1.

Most acceptable concept of species is –

(1) Static concept
(2) Biological concept
(3) Typological concept
(4) Genetic concept
2. Artificial system of classification classifies plants on the basis of-
(1) One or two characters
(2) Phylogenetic trends
(3) Many naturally existing characters
(4) None of the above
3. The term new systematics was introduced by –
(1) Linnaeus
(2) Bentham
(3) Hutchinson
(4) Huxley
4. Group of organisms that closely resemble each other and freely interbreed in nature, constitute a-
(1) Species
(2) Genus
(3) Family
(4) Taxon
5. ICBN was first revised in –
(1) 1961
(2) 1964
(3) 1975
(4) 1753
6. The term taxon refers to –
(1) Name of a species
(2) Name of genus
(3) Name of family
(4) A taxonomic group of any rank
7. The herbarium specimen on whose basis a new species is described for the first time is called as
(1) Syntype
(2) Holotype
(3) Paratype
(4) Neotype
8. The scientific naming of plants began with publication of Linnaeus book –
(1) Genera plantarum
(2) Systema naturae
(3) Species plantarum
(4) Charaka sanhita
9. Which book most impressed the opinion of taxonomists –
(1) Enquiry into plants
(2) Origin of life
(3) Genera plantarum
(4) Origin of species
10. The basic unit of classification is –
(1) Genus
(2) Species
(3) Order
(4) All of the above
11. Suffix for sub species is –
(1) Phytina
(2) Oideae
(3) Ineae
(4) None
12. Individuals of same species having non-genetic differences due to environment are called –
(1) Biotypes
(2) Ecotype
(3) Ecophenes
(4) None
13. Morphologically similar but reproductively isolated species are called –
(1) Neontological species
(2) Sibling species
(3) Allopatric species
(4) Morpho-species
14. Plant nomenclature means :
(1) To give names to plants without any-rules
(2) Nomenclature of plants under the international rules
(3) Nomenclature of plants in local language
(4) Nomenclature of plants in English language
15. Taxonomy refers to –
(1) Plant classification
(2) Plant nomenclature
(3) Plant affinity
(4) All the above
16. Which of the following is a correct name -
(1) Solanum tuberosum
(2) Solanum Tuberosum
(3) Solanum tuberosum Linn
(4) All the above
17. Systematics deals with –
(1) Classification
(2) Nomenclature
(3) Plant description
(4) Plant exploration
18. Scientific name of Mango plant is Mangifera indica (Linn.) Santapau. In the above name Santapau refers to –
(1) Variety of Mango
(2) A taxonomist who proposed the present nomenclature in honour of linnaeus
(3) A scientist who for the first time described Mango plant
(4) A scientist who changed the name proposed by Linnaeus and proposed present name
19. Type specimen selected from the original material in case the holotype is missing, is called –
(1) Lectotype
(2) Neotype
(3) Syntype
(4) Para type
20. Phylogeny refers to –
(1) Natural classification
(2) Evolutionary classification
(3) Evolutionary history
(4) Origin of algae
21. Static concept of species is given by –
(1) Linnaeus
(2) Bentham
(3) Koch
(4) Mayr
22. In taxonomy the first step is:
(1) Identification
(2) Nomenclature
(3) Classification
(4) Affinities
23. The suffix - inae signifies the rank:
(1) Tribe
(2) Subtribe
(3) Suborder
(4) Sub family
24. Species living in different geographical areas an called –
 (1) Allochronic
(2) Allopatric
(3) Sympatric
(4) Siblings
25. A large number of unknown species of plants and animals are believed to be present in –
(1) Temperate forests
(2) Antarctica
(3) Taiga
(4) Tropical forest
26. Biological concept of species proposed by
(1) Linnaeus
(2) Mayr
(3) John Ray
(4) De Candolle
27. For higher plants, flowers are chiefly used as a basis of classification, because –
(1) These show a great variety in colour
(2) It can be preserved easily
(3) Reproductive parts are more conservative than vegetative parts
(4) None of these
28. Individuals of same species having genetic variation and occur in same environment are called-
(1) Biotypes
(2) Ecotype
(3) Ecophenes
(4) Ecads
29. The smallest unit of classification is -
(1) Family
(2) Order
(3) Genus
(4) Species
30. The binomial system of nomenclature was initially proposed by –
(1) Magnus
(2) Bauhin
(3) Caesalpinno
(4) Discorides
31. Biochemical resemblances are used in the identification of
(1) Protistan species
(2) Moneran species
(3) Fungal species
(4) Higher plants
32. Concept of phylogeny was proposed by -
(1) John Ray
(2) Lamarck
(3) Ernest Haeckel
(4) Darwin
33. A division is formed by combining several -
(1) Orders
(2) Families
(3) Classes
(4) Tribes
34. An international code of botanical nomenclature was first proposed in the year:
(1) 1930
(2) 1830
(3) 1913
(4) 1813
35. For declaration of new species of higher plants, what characters are used –
(1) Floral character of new species
(2) Anatomical characters of new species
(3) Physiological character of new species
(4) Character of endosperm
36. The standard size of herbarium sheets is –
(1) 11.5" × 16.5"
(2) 15.5" × 16.5"
(3) 18.5" × 10.5"
(4) 20.5" × 21.5"
37. Which statement is true–
(1) Tautonyms do not occur in plants
(2) Tautonyms do not occur in animals
(3) Tautonyms normally occur in animals and some time occur in plants
(4) Tautonyms occur only in bacteria
38. Trinomial nomenclature of classification was proposed by-
(1) Linneaus
(2) Huxley and Stricklandt
(3) John-Ray
(4) Theophrastus
39. Most of the botanical names are drawn from the following language –
(1) German
(2) Greek
(3) Latin
(4) Spanish
40. Evolutionary classification is called –
(1) Artificial system
(2) Natural system
(3) Phylogenetic system
(4) None of the above
41. Which of the following statements regarding nomenclature is correct –
(1) Generic name always begins with capital letter whereas specific name with small
letter
(2) Scientific name should be printed in italics
(3) Scientific name when typed or handwritten should be underlined
(4) All the above
42. The systematic arrangement of taxa is called –
(1) Key
(2) Taxonomy
(3) Geneology
(4) Hierarchy
43. Which is the most important but generally not use, criteria for the identification of the species -
(1) Interbreeding
(2) Morphology
(3) Genetic material
(4) None
44. Number of obligatory categories in taxonomy are
(1) 7
(2) 8
(3) 9
(4) 5
45. Herbarium is –
(1) A garden where medicinal plants are grown
(2) Garden where herbaceous plants are grown
(3) Dry garden
(4) Chemical to kill plants
46. The year of publication of "Species plantarum"
(1) 1853
(2) 1857
(3) 1753
(4) 1786
47. The biological concept of species is mainly based on –
(1) Morphological features
(2) Morphology and method of reproduction
(3) Method of reproduction only
(4) Reproductive isolation
48. A duplicate of holotype is called _
(1) Isotype
(2) Syntype
(3) Neotype
(4) Para type
49. Term taxom given by –
(1) Adolf Mayer
(2) Linnaeus
(3) Darwin

(4) Koch
50. Which of the following is a species?
(1) Tamarindus
(2) Indicus
(3) Indica
(4) Tamarindus indicus
51. Tautonyms are valid names according to
(1) ICBN
(2) Species plantarum
(3) Genera plantarum
(4) ICZN
52. Practical significance of taxonomy is –
(1) Classification
(2) To understand diversity
(3) To understand evolution
(4) Identification of organisms
53. Which name is invalid?
(1) Name not published in species plantarum
(2) Name proposed prior to 1961
(3) Name which is not in latin
(4) Name for which holotype is not designated
54. Which system classifies a plant in more than one groups?
(1) Practical classification
(2) Artificial classification
(3) Natural classification
(4) Phylegenetic classification
55. Author of book "Flora British Indica"
(1) Father Santapau
(2) J.D. Hooker
(3) William Rouxburgh
(4) G. Bentham
56. The art of growing short plants is called -
(1) Bonsai
(2) Horticulture
(3) Topiary
(4) Tissue culture
57. Science of characters and distribution of races is known as
(1) Ethnology
(2) Sociology
(3) Taxonomy
(4) Anthropology
58. The study of reptiles is known as –
(1) Ichthyology
(2) Herpetology
 (3) Serpentology
(4) None of these
59. The branch of study dealing with microscopic anatomy of tissues is –
(1) Histology
(2) Cytology
(3) Morphology
(4) Palaeontology
60. Olericulture is the cultivation of –
(1) Vegetables
(2) Fruits
(3) Crop plants
(4) Mushrooms
61. Oncology is the study of –
(1) Dead cells
(2) Living cells
(3) Dividing cells
(4) Cancer cells
62. Ornithology is the study of-
(1) Reptiles
(2) Birds
(3) Fossils
(4) Fishes
63. Pedology is the science of –
(1) Rocks
(2) Diseases
(3) Soil
(4) Pollution
64. Synecology refers to the ecological study of –
(1) Plants
(2) Animals
(3) Community
(4) Microbes
65. Study of abnormal embryonic growth comes under-
(1) Teratology
(2) Ontogeny
(3) Morphogenesis
(4) Parthenogenesis
66. The bacteria were first observed in the year 1675 by –
(1) Robert Koch
(2) Louis Pasteur
(3) Robert Brown
(4) Antony van Leeuwenhoek
67. Plant virus was first crystallized by –
(1) Pirie
(2) Bawden
(3) Stanley
(4) Beijerinck
68. The term cell was first coined by –
(1) Robert Brown
(2) Schwann
(3) Robert Hooke
(4) Schleiden
69. Who studied blood groups in man –
(1) Landsteiner
(2) Francis Galton
(3) Stanley Miller
(4) Gregor Mendel
70. 10% law of energy transfer in food chain was given by-
 (1) Tansley
(2) Stanley
(3) Lindeman
(4) Weismann
71. The law of limiting factor was proposed by –
(1) Blackman
(2) Leibig
(3) Hatch and Slack
(4) Arnol
72. Who is famous in the field of palaeobotany –
(1) Bose J.C.
(2) Birbal Sahni
(3) Metha x.c.
(4) Maheshwari P.
73. Photophosphorylation was discovered by –
(1) Arnon D.I.
(2) Hill R.
(3) Calvin M.
(4) Ruben and Kamen
74. Who was developed the concept of phagocytosis in immunity –
(1) T.H. Huxley
(2) Strasburger
(3) Ernst Haeckel
(4) E. Metchnikoff
75. The term Hormone was coined by –
(1) Starling
(2) Huxley
(3) Bayliss
(4) Harris
76. Who wrote a memoir on the earthworm, Pheretima, to describe in morphology and anatomy -
(1) Baini Prasad
(2) Bahl K.N,
(3) Thillayampalarn E.M.
(4) Das S.M.
77. Aquaculture does not include –
(1) Pisces
(2) Prawns
(3) Silkworm
(4) Shell fishery
78. Match the names of branches of biology listed under column I with the help of study given under column II,
choose the answer which gives the correct combination of the alphabets of the two columns-
Column I Column II
(Branch of biology) (Field of study)
(A) Palynology (p) Silkworks
(B) Oncology (q) Pollens
(C) Phycology (r) Cancer
(D) Sericulture (s) Algae
(1) A = s, B = q, C = r, D = P
(2) A = q, B = r, C = s, D = P
(3) A = s, B = r, C = q, D =p
(4) A = r, B = q, C = s, D = p
79. The branch which is associated with diagnosis, prevention and cure of mental disorders is –
(1) Neurology
(2) Psychiatry
(3) Psychology
(4) Neuropsychiatry
80. Match the following by using codes:
A Vernalization 1 Camerarius

B Double fertilization 2 Hofmeister

C Pollination 3 Lysenko

D Alternation of Generations 4 Nawaschin

Generations
(1) A = 1, B = 2, C = 4, D = 3
(2) A = 4, B = 1, C = 2, D = 3
(3) A = 3, B = 2, C = 1, D = 4
(4) A = 3, B = 4, C = 1, D = 2
81. Match the branches of biology listed in column I with the areas of study listed in column II. Choose the answer
which gives the correct combination of alphabets, of the two columns –
Column I Column II
(Branches of biology) (Area of study),
(A) Helminthology (p) Study of insects
(B) Entomology (q) Study of fungi
(C) Ornithology (r) Study of algae
(D) Phycology (s) Study of birds
(t) Study of worms
(1) A = p, B = 5, C = q, D = t
(2) A = t, B = P, C = s, D = r
(3) A = s, B = t, C = r, D = P
(4) A = r, B = p, C = s, D = q
Note (Q.82-Q.85): Each questions contain STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2 (Reason). Each question
has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
(1) Statement- 1 is True, Statement-2 is True, Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement -1
(2) Statement -1 is True, Statement -2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement - 1
(3) Statement - 1 is True, Statement- 2 is False
(4) Statement -1 is False, Statement -2 is False
82. Statement 1: Botany deals with the study of plants and zoology deals with the study of animals.
Statement2: Biology is the study of living beings.
83. Statement 1: Study of internal structure is called anatomy.
Statement 2: It is useful for phylogentic study,
84. Statement 1: The science of classifiying organisms is called taxonomy.
Statement 2: Systematics and taxonomy have same meaning.
85. Statement 1: Formation of new species is called speciation.
Statement 2: The deme has a common gene pool.
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1. Eichler divided plant kingdom in:

(1) Two divisions

(2) Four divisions

(3) Five divisions

(4) Ten divisions

2. A. P. De-Candolle classified-plants on the basis of

(1) Vascular tissues

(2) Embryo

(3) Stem

(4) Flower

3. Edward Bessey proposed a new name for dicots, it was-

(1) Magnoliophyta

(2) Anthophyta

(3) Oppositifolia

(4) Alternifolia

4. Embryophyta includes –

(1) Angiosperms only

(2) Algae and fungi

(3) Bryophyta & Pteridophyta

(4) All plants except thallophyta

5. According to Tippo, BGA is included in:

(1) Chrysophyta
(2) Pyrrophyta
(3) Chlorophyta
(4) Cyanophyta

6. Oswald Tippo placed slime molds in:

(1) Cyanophyta

(2) Chlorophyta

(3) Phaeophyta

(4) Myxomycophyta

7. “Genera Plantarum" was written by-

(1) Engler and Prantal

(2) Hutchinson

(3) Bentham & Hooker

(4) Bessey

8. Angiosperms (dicotyledons) were distinguished into archichlamydae and metachlamydae by

(1) Candolle

(2) Hutchinson

(3) Engler and Prantl

(4) None

9. Chief merit of Bentham and Hooker's classification is that-

(1) It is a system mostly based on evalutionary concepts

(2) It is a natural systems of classification of all groups of plants

(3) The description of the taxa are based on actual observation of the specimen.

(4) It also considers the phylogenetic aspects

10. Bantham and Hooker classified dicots into –

(1) Polypetalae, gamopetalae and glumiflorae

(2) Polypetalae, gamopetalae and monochlamyqae

(3) Achlamydae, diclamydeae and metachlamydae

(4) Archichlamydae, sympetalae & apetalae

11. Zoodiogama includes –

(1) Cymnosperms and pteridophyta

(2) Dicots, monocots, gymnosperm

(3) Bryophyta and pteridophyta

(4) Only thallophyta

12. Four kingdom system of classification was proposed by –

(1) Whittaker

(2) Copeland

(3) Linnaeus

(4) Oswald Tippo

13. In two kingdom system of classification Euglena is included in-

(1) Animalia

(2) Plantae

(3) Both the above

(4) Protista

14. The system of classification proposed by Bentham and Hooker is-

(1) Artificial

(2) Natural

(3) Phylogenetic

(4) Numerical

15. The classification of Linnaeus was mainly based on –

(1) Sepals

(2) Carpels

(3) Petals

(4) Stamens

16. Kingdom monera comprises the –

(1) Plants of economic importance

(2) All the plants studied in botany

(3) bldiryotic organisms

(4) Plants of Thallophyta group

17. Embryophyta include:

(1) Algae

(2) Fungi

(3) Bryophyta

(4) All of these

18. Whittaker is famous for -

(1) Two kingdom classification

(2) Four kingdom classification

(3) Five kingdom classification

(4) Distinguishing in Bacteria & blue green Algae

19. First phylogenetic system of plant classification was given by-

(1) Engler and Pranti

(2) Eichler

(3) Ostwald Tippo

(4) Bentham & Hooker

20. System of classification proposed by Linnaeus was

(1) Artificial

(2) Natural

(3) Sexual

(4) (1) and (3) both

21. "Die Naturlichen Pflanzen familien” wrote by-

(1) Eichler

(2) Linnaeus

(3) Engler and Prantl

(4) Bentham and Hooker

22. Engler and Prantl created metachlarnydae to include –

(1) Polypetalous dicots

(2) Gamopetalous dicots

(3) Gamopetalous monocots

(4) Gymnosperm

23. In which of the following systems, plants are classified in geneological order

(1) Artificial

(2) Natural

(3) Phylogenetic

(4) Non-phylogenetic

24. Which book is the starting point for phylogenetic system -

(1) Origin of species

(2) Die- Naturlichen Pflanzen familien

(3) The phylogenetic taxonomy of flowering plants

(4) Historia plantarum

25. Which of the following taxonomists first employed the characteristics of vascular tissue in taxonomy

(1) Tippo

(2) Engler and Prantl

(3) Takhtajan

(4) A.P. de Candolle

26. The group "Pteropsida" proposed by Oswald Tippo includes –

(1) Ferns

(2) Gymnnosperms
 (3) Angiosperms

(4) AU the above

27. In Whittaker's five kingdom classification, eukaryotes were assigned to –

(1) All the five kingdom

(2) Only four of the five kingdoms

(3) Only three kingdom

(4) Only one kingdom

28. The book genera plantarum which contains the classification of seed plants was wrote by –

(1) Linnaeus

(2) De jussieu

(3) Bentham and Hooker

(4) Eichler

29. "Theorie elementaire de Ia botanique" is the book of:

(1) Takhtajan

(2) De Candolle

(3) Eichler

(4) Linnaeus

30. Carolus Linnaeus classified plant kingdom on the basis of-

(1) Roral morphology

(2) Overall morphology of plants

(3) Type of sexual reproduction

(4) Anatomical character

31. Serology can be used to know the phylogenetic relationship of –

(1) Plants

(2) Animals

(3) Both the above

(4) Dinosours

32. According to Bessey which of the following is not an advanced character of higher plants?

(1) Gamopetalous condition

(2) Herbaceous habit

(3) Monocotyledon form

(4) Woody nature (Tree habit)

33. Which of the following book was written by Theophrastus?

(1) Enquiry in to plants

(2) Causes of Plants

(3) Historia phantarum

(4) All the above

34. Who proposed the new name for dicots and monocots on the basis of phyllotaxy?

(1) Linneaus

(2) Oswald Tippo

(3) Edward Bessey

(4) Theophrastus

35. Whittaker placed prokaryotes and akaryotes in

(1) Protista

(2) Protozoa

(3) Plantae

(4) Monera

36. Oswald-Tippo included how many divisions in sub kingdom thallophyta?

(1) 20 - divisions

(2) 10 - divisions

(3) 7 - divisions

(4) 2 - divisions

37. First plant classification was given by –

(1) Linneaus

(2) John-Ray

(3) Theophrastus

(4) Darwin

38. Division "Tracheophyta' includes -

(1) Bryophyta

(2) All vascular plants

(3) All non-vascular plants

(4) All non-vascular and vascular plants.

39. Which group of plant have embryo but not vascular tissue-

(1) Cyanophyta

(2) Tracheophyta

(3) Bryophyta

(4) Chlorophyta

40. According to Benthum & Hooker total families of real flowering plants

(1) 202

(2) 199

(3) 34

(4) 85

41. Who gave importance of serology in taxonomy?

(1) Willis

(2) Karl Menz

(3) Hutchinson

(4) Whittaker

42. The word Cryptogamia was coined by –

(1) Theophrastus

(2) Linnaeus

(3) Bentham & Hooker

(4) John-Ray

43. Siphonogama includes –

(1) Bryophyta and thallophyta

(2) Pteridophyta & bryophyta

(3) Gymnosperm & angiosperm

(4) Thallophyta and gymnosperm

44. The phylogenetic relationship among organisms can be established by the technique –

(1) Autoradiography

(2) X-ray crystallography

(3) Serology

(4) Genealogy

45. According to four kingdom system of Copeland, the fungi belong to kingdom –

(1) Protista

(2) Mychota

(3) Mycota

(4) Plantae

46. According to Oswald Tippo Angiosperms are placed under –

(1) Atracheata

(2) Thallophyta

(3) Tracheophyta

(4) Spermatophyta

47. "Systema Naturae" book was written by –

(1) Angler and prantle

(2) Darwin

(3) Linnaeus

(4) Oswald & Tippo

48. According to Eichler cryptogamia includes –

(1) Gymnosperm and Angiosperm

(2) Thallophyta and Gymnosperm

(3) Thallophyta, Bryophyta and Pteridophyta

(4) Only angiosperm

49. According to Whittaker kingdom monera includes

(1) Unicellular eukaryotes

(2) Prokaryotes & akaryotes

(3) Slime molds & protozoa

(4) Multicellular & eukaryotes

50. "Cellular plants" and "Vascular plants" are the group~ created by

(1) Tippo

(2) Eichler

(3) Takhtajan

(4) De candolle

51. According to Copeland the "Red algae" belongs to

(1) Monera

(2) Protista

(3) Plantae

(4) Animalia

52. Linnaeus proposed an outline of plant classification in-

(1) Genera Plantarum

(2) Species Plantarurn

(3) Systema Naturae

(4) Philosophia Botanica

53. Who classified the Embryophyta on the basis of fertilization?

(1) Eichler

(2) Tippo

(3) Takhtajan

(4) Engler & Prantl

54. The earliest serious efforts to classify the living things were made by –

(1) Greek philosophers

(2) Latin American scientist

(3) British herbalists

(4) Indian Hakims

55. Classification proposed by Bentham and Hooker is mainly based on –

(1) Embryological characters

(2) Aoral characters

(3) Vegetative: characters

(4) Phylogenetic characters

56. The separation of living beings into five kingdoms is based on-

(1) Complexity of cell structure

(2) Complexity of organism's body

(3) Mode of obtaining nutrition

(4) All the above·

57. Which of the following organisms were never included in protista?

(1) Bacteria

(2) Red algae

(3) Slimemolds

(4) Mosses

58. In which book, Linnaeus proposed the principles of nomenclature?

(1) Species plantarum

(2) Systema Naturae

(3) Rora lapponica

(4) Philosophia botanica

59. According to Bessey the tree habit is a –

(1) Advance character

(2) Primitive character

(3) Degenerate character

(4) Any of the above

60. Which of the two groups includes the similar plants

(1) Siphonogama and spermatophyta

(2) Siphonogama and zoodiogama

(3) Metachlamydae and monochlamydae

(4) Polypetalae and gamopetalae

61. In Tippo's classification the group atracheata includes

(1) Thallophyta

(2) Bryophyta

(3) All the vascular plants

(4) All the non-vascular plants

62. Phylogenetic relationship of plants can be established by:

(1) Plantserum

(2) Animal serum

(3) Chromatography

(4) Autoradiography

63. Fertilization by zoodiogamy occurs in –

(1) Cryptogams

(2) Phanerogams

(3) Only bryophyta

(4) Only pteridophyta

64. Swedish botanist who proposed the artificial system of classification on the basis of floral morphology was –

(1) De-Jussieu

(2) Bentham and Hooker

(3) John Ray

(4) Carl von linne

65. Kingdom of unicellular eukaryotes –

(1) Monera

(2) Protista

(3) Fungi

(4) Plantae

66. Who among the following proposed a classification in which plants with one stamen were placed under the class
Monandria, with two in Diandria and with many stamens in polyandria

(1) Hutchinson

(2) Bentham and Hooker

(3) Cronquist

(4) Linnaeus

67. Polypetalae, Gamopetalae and monochlamydae are subclasses of

(1) Dicotyledonae

(2) Gymnospermae

(3) Monochlamydae

(4) Siphanogama

68. A person who studies about the origin, evolution and variations in plants and also about the classification of plants, is
called as –

(1) Classical taxonomist

(2) Herbal taxonomist

(3) a-taxonomist

(4) b-taxonomist

69. Who proposed phylogenetic classification of plants

(1) Linnaeus

(2) Hutchinson

(3) Bentham and Hooker

(4) Mehta

70. In Whittaker's 'Five Kindom Classification', eukaryotes were assigned to –

(1) Only two of the five kingdoms

(2) Only three of the five kingdoms

(3) Only four of the five kingdoms

(4) All the five kingdoms

71. Most important criteria used for the present day classification of living organisms is based on –

(1) Presence and absence of notochord

(2) Resemblances in external features

(3) Breeding habits

(4) Anatomical and physiological characteristics

72. The term "phylum" in animal classification was coined by

(1) E. Haeckel

(2) John Ray

(3) G.L. Cuvier

(4) Carolus Linnaeus

73. Species living in different geographical areas are

(1) Sibling species

(2) Morphospecies

(3) Sympatric species

(4) Allopatric species

74. First act in taxonomy is

(1) Description

(2) Identification

(3) Naming

(4) Classification

75. Two morophologically similar populations are intersterile. They belong to –

(1) One species

(2) Two biospecies

(3) Two sibling species

(4) None of the above

76. A true species consists of a population

(1) Sharing the same niche

(2) Interbreeding

(3) Feeding over the same food

(4) Reproductivity isolated

77. Phenetic classification of organisms is based on –

(1) Dendogram based on DNA characteristics

(2) Sexual characteristics

(3) Observable characteristics of existing organisms

(4) The ancestral lineage of existing organisms

78. Barophillic prokaryotes

(1) Grow slowly in highly alkaline frozen lakes at high altitudes

(2) Occur in water containing high concentrations of barium hydroxide

(3) Grow and multiply in very deep marine sediments"

(4) Readily grow and divide in sea water enriched in any soluble salt of barium.

DIRECTIONS for Qs. 79 to 88: Each questions containSTATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STAtEMENT-2 (Reason). Each
question has 4 choices- (1), (2), (3) and (4) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

(1) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2- is True, Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement

(2) Statement -1 is True, Statement -2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement - 1

(3) Statement - 1 is True, Statement- 2 is False

(4) Statement -1 is False, Statement -2 is False

79. Statement 1: Systematics is the branch of biology that deals with classification of living organisms.

Statement 2: The aim of classification is to group the organisms.

80. Statement 1: Acraniata is a group of organisms which do not have distinct cranium.

Statement 2: It includes small marine forms without head.

81. Statement 1: To give scientific name to plant, there is ICBN.

Statement 2: It uses articles, photographs and recommendations to name a plant.

82. Statement 1: Bacteria are prokaryotic.

Statement 2: Bacteria do not possess true nucleus and membrane bound cell organelles.

83. Statement 1: Bacteria have three basic shapes, i.e., round, rod, spiral.

Statement 2: Cocci and Bacilli may form clusters or chain of a definite length.

84. Statement 1: Bacterial photosynthesis occtirs by utilizing wavelength longer than 700 nm,

Statement 2: Here reaction centre is B-890

85. Statement 1: The plasmodium often possesses a number of branched "veins".

Statement 2: The position of "veins" remains fixe

86. Statement 1: Sandfly transmits Kala-azar.

Statement 2: In Kala-azar, the parasite damages the brain

87. Statement 1: Symbiosis is furnished by mycorrhiza,

Statement 2: In mycorrhiza, symbiosis is established between fungus and alga.

88. Statement 1: Aflatoxins are produced by Aspergillus flavus.

Statement 2: These toxins are useful to mankind.

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