10+1 Biology

Sample paper
Question 1.
Identify the incorrect match.
(a) Physiology – Study of functions and processes of life
(b) Pedology – Soil science
(c) Limnology – Study of fresh water
(d) Kinesiology – Fossil study
Answer
Answer: (d) Kinesiology – Fossil study

Question 2.
The Phylogenetic system of classification was put forth by
(a) Theophrastus
(b) George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker
(c) Carolus Linnaeus
(d) Adolf Engler and Karl Prantl

Answer
Answer: (d) Adolf Engler and Karl Prantl

Question 3.
Two taxonomic species are distinguished from each other by
(a) their failure to interbreed
(b) their ability to exchange gene freely
(c) their similarity in morphological characters
(d) discontinuity in a set of correlated characters
Answer
Answer: (a) their failure to interbreed
Explanation:
Two taxonomic species are distinguished from each other by their failure to interbreed.

Question 4.
Musca domestica is common name of
(a) Housefly
(b) Mosquito
(c) Snail
(d) Ant
Answer
Answer: (a) Housefly
Explanation:
Musca domestica is the common name of housefly.

Question 5.
Keystone species are
(a) important for ecosystem
(b) important for plants
(c) endangered species
(d) extinct species
Answer
Answer: (a) important for ecosystem
Explanation:
Keystone species are plants or animals species that play a unique and crucial role in the
way an ecosystem functions.
They are very important for ecosystem to function properly.

Question 6.
The study of fish culture is called
(a) ophiology
(b) herpetology
(c) ichthyology
(d) pisciculture
Answer
Answer: (d) pisciculture

Question 7.
National Botanical Research Institute is located in
(a) Shimla
(b) Dehradun
(c) Howrah
(d) Lucknow
Answer
Answer: (d) Lucknow
Explanation:
National Botanical Research Institute is located in Lucknow.

Question 8.
Biosystematics aims at
(a) Identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of cytological characteristics
(b) The classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters
(c) Delimiting various taxa of organism and establishing their relationships
(d) The classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their
phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies
Answer
Answer: (d) The classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and
establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies

Question 9.
In angiosperm, characters of flowers are used in classification because
(a) Flowers are attractive
(b) Flowers are large
(c) Characters of flowers are conservative
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) Characters of flowers are conservative
Question 10.
Scientific name of plants are given by
(a) International code for Botanical nomenclature
(b) International code for biological plants
(c) Indian code for Botanical nomenclature
(d) International code for zoological nomenclature
Answer
Answer: (a) International code for Botanical nomenclature
Explanation:
The scientific names of plants are given by International code for Botanical nomenclature.

Question 11.
A system which gets a continuous flow of energy is called
(a) micropropagated system
(b) closed system
(c) open system
(d) steady state

Question 12.
Solanum, Panthera, Homo are examples of
(a) Family
(b) Division
(c) Genera
(d) Species epithet

Question 13.
Which of the following is correct?
(a) Musca domestica Order – Diptera Family – Muscidae Phylum – Arthropoda
(b) Mangifera indica Order – Sapindales Family – Anacardiaceae Phylum – Gymnospermae
(c) Triticum aestivum Order – Poles Family – Monocotyledons Phylum – Angiospermae
(d) Panthera leo Order – leo Family – Felidae Phylum – Mammalia

Question 14.
Binomial Nomenclature was given by
(a) Ernst Mayr
(b) Alexander Agassiz
(c) Carolus Linnaeus
(d) Alexander Agassiz and Carlous Linnaeus

Question 15.
Systematics deals with
(a) Nomenclature of new organisms
(b) Evolutionary relationship between organisms
(c) Identification of newly discovered organisms
(d) All of these

Question 16.
Which of the following shows maximum diversity?
(a) Plantas
(b) Animalia
(c) Monerans
(d) Protistans

Question 17.
Which of the following does not come under taxon?
(a) Species
(b) Kingdom
(c) Division
(d) Key

Question 18.
The ozone layer is found in the
(a) hydrosphere
(b) stratosphere
(c) lithosphere
(d) troposphere

Question 19.
Taxonomic studies depends on
(a) Ecological information of organisms.
(b) Structure of cell and development process of organisms.
(c) External and internal structure of organisms.
(d) All of the above.

Question 20.
Wheat belongs to division ______.
(a) Angiospermae
(b) Gymnospermae
(c) Poacae
(d) None of the above

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