Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Taxonomic Hierarchy: Overview

This topic covers the concept of taxonomic category.

Important Questions on Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Which one of the following sequences represents the CORRECT taxonomical hierarchy?

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Identify the levels and hierarchy from the following in the classification of the animal kingdom.
a) Family
b) Class
c) Phylum
d) Order
e) Genus
f) Species

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Taxonomic hierarchy like kingdom, class, order, genus and species were introduced by (1), Taxon phylum was introduced by (2).

 

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Animals are classified into hierarchical groups. In which one of the following, the largest number of species is found ?

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The number of obligate categories which are always used in a taxonomic hierarchy is

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How does a taxon and a category differ?

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Since the category is a part of overall taxonomic arrangement, it is called the _____ and all categories together constitute the taxonomic hierarchy.

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A genus with a single species is called

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Intermediate category is a

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The terms 'species', 'division' and 'phylum' were coined by

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Which of the following is/are a category?

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Which of the following options is not a taxonomic category?

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Genus is a group of related

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Which taxonomic category contains organisms belonging to same class but not to the same family?

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Which of the following options is odd?

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The term 'Taxonomy' was introduced by

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Which one of the following shows, the hierarchical arrangement of taxonomic categories of plants in descending order?