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The Living World: Biological Classification - MCQs Quiz - 2
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Question 1 |
The term species was coined by______.
Aristotle | |
Linnaeus | |
John Ray | |
Engler |
Question 2 |
"New Systematics" introduced by Sir Julian Huxley in 1940 is also known as
Biosystematics | |
Cladistics | |
Phenetics | |
Numerical Taxonomy |
Question 3 |
Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
Puccinia – Smut | |
Root pressure – Guttation | |
Cassia – Imbricate aestivation | |
Root – Exarch protoxylem |
Question 4 |
Nuclear membrane is absent in
Penicillium | |
Nostoc | |
Volvox | |
Agaricus |
Question 5 |
In the five-kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in
Plantae | |
Algae | |
Protista | |
Monera |
Question 6 |
Single-celled eukaryotes are included in
Fungi | |
Protista | |
Monera | |
Archaea |
Question 7 |
Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group
Fungi | |
Plantae | |
Monera | |
Animalia |
Question 8 |
Which one of the following is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?
Diplontic life cycle | |
Multiplication by fragmentation | |
Mode of Nutrition | |
Members of kingdom Plantae |
Question 9 |
Which statement is wrong for viruses?
All are parasites. | |
Antibiotics have no effect on them. | |
They have ability to synthesize nucleic acids and proteins. | |
All of them have helical symmetry. |
Question 10 |
Which one single organism or the pair of organisms is correctly assigned to its or their named taxonomic group?
Paramecium and Plasmodium belong to the same kingdom as that of Penicillium. | |
Nostoc and Anabaena are examples of protista | |
Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus | |
Lichen is a composite organism formed from the symbiotic association of an algae and a protozoan. |
Question 11 |
Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular named taxonomic category?
Cuttlefish - Mollusca, a class | |
Tiger - Tigris, the species | |
Housefly - Musca, an order | |
Humans - primates, the family |
Question 12 |
Arrange the following in the ascending order of Linnaean hierarchy
Kingdom – Phylum – Class – Order – Family – Genus – Species | |
Kingdom – Family – Genus – Species – Class – Phylum – Order | |
Kingdom – Order – Species – Genus – Class – Family – Phylum | |
Species – Genus – Family – Order – Class – Phylum – Kingdom |
Question 13 |
Which one of the following sets of items in the options (1) - (4) are correctly categorized with one exception in it?
| Options | Items | Category | Exception |
| (1) | UAA, UAG, UGA | Stop codons | UAG |
| (2) | Kangaroo, Koala, Wombat | Australian marsupials | Wombat |
| (3) | Plasmodium, Cuscuta, Trypanosoma | Protozoan parasites | Cuscuta |
| (4) | Typhoid, Pneumonia, Diphtheria | Bacterial diseases | Diphtheria |
Option (1) | |
Option (2) | |
Option (3) | |
Option (4) |
Question 14 |
Which of the following combination of characters is true for slime molds?
Parasitic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by water | |
Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by water | |
Parasitic, plasmodium with true walls, spores dispersed by air currents | |
Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by air currents |
Question 15 |
Taxonomic hierarchy refers to
A list of botanists or zoologists who have worked on taxonomy of a species or group | |
A group of senior taxonomists who decide the nomenclature of plants and animals | |
Step-wise arrangement of all categories for classification of plants and animals | |
Classification of a species based on fossil record |
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The question no. 2 needs a correction – the new systematics or neo-systematics is also known as biosystametics and not as cladistics.. Cladistics is another name of phylogenetic classification and not for neosystematics.