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The document discusses important questions related to taxonomy and classification of organisms. It covers topics like scientific naming of organisms, use of Latin in biological nomenclature, binomial system of taxonomy developed by Linnaeus, study of diversity and evolution of organisms under taxonomy, objectives of plant taxonomy, equivalent taxonomic units between classification of animals and plants, identification aids like flora and keys, and characteristics of growth and reproduction in different types of organisms like bacteria, unicellular algae, fungi, etc.

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Impotant Questions Bio

The document discusses important questions related to taxonomy and classification of organisms. It covers topics like scientific naming of organisms, use of Latin in biological nomenclature, binomial system of taxonomy developed by Linnaeus, study of diversity and evolution of organisms under taxonomy, objectives of plant taxonomy, equivalent taxonomic units between classification of animals and plants, identification aids like flora and keys, and characteristics of growth and reproduction in different types of organisms like bacteria, unicellular algae, fungi, etc.

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Important Questions

1. Organisms are given scientific names because

(A) It ensures that each organisms has only one name


(B) It ensures that no name is used twice
(C) It ensures described name for the organisms
(D) Both A and B (ans)

2. Most names in biological nomenclature of


living organisms are taken from which
language?

(A) Hindi (B) Latin (ans)


(C) German (D) French

3. In the binomial system of taxonomy developed during the 18th century by C. Linnaeus, the
second word of an organism's biological name represents

(A) species (ans) (B) genus


(C) race (D) family

4. Diversity of organisms and their evolutionary relationship is studied scientifically under

(A) Morphology (B) Anatomy


(C) Taxonomy (ans) (D) Physiology

5. The main objective of plant taxonomy is

(A) to study the world's flora


(B) to provide a method for identification and nomenclature
(C) to provide Latin 'scientific' names for every group of plants in the world
(D) all of these (ans)

6. The taxonomic unit ‘Phylum’　in the classification of animals is equivalent to which


hierarchical level in classification of plants?

(A) Class (B) Order


(C) Division (ans) (D) Family

7. A book containing information about the habitat, climate, description and index of
plants found in a specific area is

(A) Flora (ans) (B) Key


(C) Manual (D) Monograph

8. The taxonomical aid used for identification of plants and animals by applying diagnostic
features is

(A) Herbarium
(B) Key (ans)
(C) Museum
(D) Monograph
9. Reproduction is synonymous with growth in which of the following set of organisms?
(A) Bacteria, unicellular algae and amoeba (ans)
(B) Bacteria, amoeba, and fungi
(C) Unicellular algae and fungi
(D) Unicellular algae and filamentous algae

10. Which of the following set of organisms reproduce by fragmentation?


(A) Amoeba, fungi and earthworm
(B) Fungi, filamentous algae, and protonema of mosses (ans)
(C) Hydra, fungi, amoeba, and bacteria
(D) Earthworm, bacteria and fungi

11. Growth in unicellular organisms can be observed by


(A) Counting the mass of cultured cells
(B) Analysing the amount of nutrients absorbed by living organisms
(C) Growth cannot be observed
(D) Simply counting the number of cells under microscope during in vitro culture (ans)

12. Reproduction is synonymous with growth / cell division in –


I. Bacteria
II. Hydra
III. Planaria
IV. Unicellular algae
V. Amoeba

(A) I, III and V (B) I, II and IV


(C) I, IV and V (ans) (D) All

24. Choose the correct one


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 nonliving object is capable of replicating itself.
V. Metabolism in a test tube is nonliving.
VI. Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organism.

(A) I and III (B) All except V (ans)


(C) All except III (D) All

* Homeostasis is tendency to resist change / self regulatory mechanism

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