Chapter 1

Who is known as 'the Darwin of the 20 th century'? (a) Lamarck (b) Ernst Mayr (c) Carolus Linneaus (d) Robert May

Twin characteristics of growth are (a) Increase in mass (b) Increase in number (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Increase in length and volume

Growth in living organism (a) Is from outside (b) Is from inside (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Does not take place

Which of the following does not grow? (a) Amoeba (b) Yeast (c) Dead body (d) Planaria

Growth cannot be taken as a defining property of living organisms because (a) All living organism do not show growth. (b) Non-living things also grow from inside. (c) Non-living things also grow. (d) Some living organism does not exhihit th

Select the total number from the following organism that multiply by budding. Hydra, Sponges, yeast, earthworm, Planaria, honey bee (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

For which organism, the growth is synonymous with reproduction? (a) Unicellular algae (b) Amoeba (c) Bacteria (d) All of these

Which of the following multiply through fragmentation? (a) Fungi (b) Filamentous algae (c) Planaria (d) All of these

Mark the correct statement. (a) The growth in living organisms is from inside. (b) Plants grow only up to a certain age. (c) Only living organisms grow. (d) All of these

The growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive events in (a) Plants only (b) Animals only (c) Higher animal and plants (d) Primitive organisms

Reproduction cannot be an all-inclusive defining characteristic of living organisms because (a) All living organism do not show growth. (b) Many organism do not reproduce. (c) Non-living things show reproduction. (d) All living organism show small period of reproductive phase in their life.

Living organism shows (a) Self-replication (b) Evolution (c) Self-regulation and response to external stimuli (d) All of these

The sum total of chemical reactions occurring in our body is called (a) Metabolism (b) Homeostasis (c) Catabolism (d) Anabolism

Select the incorrect statement from the following. (A) NBRI is situated at Lucknow. (B) Plant families like Convolvulaceae and Solanaceae are included in the order polymoniales mainly based on the floral characters. (C) All living organisms such as from present, past and future are linked to one another by the sharing of the common genetic material but to varying degree. (D) The order Solanum, Datura and Petunia are placed in family Solanaceae. (a) (A) only (b) (B) and (D) only (c) (D) only (d) (B) and (C) only

Which of the following statement is incorrect? (a) All plants, animals, fungi and microbes exhibit metabolism. (b) Interactions among the molecular components of the organelles result into the properties of cell organelles. (c) Properties of cellular organelles are present in the molecular constituents of the organelles. (d) Celluar organization of the body is the defining feature of life forms.

Properties of organs are (a) Present in the constituent cells (b) Due to different cells in them (c) Due to their similar origin (d) A result of interactions among the constituent tissues

Which set of organisms multiply through fragmentation? (a) Planaria, hydra, yeast (b) Echinoderms, fungi, bacteria (c) Fungi, filamentous algae, protonema of mosses (d) Amoeba, hydra, virus

Which of the following organism does not reproduce? (a) Mules (b) Sterile worker bees (c) Sterile human couple (d) All of these

Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things? (a) Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro. (b) Increase in mass from inside only. (c) Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory. (d) Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally.

Which of the following is self-conscious? (a) Human being (b) Tiger (c) Lion (d) Frog

Metabolic reactions take place (a) In vitro (b) In vivo (c) both (a) and (b) (d) only in unicellular organisms

Organisms that can sense and respond to environmental cues (a) Eukaryotes only (b) Prokaryotes only (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Those with a well-developed neuroendocrine system

Growth, development and functioning of living body is due to (a) Decrease in entropy (b) Increase in Gibbs-free energy (c) Metabolism (d) Adaptations

A living organism can be exceptionally differentiated from a non-living thing on the basis of its ability for (a) Reproduction and Excretion (b) Growth and Movement (c) Responsiveness to touch and temperature (d) Interaction with environment and progressive evolution

Two components of binomial nomenclature are (a) Generic name (b) Specific epithet (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Subspecies

In Mangifera indica Linn, Linn stands for (a) Latin (b) Lower organism (c) Linnaeus (d) Lamarck

Alsatian is a breed of (a) Dog (b) Cat (c) Cow (d) Horse

Modern taxonomy studies require (a) Knowledge of external and internal structure. (b) Knowledge of structure of cell. (c) Knowledge development process and ecological information of organisms. (d) All of these

Which of the following term include all other terms? (a) Classification (b) Nomenclature (c) Taxonomy (d) Systematics

Linnaeus evolved a system of nomenclature called (a) Trinomial (b) Vernacular (c) Binomial (d) Polynomial

Binomial nomenclature seems to be difficult because a scientific name is derived from (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Latin (d) Arabic

A group of plants or animals with similar traits of any rank is (a) Species (b) Order (c) Genus (d) Taxon

Binomial nomenclature means (a) Two names in which one is given by zoologist and other by botanist. (b) One scientific name consisting of a generic name and a specific epithet. (c) Two names in which one is latinized and other is french. (d) Two names in which one is scientific and other is local.

Basic unit of taxonomic hierarchy is (a) Species (b) Kingdom (c) Class (d) Phylum

Botanical name of mango is (a) Mangifera indica (b) Solanum tuberosum (c) Solanum melongena (d) Panthera leo

Botanical name of potato is (a) Mangifera indica (b) Solanum tuberosum (c) Solanum melongena (d) Panthera leo

Zoological name of lion is (a) Mangifera indica (b) Solanum tuberosum (c) Solanum melongena (d) Panthera leo

The branch connected with characterization, nomenclature, identification and classification is (a) Ecology (b) Taxonomy (c) Morphology (d) Eugenics

The third name in trinomial nomenclature is (a) Species (b) Subgenus (c) Subspecies (d) Holotype

In binomial nomenclature (a) Both genus and species are printed in italics. (b) Genus and species may be of same name. (c) Both the initial letters in genus and species is capital. (d) Genus is written after the species.

As we go from higher species to kingdom, the number of common characterstic goes on (a) Increasing (b) Decreasing (c) Remains same (d) None of these

The binomial nomenclature was given by (a) Lamarck (b) Ernst Mayr (c) Carolus Linnaeus (d) Darwin

The term 'taxon' is used for (a) The ranks of species and genus (b) The ranks up to phylum (c) The species epithet only (d) Any rank of taxonomic hierarchy

The taxonomic aid that provides information for the identification of names of species found in an area is (a) Monograph (b) Manual (c) Catalogue (d) Periodical

The Indian Botanical Garden is located in (a) Howrah (b) Lucknow (c) Mumbai (d) Mysore

The famous botanical garden 'Kew' is located in (a) England (b) Lucknow (c) America (d) Australia

Identify the correct sequence of taxonomic categories. (a) Species-order-kingdom-phylum (b) Species-family-genus-class (c) Genus-species-order-phylum (d) Species-genus-order-phylum

The descending arrangement of categories is called (a) Classification (b) Taxonomy (c) Hierarchy (d) Key

Petunia is a (a) Variety (b) Subspecies (c) Species (d) Genus

Which one of the following is not a category? (a) Species (b) Class (c) Phylum (d) Convolvulaceae