Question 1 : Systematics is defined as
A) Identification
B) Nomenclature
C) Relationships and classification
D) All the above
Answer : D
Question 2 : Taxonomy is connected with which of the following options
A) Collection of plants and animals
B) Classification of organisms
C) Identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms
D) All the above
Answer : C
Question 3 : Classification mainly deals with
A) Identification of organisms
B) Arranging organisms into groups
C) Arranging organisms in herbaria and museums
D) Naming, identification and grouping of organisms
Answer : B
Question 4 : The term Taxonomy was coined by
A) De Candolle
B) Theophrastus
C) Pliny
D) Linnaeus
Answer : A
Question 5 : The Book which has left the maximum influence on the thinking of Taxonomists is
A) Species Plantarum
B) Origin of Species
C) Systema Naturae
D) Historia Plantarum
Answer : B
Question 6 : What is the difference between New systematics and Classical systematics
A) Experimental Taxonomy
B) Biochemical and Cytotaxonomy
C) All biological parameters
D) Numerical Taxonomy
Answer : C
Question 7 : To which component Karyotaxonomy belong
A) Cytotaxonomy
B) Experimental Taxonomy
C) Biochemical Taxonomy
D) Numerical Taxonomy
Answer : A
Question 8 : Taxonomy is important in agriculture because it helps in
A) Identification of plant pests
B) Identification of weeds
C) Identification of pathogens
D) All the above
Answer : D
Question 9 : The term Taxon was given by
A) Meyer
B) Lamarck
C) Linneus
D) De Candolle
Answer : A
Question 10 : For classification of Angiosperms Floral characters are preferred over Vegetative characters because of the which reason
A) Reproductive axis shows a large degree of prominent variations
B) Floral characters show less variations than vegetative traits
C) Shape of flower is diagnostic feature in many families
D) It is more handy to study floral features than vegetative characters
Answer : B
Question 11 : Who is the Father of Botany
A) Hippocrates
B) Aristotle
C) Plato
D) Theophrastus
Answer : D
Question 12 : Classical Systematics believes in which of the following
A) Cytological studies
B) Fixity of species
C) Dynamic nature of species
D) Genetic studies
Answer : B
Question 13 : Study of only one or a few organisms for collecting knowledge about Species or their
A) Nominalistic concept
B) Classical systematics
C) Typological concept
D) New systematics
Answer : C
Question 14 : By which property Phylogenetic system differs from natural system by
A) Anatomical details
B) Physiological traits
C) Morphological details
D) Origin and evolutionary trends
Answer : D
Question 15 : A genus with a single species is
A) Monotypic
B) Typical
C) Atypical
D) Polytypic
Answer : A
Question 16 : How many obligate categories are there
A) 9
B) 7
C) 5
D) 3
Answer : B
Question 17 : Hierarchy of categories was introduced by
A) Linnaeus
B) De Candolle
C) Bauhin
D) John Ray
Answer : A
Question 18 : Maize belongs to
A) Category
B) Taxonomic category
C) Taxon
D) Species
Answer : C
Question 19 : Identify one among them which is not a category
A) Ecotype
B) Species
C) Genus
D) Order
Answer : A
Question 20 : Binomial Nomenclature is
A) Not applicable to cyanobacteria
B) Not accepted by a number of countries
C) Universal with one specific name to each organism
D) Universal with two specific names to each organism
Answer : C
Question 21 : Two organisms with different correlated Morphological characters belong to
A) One biological species
B) One taxonomic species
C) Two biological species
D) Two taxonomic species
Answer : D
Question 22 : ICBN means
A) Correct nomenclature of animals
B) Correct nomenclature of plants
C) Correct nomenclature of biochemicals
D) All the above
Answer : B
Question 23 : ICZN was adopted in which year
A) 1960
B) 1970
C) 1964
D) 1974
Answer : C
Question 24 : Which of the following is a feature of Artificial system of classification
A) A large number of characters are taken into consideration
B) Correlated characters are relied upon
C) Physiological characters are relied upon
D) One or a few morphological characters are considered
Answer : D
Question 25 : The term Species means
A) Group of individuals occurring in a geographical area
B) Population of one type
C) Population or populations of individuals with similar genotypic and phenotypic traits
D) Population or populations of interbreeding individuals
Answer : D
Question 26 : Organisms are classified because of which reason
A) Know their distribution
B) Establish relationships
C) Know their major traits
D) Study evolution
Answer : B
Question 27 : Holotype is a specimen
A) Nomenclature type used by author
B) Nomenclature type when the original is missing
C) Nomenclature type when the lectotype is missing
D) Synonym of paratype
Answer : A
Question 28 : Lectotype is belongs to which type
A) Duplicate of holotype
B) Specimen described along with holotype
C) Specimen cited by author without making one holotype
D) Specimen selected from original material for nomenclature type when there is no holotype
Answer : D
Question 29 : Isotype is a specimen
A) Duplicate of holotype
B) Described alongwith holotype
C) Nomenclature type when the original is missing
D) Cited by author when there is no holotype
Answer : A
Question 30 : Neotype is
A) Nomenclature type from original material
B) Nomenclature type when the original material is missing
C) One of the two or more specimens cited by author
D) New species discovered by a scientist
Answer : B
Question 31 : Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien was written by which scientist
A) Linnaeus
B) Hutchinson
C) Engler and Prantl
D) De Candolle
Answer : C
Question 32 : Who has written Genera Plantarum
A) Hutchinson
B) Bessey
C) Engler and Prantl
D) Bentham and Hooker
Answer : D
Question 33 : Several genera resembling one another in their major anatomical and reproductive characters are placed together in
A) Species
B) Genus
C) Family
D) Order
Answer : C
Question 34 : Name the taxonomist who wrote Species Plantarum and Systema Naturae
A) Bentham and Hooker
B) John Ray
C) Linnaeus
D) De Candolle
Answer : C
Question 35 : Who discovered the concept of phylogeny?
A) Linnaeus
B) Lamarck
C) Hippocrates
D) Ernst Haeckel
Answer : D
Question 36 : Who firstly gave dynamic concept of species?
A) Julian Huxley
B) Linnaeus
C) Lamarck
D) John Ray
Answer : C
Question 37 : Who is the Father of Taxonomy?
A) Linnaeus
B) Lamarck
C) Parasara
D) Darwin
Answer : A
Question 38 : Typological concept of species was introduced by
A) Mendel
B) Aristotle and Plato
C) John Ray
D) Hutchinson
Answer : B
Question 39 : ICVN means
A) International Code of Veterinary Nomenclature
B) International Code of Viral Nomenclature
C) International Code of Vertebrata Nomenclature
D) International Code of Vermes Nomenclature
Answer : B
Question 40 : Classification reflecting the evolutionary inter relationships of Organisms is called
A) Phylogenetic classification
B) Artificial classification
C) Natural classification
D) Numerical classification
Answer : A
Question 41 : Cytotaxonomy is a kind of
A) Classical systematics
B) New systematics
C) Morpho-systematics
D) All the above
Answer : B
Question 42 : Biochemical Taxonomy is based on which property
A) Study of chromosomes
B) Study of statistics
C) Study of proteins and serum
D) Experimental determination of genetic relationships
Answer : C
Question 43 : Classification based on Chromosome study or organisms is
A) Biochemical taxonomy
B) Karyotaxonomy
C) Numerical taxonomy
D) Experimental taxonomy
Answer : B
Question 44 : Common names are _______in nature
A) Nonscientific
B) Scientific
C) Morphological
D) Universal
Answer : A
Question 45 : Generic name should be written in which form
A) First letter capital and double word
B) First letter small and double word
C) First letter capital and single word
D) First letter small and single word
Answer : C
