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

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With which of the following Aristotle can be associated?

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Important Questions on Biological Classification

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Which one of the following pairs was excluded from Whittaker's five kingdom classification

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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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Select the correctly written scientific name of mango, which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus.

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Engler and Prantl published a phylogenetic system in the monograph ______

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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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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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Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?

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One of the following scientists was the earliest to attempt more scientific basis for classification __________

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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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Biology>Diversity in The Living World>Biological Classification>History of Classification and Taxonomy

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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Bentham and Hooker's divided the following plants into 3 classes which include

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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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Choose the incorrect statement among the following.

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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: