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1. Which two points are known as the twin characters is due to

of growth? (a) Order (b) Homoeostasis
A. Increase in mass (c) Metabolism (d) Adaptations
B. Differentiation 10. Which type of organization is found in only living beings?
C. Increase in number of individuals (a) Atomic (b) Molecular
D. Response to stimuli (c) Mixture (d) Subcellular
Options : 11. Biological organization begins at
(a) A and B (b) A and D (a) Cellular level
(c) B and C (d) A and C
(b) Atomic level
2. Cell division occurs _____ in plants and ____ in animals
(c) Organismic level
(a) Continuously, only upto certain age
(d) Submicroscopic molecular level
(b) Only upto certain age, continuously
12. Taxonomy helps agriculturists because it aids in
(c) Continuously, never
(a) Evolution and new species
(d) Once, twice
3. Generally growth and reproduction are (b) Plant protection
(a) Mutually inclusive events (c) Complete study of plant behaviors
(b) Mutually exclusive events (d) All of the above
(c) Either a or b 13. Linnaeus evolved a system of nomenclature called
(d) None (a) Monomial (b) Vernacular
4. Which of the organisms multiply by fragmentation? (c) Binomial (d) Polynomial
(a) Earthworm, amoeba, fungi 14. Which one is species?
(b) Earthworm, fungi, bacteria (a) Carnivora (b) Canis
(c) Fungi, filamentous algae, protonema of mosses (c) Familiaris (d) Canis familiaris
(d) Amoeba, hydra, bacteria 15. Binomial nomenclature seems to be different because
5. Which of the following organisms do not reproduce? a scientific name is derived from
(a) Mules (b) Sterile worker bees (a) English (b) Sanskrit
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None (c) Latin (d) French
6. Metabolic reactions take place 16. Two plants are taxonomically related if
(a) In isolated cell-free systems (a) They store carbohydrates in the same type of molecule
(b) In living systems (b) Both obtain energy from hydrolysis of ATP into
(c) Both (a) and (b) ADP and inorganic phosphate
(d) Either (a) or (b)
(c) Both have similarly lobed palmate leave
7. Organisms that can respond to stimuli are
(d) Both have pinnately veined leaves
(a) Eukaryotes only
17. A group of plants or animals with similar traits of any rank is
(b) Prokaryotes only
(a) Species (b) Genus
(c) both eukaryotes and prokaryotes
(c) Order (d) Taxon
(d) Those with a well-developed nervous system
18. Binomial nomenclature means
8. As we go down from kingdom to species, the
number of common characteristic goes on (a) One name given by two scientists
(a) Decreasing (b) Increasing (b) One specific name consists of generic and specific epithet
(c) Remain same (d) Can’t say (c) Two name, one latinized and other of a person
9. Growth, development and functioning of living body (d) Two names, one scientific, other local
19. Basic unit or smallest taxon of taxonomy/classification is

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(a) Species (b) Kingdom (d) Key is a taxonomical aid for identification of specimens
(c) Family (d) Variety 32. Mayr’s biological concept of species is mainly based on
20. Father of taxonomy is (a) Morphological traits
(a) De Candolle (b) Hooker
(b) Reproductive isolation
(c) Linnaeus (d) Aristotle
(c) Modes of reproduction
21. A scientist connected with the study of variations,
evolution and origin along with classification is (d) Morphology and reproduction
known as 33. Which of the following statements best describes
(a) Classical taxonomist (b) Herbal taxonomist emergent properties?
(c) Modern taxonomist (d) New taxonomist (a) The properties of individual molecules which perform
22. Linnaeus system of classification was based on a specific chemical function
(a) Morphology (b) Ecology (b) The function of group of molecules is more than
(c) Embryology (d) Cytology the abilities of a single molecule in the group
23. First act in taxonomy is
(c) The magical interaction of molecule in water
(a) Description (b) Identification
(d) All of these statements are examples of emergent
(c) Naming (d) Classification
24. Taxonomy based on determination of genetic properties
relationship is 34. A taxonomic key used to identify organisms is labelled
(a) Cytotaxonomy (b) Numerical taxonomy (a) Phylogenetic key (b) Evergreen key
(c) Biochemical taxonomy (d) Experimental taxonomy (c) Dichotomous key (d) None of the above
25. A group of interbreeding organisms is 35. Which of the following has least similar characters?
(a) Genus (b) Family (a) Family (b) Class
(c) Order (d) Species (c) Genus (d) Species
26. A taxon is
36. On which of the following, five kingdoms
(a) A group of related families
classification is based?
(b) A group of related species
(c) A type of living organisms (a) Cell wall (b) Genetic material
(d) A taxonomic group of any ranking (c) Types of organelles (d) Mode of nutrition
27. Branch connected with nomenclature, identification 37. Number of criteria use in classifying organisms in
and classification is five-kingdom classification is
(a) Ecology (b) Taxonomy (a) 5 (b) 4
(c) Morphology (d) Physiology (c) 3 (d) 2
28. The third name in trinomial nomenclature is
38. Which of the following is less general in
(a) Species (b) Subgenus
characters as compared to genus?
(c) Subspecies (d) Ecotype
29. In nomenclature (a) Species (b) Family
(a) Both genus and species are printed in italics (c) Class (d) Division
(b) Genus and species may be of same font 39. What is correct?
(c) Both, in genus and species the first letter is capital (a) apis indica
(d) Genus is written after the species (b) Trypanosoma gambiense
30. In fish, Catla catla the specific name is identical with (c) Ficus Bengalensis
generic name, thus it is an example of (d) magnifera indica
(a) Antonym (b) Tautonym
40. Descending arrangement of categories is called
(c) Synonym (d) Homonym
(a) Classification (b) Taxonomy
31. Which of the following is not a correct statement?
(a) Herbarium house dried, pressed and preserved (c) Hierarchy (d) Key
plant Specimens 41. Which one is odd/ not a category?
(b) Botanical gardens have collection of photographs (a) Species (b) Class
of animals (c) Phylum (d) Glumaceae/Malvaceae
(c) A museum has a collection of photographs of plants 42. In hierarchial classification, class is interpolated between

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(a) Family and genus (b) Phylum and order basis for classification of plants?
(c) Order and Family (d) Kingdom and phylum (a) Carolus Linnaeus (b) Charles Darwin
43. The disadvantage of using common names (c) Robert Hooke (d) Leeuwenhoek
for species is that 55. Classification system may have many uses. Which of
(a) The names may change the following is not a goal of biological classification?
(b) One name does not apply universally (a) To depict convergent evolution
(c) One species may have several common names and (b) To help us forget organisms and their traits
one common name may be applied to two species (c) To help us remember organisms and their traits
(d) All of the above (d) To clearlyidentify organisms being studied
44. Place of keeping and studying dry plants is 56. Hierarchial taxonomic systems are used by
(a) Arboretum (b) Museum biologists because
(c) Vasculum (d) Herbarium (a) Taxonomic groups reflect shared characters, not
45. An important function of botanical garden is evolutionary relationships
(a) Providing beautiful area for recreation (b) Each higher taxonomic group contain all the group
(b) One can observe tropical plants over there below it
(c) They allow ex-situ coservation of germ plasm (c) Taxonomic groups reflect common habitats
(d) They provide natural habitat of wildlife (d) A hierarchy of traits is used to establish
classifications
46. In Oryza sativa, sativa stands for
57. The contrasting characteristics generally in pair
(a) Name of species (b) Specific nomeclatu re
used for identification of animals in taxonomic
(c) Specific epithet (d) Species
key are referred to
47. An organism is in the same class but not in the same
(a) Alternate (b) Lead
family. It may belong to same
(c) Couplet (d) Doublet
(a) Genus (b) Species
58. Which of the following processes do not operate
(c) Variety (d) Order
within the life span of given organism?
48. Largest herbarium in India is in
(a) Birth and nutrition
(a) National botanical garden, Lucknow
(b) Growth and maturation
(b) Lloyd botanical garden, Darjeeling (c) Metabolism and excretion
(c) Forest research institute, Dehradun (d) Decomposition and mineralization
(d) Indian botanical garden, Sibpur 59. The life can be attempted to be referred as a
49. The famous botanical garden of Kew is located in peculiar series of function associated with
(a) India (b) England (a) Transformation and utilization of energy
(c) Germany (d) France (b) Transmission and utilization of genetic information
50. Related genera belong to same (c) Metabolism and response to the environmental
(a) Variety (b) Family variations
(c) Species (d) None of these (d) All of these
51. Which of the following is not applicable to 60. The living organisms of all hierarchial levels share in
biological species concept? common, which one of the following features?
(a) Hybridization (b) Reproductive isolation (a) Nature of protoplasmic constituent
(c) Natural selection (d) Gene pool (b) Method of cell division
52. Which taxonomic aid gives comprehensive account of (c) Degree of body organization
complete compiled information of a genus or a family? (d) Mode of nutrition
(a) Taxonomic key (b) Herbanium 61. Which of the following multiply by process of
(c) Monograph (d) Flora fragmentation?
53. ICBN stands for (a) Planaria (b) Filamentous algae
(a) International code for botanical naming (c) Fungi (d) All of these
(b) International code of botanical nomenclature 62. The birds taxonomically represent
(c) Internal class of biological nomenclature (a) Family (b) Order
(d) International classification of biological nomenclature (c) Class (d) Phylum
54. Who did write ‘species plantarum’ and provide 63. The Indian botanical garden is located in

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(a) Howrah (b) Lucknow
(c) Mumbai (d) Mysore
64. Following taxonomic aid provides information for the
identification of names of species found in an area
(a) Monograph (b) Manual
(c) Memoir (d) Periodical
65. The binomial nomenclature was given by
(a) Lamarack (b) Ernst Mayr
(c) Carolus Linnaeus (d) Cuvier
66. Exclusive character of human being, which
separate human from other organism is?
(a) Consciousness (b) Self-regulation
(c) Self-consciousness (d) Both (b) and (c)
67. Which one has the real existence?
(a) Phylum (b) Class
(c) Genus (d) Species
68. Sensitivity is the
(a) Ability to grow
(b) Ability to reproduce
(c) Ability to detect changes in environment
(d) Ability to respond to sunlight
69. Extrinsic and intrinsic growth are found respectively in
(a) Mountain, boulders (b) Humans, mango tree
(c) House fly, mountains (d) Sand mounds, moss
70. Scientific name of brinjal is given by
(a) ICZN (b) ICNB
(c) ICBN (d) ICNCP
71. Botanical gardens and zoological park have
a collection of
(a) Endemic living species only
(b) Exotic living species only
(c) Endemic and exotic living species
(d) Only local plants and animals

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