IV. First botanical garden was established by Hippocrates.
I II III IV
(a) T T F T
(b) T F F T
(c) T T F F
(d) F T T T
- Which of the following is not a criterion for delimiting a
species in a population?
(a) All members of the species have the ability to interbreed
freely.
(b) All members have a common ancestor.
(c) All the members have complete anatomical similarity.
(d) All the individuals have the same genetic makeup.
- Select the option with a mismatched taxonomic category for
Magnifera indica.
(a) Order - Sapindales (b) Class - Anacardiaceae
(c) Genus - Magnifera (d) Division - Angiospermae
- The set of two contrasting characters in a key which are
used for identification of organisms is called a
(a) lead (b) couplet
(c) diad (d) doublet.
- A scientist discovered a new plant species which according
to him, might not have been classified in the past.
The taxonomic aid he is most likely to use for the identification
of species is
(a) manual (b) museum
(c) herbarium (d) key.
- Which of the following options exclusively contains obligate
categories of taxonomic hierarchy?
(a) Kingdom, class, species, family, variety
(b) Phylum, Division, family, tribe, genus
(c) Order, phylum, subphylum, subspecies, species
(d) Class, division, genus, family, phylum
- Read the following statements and select the incorrect option.
(a) Zoological parks are very useful in spreading knowledge
on the wildlife wealth of the country.
(b) Zoological parks are established where standard care
of animals is not observed.
(c) In the zoological park, animals feel safe from their
natural enemies.
(d) Zoological parks have been involved in the rescue of
many species threatened with extinction.
- Reproduction is not an all inclusive criterion for defining
living things because
(a) asexual reproduction exists in nature
(b) reproduction is not essential for the survival of individual
(c) occasionally sterile hybrids occur in nature
(d) some organisms like Amoeba divide into daughter
cells hence considered immortal.
14. According to the taxonomic hierarchy, the members of
__ will have least number of similarities whereas
__ will have maximum number of similarities in the
characters.
(a) kingdom, species (b) species, kingdom
(c) genus, kingdom (d) family, phylum
15. Select the incorrect statement among the following.
(a) Each statement of the key is called lead.
(b) The primary purpose of museums is to preserve
selected objects.
(c) According to ICBN, the names of families and
subfamilies should be based on name of type species.
(d) Growing important plants of local flora is an important
function of botanical garden.
Match The Columns
- Match Column I with Column II.
Column I Column II
A. Theophrastus (i) Historia Naturalis
B. Carolus Linnaeus (ii) Species Plantarum
C. John Ray (iii) Historia Plantarum
D. Pliny the Elder (iv) Historia Generalis Plantarum
- Match Column I with Column II. (There can be more than
one match for items in Column I).
Column I Column II
A. Binomial (i) National Botanical
nomenclature Research Institute
B. Botanical garden (ii) Scientific name
C. Vernacular nomenclature (iii) Live plant specimens
D. Herbarium (iv) Universal application
(v) Museum of Natural
History, Paris
(vi) Carolus Linnaeus
(vii) Vasculum
(viii)Touch-me-not
Passage Based Questions
18.(A) Complete the given passage with appropriate words or
phrases.
The diversity in the living world has made it essential
to have a universal system of (i) , (ii) and classification
that helps in understanding of the relationships among
organisms. These all form the domains of (iii) which is often
used interchangeably with taxonomy. Through (i) each
organism is given two word name (iv) and (v). Two (vi)
belonging to same (vii) cannot have similar (v) name. The
original scientific names were taken from (viii) or (ix)
languages. The name of the author is kept in (x) script.
