1. First phylogenetic system of plant classification was given by…?
a. Hutchinson
b. Bentham and Hooker
c. Eichler
d. Engler and Prantl
Answer: c. Eichler
2. Engler and Prantl published a phylogenetic system in the monograph:
a. Historia Plantarum
b. Origin of species
c. Genera Plantarum
d. Die Naturlichen Pflanzen Familien
Answer: d. Die Naturlichen Pflanzen Familien
3. When R.H. Whittaker an American taxonomist purposed the five-kingdom classification?
a. 1995
b. 1969
c. 1972
d. 1989
Answer: b. 1969
4. Which statement is true regarding the latest classification of biological kingdoms purposed by Whittaker?
a. Eukaryotes are assigned to four of the five kingdom
b. Fungi and multicellular eukaryotic osmotrophs
c. Viruses are not assigned to any kingdom
d. All of these
Answer: d. All of these
5. Which of the following is new systematics based on genetic interrelationship?
a. Chemotaxonomy
b. Numerical taxonomy
c. Cytotaxonomy
d. Experimental taxonomy
Answer: d. Experimental taxonomy
6. Which of the following is the book written by Aristotle?
a. Historia Animalium
b. Philosophie Zoologique
c. Systema Naturae
d. Historia Naturella
Answer: a. Historia Animalium
7. On the basis of nucleoid/karyon; viruses should be placed under:
a. Prokaryotes
b. Progenote
c. Protovirus
d. None of these
Answer: a. Prokaryotes
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8. The book Genera Plantarum was written by:
a. Carl Linnaeus
b. Bentham and Hooker
c. Engler and Prantl
d. Hutchinson
Answer: a. Carl Linnaeus
9. All organisms are related to one another at some point in their:
a. Fathers
b. Forefathers
c. Evolutionary histories
d. Genera
Answer: c. Evolutionary histories
10. Who invented the modern system of nomenclature which is still in use today?
a. Whittaker
b. Carlous Linnaeus
c. Chatton
d. Huckel
Answer: b. Carlous Linnaeus
11. Who modified the five kingdom classification of Whittaker?
a. Lynn Margulis
b. Carlous Linnaeus
c. Chatton
d. None of these
Answer: a. Lynn Margulis
12. What is the correct position of class in hierarchical classification?
a. Between Phylum and order
b. Between Kingdom and phylum
c. Between Order and family
d. Between Family and genus
Answer: a. Between Phylum and order
13. Which of the following are found in extreme saline conditions?
a. Eubacteria
b. Cyanobacteria
c. Archaebacteria
d. Mycobacteria
Answer: c. Archaebacteria
14. What is the basic unit or smallest taxon of classification?
a. Kingdom
b. Family
c. Species
d. Variety
Answer: c. Species
15. Under which category would you include archaea and nitrogen-fixing organisms in the five kingdom classification?
a. Animalia
b. Plantae
c. Fungi
d. Monera
Answer: d. Monera
16. What is the system of classification proposed by Bentham and Hooker?
a. Numerical
b. Phylogenetic
c. Artificial
d. Natural
Answer: d. Natural
17. On what basis are the living organisms divided in the five-kingdom system?
a. Structure of the nucleus
b. Mode of Nutrition
c. Structure of cell wall
d. Asexual Reproduction
Answer: b. Mode of Nutrition
18. Linnaeus evolved a system of nomenclature known as…?
a. Binomial
b. Vernacular
c. Monomial
d. Polynomial
Answer: a. Binomial
19. The phylogenetic system of classification is based on:
a. Habit of plants
b. Evolutionary relationship
c. Biochemical properties
a. Cytological characteristics of organisms
Answer: b. Evolutionary relationship
20. The static concept of species or the morphological concept of species was proposed by…?
a. Whittaker
b. Carlous Linnaeus
c. Chatton
d. Huckel
Answer: b. Carlous Linnaeus
21. Tobacco Mosaic Virus genome is:
a. Double-stranded RNA
b. Double-stranded DNA
c. Single-stranded RNA
d. Proteinaceous
Answer: c. Single-stranded RNA
22. What is the full form of ICZN?
a. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
b. Indian Code of Zodiac Nomenclature
c. Indian Code of Zoological Nomenclature
d. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Answer: d. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
23. What is the full form of ICBN?
a. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
b. Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature
c. International Code of Binary Nomenclature
d. International Code of Biology Nomenclature
Answer: a. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
