Q15. ICBN is
(a) International Code of Biological Naming
(b) International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
(c) International Class of Biological Nomenclature
(d) International Classification of Biological Nomenclature.
Ans.b
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Q16. Founder of binomial nomenclature was
(a) Linnaeus
(b) Darwin
(c) Mendel
(d) Lamarck
Ans.a
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Q17. Which of the following holds true for scientific nomenclature?
(a) Naming of living organisms in English language.
(b) Naming of particular organism by the same name all over the world.
(c) Naming of living organism in such a manner that it may cause less confusion.
(d) Naming of living organisms in such a manner that it becomes easy to pronounce.
Ans.b
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Q18. Most names in biological nomenclature of living organisms are taken from which language?
(a) Hindi
(b) Latin
(c) German
(d) French
Ans.b
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Q19. Plants were given Latin names because it is a
(a) simple language
(b) common language
(c) dead language
(d) none of these.
Ans.c
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Q20. In the binomial system of taxonomy developed during the 18th century by C. Linnaeus, the second word of an organism's biological name represents
(a) species
(b) genus
(c) race
(d) family
Ans.a
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Q21. Which of the following statements regarding the universal rules of biological nomenclature is incorrect?
(a) Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics
(b) the first word in a biological name represents the genus while the second component denotes the species
(c) Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin.
(d) The specific epithet starts with a capital letter while the generic epithet starts with a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of mangifera Indica
Ans.d
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Q22. Select the correctly written botanical/zoological name
(a) Homo Sapiens
(b) Panthera Tigris
(c) Pisum sativum
(d) Mangifera Indica
Ans.b
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Q23. Select the correct option for biological names.
(a) They are binomial.
(b) They are descriptive
(c) They are universal.
(d) All of these
Ans.d
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Q24. The scientific name of banyan is written as Ficus benghalensis L. Which of the following statements is correct regarding this?
(a) Letter L. signifies Latin language.
(b) The name should be written reverse with benghalensis preceding Ficus.
(c) Letter L. signifies the taxonomist Linnaeus,
(d) benghalensis is a generic name.
Ans.c
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lQ25. The third name in trinomial nomenclature is
(a) species
(b) subgenus
(c) subspecies
(d) ecotype
Ans.c
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Q26. Which of the following are the basic processes of taxonomy?
(a) Identification and nomenclature
(b) Characterisation and classification
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Ans.c
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Q27. The main objective of plant taxonomy is
(a) to study the world's flora
(b) to provide a method for identification and nomenclature
(c) to provide Latin 'scientific' names for every group of plants in the world
(d) all of these
Ans.d
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Q28. The main purpose for the classification of organisms is to
(a) study geography
(b) locate plants and animals
(c) establish relationships amongst organisms
(d) study evolution
Ans.
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