Taxonomic Categories of Organisms

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Taxonomic Categories of Organisms: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Species According to Systematic Hierarchy,Taxon,Taxonomic Category, etc.

Important Questions on Taxonomic Categories of Organisms

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Which of the following suffixes used for units of classification in plants indicating a taxonomic category?

A. -alesB. -inaeC. -aceaeD. -eae

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Species are considered as:

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Ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is known as 

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A group of animals which are related by descent and share many similarities are referred to as

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Family of housefly and mango are respectively:

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Identify the family and order of wheat.

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The term phylum was given by

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Which of the following is true for individuals of same species?

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Select the total number of family from the following.

Felis, Felidae, Solanaceae, Liliaceae, Canidae, Hominidae, Poaceae, Muscidae, Insecta, Convolvulaceae.

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Select the incorrect matching.

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Three pair of jointed legs is the common feature of class

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Which of the following is/are the unit of classification?

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Match the columns.

Column-I Column-II
A. Anacardiaceae 1. Species
B. Insecta 2. Genus
C. Musca 3. Family
D. Aestivum 4. Class

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The national reptile of India is

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Class is a taxonomic category which includes:

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In which of the following, all examples are from same taxon (taxonomic rank)?

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''All living organisms belonging to one species have same characters''. Write any three reasons for this similarity.

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Identify the missing taxonomic category in the plant kingdom classification system represented as "X" in the given picture

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Two animals belong to the same Kingdom but different classes. They may belong to the same ____.

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Instead of 'Division', the category used in animal classification is ________.