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01. Who amongst the following is regarded as the “Father of
Taxonomy”?
a) Takhtajan
b) Linnaeus
c) Bentham and Hooker
d) Theophrastus
02. A group of plants with similar traits of any rank is
a) Species
b) Genus
c) Order
d) Taxon
03. In Botanical nomenclature of plants
a) Genus is written after the species
b) Both in genus and species the first letter is a capital letter
c) Genus and species may be same name
d) Both genus and species are printed in italics
04. The smallest taxon is called
a) Class
b) Order
c) Genus
d) Species
05. Who proposed the Binomial Nomenclature System?
a) Whittaker
b) Mendel
c) Carolus Linnaeus
d) Tippo
06. Mangifera is the scientific name of
a) Mosquito
b) Mango
c) Monkey
d) Man
07. In plants, Latin names are suggested because
a) Latin is a simple and evolving language
b) In whole world there would be only one name for one plant
c) It is easy to write
d) Most of the names in other languages are not correct
08. Specific epithet is
a) First word in the scientific name of a species
b) Second word in the scientific name of a species
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of these
09. Identify from the following, the only taxonomic category that has
a real existence.
a) Genus
b) Species
c) Phylum
d) Kingdom
10. Five kingdom classification was proposed by
a) Birbal Sahni
b) Whittaker
c) Aristotle
d) Oswald Tippo
11. Systema Naturae is concerned with
a) Solar system
b) Ecosystem
c) Classification of plants and animals
d) Natural selection
12. Read the statements given below and identify the incorrect
statement.
a) Scientific names are used all over the world
b) Scientific names are often descriptive and tell us some important
character of an organisms
c) Scientific names indicate relationship between species
d) Scientific names favor multiple naming for the same kind of an
organism
13. In which book has binomial nomenclature been used for the first
time?
a) Histoire naturelle
b) Systema naturae
c) Historia plantarum
d) Historia animelia
14. Angiospermae is a
a) kingdom
b) phylum
c) division
d) class
15. In zoological name of an organism the first word will be
a) Generic name
b) Specific name
c) Name of the order
d) Family name
16. ‘Taxa’ differs from ‘taxon’ due to
a) This being a higher taxonomic category than taxon
b) This being lower taxonomic category than taxon
c) This being the plural of taxon
d) This being the singular of taxon
17. Species is
a) Specific unit of evolution
b) Specific unit in the evolutionary history of a race
c) Specific class of evolution
d) Not related to evolution
18. In the scientific name of Mangifera indica L.
a) Letter L. signifies latin language
b) The name is reverse with Indica preceeding mangifera
c) Letter L. signifies taxonomist Linnaeus
d) Letter L. is superfluous
19. Science that deals with the study of external form, size, colour,
structure & relative position of various part of an organism is known as
a) Ecology
b) Taxonomy
c) Anatomy
d) Morphology
20. Which of the following represent orders?
a) Diptera, Anacardiaceae, Sapindales
b) Diptera, Primata, Sapindales
c) Hominidae, Anacardiaceae, Primata
d) Diptera, Hominidae, Anacardiaceae
21. Which evolutionary biologist is known as ‘The Darwin of the 20th
century’?
a) Ernst Mayr
b) Julian Huxley
c) Lamarck
d) Francis Darwin
22. Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of
living things?
a) Perception of events happing in the environment and conciousness
b) Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as
well as internally
c) Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro
d) Increase in mass from outside only
23. Based on characteristics, all living organisms can be classified into
different taxa. This process of classification is called
a) taxonomy
b) anatomy
c) phylogeny
d) cladistics
24. Metabolism comprises
a) Digestion of food
b) Elimination of wastes
c) Exchange of gases
d) Various energy exchanges in cell
25. Biological organization starts with
a) Submicroscopic molecular level
b) Tissue level
c) Organismic level
d) Atomic level
26. Ernst Mayr was a
a) American naturalist
b) German biologist
c) South African President
d) Indian Politician
27. Solanum includes species like
a) leo and indica
b) nigrum and melongena
c) indica and melongena
d) sapiens and nigrum
28. Match the following.
A. Family (i) Diptera
B. Order (ii) Arthropoda
C. Class (iii) Muscidae
D. Phylum (iv) Insecta
a) A-(iii), B-(i), C-(iv), D-(ii)
b) A-(iii), B-(ii), C-(iv), D-(i)
c) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(ii), D-(i)
d) A-(iv), B-(ii), C-(i), D-(iii)
29. The common characteristics between tomato and potato will be
maximum at the level of their
a) family
b) order
c) division
d) genus
30. Which of the following is true?
a) Family is a group of closely related orders.
b) Botany is the study of soil.
c) Only species have real existance.
d) Ernst Mayr proposed the binomial system of nomenclature.
31. Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly
named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of
Nomenclature and correctly described?
a) Musca domestica - the common house lizard, a reptile
b) Plasmodium falciparum - a protozoan pathogen causing the most
serious type of malaria.
c) Felis tigris - the Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests
d) E. coli - full name Entamoeba coli, a commonly occurring bacteria
in human intestine
32. Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its
particular taxonomic category?
a) Tiger - tigris, species
b) Cuttlefish - mollusca, class
c) Humans - primata, family
d) Housefly - Musca, order
33. Species are considered as
a) real basic units of classification
b) the lowest units of classification
c) artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in
absolute terms
d) real units of classification devised by taxonomists
34. Which of the following is less general in characters as compared
to genus?
a) Species
b) Division
c) Class
d) Family
35. Taxon is the unit of a group of
a) order
b) taxonomy
c) species
d) genes
36. A taxon is
a) a group of related families
b) a group of related species
c) a type of living organisms
d) a taxonomic group of any ranking
37. Who pioneered the currently accepted definition of a biological
species?
a) Huxley
b) Haeckel
c) Mayr
d) Darwin
38. Match the following.
A. Herbarium (i) Place having a collection of preserved organisms
B. Key (ii) A list that enumerates methodically all the species
found in an area with brief description
C. Museum (iii) Place where dried and mounted on sheets are kept
D. Catalogue (iv) A booklet containing a list of characters & their
alternates which are helpful in identification
a) A-(i), B-(iv), C-(iii), D-(ii)
b) A-(iii), B-(ii), C-(i), D-(iv)
c) A-(ii), B-(iv), C-(iii), D-(i)
d) A-(iii), B-(iv), C-(i), D-(ii)
39. The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on
a) date of collection
b) height of the plant
c) local names
d) name of collector
40. Three different genera Solanum, Petunia and Datura are placed
in the family
a) Solanaceae
b) Anacardiaceae
c) Canidae
d) Felidae
41. Which one of the following is not a correct statement?
a) A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals.
b) Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.
c) Herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.
d) Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference.
42. One of the most important functions of botanical gardens is that
a) they provide a beautiful area for recreation
b) one can observe tropical plants there
c) they allow ex situ conservation of germplasm
d) they provide the natural habitat for wild life
43. Genus Panthera, comprises
a) lion, tiger, leopard
b) cat, dog, monkey
c) monkey, chimpanzee, human
d) rat, mouse, pig
44. The suffix -phyta indicates
a) Family
b) Genus
c) Class
d) Division
45. Which order includes families like Felidae and Canidae?
a) Poales
b) Primata
c) Polymoniales
d) Carnivora
46. The famous botanical gardens at Kew is in
a) England
b) America
c) Lucknow
d) India
47. Organisms which display properties of both living and nonliving are
a) Viruses
b) Diatoms
c) Lichens
d) Bacteria
48. The basis of life is
a) Lipid
b) Protein
c) Nucleic acid
d) Nucleoprotein
49. Maintenance of internal favorable conditions, despite changes in
external environment is
a) Entropy
b) Steady state
c) Enthalpy
d) Homeostasis
50. Systema Naturae was written by
a) Lamarck
b) Cuvier
c) Aristotle
d) Linnaeus
51. Binomial nomenclature is
a) Two words in name of a species
b) Two names local and specific
c) Two names of a species
d) Two phases, asexual and sexual, in the life cycle of a species
52. Species are considered as
a) A units of classification devised by taxonomists
b) Real basic units of classification
c) The highest units of classification
d) Artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in
absolute terms
53.Which order comprises monkey, gorilla and gibbon?
a) Chordata
b) Poales
c) Primata
d) Diptera
54. The term ‘systematic’ refers to
a) Identification and classification of plants and animals
b) Nomenclature and identification of plants and animals
c) Diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship
d) Different kinds of organisms and their classification
55. Identify the incorrect statement.
a) Species is the basic unit of taxonomy.
b) Phylogeny is the development history of a species.
c) Keys are generally analytical in nature.
d) None of these
56. An attribute found in plants but not in animals is
a) Metabolism
b) Sexual reproduction
c) Autotrophy
d) Asexual reproduction
57. The most obvious and complicated character in living organisms is
a) Sleep-wake cycle
b) Growth
c) Reproduction
d) Conciousness
58. The scientific term for biological classification categories is
a) Group
b) Taxon
c) Genes
d) Species
59. The Indian Botanical Garden is located at
a) Pune
b) Howrah
c) Darjeeling
d) Shimla
60. As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic hierarchy, the
number of common characteristics
a) Will decrease
b) Will increase
c) Remain same
d) May increase or decrease
61. What is represented in the given figure?
a) Zoological park
b) Museum
c) Botanical garden
d) Herbarium
62. Which of the following suffixes used for units of classification in
plants indicates a taxonomic category of order?
a) -ales
b) -onae
c) -aceae
d) -ae
63. Which of the following species belongs order Diptera?
a) Housefly
b) Triticum
c) Dog
d) Pigeon
64. Which of the following species belongs to family Hominidae?
a) turtle
b) pigeon
c) ant
d) man
65. Homo in Homo sapiens starts with a capital letter because
a) it represents genus
b) it is the first letter of the sentence
c) it has Latin origin
d) of the rules of IUPAC nomenclature
66. Class insecta belong to phylum
a) Chordata
b) Arthropoda
c) Hemichordata
d) Angiospermae
67. Which of the following belongs to family Poaceae?
a) wheat
b) man
c) housefly
d) mango
68. Anacardiaceae is a
a) genus
b) division
c) family
d) order
69. Which of the following suffixes used for units of classification in
plants indicates a taxonomic category of class?
a) -ales
b) -onae
c) -aceae
d) -ae
70. Order represents
a) An individual plant or animal
b) Group of closely related families of plants or animals
c) Group of closely related species of plants or animals
d) None of these
71. Triticum belongs to class
a) Poales
b) Monocotyledonae
c) Dicotyledonae
d) Angiospermae
72. Linnaeus evolved a system of nomenclature called
a) mononomial
b) vernacular
c) binomial
d) polynomial
73. Musca domestica is the scientific name of
a) Horse
b) Monkey
c) Housefly
d) Humans
74. Homo sapiens belong to order
a) Primata
b) Diptera
c) Poales
d) Sapindales
75. Herbarium is
a) a store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed
and preserved on sheets.
b) collection of living plants for reference.
c) collection of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and
reference.
d) a place where wild animals are kept in protected environments
under human care.
76. Taxonomical aids
a) are the collections of samples or preserved organisms which help in
identification of various taxonomic hierarchy.
b) is a viral disease
c) is used in animal husbandry
d) is used in plant breeding
77. The National Botanical Research Institute is in
a) Pune
b) Howrah
c) Darjeeling
d) Lucknow
78. The smallest living cells with cell wall are
a) Viroids
b) Algae
c) Bacteria
d) Mycoplasma
79. Which of the following is against the rules of ICBN?
a) Hand written scientific names should be underlined.
b) Every species should have a generic name and a specific epithet.
c) Scientific names are in Latin and should be italicized.
d) Generic and specific names should be written starting with small
letters.
80. Kingdom represents
a) Group of closely related genuses of plants or animals
b) Group of closely related families of plants or animals
c) Group of closely related orders of plants or animals
d) None of these
81. Choose the incorrect statement.
a) Flora contains the actual account of habitat and distribution of
plants of a given area.
b) Zoological parks have preserved animals.
c) Manuals are useful in providing information for identification of
names of species found in an area.
d) Monographs contain information on any one taxon.
82. Botanical Gardens are
a) gardens having collections of living plants for reference.
b) gardens having information on any one taxon.
c) herbarium.
d) parks having collections of living animals for reference.
83. Choose the incorrect statement.
a) Separate taxonomic keys are required for each taxonomic category
such as family, genus and species for identification purposes.
b) Keys are generally analytical in nature.
c) The keys are based on the contrasting characters generally in a pair
called alleles.
d) It is a taxonomical aid used for identification of plants and animals
based on the similarities and dissimilarities.
84. Key is a taxonomical aid used for
a) identification of plants and animals based on the similarities and
dissimilarities.
b) providing information for identification of names of species found in
an area.
c) providing information on any one taxon.
d) none of these
85. Class is a
a) group of closely related genuses of plants or animals
b) group of closely related families of plants or animals
c) group of closely related orders of plants or animals
d) none of these
86. Nomenclature is governed certain universal rules. Which one of
the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?
a) The names are written in Latin and are italicised.
b) When written by hand the names are to beunderlined.
c) Biological names can be written in any language.
d) The first word in a biological name represents the genus name and
the second is a specific epithet.
87. Museums
a) have collections of skeletons of animals.
b) are the places where wild animals are kept in protected
environments under human care.
c) aid used for identification of plants and animals based on the
similarities and dissimilarities.
d) provide information for identification of names of species found in
an area.
88. indica in Mangifera indica indicates
a) family
b) specific epithet
c) genus
d) citation
89. Linnaeus is credited with
a) binomial nomenclature
b) theory of biogenesis
c) discovery of microscope
d) discovery of blood circulation
90. aestivum is a species of
a) Monkey
b) Wheat
c) Spider
d) Musca
 ANSWERS

01. B 11. C 21. A 31. B 41. A 51. A 61. D 71. B 81. B

02. D 12. D 22. A 32. A 42. C 52. B 62. A 72. C 82. A
03. D 13. B 23. A 33. A 43. A 53. C 63. A 73. C 83. C
04. D 14. C 24. D 34. A 44. D 54. C 64. D 74. A 84. A
05. C 15. A 25. A 35. B 45. D 55. D 65. A 75. A 85. C
06. B 16. C 26. B 36. D 46. A 56. C 66. B 76. A 86. C
07. B 17. A 27. B 37. C 47. A 57. D 67. A 77. D 87. A
08. B 18. C 28. A 38. D 48. C 58. B 68. C 78. C 88. B
09. B 19. D 29. A 39. B 49. D 59. B 69. B 79. D 89. A
10. B 20. B 30. C 40. A 50. D 60. A 70. B 80. D 90. B