BIOLOGY

Unit :2

Systematics
Time : 30 mts
1. The science, which deals with 12. A person who studies about the
classification, identification and origin, evolution and variations in
names of organisms, is called plants and also about the
(a) Systematics (b) Physiology classification is referred to as
(c) Ecology (d) Biology (a) Taxonomist (b)
2. Branch connected with Herbal taxonomist
nomenclature, identification and (c) Classical taxonomist
classification is (d) P taxonomist
(a) Ecology (b) Taxonomy 13. In which of the following taxonomy,
(c) Morphology (d) Physiology is equal weightage given to each of
3. Which of the following is called the thousands of characters that a taxon
"Father of Taxonomy"? exhibits?
(a) Aristotle (b) Carolus Linnaeus (a) Chemotaxonomy (b) Alpha
(c) John Ray (d) Theophrastus taxonomy
4. 'Father of Zoology' is (c) Classical taxonomy (d)
(a) Carolus Linnaeus (b) Aristotle Numerical taxonomy
(c) John Ray (d) Cuvier 14. The term "New Systematics" was
5. How many species are believed to introduced by
exist on Earth at present time? (a) Linnaeus (b) Darwin (c)
(a) 5,000 to 10,000 (b) Lamarck (d) Huxley
approximately 100,000 15. The classification on the basis of
(c) approximately 500,000 cytological information on cell,
(d) between 5 million and 30 million chromosome number, structure and
6. "Taxonomy without phylogeny is behaviour of chromosomes during
similar to bones without flesh" is a meiosis is called
statement of (a) Chemotaxonomy (b)
(a) Oswald Tippo (b) John Cytotaxonomy
Hutchinson (c) Numerical taxonomy
(c) Takhtajan (d) Bentham and (d) Biochemical systematics
Hooker
7. The first step in taxonomy is 16. Taxonomy based on secondary
(a) Description (b) Identification metabolites is
(c) Naming (d) Classification (a) Phenetic taxonomy (b)
8. The word taxonomy was coined by Experimental taxonomy
(a) Linnaeus (b) JohannHedwig (c) Cytotaxonomy (d)
(c) Theophrastus (d) A.P. De Chemotaxonomy
Candolle 17. Scientific name of organisms should
9. Who is known as the 'Father of be written
Biology'? (a) Genus species (b) Species
(a) Huxley (b) Lamarck genus
(c) Aristotle (d) Theophrastus (c) Subspecies species (d)
10. Which one of the following is the Species subspecies
famous work of nature in which 18. Taxon is
Linnaeus introduced "Binomial (a) A group of related species
nomenclature"? (b) A group of related families
(a) Sexuality of plants (b) (c) A group of living organisms
Systema Naturae (d) A taxonomic group of any
(c) Species Plantarum (d) ranking
Genera Plantarum 19. Scientific name of tamarind (imli)
11. A binomial nomenclature has tree is Tamarindus indica (L) and the
words/parts scientific name of mango is
(a) Five (b) Three (c) Two Mangifera indica (L). Which of the
(d) One
 BIOLOGY
Unit :2

Systematics
Time : 30 mts
following is correct concerning the (a) Specific unit in evolution
way name is written? (b) Specific unit in evolutionary
(a) The letter L means that the history of a race
Swedish Botanist Linnaeus gave this (c) Specific class of evolution
scientific name. (d) Not related to evolution
(b) The name is not written properly,
the first letter of indica ought to be
capitalised.
(c) The letter L has nothing to do
with the assigning of this name to
the tree.
(d) The letter L means that this
particular name is from the Latin
language.
20. Sometimes different authors give
different names to one and the same
species. In such a situation
(a) The latest name under which the
species was described is valid
(b) The name under which the
species was first described is valid
name
(c) People are at liberty to use any
one of the names for the species
(d) All known names are discarded
and a new name is given to the
species
21. Binomial nomenclature proposed by
C. Linnaeus consists of
(a) Genus and family (b) Species and
oraer
(c) Order and family (d) Genus and
species
22. The third name in trinomial
nomenclature is
(a) Species (b) Subgenus
(c) Ecotype (d) Subspecies
23. The common units of classification
are
(a) Genus (b) Family (c)
Species
(d) Order (e) Variety
24 Their correct sequence starting from
smallest is
(a) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv), (v) (b) (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv), (v)
(c) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i), (v) (d) (v),
(iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
24. A group of interbreeding organisms
is referred to be belonging to same
(a) Species (b) Order
(c) Genus (d) Family
25. Species is a