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In the modern system of classification, organisms are classified under _______ Kingdoms.
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Important Questions on Biological Classification
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Choose the incorrect statement among the following.
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Match the following lists:
| List | List | ||
| A) | Theophrastus | By hybridization and genetic engineering | |
| B) | C.G.K. Ramanujam | Electron Microscope | |
| C) | Progress in floriculture and forestry | Described the internal and external characters of plants | |
| D) | Knoll and Ruska | Developed the science of pollen |
The correct match is
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Match the following Columns:
| Columns - I | Columns - II | ||
| Father of Taxonomy | Joseph Pitton de Tournefort | ||
| Father of Zoology | Carolus Linnaeus | ||
| Father of Medicine | Aristotle | ||
| Father of Biology | Julian Huxley | ||
| Concept of Genus | Hippocrates | ||
| Father of Neotaxonomy | Ernst Mayr | ||
| Darwin of century | Hooker | ||
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Bentham and Hooker's divided the following plants into 3 classes which include
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Which one of the following pairs was excluded from Whittaker's five kingdom classification
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Which one of the following sequences represents the CORRECT taxonomical hierarchy?
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Assertion (A): Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were responsible for the development of Botany into a science.
Reason (R) : They are regarded as Father of Botany.
The correct option among the following is:
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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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Match Column-I with Column-II for housefly classification and select the correct option using the codes given below:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| a. Family | (i) Diptera |
| b. Order | (ii) Arthropoda |
| c. Class | (iii) Muscidae |
| d. Phylum | (iv) Insecta |
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Match the following
| List - I | List - II | ||
| (a) | Charles Darwin | (i) | Systema Naturae |
| (b) | John Ray | (ii) | Natural History |
| (c) | Buffon | (iii) | Historia Generalis plantarum |
| (d) | Linnaeus | (iv) | The origin of species |
The correct answer is
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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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Engler and Prantl published a phylogenetic system in the monograph ______
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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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Assertion (A): Numerical taxonomy requires mathematical methods and computers.
Reason (R): All characters are given codes, numbers and with equal importance, and hundreds of characters are to be evaluated.
The correct option among the following is:
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The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on:
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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 |
The correct answer is
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Which of the following represents the order of 'Horse'?
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Match the following lists:
| (A) | Identification of Auxins | (I) | Frankel Conrat |
| (B) | pathway | (ii) | Charles Darwin |
| (C) | Discovery of genetic nature of RNA | (iii) | J.B.Sumner |
| (D) | Theory of evolution | (iv) | F.W. Went |
| (v) | Hatch & Slack | ||
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Five kingdom system of classification suggested by R.H. Whittaker is not based on:
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One of the following scientists was the earliest to attempt more scientific basis for classification __________
