28) A true species consists of a population .. [ CBSE 2002]

a) Sharing the same niche
b) Interbreeding
c) Feeding over the same food
d) Reproductively isolated
Q29) Sequence of taxonomic categories is . [ AFMC 1992 ]

a) Class Phylum tribe Order family -genus Species
b) Division Class Family tribe Order Genus Species
c) Division Class Order Family Tribe Genus Species
d) Phylum Order Class Tribe Family Genus Species
Q30) A homonym is .. [ WB. 2008]

a) Two or more names for the same taxon
b) Species name repeats the generic name
c) Identical name of two different taxa
d) Name given to a taxon in local language
Q31) Nicotiona sylvestris flowers only during long days and N. tabacumflowers only during
short days. If raised in the laboratory under different photoperiods, they can be induced to
flower at the same time and can be cross-fertilized to produce self fertile offspring. What is

the best reason for considering N. sylvestris and N. tabacum to be separate species .. .. [
CBSE 2003 ]
a) They cannot interbreed in nature
b) They are reproductively distinct
c) They are physiologically distinct
d) They are morphologically distinct
Q32) First act in taxonomy is .. [ AIIMS 1990]

a) Description
b) Identification
c) Naming
d) Classification
Q33) Total heat content of system is [ KCET 2000 ]

a) Free energy
b) Enthalpy
c) Entropy
d) Kinetic energy
Q34) A taxon is
a) A group of related families
b) A group of related species
c) A type of living organisms
d) A taxonomic group of any ranking
Q35) Populations are said to be sympatric when .. [ KCET 2010]

a) Two populations live together and freely interbreed to produce sterile offspring
b) Two populations are physically isolated by natural barriers
c) Two populations are isolated but occasionally come together to interbreed
d) Two populations share the same environment but cannot interbreed
Q36) Find out the correct sequence in ascending order of hierarchy [ KCET 2001]
a) Phylum, Class, Family, Species, Order
b) Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class
c) Species, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class
d) Class, Family, Species, Genus, Order
Q37) In nature, the biologically cohesive unit among the taxa is [ HPPMT 2012]
a) Genus
b) Order
c) Phylum
d) Species
Q38) Place of keeping and studying dry plants is [ Wardha 2003]

a) Arboretum
b) Museum
c) Vasculum
d) Herbarium
Q39) The third name is trinomial nomenclature is ..[ [ JIPMER 1993 ]

a) Species
b) Subgenus
c) Subspecies
d) Ecotype
Q40) The generic name of Mango is .. .. [ HPPMT 2011 ]

a) Mangifera indica
b) Indica
c) Mangifera
d) Indica Mangifera
Q41) Holotype is .. [ Pb. PMT 2001 ]

a) Specimen used by author as nomenclature type
b) Specimen referred along with original description
c) Duplicate of nomenclature type
d) Specimen selected from original when nomenclature type is missing
Q42) Which is an exclusive trait of living things [ CBSE 2011]

a) Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro
b) Increase in mass from inside body
c) Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory
d) Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally.
Q43) Keystone species are .. [ Pb PMT 2001]

a) Species belonging to same period
b) Species that determine structure of biotic community
c) Species reproducing sexually
d) Species recorded only in the fossil state.

Q44) Taxon is ..[ CET chd. 2000 ]

a) Species
b) Unit of classification
c) Highest rak in classification
d) Group of closely related organisms
Q45) Species is .. [ CBSE 1994]

a) Specific unit of evolution
b) Specific unit in the evolutionary history of race.
c) Specific class of evolution
d) Not related to evolution
Q46) Assertion : Systematic is branch of biology that deals with classification of organisms.
Reason.: Aim of classification is to group the organisms in orderly manner [ AIIMS
2003]
Q47) A group of related genera which resemble each other in floral characteristics represent
[ CET Chd2011]
a) Order
b) Taxa
c) Family
d) Species
Q48) Which one is incorrect [ CET chd. 2002]

a) New individuals replace the dead ones
b) Homeostasis produces a self regulated steady state
c) Most homeostatic mechanisms operate through feed-back systems
d) Cell obtains instructions for divisions from a hereditary protein.
Q49) Which is correct hierarchical order? [ Wardha 2005]

a) Division order family class
b) Family class order division
c) Family order class division
d) Order class family division
Q50) Which taxonomic aid gives comprehensive account of complete compiled information
of genus or family at a particular time? [ Kerala 2009]
a) Taxonomic key
b) Herbarium
c) Monograph
d) Flora
Q51) Assertion (A): Scientific name Malus malus is illegitimate

Reason (R): It is tautonym
a) Both ( A) and (R) are correct with (R) being correct explanation of (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) true but (R) is false
d) (A) is false but (R) is true
Q52) Match and find the correct options .. [ kerala 2011]

1) Plantae q) Aechaebacteria
2) Fungi q) Euglenoids
3) Protista r) Phycomycetes
4) Monera s) Algae
a) 1 s, 2 r, 3- q, 4 p
b) 1 p, 2 q, 3- r, 4 - s
c) 1 r, 2 s, 3- q, 4 - p
d) 1 s, 2 q, 3- r, 4 p
Q53) ICBN is .. [ DPMT 2003]

a) International Code of Biological Naming
b) International Code of Biological Nomenclature
c) International Class of Biological Nomenclature.
d) International Classification of Biological nomenclature
Q54) Nicotiana is .. [ Har. PMT 2001]

a) Variety
b) Subspecies
c) Species
d) Genus
Q55) Two or more species occupying same or overlapping area are [ BHU 1990 ]
a) Sympatric
b) Sibling

c) Subspecies
d) Allopatric
Q56) Sweating is meant for .. .. [ CPMT 1991]

a) Killing of shin bacteria
b) Regulation of body temperature
c) Removal of excess salt
d) Removal of excess water
Q57) Point out the correct method of showing scientific name of Coconut Palm .. [ KCET
2012]
a) Coco Nucifera
b) cocos Nucifera
c) cocos nucifera
d) Cocos nucifera
Q58) Statement (S) : Species are groups of potentially interbreeding natural populations that
are isolated from other such groups
Reason(R) : reproductive isolation brings about distinctive morphological characters ... .... [
E.A.M.C.E.T 2005 ]
a) Both (S) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (S)
b) Only (S) is true, (R) is false
c) Both (S) and (R) are wrong
d) Both (S) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (S)
Q59) Two morphologically similar populations are intersterile. They belong to .. [ BHU
1994]
a) One species
b) Two biospecies
c) Two sibling species
Q60) Mayrs biological concept of species is mainly based on [ BHU 1994]

a) Morphological traits
b) Reproductive isolation
c) Modes of reproduction
d) Morphology and reproduction
Q61) Alphanso and Neelam are [ DPMT 2005]

a) varieties of Mangoes
b) Varieties of Apples

c) Breeds of cow
d) Race of Man
Q62) Energy flow and energy transformations of a living system follow

a) Law of limiting factor
b) Law of thermodynamics
c) Liebigs law of minimum
d) Biogenetic law
Q63) Which is not applicable to biological species concept? [ WB 2009]

a) Hybridisation
b) Reproductive isolation
c) Natural selection
d) Gene pool
Q64) International code of Biological Nomenclature is applicable to .. [ DPMT1992]

a) Viruses
b) Plants
c) Animals
d) Both B and C
Q65) Bionomial nomenclature consists of two words .. [ BHU 1999 ]

a) Genus and species
b) Order and family
c) Family and genus
d) Species and variety
Q66) Which is correct depiction of ICN? [ HPPMT 2005]

a) Homo Sapiens
b) Homo sapiens
c) homo sapiens
d) homo Sapiens
Q67) BNHS is abbreviation of .. [ DPMT 2005]

a) Banaras Natural history Society
b) Bombay Natural History Society
c) Botanical North Himalayan Survey
d) Biological Natural History Society

Q68) Scientific name of plant family ends in [ Wardha 2003 ]

a) ales
b) ata
c) sida
d) eae
Q69) A binomial nomenclature has words/parts [ MPPMT 1997]

a) Five
b) Three
c) Two
d) One
Q70) The number of species classified in Species Plantarum is . [ DPMT 2008]

a) 3800
b) 4000
c) 5900
d) 6000
Q71) Which of the following statements regarding universal rules of nomenclature is wrong
[kerala 2010]
a) Both the words in a biological name when hand written are separately underlined
b) The first word in a biological name represents the genus
c) The first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter.
d) Biological names are generally Greek and written in italics.
Q72) Which is correct data of Species Plantarum authored by Carolus Linnaeus

a) 1st May 1753
b) 1st January 1935
c) 1st January 1856
d) 1st May 1856
Q73) Energy transfers or transformations are never 100% efficient due to [ Pb PMT
2005]
a) Entropy
b) Homeostasis
c) Catabolism
d) Anabolism
Q74) The suffix oideae is used for [ DPMT 1992]

a) Tribe
b) Family
c) Class
d) Subfamily
Q75) Specimen used for original publication by the author is .. [ AIIMS 1996]
a) Holotype
b) Isotype
c) Syntype
d) Lactotype
Q76) During cold, hairs are raised to near vertical position by .. [ JKCMEE 2002]
a) Hair follicles
b) Arrector pili
c) Capillary plexus
d) Sebaceous glands
Q77) The defining features of living beings is [ AIIMS 2011]

a) They digest their food
b) They can regenerate
c) They reproduce
d) They respond to external stimuli
Q78) Which of the following taxonomic ranks contain organism most similar to one another?
[ AMU 2006]
a) Genus
b) Species
c) Family
d) Class
Q79) Which covers the largest number of organisms .. [ Kerala 2001]

a) Genus
b) Family
c) Phylum
d) Class
Q80) Binomial system of nomenclature for plants is effective form [JIPMER 1997 ]
a) 5.8.1771
b) 1.5.1753

c) 1.8.1758
d) 6.7.1736
Q81) Which of the following has correct specific epithet .. [ Odisha 2012 ]
a) Indica mangifera
b) Leo Panthera
c) Canis familiaris
d) Ascris
Q82) Identify the anabolic process from the following .. .. [ Odisha 2012 ]
a) Photosynthesis
b) Glycolysis
c) Hydrolysis
d) Respiration
Q83) Which nomenclature system is employed naming plants .. [ Orissa 2007]

a) Vernacular
b) Binomial
c) Monomial
d) Polynomial
Q84) Which is correct about energy changes in living cells? .. .. [ AMU 2001]
a) First energy transfer, then energy transformation
b) First energy transformation, then energy transfer
c) Both occur discontinuously
d) Both occur continuously
Q85) Scientist who developed key for identification of animals [ MPPMT 1999 ]
a) John Ray
b) Goethe
c) Cuvier
d) Theophrastus
Q86) Specific epithet is . [ Odisha 2012]

a) First word in the scientific name of a species
b) Second word in the scientific name of a species
c) Both A and B
Q87) Which is not correct hierarchical order [ AMU 2011]

a) Class, order, family
b) Family, order, class

c) Phylum, order, family
d) Class, family, genus
Q88) Which one is odd/not a category? [ MHTCET 2007]

a) Species
b) Class
c) Phylum
d) Glumaceae Malvaceae
Q89) Each unit of a category of classification can be called [ Wardha 2003 ]

a) Order
b) Cohort
c) Taxon
d) Trophic level
Q90) A botanist is to nomemclate a similar species. The scientist will study .. [ CPMT 1999]
a) Syntype
b) Isotype
c) Neotype
d) Mesotype
Q91) Binomial nomenclature is [ CET Chd 2002]

a) Two words in name of species
b) Two names local and specific
c) Feeding over the same food
d) Reproductively isolated
Q92) National Botanical Research Institute located in .. [ HPPMT 2010]

a) Chenni
b) Lucknow
c) Kolkata
d) Darjeeling
Q93) Amount of usable energy available for work at uniform temperature and pressure is [
kerala 2008]
a) Enthalpy
b) Free energy
c) Activation energy
d) Spontaneous energy

Q94) Systema Naturae was written by [ DPMT 2008 ]

a) Lamarck
b) Cuvier
c) Aristotle
d) Linnaeus
Q95) First great taxonomist was .. [ BHU 1999 ]

a) Linnaeus
b) Hooker
c) Aristotle
d) Engler
Q96) Which one of the following is a taxonomic aid for identification of plants and animals
based on similarities and is dissimilarities [ kerala 2012]
a) Flora
b) Keys
c) Monographs
d) Catalogues
Q97) Basic unit or smallest taxon of taxonomy/ classification is [ AMU 2001 ]

a) Species
b) Kingdom
c) Family
d) Variety
Q98) An organism is in the same class but not in the same family. It may belong to same
.. [ Orissa 2008]
a) Genus
b) Species
c) Variety
d) Order
Q99) The correct hierarchical order is [ AMU 2012]

a) Kingdom, genus, class, phylum and division
b) Phylum, kingdom, genus, species and class
c) Kingdom, phylum, class, genus and species
d) Phylum, division, family, genus and class
Q100) In Oryza sativa, sativa stands for .. [ WB 2008]

a) Name of species
b) Specific nomenclature

c) Specific epithet
d) Specific name
Q101) Species are considered as [ CBSE 2003]

a) Real basic unit of classification
b) Lowest unit of classification
c) Artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms
d) Real unit of classification devised by taxonomists
Q102) Scientific study of diversity of organisms and their evolutionary relationship is called
..[ JKCMEE 2011]
a) Systematics
b) Anatomy
c) Morphology
d) Taxonomy
Q103) Botanical name of plants are treated as in Latin because [

a) Rules of nomenclature were framed by Italian botanists and they were speaking Latin
b) It is very difficult to pronounce latin names and they convey multiple meanings
c) Latin was the natural language of may European countries
d) Latin was a dead language, its words would convey precise meaning, it was the mother of
all European language and all the early botanical literature was in Latin
Q104) A species was defined as a population of interbreeding individuals and reproductively

isolated from other populations by [ MPPMT 1997 ]
a) Charles Barwin
b) J.B. Lamarck
c) Carolus Linnaeus
d) Ernst Mayr
Q105) Largest herbarium in India is at .. [ Orissa 2009]

a) National Botanical Garden, Lucknow
b) Lloyd Botanical Garden, Darjeeling
c) Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
d) Indian Botanical Garden, Sibpur

Q106) Related genera belong to same [ AFMC 2009]

a) Variety
b) Family
c) Species
Q107) An example of negative feed back loop in humans is .. [ CBSE 2007 ]

a) Salivation of mouth at the sight of delicious food
b) Constriction of skin blood vessels and contraction of skeletal muscles in cold
c) Secretion of tears on dust particles falling in eyes
d) Secretion of sweat glands and constriction of skin blood vessels when it is too hot.
Q108) Hierarchy of categories of Carolus Linnaeus had categories except [ kerala 2004]
a) Genus and species
b) Order and class
c) kingdom and class
d) Phylum and family
Q109) An important function of botanical garden is [ CBSE 2005]

a) Providing beautiful area for recreation
b) On can observe tropical plants over there
c) They allow ex-situ conservation of germ plasm
d) They provide natural habitat to wildlife
Q110) Branch connected with nomenclature, identification and classification is . [ AMU

2000]
a) Ecology
b) Taxonomy
c) Morphology
d) Physiology
Q111) A group of related genera with still less number of similarities as compared to genus
and species constitutes .. [ DPMT 2009]
a) Division
b) Family
c) Order
d) Class
Q112) Which one is correctly matched [ AFMC 2007]

a) Tears Exretion of salts
b) Sweat Termoregulation

c) Salilva Testing food

d) Statolith Sexual attraction
Q113) Water protects organism from thermal shock due to high [ AMU 1991 ]
a) Thermal conductivity
b) Latent heat
c) Dielectric constant
d) All the above
Q114) Cells regulate their activity through 1. Flow of energy. 2. Flow of materials. 3. Flow
of information . 4. Flow of smoke
Select correct answers and mark the code [ BHU 2008]
a) 1,2,3 correct
b) 1 and 2 correct
c) 2 and 4 correct
d) 1 and 3 correct
Q115) Individuals of one population can interbreed with individuals of another population if
they belong to same [ AMU 2000]
a) Species
b) Genus
c) Family
d) Order
Q116) Match the columns and choose the correct combinations from the options given
a) Wheat 1. Primata
b) Mango 2. Diptera
3. Sapindales c) House fly
d) Man 4. 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
Q117) Which is different in different groups? .. [WB 2007]

a) Species
b) Taxon
c) Plankton
d) Family
Q118) 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
Q119) Descending arrangement of caregories is called .. [ Chd. CET 2012]

a) Classification
b) Taxonomy
c) Hierarchy
d) Key
Q120) National Botanical Institute is located in [ DPMT 2007]

a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Lucknow
d) Chennai
Q121) Which of the following is not taxon but a category .. [ HPPMT 2012]
a) Division
b) Angiosperms
c) Polypetalae
d) Hibiscus
Q122) The famous botanical garden of Kew is located in .. [ AMU 2009]

a) India
b) England
c) Germany
d) France
Q123) 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
Q124) Which is a taxon? . [ Pb. PMT 1998 ]

a) Order
b) Family
c) Genus
d) All the above
Q125) Carolus Linnaeus ( Carl Linne) was from [ Manipal 1997]

a) Sweden
b) UK
c) Holland
d) France
Q126) 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
Q127) Assertion : Complexity of classification increases from kingdom to species

Reason : Common characters increasesfrom kingdom to species .. [ AIIMS 2012]
Q128) Assertion : Living systems are closed systems.

Reason : Energy of living organisms cannot be lost or gained from environment [ AIIMS
2002]

Q129) Institution which encourage publication of local flora is [ EAMCET2001]

a) NBRI
b) FRI
c) BSI
d) IAFI
Q130) Father of taxonomy is .. [ AMU 2005 ]

a) Bentham and Hooker
b) Hutchinson
c) Linnaeus
d) Whittaker
Q131) 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
Q132) 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
Q133) Tenth edition of Systema Naturae was published in [ W.B. 2007]

a) 1758
b) 1764
c) 1765
d) 1858
Q134) Characteristics which delimit a family are more general than which delimit a .. [
JIPMER 1999 ]
a) Cohort
b) Phylum
c) Class
d) Genus
Q135)Assertion : To give scientific name to a plant there is ICBN

Reason: It uses articles photographs and recommendations to name a plant
Q136) Which is matched correctly .. .. [ CBSE 2011]

a) Humans Primata the family
b) Housefly Musca an order
c) Tiger tigris the species
d) Cuttle Fish Mollusca a class
Q137) The term "biosystematics was coined by .. [ HPPMT 2012]

a) Bentham and Hooker
b) Linnaeus
c) Engler and Prantl
d) Camp and Gilly
Q138) Animals with built-in thermostat are [ CPMT 2008]

a) Biothermic
b) Oligothermic
c) Poikilothermic
d) Homeothermic
Q139) Living steady state has a self regulatory mechanism called [ Manipur 2007]
a) Homeothermy
b)Feedback mechanism
c) Homoxygosity
d) Homeostasis
Q140) The book having binomial nomenclature for the first time is [ MPPMT 1999]
a) Histoire Naturelle
b) Systema Naturae
c) Historia Naturalis
d) Historia Plantarum
Q141) A group of interbreeding organisms is ..[ BHU 1990]

a) Genus
b) Family
c) Order
d) Species
Q142) Homeostasis is . .. [ CBSE 1991]

a) Thenency to charge with change in environment
b) Tendency to resist change
c) Disturbance in regulatory control
d) Plants and animal extracts used in homeopathy
Q143) Which one is positive feed back mechanism?

a) Sexual stimulation
b) Allosteric inhibition
c) Blood pressure
d) Perspiration
Q144) What is correct .. [ Manipal 2001 ]

a) APIS INDICA
b) trypansoma gambiense
c) Ficus Bengalensis
d) Mangifera indica
Q145) Species is a group of organisms that . [ DPMT 1992]

a) Can interbreed
b) Cannot interbreed
c) Live together
d) non of above
Q146) 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
Q147) The Indian Botanical Garden is located at [ CET chd. 2010]

a) Dehradun
b) Lucknow
c) Kolkata
d) Chennai

Q148) Living steady state has a self regulatory mechanism called [ Manipur 2007]
a) Homeothermy
b) Feedback mechanism
c) Homoxygosity
d) Homeostasis
Q149) Father of taxonomy is .. [ MPPMT 1997 ]

a) De Candolle
b) Hooker
c) Linnaeus
d) Aristotle
Q150) Statement (S) : Species are groups of potentially interbreeding natural populations
that are isolated from other such groups
Reason(R) : reproductive isolation brings about distinctive morphological characters [
E.A.M.C.E.T 2005 ]
a) Both (S) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (S)
b) Only (S) is true, (R) is false
c) Both (S) and (R) are wrong
d) Both (S) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (S)


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