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Important Questions on The Living World

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Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?
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Binomial nomenclature is introduced by
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ICBN refers to:
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 Define genetic diversity.
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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

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Select the correctly written scientific name of mango, which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus.
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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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Which is the National Aquatic Animal of India?
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The practical purpose of the classification of living organisms is to
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In zoological name of an organism the first word will be
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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Biosystematics aims at
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Why are living organisms classified?
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The unifying concept of biology has received its greatest stimulus from the English biologist _____. (Charles Darwin/Thomas Henry Huxley)
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What do we learn from identification of individuals and populations?
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Match the column I with column II; choose the answer which gives the correct combination of the two columns.

Column I Column II
A. Aristotle 1. Doctor Universalis
B. Carolus Linnaeus 2. Father of English Botany
C. Albert Magnus 3. Father of zoology
D. William Turner 4. Father of taxonomy
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Linnaeus is credited for introduction of
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What different criteria would you choose to classify people that you meet often?
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'Father of botany' is
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The term 'systematics' refers to