Q43. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(a) Biodiversity is the occurrence of variety of life forms differing in morphology, anatomy, habitats and habits.
(b) Systematics is the branch of biology that deals with cataloging plants, animals and other organisms into categories that can be named, remembered, compared and studied.
(c) Classification is the branch of biology that deals with principles and procedures of identification and nomenclature of organisms.
(d) None of these
Ans.c
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Q44. Amongst all the kingdoms, the only taxon that exists in nature as a biologically cohesive unit is the
(a) species
(b) genus
(c) phylum or division
(d) kingdom
Ans.a
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Q45. A true species consists of a population which is
(a) sharing the same niche
(b) interbreeding
(c) feeding over the same food
(d) geographically isolated
Ans.b
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Q46. In biological terminology, a group of similar organisms which are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offsprings is called
(a) species
(b) genus
(c) tribe
(d) family
Ans.a
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Q47. Mangifera is a
(a) variety
(b) genus
(c) species
(d) class
Ans.b
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Q48. Genus is a group of similar and related
(a) classes
(b) phyla
(c) species
(d) orders
Ans.c
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Q49. A collection of species which bear a close resemblance to one another in the morphological characters of the floral parts is known as
(a) family
(b) variety
(c) genus
(d) division
Ans.c
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Q50. Select the incorrect statement with respect to the category genus
(a) It is a group or assemblage of related species.
(b) A genus essentially possesses more than one number of species.
(c) Lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar are closely related species which have been placed in the genus Panthera and are respectively named as Panthera leo, P. tigris, P. pardus and P. onca.
(d) Solanum, Penicillium, Withania and Canis are the examples of genera.
Ans.b
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Q51. In taxonomic hierarchy, cats are placed under the genus
(a) Felis
(b) Canis
(c) Panthera
(d) none of these
Ans.a
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52. In the zoological name of fish Catla catla, the specific name is identical with the generic name, thus it is an example of
(a) antonym
(b) synonym
(c) tautonym
(d) homonym
Ans.c
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Q53. Which is the odd one in the following series?
(a) sapiens
(b) rotundus
(c) americana
(d) Hemidactylus
Ans.d
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Q54. The taxonomic category below the level of family is
(a) class
(b) phylum
(c) Kingdom
(d) genus
Ans.d
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Q55. In a taxonomic hierarchy, genus is interpolated between
(a) kingdom and class
(b) order and species
(c) Phylum and order
(d) family and species
Ans.d
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Q56. Related genera belong to the same
(a) species
(b) family
(c) kingdom
(d) genus
Ans.b
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