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I. Select the correct answer of the following questions.

Question 1.
Scientific name are drawn form
(a) Latin
(b) English
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Arabic

Answer

Answer: (a) Latin

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Question 2.
Binomial nomenclature was given by
(a) Linnaeus
(b) Pliny
(c) Bentham and Hookes
(d) Aristotle

Answer

Answer: (a) Linnaeus

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Question 3.
Systematics is the study of
(a) Diversity amongst groups
(b) Grouping of organisms
(c) Identification and grouping of organisms
(d) Nomenclature and classification or organisms

Answer

Answer: (a) Diversity amongst groups

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Question 4.
Taxonomy refers to
(a) Classification
(b) Nomenclature
(c) Identification
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

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Question 5.
Which of the following has more characters In chtnmon?
(a) Species
(b) Genus
(c) Class
(d) Division

Answer

Answer: (a) Species

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Question 6.
Any type of taxonomic group of the organisms is called
(a) Taion
(b) Category
(c) Classification
(d) Rank of hierarchy

Answer

Answer: (a) Taxon

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Question 7.
A rank or level in the hierarchial classification of organisms is a
(a) Taxon
(b) Category
(c) Key
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Category

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Question 8.
Which of the following is not a correct hierarchial order?
(a) Phylum, order, family
(b) Class, family, genus
(c) Class, order, family
(d) Family, class, order

Answer

Answer: (d) Family, class, order

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Question 9.
Father of Taxonomy is
(a) Linnaeus
(b) Aristotle
(c) John Ray
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (a) Linnaeus

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Question 10.
‘Systema Nature’ is a book written by
(a) Linnaeus
(b) Charak
(c) John Roy
(d) De Candole

Answer

Answer: (a) Linnaeus

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II. Fill in the blanks:

Question 1.
All living organisms ………. Increase in ………… and increase in ………… of individuals are twin characteristics of growth.

Answer

Answer: grow, mass, number

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Question 2.
………., this growth by cell division occurs continuously throughout their life.

Answer

Answer: In plants

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Question 3.
……….. , this growth is seen only up to a certain age.

Answer

Answer: In Animals

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Question 4.
The fungi, the filamentous algae, the protonema of mosses, all easily multiply by …………….

Answer

Answer: fragmentation

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Question 5.
All living organisms are made of ………….

Answer

Answer: chemical

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Question 6.
Celluar organisation of the body is the defining feature of life …………

Answer

Answer: forms

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Question 7.
We sense our environment through our ………….

Answer

Answer: sense organs

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Question 8.
Plants respond to external factors like ………, ………., ………

Answer

Answer: light, water, temperature

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Question 9.
Biology is the story of life on …………

Answer

Answer: earth

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Question 10.
Biology is the story of ………… of living organisms on earth.

Answer

Answer: evolution

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III. Mark the Statements True (T) or False (F):

Question 1.
There is a need to standardise the naming of living organisms such that a particular organism is known by the same name all over world. This process is called nomenclature.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 2.
Biologists follow universally accepted principles to provide scientific name to known organisms. Each name has two components-the Generic name and the specific epithet

Answer

Answer: True.

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Question 3.
System of providing a name with two components is called Binomical nomenclature.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 4.
Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 5.
Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 6.
The first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 7.
All living organisms can be classified into different taxa. This process of classification is taxonomy.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 8.
Taxonomic categories and hierarchy can be illustrated by an example.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 9.
Taxonomical studies of all known organisms have led to the development of common categories such as kindom, phylum or division (for plants), class order, family, genus and species.

Answer

Answer: True

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Question 10.
Herbarium is a store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets.

Answer

Answer: True

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IV. Match the column I with column II.

Column I	Column II
A. Herbarium	1. Contrast pair or couplet
B. Key	2. Information on any one taxon.
C. Monographs	3. Lucknow
D. Kingdom	4. Highest taxonomic category
E. National Botanical Research Institute	5. Storage of collected dried plant specimens.

Answer

Answer:

Column I	Column II
A. Herbarium	5. Storage of collected dried plant specimens.
B. Key	1. Contrast pair or couplet
C. Monographs	2. Information on any one taxon.
D. Kingdom	4. Highest taxonomic category
E. National Botanical Research Institute	3. Lucknow

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