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Poll B-1
BOTANY
Syllabus: The Living World
1. Select the incorrect statement regarding growth 6. Select the incorrect statement about rules
(1) A multicellular organism grows by cell division scientific naming.
(2) Non-living objects also grow if we take (1) It ensures that each organism has only one
increase in body mass as criterion of growth name
(3) It is considered as defining feature as all
(2) Closely related species can have the same
organisms grow
scientific name
(4) In animals, the growth is seen upto a certain
age (3) It also ensures that such a name has not been
used for any other known species
2. State True (T) or False (F) for the following
statements and choose the correct option. (4) They are based on agreed principles and
A : All plants, animals, fungi and microbes exhibit criteria
metabolism. 7. Mark the wrong statement for binomial
B : Metabolic reaction can be demonstrated nomenclature
outside the body in a cell free system
(1) Biological names are printed in italics.
A B
(2) Biological names cannot be derived from Latin
(1) T F
but are Latinised.
(2) F T
(3) Name of the author appears after the specific
(3) T T
epithet.
(4) F F
(3) Specific epithet starts with a small letter.
3. Read the following statements and select the
correct option 8. The word systematics is derived from the
Statement A: Living organism can respond to _________ word ‘systema’
environmental stimuli which could (1) French (2) Greek
be physical, chemical or
biological. (3) Latin (4) English
Statement B: Plants can respond to pollutants 9. Each unit of classification is called
also
(1) Rank
(1) Only statement A is correct
(2) Only statement B is correct (2) Species
(3) Both statements A & B are correct (3) Category
(4) Both statements A & B are incorrect (4) Both (1) & (3)
4. All human beings have self – consciousness, 10. All the names, indica, tuberosum and leo
except
(1) Represent different taxa t difference level
(1) Those who are infertile
(2) Represent different specific epithets
(2) Those who have heart illness but not brain (3) Represent different species but same genus
(3) Those who are coma patient (4) Share the same family but different genera
(4) Those who are infected by viral diseases 11. nigrum & melongena
5. All living organisms are not capable of (1) Belong to two different genera
(1) Evolving themselves (2) Have morphological similarities
(2) Self-replicating (3) Represent different categories in taxonomic
(3) Reproducing themselves hierarchy
(4) Self-regulating (4) Represent the same category called family

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12. Select the odd one w.r.t. categories of cat (4) Presence of mammary glands
(1) Felis (2) Canis 17. As we go higher from species to kingdom, the
(3) Felidae (4) Mammalia number of common characteristics goes on
13. Read the following statements and select correct (1) Increasing
option (2) Decreasing
A. Lion, Tiger and leopard belong to the family of (3) First increasing then decreasing
cats (4) First decreasing then increasing
B. Dog & cat share some similarities 18. Select the incorrect one about botanical gardens
(1) Only statement A is correct (1) Have collections of preserved plants for
(2) Only statement B is correct reference
(3) Both statements A & B are correct (2) Plant here are grown for identification
(4) Both statements A & B incorrect purposes
14. Plant families like convolvulaceae, solanaceae (3) Here each plant is labelled indicating its
are included in the order polymoniales mainly scientific name
(1) Based on vegetative characters (4) Indian botanical garden is one of the famous
(2) Based on the floral characters botanical gardens in Howarh
(3) Based on the number of cotyledons in seed 19. Select the incorrect match
(4) Based on type of venation in leaves (1) Museum – Preserved dry
15. Choose the correct option for A & B specimens
Biological name A Phylum/Division (2) Zoological parks – Makes us learn
Musca domestica Muscidae Arthopoda about food habits
Triticum Poaceae B of wild animals
aestivum (3) Key – Based on similarities
A B & dissimilarities
(1) Genus Monocotyledonae
(2) Family Angiospermae (4) Flora – Contains information
(3) Family Dicotyledonae on any one taxon
(4) Genus Angiospermae
20. Herbarium is a store house of collected plant
16. Animals like fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds specimens that are all, except
along with mammals are put in the same phylum (1) Dried
an the basis of all, except
(2) Pressed
(1) Dorsal hollow neural system
(3) Preserved
(2) Presence of notchord
(4) Conserved
(3) Presence of ventral heart

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Poll
BOTANY (B-01)
Answers Key

1. (3) 11. (2)

2. (3) 12. (2)
3. (3) 13. (3)
4. (3) 14. (2)
5. (3) 15. (2)
6. (2) 16. (4)
7. (2) 17. (2)
8. (3) 18. (1)
9. (4) 19. (4)
10. (2) 20. (4)

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