Taxonomy and Its Significance

Q. Human belongs to which order in taxonomic hierarchy?

1. Mammalia
2. Chordata
3. Primates
4. Homo

Q.

Why do scientists classify organisms?

1. To get the census of all organisms on the Earth.

2. To make the study of organisms easier.

3. To identify and eliminate the dangerous organisms.

4. To create new organisms.

Q. A system of classification based on all important characters, morphological and otherwise, is termed _____.

1. Artificial system

2. Natural system

3. Genetic system

4. Both A and B

Q. Dividing organisms into groups or classes on the basis of similarities and dissimilarities is

1. taxonomy
2. classification
3. systematics
4. nomenclature

Q. ___ deals with the identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms.

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

Q.

The branch of biology that deals with identification and classification of organisms is

1. Ecology

2. Mycology

3. Taxonomy

4. Anatomy

Q. Which of the following are the advantages of classification?

1. It helps in easy identification of bio-life.
2. It shows relationships among different groups of organisms.
3. It shows evolution of organisms from simple to complex forms of life.
4. It explains the breeding of an organism.

Q. Assertion :

The science of identification, nomenclature and classifiying organisms is called taxonomy.

Reason: Systematics and taxonomy have same meaning.

1. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
2. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
3. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
4. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

Q.

How do taxonomists classify species?

Q. The study of interaction between living organisms and environment is called as

1. Ecosystem
2. Phytology
3. Phytogeography
4. Ecology

Q. The science of identifying, classifying, naming, and describing organisms is known as _______.

1. nomenclature
2. grouping
3. hierarchy
4. taxonomy

Q. The main objective of taxonomy is to

1. Discriminate among different forms of organisms.
2. Study the various habitats of animals and to assess their geographical distribution.
3. Provide a useful, convenient universal system with which all the information including evolutionary, anatomical and adaption about a given organism or a group of organisms may be retrieved.
4. All of the above.

Q. Taxonomy is the science that deals with

1. Morphology
2. Anatomy
3. Classification
4. History

Q. Name the famous plant ecologist is

1. Jagdish Chandra Bose
2. Birbal Sahani
3. Ramdeva Misra
4. Charles Darwin

Q. Natural System of classification which is based on

1. artificial characters
2. superficial characters
3. morphological characters
4. inherited characters

Q. Linnaeus proposed an outline of plant classification in

1. Genera Plantarum
2. Species Plantarurn
3. Systema Naturae
4. Philosophia Botanica

Q. A school of systematics, that determines the degree of relatedness by analysing primitive and derived characters and constructing cladograms is

1. Phylogeny
2. Cladistics
3. Cladogram
4. None of the above

Q. Give the technical terms used for the following:
Science of classification of organisms.