Match the following Columns: Columns - I Columns - II a Father of Taxonomy i Joseph Pitton de Tournefort b Father of Zoology ii Carolus Linnaeus c Father of Medicine iii Aristotle d Father of Biology iv Julian Huxley e Concept of Genus v Hippocrates f Father of Neotaxonomy vi Ernst Mayr g Darwin of 20 th century vii Hooker

a - ii , b - iii , c - v , d - iii , e - i , f - iv , g - vi

a - ii , b - iii , c - vi , d - vii , e - iv , f - i , g - v

a - ii , b - iii , c - iii , d - v , e - iv , f - i , g - vi

a - ii , b - iii , c - iv , d - vii , e - vi , f - i , g - v

Match the following lists: List - I List - II (A) Identification of Auxins (I) Frankel Conrat (B) C 4 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 The correct match is:

A = IV , B = V , C = I , D = II

A = II , B = V , C = IV , D = I

A = IV , B = III , C = V , D = II

A = III , B = I , C = II , D = V

Match the following books with their authors: Column-I Column-II 1 Families of flowering plants i. Species plantarum 2 Linnaeus ii Historia plantarum 3 Benthem & Hooker iii Hutchinson 4 Theophrastus iv Genera plantarum

1 - iii , 2 - i , 3 - iv , 4 - ii

1 - ii , 2 - iii , 3 - i , 4 - iv

1 - i , 2 - iii , 3 - ii , 4 - iv

1 - iv , 2 - iii , 3 - ii , 4 - i

Why is classification important in biology

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Match the following Columns:

Columns - I		Columns - II
$(a)$	Father of Taxonomy	$(i)$	Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
$(b)$	Father of Zoology	$(ii)$	Carolus Linnaeus
$(c)$	Father of Medicine	$(iii)$	Aristotle
$(d)$	Father of Biology	$(iv)$	Julian Huxley
$(e)$	Concept of Genus	$(v)$	Hippocrates
$(f)$	Father of Neotaxonomy	$(vi)$	Ernst Mayr
$(g)$	Darwin of $20^{th}$ century	$(vii)$	Hooker

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Match the following lists:

	List $I$		List $II$
A)	Theophrastus	$I)$	By hybridization and genetic engineering
B)	C.G.K. Ramanujam	$II)$	Electron Microscope
C)	Progress in floriculture and forestry	$III)$	Described the internal and external characters of plants
D)	Knoll and Ruska	$IV)$	Developed the science of pollen

The correct match 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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Match the following lists:

	$List - I$		$List - II$
(A)	Identification of Auxins	(I)	Frankel Conrat
(B)	$C_{4}$ 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

The correct match is:

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Match the following lists:

List-I		List-II
A)	Camerarius	I)	Conduction of water through xylem
B)	Hales	II)	Phylogenetic classification
C)	Father of botany	III)	Sexual reproduction
D)	Bessey	IV)	Historia plantarum

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The term biology was coined by

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Who first gave a precise definition of life?

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Carolus Linnaeus proposed scientific name of animals in his book system nature (in

10^{t h}

edition), which was published on1 Aug. 1758. Which taxonomical aid provides knowledge about these information's?

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Classification of objects is not helpful for the shopkeeper.

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Who is the "father of Biology"? (Aristotle or Theophrastus)

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Natural system of classification employs

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Who is the father of biology?

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Match the following books with their authors:

	Column-I		Column-II
$1$	Families of flowering plants	i.	Species plantarum
$2$	Linnaeus	ii	Historia plantarum
$3$	Benthem & Hooker	iii	Hutchinson
$4$	Theophrastus	iv	Genera plantarum

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Who first recognised plants and animals as living objects?

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Classification helps to know the origin and evolution of an organism.

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Identify the important herbalists of the renaissance period.

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A species is defined as "the group of actually or potentially inter-breeding natural population producing fertile offspring and reproductively isolated from such other groups". The above statement is given by

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Who propagated the theory of natural selection? (Charles Darwin or Jean-Baptiste Lamarck)

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Cotyledons are also called-

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The following characteristics are essential for classification.

Why is classification important in biology?

Important Questions on Classification of Plants

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