Diversity in the Living World

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Diversity in the Living World: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Diversity In the Living World, Identification of Organisms, Nomenclature in Biology, International Code for Botanical Nomenclature and Systematics.

Important Questions on Diversity in the Living World

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The study of different kinds of organisms, their diversities and relationship among them is studied in:

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Term systematics was used by Linnaeus. It includes:

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Statement I: Systematics is the branch of biology that deals with classification of living organisms.
Statement II: The aim of classification is to group the organisms.

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The scientific study of diversity of organisms and their evolutionary relationships is called:

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The framework system of classification in which various taxonomic categories are arranged in order of logical sequence is called

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Which of the following statements is correct?

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Biosystematics aims at

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'Father of botany' is

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The term 'systematics' refers to

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Fauna contains the actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of a given area.

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Floral features are commonly used for identification of angiosperms because

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Which of the following category has the maximum number of organisms?

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The third name of the trinomial nomenclature is of

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In Botanical nomenclature of plants

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The science of naming the plant is known as

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Study of form and structure of organisms is

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Biology is concerned with

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The discipline of biology which deals with the kinds and diversity of all organisms and their evolutionary relationship is called:

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Which of the following statements is incorrect for the reason of opting scientific names over vernacular names?