1.
The scientific name of mango is
A
Mangifera indica
B
Mangifera sylvatica
C
Mangifera foetida
D
Mangifera odorata
Loading practice questions
50 practice sets · Page 1 of 3
The scientific name of mango is
Mangifera indica
Mangifera sylvatica
Mangifera foetida
Mangifera odorata
Assertion: Bacteria, Protista do not have circulatory system. Reason: These organisms live in moist and watery environment.
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is a correct explanation for Assertion
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation for Assertion
Assertion is true and Reason is false
Both Assertion and reason are false.
Assertion : Chemotaxonomy is classifying organisms at molecular level. Reason : Cytotaxonomy is classifying organisms at cellular level.
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is a correct explanation for Assertion
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation for Assertion
Assertion is true and Reason is false
Both Assertion and reason are false.
Assertion : The species is reproductively isolated natural population. Reason : Prokaryotes cannot be kept under differents species on the basis of reproductive isolation.
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is a correct explanation for Assertion
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation for Assertion
Assertion is true and Reason is false
Both Assertion and reason are false.
Assertion: Living organisms are regarded as closed systems. Reason: Energy of living organisms can not be lost or gained from external environment.
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is a correct explanation for Assertion
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation for Assertion
Assertion is true and Reason is false
Both Assertion and reason are false.
Which of the following does not come under taxon?
Species
Kingdom
Division
Biodiversity
Which of the following taxonomic categories is being described by the given statements(i-iii) ? (i) It is the basic unit of classification. (ii) It is defined as the group of individuals which resemble in their morphological and reproductive characters and interbreed among themselves and produce fertile off springs. (iii) Human beings belong to the species sapiens which is grouped in the genus-Homo.
Species
Genus
Order
Family
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct ? (i) All living organisms have ability to respond the environment stimuli which could be physical, chemical or biological. (ii) Plants respond to external factors like light, water, temperature, other organisms, pollutants, etc. (iii) Photoperiod affects the process of reproduction. (iv) Human being is the only organism who has self-consciousness.
Only (i)
Both (ii) and (iii)
Both (i) and (iv)
All of these
Which of the following statements are correct? (i) Genus comprises a group of related species. (ii) Taxon represents a taxonomic group of individual organisms. (iii) Family comprises a group of related genera. (iv) Taxonomic category class includes related orders.
(i), (ii), and (iv)
(ii) and (iv)
(i), (iii) and (iv)
(ii), (iii) and (iv)
Which of the following statements (i – vi) are correct ? (i) Growth cannot be taken as a defining property of living organism. (ii) Dead organism does not grow. (iii) Reproduction cannot be an all inclusive defining characteristic of living organisms. (iv) No non-living object is capable of replicating itself. (v) Metabolism in a test tube is non-living. (vi) Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organisms.
(i) and (iii)
All except (v)
All except (iii)
All of these
Which one of the following statements is correct about biodiversity ?
It is the occurrence of varied type of organisms on earth.
Each different kind of plant, animal or organism represents a species.
The number of species that are known and described range between 1.7–1.8million.
All of the above
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
The scientific name for humans is Homo-sapiens.
Organisms placed in the same genus are least closely related.
Moving from species to kingdom, more different species are included in each higher category.
Species that are in the same genus share very specific characteristics.
Which of the following statements regarding growth is incorrect?
In plants, growth by cell division is seen only up to a certain stage.
Growth exhibited by non-living objects is by accumulation of material on the surface.
A multicellular organism grows by cell division.
Growth in in vitro culture of unicellular organisms can be observed by counting the number of cells.
Musca domestica is scientific name of
Housefly
Mosquito
Snail
Ant
Which of the following statements regarding nomenclature is correct?
Generic name always begins with capital letter whereas specific name with small letter.
Scientific name should be printed in italics.
Scientific name when handwritten should be underlined.
All of the above
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Only living organisms grow.
Plants grow only up to a certain age.
The growth in living organisms is from inside.
All of the above
Each category of taxonomic hierarchy refers to as a unit of
systematic
identification
nomenclature
classification
In printed scientific names, only the.................is capitalized.
class
species
genus
family
What is the correct sequence of taxa from larger to smaller?
Genus-species-order-kingdom
Species-order-phylum-kingdom
Species-genus-order-phylum
Kingdom-phylum-class-order
Taxon is a
unit of classification.
species.
highest rank of classification.
group of closely related organisms.