BIOLOGY: THE LIVING WORLD Total mark: 25

1. Name any one botanists who contributed to the field of plant taxonomy? (1)

2. What are the different defining properties of a living organism? (1)

3. Expand ICZN and ICBN? (1)

4. What is a couplet in the taxonomic key? (1)
5. Define metabolism? (1)
6. The mitotic cell division in amoeba represents growth or reproduction? (1)
7. Define a monograph and manuals? (2)
8. Name a few botanical gardens in India. Also, name the largest botanical garden
in the world. (1)
9. If a habitat contains 20 animal species and 20 plant species, is it “diversity” or
“biodiversity”? (1)
10. Match the correct pairs. (2)

Column I Column II

Family Tuberosum

Kingdom Polymoniales

Order Solanum

Species Plantae

Genus Solanaceae

11. What is the lowest category of classification? (1)

12. What are the Taxonomic keys? (1)
13. Who is known as the Father of Taxonomy? (1)
14. What are the 8 levels of taxonomy? (2)
15. What is Taxonomy? (1)
16. List out the building blocks of life? (1)
17. What is binomial nomenclature? (1)
18. Define the following: (2)

1. Phylum
2. Class
3. Order
4. Genus

19. Write the scientific name of Mango and Tiger? (1)

20. What is taxon? Give a few examples. (2)