Taxonomy

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Write the ten crawling animal names?

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What is a monograph in biology?

Q. Name the branch of biology that deals with the naming of organisms and placing them in groups according to a particular plan.

Q. The correct order of the biological hierarchy from Kingdom to Species is

1. Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Family, Class, Genus, Species.
2. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
3. Kingdom, Class, Order, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species.
4. Kingdom, Class, Family, Order, Phylum, Genus, Species​.

Q.

Bacteria are considered as plant. Give reason.

Q.

What is the first step in taxonomy?

Q.

What is biodiversity?

Q.

How many classes are there in taxonomy?

Q.

How do we classify humans?

Q. Chemotaxonomy is connected with

1. Application of chemicals on herbarium sheets
2. Use of phytochemical data in systematic botany
3. Classification of chemicals found in plants
4. Use of statistical methods in chemical yielding plants

Q. Which of the following divisions belong to cryptogams?

1. Pteridophyta
2. Gymnosperm
3. Bryophyta
4. Thallophyta

Q.

______ makes the study of living organisms systematic and simple.

Q. Taxonomy is important in agriculture because it helps in

1. Identification of weeds
2. Identification of plant pests
3. All of the above
4. Identification of pathogens

Q. Name the basic processes of taxonomy.

Q. The correct order of the biological hierarchy from Kingdom to Species is

1. Kingdom, Class, Family, Order, Phylum, Genus, Species​.
2. Kingdom, Class, Order, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species.
3. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
4. Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Family, Class, Genus, Species.

Q. Question 24
What is biodiversity?

Q. In a taxonomy, the first step is

1. Identification
2. Nomenclature
3. Classification
4. None of the above

Q. Which scientist included fungi for the first time in their classification?

1. Copeland
2. Haeckel
3. Linnaeus
4. Whittaker

Q. Identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms are dealt in

1. Exobiology
2. Embryology
3. Taxonomy
4. Ecology

Q. Branch connected with nomenclature, identification and classification is

1. Physiology
2. Ecology
3. Morphology
4. Taxonomy

Q.

What are the main postulates of binomial system of nomenclature?

Q. Taxonomy based on determination of genetic relationship is

1. Numerical taxonomy
2. Cytotaxonomy
3. Biochemical taxonomy
4. Experimental taxonomy

Q. Taxonomy refers to

1. Classification
2. Plant nomenclature
3. Plant affinity
4. All of the above

Q. ____________ is the branch of biology that deals with the study of identification, classification, description and nomenclature of living organisms.

1. Monograph
2. Phyllotaxy
3. Herbarium
4. Taxonomy

Q. Palaeontological research involves

1. The study of missing links
2. The study of homologous and analogous structures
3. The study of bones
4. The study of fossils

Q. 'Karyotaxonomy' is the modern branch of classification, which is based on

1. Type and arrangement of chromosomes
2. Trinomial nomenclature
3. Organic evolution
4. None of the above

Q.

The plant classification proposed by Bentham and Hooker is a /an

1. Phylogenetic system

2. Numerical system

3. Artificial system

4. Natural system

Q. Who amongst the following is regarded as the 'Father of Taxonomy'?

1. Takhtajan
2. Linnaeus
3. Bentham and Hooker
4. Theophrastus

Q. Who classified organisms based on their habitat?

1. Robert Hooke
2. Aristotle
3. Copeland
4. Linnaeus

Q. What is the basic unit of Linnaeus's system of classification?

1. Species
2. Order
3. Genus
4. Family