What Is Biological Classification

Q.

who proposed phylogenetic system of classification?

Q. It is not possible to have an ideal evolutionary classification because

1. an organism shows both advanced and primitive characters
2. evolution occurs in many directions
3. fossil ancestry is not fully explored
4. all of the above

Q.

In Engler and Prantl's system of classification

1. monocots precede dicots

2. dicots precede monocots

3. gymnosperms are placed between monocots and dicots

4. None of the above

Q. Who proposed the Artificial System of Classification?

1. Linnaeus
2. Pliny the Elder
3. Leeuwenhoek
4. Aristotle

Q.

mycoplasma is a protist but it is said to be a prokaryotic cell when protists include all unicellular eukaryotic cells. How?

Q.

Which kind of classification is now commonly accepted and used to categorise plants?

1. Artificial Classification

2. Natural Classification

3. Pureline Classification

4. Phylogenetic Classification

Q. Carl Linnaeus coined the term Systematics to include

1. identification, classification and nomenclature
2. relationships among organisms
3. diversity of organisms
4. all of the above

Q.

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

1. artificial system

2. natural system

3. phylogenetic system

4. numerical system