Poll-05 Botany

For NEET-2023

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Poll
BOTANY (B-05)
Syllabus: The Living World

Choose the correct answer.

1. Consider the below given statements and select
the correct option.
Statement I: Increase in mass and increase in 5. Mark the incorrect statement.
number of individuals are twin characteristics of (1) Mules and worker bees produce progeny
growth. possessing features more or less similar to
Statement II: In majority of higher animals and those of parents
plants, growth and reproduction are mutually
(2) No non-living object exhibits metabolism
inclusive events.
(1) Only statement I is correct (3) Cellular organisation of the body is the
(2) Only statement II is correct defining feature of life forms
(3) Both the statements are correct
(4) Self-consciousness is the characteristic
(4) Both the statements are incorrect feature of Homo sapiens
2. In non-living objects,
(1) Growth is from inside 6. Read the following statements and select the
(2) Intrinsic growth may be seen option for incorrect ones.
(3) No growth has been reported (a) Self-consciousness is most obvious and
(4) Extrinsic growth may occur technically complicated feature of all living
3. Read the following statements and mark them as
true (T) or false (F). organisms.
(A) In plants, growth is seen upto a certain age (b) Photoperiod affects reproduction in plants
(B) Unicellular organisms grow by cell division only.
and reproduction is synonymous with growth
(C) Reproduction is all-inclusive defining (c) A coma patient has no self-consciousness.
characteristic of living organisms (d) Properties of tissues are not present in the
(D) Isolated metabolic reactions in vitro are not constituent cells but arise as a result of
living things
(A) (B) (C) (D) interaction among constituent cells.
(1) F F T T (e) All living organisms are linked to one another
(2) F T F T by the sharing of the common genetic
(3) T T T F
material, but to varying degrees.
(4) T F F F
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
4. True regeneration is the means of reproduction in
(2) (a) and (b) only
(1) Fungi
(3) (b), (c) and (d)
(2) Planaria
(4) (d) and (e)
(3) Filamentous algae
(4) Protonema of mosses
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7. The number of species that are known and
described range between
(1) 17 – 18 million
(2) 1.7 – 1.8 billion
(3) 17 – 18 lakhs
(4) 17 – 18 billion
8. Which of the following is against the rules of
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature?
(1) First letter of generic and specific names
should be written in small letters
(2) Hand written scientific names should be
separately underlined
(3) Name of the author appears after the specific
epithet in abbreviated form
(4) Scientific names are in latin and should be
italicised
9. Mangoes, dicots and plants represent
(1) Same category for different taxa
(2) Same taxa of different category
(3) Taxa at same level
(4) Taxa at different levels
10. Which among the following criteria is neither
essential nor forms the basis of modern taxonomic
studies?
(1) Ecological information of organisms
(2) Evolutionary relationships among organisms
(3) Development process of organism
(4) Structure of cell of organism
11. How many of the following processes are basic to
taxonomy?
Characterisation, Phylogenetic relationships,
Identification, Nomenclature, Classification
(1) 3
(2) 4
(3) 2
(4) 5
12. Read the below given statements and select the
correct option.
Statement I: The word systematics is derived
from Greek word ‘systema’ which means
systematic arrangement of organisms.
Statement II: The taxonomic categories are
distinct biological entities and not merely
morphological aggregates.
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(1) Statement I is correct
(2) Statement I is incorrect
(3) Both the statements are incorrect
(4) Both the statements are correct
13. Two individuals can be said to belong to the same
species if they
(1) Have same type of genetic material
(2) Can reproduce freely with each other to
produce fertile offsprings
(3) Look similar and belong to same genus
(4) Have more than 90 percent similar genes
14. Match the items given in Column-I with those in
Column-II and select the correct option given
below :
Column-I Column-II
(a) Gibbon (i) Anacardiaceae
(b) Solanum nigrum (ii) Polymoniales
(c) Mango (iii) Primata
(d) Triticum aestivum (iv) Monocotyledonae
(1) (a)(iii), (b)(i), (c)(ii), (d)(iv)
(2) (a)(iii), (b)(ii), (c)(i), (d)(iv)
(3) (a)(iv), (b)(iii), (c)(i), (d)(ii)
(4) (a)(iv), (b)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(i)
15. Select the correct statement.
(1) Families are characterised on the basis of both
vegetative and reproductive features of plant
species
(2) The similar characters in order are more in
number as compared to different genera
included in a family
(3) Monkey, gorilla, tiger and the organisms that
lack notochord are included in phylum
Chordata
(4) In case of plants, classes with a few similar
characters are assigned to a higher category
called phylum
16. As we go higher from Species to Kingdom,
(1) Classification becomes more simple
(2) Number of common characteristics decrease
(3) More number of common characters are
shared by the members within a taxa
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(4) It is easy to determine the relationship of other 19. Mark the correct one w.r.t. ex-situ conservation
taxa at the same level strategy.
17. Herbarium sheets provide information about P (1) Museums and Zoos
and Q of the specimens.
(2) Botanical gardens and Zoological Parks
Select the correct option to fill in the blanks P and (3) Zoological parks and keys
Q.
(4) Herbarium and Botanical garden
(P) (Q)
20. Select the correct statement w.r.t. taxonomical
(1) Size Division
aids.
(2) Local name Genus (1) Separate taxonomic keys are required for
(3) Life-span Family each taxonomic category e.g., family, genus
and species
(4) Botanical name Phylum
18. In botanical garden, (2) Manuals provide the index to the plant species
found in a particular area
(1) Plants are preserved
(3) Monograph is useful in providing information
(2) Both animals and plants are conserved for identification of names of species found in
(3) Plants are grown for identification purpose an area

(4) Plant specimen is labelled with botanical (4) Keys are based on contrasting characters
name and order generally in a pair called lead

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