Question. Few rules are written following regarding binomial nomenclature. Identity the wrong one:
a. Biological names are latinized and written in italics
b. Generic and specific name starts with capital letter
c. Generic and specific name when hand written are underlined
d. All are correct
Answer
B
Question. Identity the incorrect statement:
a. Class like Mammalia is involved in phylum Chordata
b. Order like Insecta is involved in class Mandibulate
c. Genus like Panthera is involved in family Felidae.
d. Order like Primata is involved in class Mammalia
Answer
B
Question. Which is not the component of taxonomy?
a. Identification
b. Responsiveness
c. Nomenclature
d. Classification
Answer
B
Question. Which of the following is a species?
a. Tamarindus
b. Homo
c. Triticum aestivam
d. Indica
Answer
D
Question. Which is less general in characters as compared to genus?
a. Family
d. Class
c. Division
d. Species
Answer
D
Question. Species is considered:
a. As basic unit of classification
b. The largest unit of classification
c. Artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms
d. Real unit of classification devised by taxonomists Genus
Answer
A
Question. Genera Plantarum was given by:
a. Bentham Hooker
b. Engler & Prantl
c. A.P de Condole
d. None of these
Answer
A
Question. Linnaeus put similar species into a larger group called the
a. Species
b. Family
c. Kingdom
d. Genus
Answer
D
Question. In a taxonomic hierarchy, genus is interpolated between
a. Kingdom and class
b. Phylum and order
c. Order and species
d. Family and species
Answer
D
Question. The taxonomic category below the lovel of family is
a. Class
b. Species
c. Phylum
d. Genus
Answer
D
Question. Die naturlichen pflanzenfamilien was given by.
a. Engler & Prantl
b. Lamarck
c. Curier
d. None of these
Answer
A
Question. Olericulture is cultivation of:
a. Flowers
b. Vegetables
c. Fruits
d. All the above
Answer
B
Question. Family and order of Triticum aestivum (wheat) are
a. Poaceae, Monocotyledonae
b. Poaceae, Poales
c. Poales, Monocotyledonae
d. None is correct
Answer
B
Question. Family – order – class of Musca domestica (Housefly) are respectively:
a. Muscidae – Insecta – Hymenoptera
b. Muscidae – Diptera – Mandibulata
c. Hymenoptera – Insecta – Mandibuleta
d. Muscidae – Diptera – Insecta
Answer
D
Question. Family of man (Homo sapiens) is:
a. Hominidae
b. Hominini
c. Primata
d. Ceboideae
Answer
A
Question. The word ending with – aceae indicates:
a. Genera
b. Family
c. Order
d. Class
Answer
B
Question. In a taxonomic hierarchy, family is interpolated between:
a. Kingdom and class
b. Class and order
c. Order and genus
d. Class and genus
Answer
C
Question. Cohort is a group of correlated:
a. Order
b. Species
c. Genera
d. Families
Answer
D
Question. Order polyemoniales include
a. Convolvulaceae
b. Solanaceae
c. Both of this
d. None of these
Answer
A
Question. Carnivora includes
a. Canis
b. Felis
c. Both of these
d. None of these
Answer
C
Question. Order polyemoniales based on
a. Reproductive character
b. Floral character
c. Evolutionary character
d. None of these
Answer
B
Question. Poales is the order of
a. Mango
b. Wheat
c. Maize
d. Corn
Answer
B
Question. Sapindales is the order of
a. Mango
b. Maize
c. Wheat
d. Corn
Answer
A
Question. When organisms are in the same class but not in same family, the taxonomic term is called as:
a. Order
b. Genus
c. Family
d. Species
Answer
A
Question. The category that includes related order is
a. Families
b. Phylum
c. Class
d. Kingdom
Answer
C
Question. Term phylum was given by:
a. Haeckel
b. H. J. Lam
c. Eichler
d. Linnaeus
Answer
A
Question. Which of the following categories possess least number of related characters?
a. Order
b. Phylum
c. Class
d. Species
Answer
B
Question. Two animals belong to the same kingdom but different classes. They may belong to the same
a. Phylum
b. Order
c. Division
d. Family
Answer
A
Question. Father of Indian Taxonomy:
a. Ajay phadke
b. Henry Santapau
c. Har Govind Khorana
d. Chanukah
Answer
B
Question. The term taxon for plants coined by
a. Curier
b. Adolf Meyer
c. H.J Lam
d. DeCandolle
Answer
B
Question. Largest Herbarium in the world situated in
a. Kew
b. L.A.
c. Johannesburg
d. Brazil
Answer
A
Question. Herbarium sheet size?
a. 29 * 41.5 cm
b. 29 * 40 cm
c. 30 * 20 cm
d. 20 * 20 cm
Answer
A
Question. Pesticide used in the Herbarium is:
a. 2 , 4 – D
b. NAA
c. CS2
d. HgCl2
Answer
A
Question. Employment of hereditary principles in the improvement of human race is:
a. Ethnology
b. Euphenics
c. Eugenics
d. Euthenics
Answer
C
Question. Insects are preserved in insect boxes after:
a. Collecting – Killing – Pinning
b. Killing – Collecting – Pinning
c. Killing – Pinning – Collecting
d. None of these
Answer
A
Question. Royal Botanical Garden consists of how many specimens?
a. 6.5 millions
b. 6 millions
c. 6.5 billions
d. 6.5 trillions
Answer
A
Question. Plant species in botanical gardens are labeled to indicate
a. English and local name
b. Collectors name
c. Botanical name and family
d. Family and place of collection
Answer
C
Question. Father of Botany:
a. Aristotle
b. Theophrastus
c. Lamark
d. Whittaker
Answer
B
Question. National Botanical Research Institute located in:
a. Chennai
b. Lucknow
c. Darjeeling
d. Kolkata
Answer
D
Question. Rearing of bees is:
a. Horticulture
b. Sericulture
c. Silviculture
d. Apiculture
Answer
D
Question. The collection of preserved plants and animals for study and reference is called:
a. Museum
b. Keys
c. Herbarium
d. Flora
Answer
A
Question. In museums, larger animals like birds and mammals are:
a. Collected, killed and pinned
b. Stuffed and preserved
c. Preserved in natural habitat
d. Both (a) and (b)
Answer
B
