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Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?
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Assertion: Species is an ecological unit.

Reason: Individuals of a species share the same ecological niche.

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Instead of 'Division', the category used in animal classification is ________.
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Assertion (A): Species is an ecological unit.
Reason (R): Species have similar structure and functional characteristics.
The correct option among the following is:
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Match the following

   List - I    List - II
(a) Order (i) nigrum
(b) Species (ii) Polemoniales
(c) Family (iii) Solanum
(d) Class (iv) Solanaceae
    (v) Dicotyledonae

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Amongst all the kingdoms, the only taxon that exists in nature as a biologically cohesive unit is the _______

*Note: There was an error in the question of the original paper which is modified here.

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Assertion (A): Sub species shows minor variations from parent population

Reason (R): Sub species is reproductively isolated population of a species

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Choose the correct set of taxonomic words that belong to the given statements
I) Taxonomic category showing individual organisms with fundamental similarities
II) Taxonomic category with same hierarchical status
a) Dicotyledonae
b) domestica
c) indica
d) Insecta
e) Mangifera
f) sapiens
g) Mammalia
h) Monocotyledonae
i) vulgare
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Identify and arrange the following taxonomic categories in ascending order.
A) Hominidae
B) Triticum
C) Spermatophyta
D) sapiens
E) Primata
F) Insecta
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Match the following

   List - I     List - II
(a) Reproductively isolated from the individuals of other species (i) Genetic unit
(b) Sharing the same ecological niche (ii) An evolutionary unit
(c) Showing similarity in the karyotype (iii) A breeding unit
(d) Having similar structural and functional characteristics (iv) An ecological unit

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Lions in India are currently restricted to Gir, Gujarat. Efforts are being made to move them to other parts of the country. This is because they are MOST susceptible to extinction due to infectious diseases under the following conditions when present as:
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Which of the following represents the order of 'Horse'?
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Study the four statements (A-D) given below and select the two correct ones out of them:
A. Definition of biological species was given by Ernst Mayr.
B. Photoperiod does not affect reproduction in plants.
C. Binomial nomenclature system was given by R.H. Whittaker.
D. In unicellular organisms, reproduction is synonymous with growth.
The two correct statements are:
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Define and understand the term Phylum.
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Interbreeding natural population of animals are referred to as belonging to the same
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Statement-1: Two plants A and B are treated as two taxonomic species if they have different binomial name.

Statement-2: Both A and B are different in correlated morphological characters.
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According to latest knowledge the most accepted species concept is
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Two morphologically similar populations are intersterile. They belong to
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In a hierarchical system of plant classification, which one of the following taxonomic ranks generally ends in 'ceae'?
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Which of the following taxonomical ranks contain organisms least similar to one another?