CHAPTER-1 : THE LIVING WORLD
Multiple Choice Questions- Select the option which correctly fills the given blanks.
I. __ contains instructions about occurrence,
collection and identification of species that occurs in
a specific area.
II. The booklet that contains list of characters with their
alternates that help in identification of various taxa is
called a __.
III. __ provides information about a particular
taxon such as an order or family.
I II III
(a) Catalogue monograph Flora
(b) Monograph catalogue Key
(c) Manual Key Monograph
(d) Key flora Manual - Which of the following statement is incorrect with respect
to modern taxonomy?
(a) Primitiveness, inter-relationships and advancement of
species are studied under it.
(b) It has a population or biosystematic concept.
(c) All types of variations in the species are systematically
studied under modern taxonomy.
(d) Species are delimited on the basis of morphological
characters and are also considered to be immutable. - The defining properties that differentiate living organisms
from non-living, without an exception, are
(a) cellular organisation, reproduction and movement
(b) cellular organisation, metabolism and consciousness
(c) metabolism, growth and reproduction
(d) reproduction, metabolism and consciousness.- According to taxonomic hierarchy,
(a) Felis and Canis are placed under the same family
(b) potato and brinjal belong to the same genus
(c) classes of plants with few similar characters are
assigned to higher category called order
(d) Panthera leo and Felis domestica are placed in different
families. - In the scientific name Ficus benghalensis L., the appended
abbreviation L., signifies
(a) the name of the scientist who discovered the
organism and provided it with a scientific name.
(b) the scientific name was derived from Latin
(c) the variety of the banyan tree
(d) the revised specific epithet after it was recategorised. - Consider the following statements and select the correct
option stating which ones are true (T) and which ones are
false (F) regarding binomial nomenclature.
I. Scientific names are derived from Latin or latinised as
the language will not change in form or spellings with
time.
II. Vernacular names cannot be used by scientists as
they can be misleading.
III. Julian Huxley defined species as an assemblage of
individuals with similar parentage and having ability
to pass the parental traits to the offspring.
UNIT-I : DIVERSITY OF THE LIVING WORLD
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