Taxonomy of Angiosperms books
1. Phylogenetic system brings out
(a) reproductive similarities
(b) grouping according to morphological characters
(c) grouping on the basis of increasing complexities
(d) grouping according to evolutionary trends
Ans. d
2. A taxon is a
(a) group of related families
(b) group of related species
(c) type of living organism
(d) taxonomic group of any ranking
Ans. d
3. Which of the following pairs is most closely related?
(a) Dog and tapeworm
(b) Tapeworm and bacteria
(c) Mushroom and tree
(d) Amoeba and bacteria
Ans. d
4. Branches of science that deals with identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms is called
(a) systematics
(b) cytology
(c) genetics
(d) nomenclature
Ans. a
5. Largest herbaria of the Asia is located at
(a) Chennai
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Sibpur
(d) Xiangshan Mountain
Ans. d
6. Numerical taxonomy also referred to as
(a) statistical taxonomy
(b) phenetics
(c) computer aided taxonomy
(d) All of the above
Ans. b
7. A group of plants or animals with similar traits of any rank is
(a) species
(b) genus
(c) order
(d) taxon
Ans. a
8. Basic unit or smaller taxon of taxonomy is
(a) species
(b) genus
(c) family
(d) variety
Ans. a
9. Sequence of taxonomic categories is
(a) Class-Phylum-Tribe-Order-Family-Genus-Species
(b) Division-Class-Family-Tribe-Order-Genus-Species
(c) Division-Class-Order-Family-Tribe-Genus-Species
(d) Phylum-Order-Class-Tribe-Family-Genus-Species
Ans. c
10. In which kingdom would you classify the archaean and nitrogen-fixing organisms, if the five kingdom system of classification is used?
(a) Plantae
(b) Fungi
(c) Protista
(d) Monera
Ans. d
Taxonomy of Angiosperms
11. If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must also be in the same
(a) class
(b) species
(c) family
(d) kingdom
Ans. d
12. According to current code for botanical nomenclature, the names of class must ends with
(a) -opsida
(c) -ales
(b) -idae
(d) -aceae
Ans. a
13. Put these classification terms in sequence, starting with the group with the most variation I. Class II. Genus III. Phylum IV. Species V. Family VI. Order
(a) II, I, VI, V, II, IV
(b) IV, II, V, VI, I, III
(c) III, I, V, VI, II, IV
(d) IV, II, VI, V, I, II
Ans. a
14. As we go-from a species to kingdom, in a taxonomic hierarchy, the number of common characteristics
(a) will increase
(b) will decrease
(c) remain same
(d) may increase or decrease
Ans. a
15. Which of the following suffix used for units of classification in plants indicates a taxonomic category family?
(a) -ales
(b) -onae
(c) -aceae represents
(d) -ae
Ans. c
16. Genus represents
(a) an individual plant or animal
(b) a collection of plants or animals
(c) a group of closely related species of plants or animals
(d) None of the above
Ans. c
17. The taxonomic unit ‘phylum’ is the classification of animals is equivalent to which hierarchial level in classification of plants?
(a) Class
(b) Order
(c) Division
(d) Family
Ans. c
18. Which of the following is a defining characteristic of living organisms?
(a) Growth
(b) Ability to make sound
(c) Reproduction
(d) Response to external stimuli
Ans. c
19. Father of taxonomy is
(a) EJ Butler
(b) Theophrastus
(c) Swanson
(d) C Linnaeus
Ans.
20. Family is placed between
(a) order and genus
(b) genus and family
(c) order and class
(d) species and genus.
Ans. d
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21. Term ‘species’ was proposed by
(a) John Ray
(b) Linnaeus
(c) Aristotle
(d) Darwin
Ans. a
22. A system of classification in which all important characters are considered is
(a) artificial system
(b) natural system
(c) phylogenetic system
(d) None of these
Ans. b
23. Mode of arranging organism into categories is called
(a) identification
(b) nomenclature
(c) Classification
(d) taxonomy
Ans. c
24. Suffix of order ends with
(a) -ieae
(b) -ales
(c) -ae
(d) -ordae
Ans. b
25. Zoological parks are maintained by
(a) National Zoo Authority of India
(b) Central Zoo Authority of India
(c) State Government
(d) None of the above
Ans. b
26. The first ever monograph of a plant taxon was given by
(a) C Linnaeus
(b) Ernst Mayr
(c) Robert Morison
(d) Bentham
Ans. c
27. Basic unit of classification is
(a) genus
(b) class
(c) species
(d) order
Ans. c
28. Julian Huxley developed the concept of
(a) new systematics
(b) classification
(c) old systematics
(d) taxonomic hierarchy
Ans. a
29. The scientific name when printed should be
(a) in capital letters
(b) in small letters
(c) in italics
(d) underlined
Ans. c
30. Headquarter of Botanical Survey of India (BSI) is located at
(a) New Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Lucknow
(d) Dehradun
Ans. b
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31. Modern classification is based on
(a) physiology
(b) fossils
(c) phylogeny
(d) morphology
Ans. c
32. Systema Naturae’ was written by
(a) Wallace
(b) Linnaeus
(c) Charles Darwin
(d) Aristotle
Ans. b
33. At present time, scientists have named approximately species.
(a) 100,000
(b) 500,000
(c) 1,000,000
(d) 1,500,000
Ans. d
34. Cladistics referred to
(a) natural classification
(b) artificial classification
(c) phylogenetic classification
(d) None of these
Ans. c
35. Which of the following botanist associated with phylogenetic classification
(a) Bentham and Hooker
(b) Theophrastus
(c) Linnaeus
(d) Engler and Prantl
Ans. d
36. The Indian National Harbaria is situated is
(a) Botanical garden (NOIDA)
(b) NBRI (Lucknow)
(c) Botanical Survey of India (Howrah)
(d) Zoological Survey of India (Kolkata)
Ans. c
37. Five kingdom classification is given by
(a) Ernst and Haeckel
(b) Bentham and Hooker
(c) RH Whittaker
(d) Margulis
Ans. c
38. In two kingdom system of classification Euglena is included in
(a) Plantae
(b) Protista
(c) Animalia
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Ans. c
39. The scientist who created the group Protista for both unicellular plants and animal cell was
(a) Haeckel
(b) Pasteur
(c) Bentham
(d) Linnaeus
Ans. a
40. Binomial system of nomenclature means that every organism has
(a) two names, one scientific and the other popular
(b) one name given by two scientists
(c) one scientific name consisting of generic and a specific epithet
(d) None of the above
Ans. c
