MCQ

1. Which of these is the most advanced phylogenetically among the dicotyledonous families?
(a) Scrophulariaceae
(b) Acanthaceae
(c) Umbelliferae
(d) Compositae
Answer: (d)
2. The substitute for the newly collected specimen when the original type material is missing in a herbarium is entitled as
(a) Holotype
(b) Neotype
(c) Lectotype
(d) Isotype
Answer: (b)
3. If all the puddles and ponds are destroyed, the entities likely to be destroyed are
(a) Plasmodium
(b) Ascaris
(c) Leishmania
(d) Trypanosoma
Answer: (a)
4. In the five-kingdom system of classification, into which kingdom would you classify nitrogen-fixing organisms and
archaea?
(a) Fungi
(b) Plantae
(c) Protista
(d) Monera
Answer: (d)
5. This is considered as a demerit of the ‘Engler and Prantl’ in the system of classification
(a) Gymnosperms are placed between monocotyledons and dicotyledons
(b) Dicotyledons are placed after monocotyledons
(c) Dicotyledons are placed before monocotyledons
(d) Gymnosperms are placed among Dicotyledons
Answer: (b)
6. The basis of Phenetic classification is
(a) Observable characteristics of existing entities
(b) The ancestral lineage of existing organisms
(c) Dendrograms based on DNA characteristics
(d) Sexual characteristics
Answer: (a)
7. Difference between the natural system of plant classification and artificial system of classification is
(a) Considers only one vegetative character
(b) Considers all the similarities between plants
(c) Considers only one floral character
(d) All of the above
Answer: (b)
8. This system of classification was used by Linnaeus
(a) Phylogenetic system
(b) Natural system
(c) Artificial system
(d) Asexual system
Answer: (c)
9. Pick the right sequence of taxonomic categories
(a) division-class-family-tribe-order-genus-species
(b) division-class-family-order-tribe-genus-species
(c) division-class-order-family-tribe-genus-species
(d) division-order-class-family-genus-tribe-species
Answer: (c)
10. ‘New Systematics’ term was coined by
(a) Linnaeus
(b) Bentham and Hooker
(c) A.P. de Candolle
(d) Juliane Huxley
Answer: (d)