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Question and Answer: Biology. (part-2)

Sunday, 4 January 2015

Biology. (part-2)


Q: Binomial nomenclature of plants was given by

O: (a) Prantl.

(b) Engler.

(c) Linnaeus.

(d) Both (a)and(b)

A: (c) Linnaeus.



Q: The concept of genus was proposed by

O: (a) Hooker.

(b) John Ray.

(c) Bessey.

(d) Tourne Fort.

A: (a) Hooker.



Q: Term ‘New Systematics’ was given by

O: (a) Julian Huxley.

(b) Darwin.

(c) Bateson.

(d) Linnaeus.

A: (a) Julian Huxley.



Q: ICBN stands for

O: (a) Indian code of Botanical Name.

(b) International Congress of Biological Name.

(c) International Code for Botanical Nomenclature.

(d) Indian Congress of Biological Name.

A: (c) International Code for Botanical Nomenclature.



Q: Which one of the following branch is applicable to both plants and animals?

O: (a) Saurology.

(b) Taxonomy.

(c) Herpetology.

(d) Ichthyology.

A: (b) Taxonomy.



Q: Binomial nomenclature means that every organism has

O: (a) One scientific name consisting of a generic and a specific epithet.

(b) One name given by tow scientists.

(c) Two names one scientific and other popular.

(d) Tow names, one Latinize and other of the person.

A: (a) One scientific name consisting of a generic and a specific epithet.



Q: The term ‘Species’ was coined by

O: (a) Linnaeus.

(b) Engler.

(c) Aristotle.

(d) John Ray.

A: (d) John Ray.



Q: Taxon is a/an

O: (a) Sub-division of Kingdom.

(b) Any rank in taxonomic hierarchy.

(c) Group of same species.

(d) Group of similar genera.

A: (b) Any rank in taxonomic hierarchy.



Q: Five Kingdom scheme to classify living beings was given by

O: (a) RH Whittaker.

(b) G G Simpson.

(c) E Mayr.

(d) J B S Haldane.

A: (a) R H Whittaker.



Q: Evolutionary history of an organism is known as

O: (a) Ancestry.

(b) Ontogey.

(c) Phylogeny.

(d) Palaeontology.

A: (C) Phylogeny.


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