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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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Important Questions on The Living World

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Select the correctly written scientific name of mango, which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus.
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Which is the National Aquatic Animal of India?
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The term 'systematics' refers to
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Linnaean system of classification is a _____ system. (Artificial/ Natural/Phylogenetic)
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The term taxonomy was coined by _____(de Candolle, Carl Linnaeus, Louis Pasteur) in 1813.

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In zoological name of an organism the first word will be
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ICZN provides the rules for naming of _____ (animals/plants).
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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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Linnaeus not only laid the foundation of taxonomy but also introduced _____(binomial /trinomial) nomenclature.

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Carolus Linnaeus, the 18th-century _____(American, Swedish, German) naturalist developed the current system of naming species. 

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Linnaeus classified living organisms into _____ kingdoms. (Write in words)
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Much of the earth's great _____ is rapidly disappearing. (population, biodiversity, pollution)

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The diversified number of living species on the earth is called _____ .
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'Father of botany' is
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When taxonomy is related to plants then it is referred to as _____.
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Linnaeus is credited for introduction of
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Rain forest of Silent Valley was proposed to be destroyed by a dam to be built over river _____(Godavari, Kunthipuzha, Mahanadi).

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Two major fields of biology are zoology and _____.

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_____ is the branch of science which deals with identification, nomenclature and classification of plants and animals.
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_____ is the branch of science that deals with the identification, nomenclature and classification of plants and animals.