Taxonomic Aids

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Taxonomic Aids: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Taxonomic Aid, Herbarium, Botanical Garden as Taxonomic Aid, Museums as Taxonomic Aid, Zoological Parks, Keys as Taxonomic Aid, Monograph as Taxonomic Aid, Manuals as Taxonomic Aid, Catalogues as Taxonomic Aid, etc.

Important Questions on Taxonomic Aids

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Botanical gardens and zoological parks have

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Each statement in the taxonomic key is known as

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An international centre for the identification of plants:

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Identify the correct definitions for the following given phrases respectively:
Taxon, Lead, Couplet, Monograph, Botanical garden
A. Contain information of one taxon.
B. Each statement in the 'key'.
C. Collection of living plants for reference.
D. Represent a unit of classification.
E. Contrasting characters in a pair.

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The taxonomical aid used for identification of organisms based both similarities and differences is

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The taxonomical aids used for identification of plants and animals by applying diagnostic features:

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The Indian Botanical Garden is located at:

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The taxonomical aids in which dried and pressed plant specimens are preserved are:

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Which one of the taxonomic aids can give a comprehensive account of complete compiled information of any one genus or family at a particular time?

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Which of the following is not included in taxonomical aids?
 

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Catalogue is a.

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Which of the following taxonomic aid is useful only in the case of animals?

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The largest botanical garden, Indian Botanical Garden, and National Botanical Research Institute are situated respectively at:

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Store house of collected plant specimens, called herbarium, serve which of the following functions?

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Which of the following pair contain recorded description of organisms without any kind of their specimens?

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From the given features, how many are associated with taxonomic keys?
a. Each statement is lead
b. Used in a pair called couplet
c. Generally analytical
d. Plant identification only
e. Non-specific for each category
f. Use set of alternate characters

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Keys are

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Which of the following taxonomical aids is not concerned with ex-situ conservation of organisms?

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The special techniques for collection and preservation of specimens are required in:

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The taxonomical aid key, used for identification of plants and animals is