Diversity

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What is diversity?

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Give three examples of the range of variations that you see in life-forms around you.

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What is family in classification?

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What are the 8 taxa of humans?

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What is megadiversity?

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What are the five characterstics used for hierarchical classification??

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What is the primary characteristic on which the broad division of organisms is made?

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Are humans fungi?

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What is the region of megadiversity?

Q. Aristotle described animal classification based on their habitat.

1. True
2. False

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Name two countries that are centres of megadiversity.

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The region of megadiversity lies:

1. Between North pole and tropic of Cancer

2. At the South pole

3. Between tropic of Cancer and tropic of Capricorn

4. Between South pole and Equator

Q. The branch of biology that deals with the identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms is called .

1. ecology
2. taxonomy
3. morphology

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Name parts of India with maximum diversity.

Q. Will you provide notes of chapter 3 Diversity in living organisms, please.

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which characteristic features are considered for classifying living organisms ?

1. Single celled or multicellular

2. Autotrophic or Heterotrophic mode of nutrition

3. Cell structure and organization, i.e. Prokaryote or Eukaryote

4. All the above

Q. This section contains 1 Matrix Match type question, which has 2 Columns (Column I and Column II). Column I has four entries (A), (B), (C) and (D), Column II has four entries (P), (Q), (R) and (S). Match the entries in Column I with the entries in Column II. Each entry in Column I may match with one or more entries in Column II.
इस खण्ड में 1 मैट्रिक्स मिलान प्रकार का प्रश्न है, जिसमें 2 कॉलम (कॉलम I तथा कॉलम II) हैं। कॉलम I में चार प्रविष्टियाँ (A), (B), (C) तथा (D) हैं, कॉलम II में चार प्रविष्टियाँ (P), (Q), (R) तथा (S) हैं। कॉलम I में दी गयी प्रविष्टियों का मिलान कॉलम II में दी गयी प्रविष्टियों के साथ कीजिए। कॉलम I में दी गयी प्रत्येक प्रविष्टि का मिलान कॉलम-II में दी गयी एक या अधिक प्रविष्टियों के साथ हो सकता है।

Match the Columns and choose the appropriate answer

कॉलमों का मिलान करें और सही उत्तर चुनें।

	Column I (Agricultural practices/Tools) कॉलम I (कृषि पद्धतियाँ/औज़ार)		Column II (Features of these tools) कॉलम II (इन औज़ारों की विशेषता)
(A)	Seed drill सीड ड्रिल	(P)	It is the best technique for watering fruit plants यह फलदार पौधों को पानी देने का सर्वोत्तम तरीका है
(B)	Drip system ड्रिप तंत्र	(Q)	It is driven by animal इसे जंतुओं के माध्यम से चलाया जाता है
(C)	Plough हल	(R)	It is used as harvester and thresher इसका उपयोग हार्वेस्टर तथा थ्रेशर के रूप में किया जाता है
(D)	Combine कॉम्बाइन	(S)	It is used for removing the weeds इसका उपयोग खरपतवार को निकालने के लिए किया जाता है

1. A-PQ, B-S, C-QS, D-R
2. A-QS, B-P, C-PS, D-P
3. A-S, B-P, C-QS, D-R
4. A-PS, B-Q, C-QS, D-R

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We should conserve biodiversity to

1. Maintain social and economic growth.

2. Maintain ecological stability.

3. Both (A) and (B).

4. None of the above.

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which do you think is amore basic characteristic for classifiying organisms?

a) the place where they live.

b) the kind of cellls they are made of .

give a reason for your answer

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Name two countries that are centres of megadiversity.

Q. Richness in the variety of life forms is known as

1. Abundance
2. Homogeneity
3. Ecosystem
4. Biodiversity

Q. All prokaryotic organisms are unicellular.

1. False
2. True

Q. Which of the following was included in the classification system given by 'Copeland'?

1. Prokaryotes
2. Lichen and eukaryotes
3. Lichen
4. Viroids

Q. Vascular cryptogams are_____.

1. Angiosperms
2. Gymnosperms
3. Pteridophytes
4. Bryophytes

Q. Why do we classify orgnaisms?

I. To understand the relationship between organisms and their interdependence.
II. To conserve the threatened populations of organisms.
III. To understand the evolutionary relation among organisms.
IV. To handle huge populations of organisms.

1. II and IV
2. I, III and IV
3. I, II and III
4. I and II

Q. ______ are the amphibians of plant kingdom.

1. Thallophytes
2. Gymnosperms
3. Bryophytes
4. Angiosperms

Q. Gymnosperms are characterised by____.

1. naked seeds
2. thallus body
3. true fruits
4. flowers