The Living World: Biological Classification
1.The term species was coined by______.
A.Aristotle
B.Linnaeus
ANS:C.John Ray
D.Engler
Question 2
"New Systematics" introduced by Sir Julian Huxley in 1940 is also known as
A.Biosystematics
ANS:B.Cladistics
C.Phenetics
D.Numerical Taxonomy
Question 3
Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
ANS:A.Puccinia – Smut
B.Root pressure – Guttation
C.Cassia – Imbricate aestivation
D.Root – Exarch protoxylem
Question 4
Nuclear membrane is absent in
A.Penicillium
ANS:B.Nostoc
C.Volvox
D.Agaricus
Question 5
In the five-kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in
A.Plantae
B.Algae
ANS:C.Protista
D.Monera
Question 6
Single-celled eukaryotes are included in
A.Fungi
ANS:B.Protista
C.Monera
D.Archaea
Question 7
Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group
A.Fungi
B.Plantae
ANS:C.Monera
D.Animalia
Question 8
Which one of the following is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?
A.Diplontic life cycle
ANS:B.Multiplication by fragmentation
C.Mode of Nutrition
D.Members of kingdom Plantae
Question 9
Which statement is wrong for viruses?
A.All are parasites.
B.Antibiotics have no effect on them.
C.They have ability to synthesize nucleic acids and proteins.
ANS:D.All of them have helical symmetry.
Question 10
Which one single organism or the pair of organisms is correctly assigned to its or their named taxonomic group?
A.Paramecium and Plasmodium belong to the same kingdom as that of Penicillium.
B.Nostoc and Anabaena are examples of protista
ANS:C.Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus
D.Lichen is a composite organism formed from the symbiotic association of an algae and a protozoan.
Question 11
Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular named taxonomic category?
A.Cuttlefish - Mollusca, a class
ANS:B.Tiger - Tigris, the species
C.Housefly - Musca, an order
D.Humans - primates, the family
Question 12
Arrange the following in the ascending order of Linnaean hierarchy
A.Kingdom – Phylum – Class – Order – Family – Genus – Species
B.Kingdom – Family – Genus – Species – Class – Phylum – Order
C.Kingdom – Order – Species – Genus – Class – Family – Phylum
ANS:D.Species – Genus – Family – Order – Class – Phylum – Kingdom
Question 13
Which one of the following sets of items in the options (1) - (4) are correctly categorized with one exception in it?
Options Items Category Exception
(1) UAA, UAG, UGA Stop codons UAG
(2) Kangaroo, Koala, Wombat Australian marsupials Wombat
(3) Plasmodium, Cuscuta, Trypanosoma Protozoan parasites Cuscuta
(4) Typhoid, Pneumonia, Diphtheria Bacterial diseases Diphtheria
A.Option (1)
B.Option (2)
ANS:C.Option (3)
D.Option (4)
Question 14
Which of the following combination of characters is true for slime molds?
A.Parasitic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by water
B.Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by water
ANS:C.Parasitic, plasmodium with true walls, spores dispersed by air currents
D.Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by air currents
Question 15
Taxonomic hierarchy refers to
A.A list of botanists or zoologists who have worked on taxonomy of a species or group
B.A group of senior taxonomists who decide the nomenclature of plants and animals
C.Step-wise arrangement of all categories for classification of plants and animals
ANS:D.Classification of a species based on fossil record