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M-CAPS-04 : BOTANY
(Medical-Classroom Assessment Practice Sheet)
Topics covered : The Living World : Introduction, What is living?, Characteristics of living beings, Diversity in
the living world, Nomenclature, Need for classification, Classification -taxonomy, systematics, Taxonomic
categories, Biological concept of species, Taxonomical aids- Herbarium, Botanical gardens, museum, zoological
parks, Key, Flora, Manual, Monograph, Catalogue.

1. Select the incorrect statement. 4. How many among the following are defining feature
(1) Reproduction is a characteristic of living of living beings?
organisms Reproduction, Growth, Metabolism, Cellular
(2) Cellular organisation of the body is the defining organisation, Consciousness
feature of life forms (1) 1 (2) 3
(3) Increase in mass and increase in number of (3) 2 (4) 4
cells are twin characteristics of growth
5. Select the incorrect statement.
(4) Consciousness is not defining feature of living
organism. (1) Photoperiod affects reproduction in seasonal
breeders, both plants and animals
2. Read the following statements w.r.t. growth in living
organisms. (2) Properties of cellular organelles are not present
in the molecular constituents of the organelle
(a) In plants, growth by cell division occurs
continuously throughout their life span. (3) Properties of tissue arise as a result of
(b) Growth is a defining property of living interactions among the constituent cells
organisms. (4) Living organisms are self replicating and
(c) Cell division occurs in certain tissues to evolving but not self-regulating interactive
replace lost cells. systems capable of responding to external
(d) Increase in body mass is considered as growth stimuli
(e) In majority of higher animals, plants and in 6. Nomenclature is governed by certain universal
unicellular organisms, growth and reproduction rules. Choose the statement which is contrary to
are mutually exclusive events. the rules
Select the correct option. (1) Biological names are generally in Latin
(1) (a), (b) (c) & (d) (2) (a), (c) (d) & (e) (2) Name of the author appear before specific
(3) (a), (c) & (d) (4) (b) & (c) only epithet
3. Read the following statements : (3) The scientific name is underlined separately
Statement A : No non-living object exhibits when hand written
metabolism. (4) First word in a biological name represents the
Statement B : Isolated metabolic reaction(s) genus while the second component denotes
outside the body of an organism, performed in a the specific epithet
test tube is neither living nor non-living.
7. Acacia nilotica var. indica is scientific name of
(1) Only statement (A) is correct _____.
(2) Only statement (B) is correct
(1) Indian crow (2) Indian babul
(3) Both statements are incorrect
(3) Cabbage (4) Banyan tree
(4) Both statements are correct

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8. Match the following : 13. Who is known as, the 'father of taxonomy'?
Column I Column II (1) Theophrastus (2) William Roxburgh
a. ICNB (i) Bacteriophage (3) Aristotle (4) Carolus Linnaeus
b. ICNCP (ii) Animals 14. The number of species that are known and
c. ICVCN (iii) Vibrio cholerae described range between
d. ICZN (iv) Cultivated plants (1) 1.7 - 1.8 billion (2) 13 - 14 lakh
(1) a(iii), b(iv), c(i), d(ii) (2) a(iii), b(ii), c(iv), d(i) (3) 13 -14 million (4) 17-18 lakh
(3) a(ii), b(iii), c(i), d(iv) (4) a(iii), b(i), c(iv), d(ii) 15. ‘True Regeneration’ is observed in
9. Read the following statements. (1) Round worm (2) Hook worm
Statement-A : Modern taxonomic studies are (3) Planaria (4) Rhizopus
based on external and internal structure of
organisms along with cell structure, development 16. Select the incorrect option
process and ecological information of organisms. (1) Each taxonomic category is referred as unit of
Statement-B : Neo-systematics is based upon classification
morphological characters only (2) The number of similar characteristics goes on
(1) Only statement-A is incorrect decreasing from species to kingdom
(2) Only statement-B is incorrect (3) Specificity increases from species to kingdom
(3) Both statements are incorrect
(4) Species serves as the basic and lowest
(4) Both statements are correct category
10. Read the following statements :
17. How many obligate categories are there to classify
(a) Ontogeny is the life history of organisms. an organism?
(b) Classical taxonomy is based on morphological
(1) 4 (2) 5
characters
(c) Consciousness is most obvious and technically (3) 7 (4) 8
complicated feature of only higher plants 18. Read the statements w.r.t. species.
(d) Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of (a) On the basis of taxonomic studies, species is
organisms. the group of individuals with fundamental
Select the incorrect option. similarities.
(1) (a), (b), & (c) (2) (c) & (d) (b) Each species have distinct morphological
(3) (c) only (4) All except (d) characters than other species.
11. Branch of science which deals with the study of (c) Species are group of organisms capable of
principles and procedures for grouping of organisms interbreeding and producing fertile offsprings.
is
(d) All species with similarities in morphological
(1) Classification (2) Identification
features are kept in the same genus and
(3) Taxonomy (4) Nomenclature assigned to same specific epithet.
12. Systematics is
Select the incorrect statements.
(1) The science based on characterisation,
(1) (b) only (2) (b) and (d) only
identification, classification and nomenclature
of organisms (3) (d) only (4) (a) and (d)
(2) The science which deals with diversity of 19. Which of the following is monotypic genus?
organisms and their comparative and
(1) Homo
evolutionary relationships amongst them
(3) Derived from Greek word "Systema" (2) Solanum

(4) The science which is based on observable (3) Panthera

morphological characters (4) Canis
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20. Family Convolvulaceae and Solanaceae belong to 28. The international size of a herbarium sheet is
the order __________.
1 1
(1) Carnivora (2) Sapindales (1) 41 × 29 cm2 (2) 16 × 11 inches2
2 2
(3) Poales (4) Polymoniales
(3) 29 × 41 cm2 (4) Both (1) & (2)
21. Select the incorrect match.
29. Who proposed “Biological concept of species”?
(1) Lamarck (2) Ernst Mayr
Genus Family Order
(3) Julian Huxley (4) Carolus Linnaeus
(1) Musca Muscidae Diptera
30. Choose correct sequence of taxonomic categories
(2) Solanum Solanaceae Polymoniales
in descending order
(3) Homo Hominidae Chordata
(1) Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus
(4) Triticum Poaceae Poales
(2) Kingdom - Division - Class - Family - Order
22. Solanum is a group of related (3) Division - Class - Family - Order - Genus
(1) Genera (2) Species (4) Kingdom - Phylum - Order - Species - Genus
(3) Families (4) Classes 31. Match the following :
23. Tribe is an intermediate category between Column I Column II
(a) and (b) a. Lloyd Botanical (i) Delhi
(1) (a) Family (b) Sub class Garden
(2) (a) Sub class (b) Order b. National Botanical (ii) England
(3) (a) Sub family (b) Genus Garden
(4) (a) Order (b) Sub family c. National Museum (iii) Darjeeling
24. Which of the following suffix is used for taxonomic of Natural History
category 'family'?
d. Royal Botanical (iv) Howrah
(1) — ae (2) — phyta
Garden
(3) — ales (4) — aceae
e. Indian Botanical (v) Lucknow
25. Read the following statements
Garden
Statement A : Herbarium serves as quick source
of reference in taxonomic studies. (1) a(i), b(v), c(ii), d(iii), e(iv)
Statement B : Herbarium is associated with (2) a(iv), b(v), c(i), d(ii), e(iii)
conservation of plants (3) a(iii), b(v), c(i), d(ii), e(iv)
(1) Only statement (A) is correct (4) a(v), b(iii), c(i), d(ii), e(iv)
(2) Only statement (B) is correct 32. Which of the following statement is incorrect w.r.t.
(3) Both statements are incorrect botanical garden?
(4) Both statements are correct (1) It consists of living plant specimens
26. Choose odd one out w.r.t. class (2) It is in situ conservation strategy of plants
(1) Insecta (2) Dicotyledonae (3) It is sufficiently large sized tract where different
(3) Mammalia (4) Angiospermae plants are grown for educational purposes

27. The herbarium sheet carry a label on the right-hand (4) Each plant in botanical garden is labelled with
side at lower corner. It doesnot carry information on its scientific name and family
(1) Name of the collector 33. Which of the following solution is used as
preservative for keeping plant and animal
(2) Life span of the plant
specimens in a jar?
(3) Family of the specimen (1) Liquid nitrogen (2) Formalin
(4) Date of collection (3) Acetocarmine (4) Safranin
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34. Read the following statements : (d) Key contains set of alternate characters of
Statement-A : Keys are based on a pair of various plants only.
contrasting characters known as lead. (e) Catalogue includes alphabetical arrangement of
Statement-B : Keys are analytical in nature. species of a particular place
(1) Both statements (A) and (B) are correct Select the correct option.
(2) Both statements (A) and (B) are incorrect (1) (a), (b) and (e) (2) (a), (c) and (e)
(3) Only statement-A is correct (3) (a) and (e) only (4) (b), (c) and (d)
(4) Only statement-B is correct 36. Which of the following taxonomic aid provide
35. Read the following statements w.r.t. taxonomic aids. information on the results of on going research?

(a) Monograph contains information of any one taxon. (1) Manual

(b) Flora provide information for identification of (2) Monograph
names of various species found in an area.
(3) Catalogue
(c) Manual gives the actual account of habitat and
(4) Journal
distribution of various animals of a given area.

  

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M-CAPS-04 : BOTANY
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ANSWERS

1. (4) (E) 2. (3) (VD) 3. (4) (E) 4. (2) (E) 5. (4) (D)
6. (2) (M) 7. (2) (M) 8. (1) (M) 9. (2) (M) 10. (3) (D)
11. (3) (E) 12. (2) (M) 13. (4) (E) 14. (4) (E) 15. (3) (E)
16. (3) (D) 17. (3) (E) 18. (3) (VD) 19. (1) (E) 20. (4) (E)
21. (3) (D) 22. (2) (M) 23. (3) (M) 24. (4) (E) 25. (1) (M)
26. (4) (E) 27. (2) (M) 28. (4) (E) 29. (2) (M) 30. (1) (M)
31. (3) (D) 32. (2) (E) 33. (2) (E) 34. (4) (E) 35. (3) (VD)
36. (4) (M)

Question Level Questions Number

Easy (E) – 16 1,3,4,11,13,14,15,17,19,20,24,26,28,32,33,34

Moderate (M) – 12 6,7,8,9,12,22,23,25,27,29,30,36

Difficult (D) – 5 5,10,16,21,31

Very Difficult (VD) – 3 2,18,35

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