Numerical taxonomy is often summarised in the form of a tree like diagrams called
Important Questions on The Living World
A) Hominidae
B) Triticum
C) Spermatophyta
D) sapiens
E) Primata
F) Insecta
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 | ||
| 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
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 | ||
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
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:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| a. Family | (i) Diptera |
| b. Order | (ii) Arthropoda |
| c. Class | (iii) Muscidae |
| d. Phylum | (iv) Insecta |
Assertion : Herbariums are plant repositories which are used as reference specimens. Recently these are digitalized for global use.
Reason Herbarium helps in the classification of plants and gives complete description about the taxonomy.
The correct answer is:
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
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:
In which of the following books, characters of evolutionary importance were not considered while classifying plants?
A) Species plantarum
B) Families of flowering plants
C) Genera plantarum
D) Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien
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:
