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Which of the following statement is not correct with respect to biological classification attempted by Aristotle?
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Important Questions on Biological Classification
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Bentham and Hooker's divided the following plants into 3 classes which include
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Choose the incorrect statement among the following.
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Engler and Prantl published a phylogenetic system in the monograph ______
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One of the following scientists was the earliest to attempt more scientific basis for classification __________
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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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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) | 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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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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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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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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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 of the following taxonomy classify organisms based on their cellular characteristics?
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Which of the following fact does not go with numerical taxonomy?
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Chromosome has no role in cytotaxonomy.
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Among which of the following includes the numerical taxonomy?
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Classification on the basis of all observed characters is known as
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Which of the following basis is used for classifying plants according to the artificial system?
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Mark the correct statement among the following.
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What is alpha taxonomy?
