4

Self Assessment
Questions

What is Living? [NCERT Pg 3-5] Diversity in Living World [NCERT Pg 6-8]

1.
Defining property of living organism? 9.
Described biodiversity range?
a. Reproduction a. 1.7 - 1.8 million b. 1.1 - 1.8 trillion
b. Metabolism c. 1.7 - 1.8 billion d. 17 - 18 billion
c. Consciousness 10. ICBN codes for?
d. Cell division a. International code for Botanical Nomenclature
2.
Which of the following do not reproduces? b. International code for Binomial Nomenclature
a. Phytoplankton b. Worker bee c. International code for Botanimal Naming
c. Queen bee d. Mycoplasma d. International code for Binomial Naming

3.
Isolated metabolism reaction outside the body performed 11. ICZN codes for:
in test tube a. International code of zoological Nomenclature
b. International code for zoological Naming
a. Living
c. International coding for zoological Nomenclature
b. Non - living
d. Inbreeding code for zoological Nomenclature
c. Neither living nor Non-living
d. Both (a) and (b) 12. Linnaeus used the title for his publication is?
a. Systema Naturae
4.
Defining feature of life forms? b. Genera Naturae
a. Metabolism c. Altis vortex
b. Consciousness d. Die Nature lichen pflanzen
c. Cellular organization
13. The science of giving names to living beings called
d. All of the above
a. Nomenclature b. Identification
5.
In which organism reproduction can be considered as c. Classification d. Characterization
synonymous with growth?
14. Select the correctly written botanical/ zoological name
a. Amoeba
a. Panthera tigris b. Mangifera indica
b. Planaria
c. Sativum pisum d. Homo sapiens
c. Star fish
d. More then one option are correct 15. Biological names, when hand written, should necessary
be:
6.
The twin characteristics of growth are: a. Underlined b. Bold (antics)
a. Increase in number of individuals, increase in mass c. In capital letter d. Italics
b. Increase in height and increase in mass
c. Increase in molecular weight and increase in mass 16. In binomial nomenclature, the first and second
d. Increase in size and decrease in mass components represent:
a. Genus and species
7.
A living organism is unexceptionally differentiated from b. Genus and class
Objective NCERT Gear Up Biology

a nonliving structure on the basis of c. Species and genus

a. Reproduction d. Kingdom and class
b. Growth and movement
c. Interaction with environment 17. The main purpose of classification of organisms is to
d. Responsiveness a. Study geography
b. Locate plants and animals
8.
The statement ‘nothing lives forever, yet life continues’ c. Establish relationships amongst organisms
illustrates the role of d. Study evolution
a. Embryogenesis
b. Morphogenesis 18. First book of Botany, Historia Plantarum, was given by:
c. Replication a. Theoprastus b. A. P. de Condolle
d. Reproduction c. Aristotle d. None of these
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19. The word systematics is derived from b. The name should be reverse with bengalensis
a. Greek word systema preceding Ficus
b. Italic word systema c. Letter L signifies taxonomist Linnaeus
c. Latin word systema d. Bengalensis is generic name
d. English word systema
Taxonomic Categories [NCERT Pg 8-11]
20. In Mangifera indica Linn. indica refers to
a. Genus b. Author 30. Systematics takes accounts:
c. Family d. Species a. Evolutionary relationship between organisms.
21. Term biology was introduced by: b. Breeding relationship between organisms.
a. Aristotle b. Darwin c. Economic relationship between organisms.
c. John Ray d. Lamarck and Treviranus d. None of these
22. Improvement of human race through improvement of 31. Taxon represents:
human environment is: a. Rank in classification
a. Anthropology b. Euthenics b. Basic unit of classification
c. Euphenics d. Eugenics c. Both of these
d. None of these
23. Edaphology is:
a. Study of soils b. Study of amphibians 32. In taxonomy the first step is:
c. Study of snakes d. Study of elephants a. Identification b. Nomenclature
c. Classification d. Affinities
24. As we go lower from kingdom to species the number of
common characteristics goes on 33. Term classification was given by:
a. Increasing b. Remain unchanged a. A.P de Condolle
c. Decreasing d. Sometimes decreasing b. Norman E. Borloug
c. Tansley
25. A prediction made by a scientist based on his observation
d. None of these
is known as:
a. Law b. Principle 34. Which of the following taxonomic categories contains
c. Theory d. Hypothesis organisms least similar to one another?
a Genera b. Family
26. The simplest amino acid is:
c. Class d. Species
a. Aspartic acid b. Tyrosine
c. Lysine d. Glycine 35. Which of the following combinations is correct for
wheat ?
27. Glucose in taken in test tube and acted upon by
a. Genus : Triticum, Family : Anacardiaceae, Order :
hexokinase enzyme. Resulting substrate is glucose - 6 -
Poales, Class : Monocotyledonae
phosphate. This isolated metabolic reaction is:
b. Genus : Triticum, Family : Poaceae, Order : Poales,
a. Occurring in test tube which can be considered as
Class : Dicotyledonae
living
c. Genus : Triticum, Family : Poaceae, Order : Sapindales,
b. Considered to be in vivo
Class : Monocotyledonae
c. Considered to be in vitro and living reaction.
d. Genus : Triticum, Family : Poaceae, Order : Poales,
d. Considered as non-living reaction
Class : Monocotyledonae
28. Basis of Taxonomy are: The Living World
36. The suffix – inae signifies the rank:
a. Identification - Characterization - Classification -
a. Tribe b. Subtribe
Nomenclature
c. Suborder d. Family
b. Characterization - Identification - Classification -
Nomenclature 37. Species living in different geographical areas are called:
c. Classification - Characterization - Identification - a. Allochronic b. Allopatric
Nomenclature c. Sympatric d. Siblings
d. Nomenclature - Classification - Identification - 38. Determination of age by counting growth rings falls
characterization under:
29. The scientific name of banyan is written as Ficus a. Chorology
bengalensis L. which of the following is a correct b. Chronology
statement regarding this? c. Dendrology
a. Letter L signifies Latin language. d. Dendrochronology
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39. What is ethnobotany? 48. Species is considered:

a. Cultivation of flower yielding plants a. As basic unit of classification
b. Use of plants and their parts b. The largest unit of classification
c. Relationship between plants and primitive people c. Artificial concept of human mind which cannot be
d. Study of soil defined in absolute terms
40. The timing of seasonal activity of plants in relation to d. Real unit of classification devised by taxonomists
change in environmental conditions is termed as:
Genus [NCERT Pg 9]
a. Dendrochronology
b. Phenology 49. Genera Plantarum was given by:
c. Time lapse a. Bentham Hooker
d. Biological clock b. Engler & Prantl
41. In a scientific name, the name of the author is printed in c. A.P de Condole
a. Capital letters b. Bold ( antics) d. None of these
c. Italics d. Roman 50. Linnaeus put similar species into a larger group called
42. Few rules are written following regarding binomial the
nomenclature. Identity the wrong one: a. Species b. Family
a. Biological names are latinized and written in italics c. Kingdom d. Genus
b. Generic and specific name starts with capital letter 51. In a taxonomic hierarchy, genus is interpolated between
c. Generic and specific name when hand written are a. Kingdom and class
underlined b. Phylum and order
d. All are correct c. Order and species
43. Identity the incorrect statement: d. Family and species
a. Class like Mammalia is involved in phylum Chordata 52. The taxonomic category below the lovel of family is
b. Order like Insecta is involved in class Mandibulate a. Class b. Species
c. Genus like Panthera is involved in family Felidae. c. Phylum d. Genus
d. Order like Primata is involved in class Mammalia
Family [NCERT Pg 9]
44. Which is not the component of taxonomy?
a. Identification b. Responsiveness 53. Die naturlichen pflanzenfamilien was given by.
c. Nomenclature d. Classification a. Engler & Prantl
45. Taxonomic hierachy is given following; select the b. Lamarck
correct match: c. Curier
Taxonomic category Examples d. None of these

a. A Sapindales, Insecta 54. Olericulture is cultivation of:

a. Flowers b. Vegetables
b. B Primata, Diptera
c. Fruits d. All the above
c. C Musca, Poales
55. Family and order of Triticum aestivum (wheat) are
d. D Triticum, Muscidae
Objective NCERT Gear Up Biology

a. Poaceae, Monocotyledonae
b. Poaceae, Poales
Species [NCERT Pg 9] c. Poales, Monocotyledonae
d. None is correct
46. Which of the following is a species?
a. Tamarindus b. Homo 56. Family - order - class of Musca domestica (Housefly) are
c. Triticum aestivam d. Indica respectively:
a. Muscidae - Insecta - Hymenoptera
47. Which is less general in characters as compared to
b. Muscidae - Diptera - Mandibulata
genus?
c. Hymenoptera - Insecta - Mandibuleta
a. Family d. Class
d. Muscidae - Diptera - Insecta
c. Division d. Species
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57. Family of man (Homo sapiens) is: 69. Which of the following categories possess least number
a. Hominidae b. Hominini of related characters?
c. Primata d. Ceboideae a. Order b. Phylum
58. The word ending with - aceae indicates: c. Class d. Species
a. Genera b. Family 70. Two animals belong to the same kingdom but different
c. Order d. Class classes. They may belong to the same
59. In a taxonomic hierarchy, family is interpolated between: a. Phylum b. Order
a. Kingdom and class c. Division d. Family
b. Class and order
Taxonomical Aids [NCERT Pg 11-14]
c. Order and genus
d. Class and genus 71. Father of Indian Taxonomy:
60. Cohort is a group of correlated: a. Ajay phadke
a. Order b. Species b. Henry Santapau
c. Genera d. Families c. Har Govind Khorana
d. Chanukah
Order [NCERT Pg 10] 72. The term taxon for plants coined by
61. Order polyemoniales include a. Curier b. Adolf Meyer
a. Convolvulaceae b. Solanaceae c. H.J Lam d. DeCandolle
c. Both of this d. None of these
Herbarium [NCERT Pg 11-12]
62. Carnivora includes
a. Canis b. Felis 73. Largest Herbarium in the world situated in
c. Both of these d. None of these a. Kew b. L.A.
c. Johannesburg d. Brazil
63. Order polyemoniales based on
a. Reproductive character 74. Herbarium sheet size?
b. Floral character a. 29 * 41.5 cm b. 29 * 40 cm
c. Evolutionary character c. 30 * 20 cm d. 20 * 20 cm
d. None of these 75. Pesticide used in the Herbarium is:
64. Poales is the order of a. 2 , 4 - D b. NAA
a. Mango b. Wheat c. CS2 d. HgCl2
c. Maize d. Corn 76. Employment of hereditary principles in the improvement
65. Sapindales is the order of of human race is:
a. Mango b. Maize a. Ethnology b. Euphenics
c. Wheat d. Corn c. Eugenics d. Euthenics

66. When organisms are in the same class but not in same Botanical Garden and Museum [NCERT Pg 12]
family, the taxonomic term is called as: The Living World
a. Order b. Genus 77. Insects are preserved in insect boxes after:
c. Family d. Species a. Collecting - Killing - Pinning
67. The category that includes related order is b. Killing - Collecting - Pinning
a. Families b. Phylum c. Killing - Pinning - Collecting
c. Class d. Kingdom d. None of these
78.
Royal Botanical Garden consists of how many
Phylum [NCERT Pg 10] specimens?
68. Term phylum was given by: a. 6.5 millions b. 6 millions
a. Haeckel b. H. J. Lam c. 6.5 billions d. 6.5 trillions
c. Eichler d. Linnaeus
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79. Plant species in botanical gardens are labeled to indicate Zoological Parks [NCERT Pg 13]
a. English and local name
b. Collectors name 86. First book of Zoology Historia animalicum was given
c. Botanical name and family by:
d. Family and place of collection a. Aristotle b. Theophrastus
c. Carl woese d. Alberto del rio
80. Father of Botany:
a. Aristotle b. Theophrastus 87. Father of zoology:
c. Lamark d. Whittaker a. Theophrastus b. Aristotle
81. National Botanical Research Institute located in: c. Carl correns d. Von - Tschemark
a. Chennai b. Lucknow 88. Not applicable to zoological parks:
c. Darjeeling d. Kolkata a. In vivo mode of conservation
82. Rearing of bees is: b. Wild animals are kept under human care
a. Horticulture b. Sericulture c. Wild animals are kept in separate enclosures
c. Silviculture d. Apiculture d. All are true

83. The collection of preserved plants and animals for study Key [NCERT Pg 13]
and reference is called:
a. Museum b. Keys 89. Each statement in key is called
c. Herbarium d. Flora a. Couplet b. Lead
c. Principle d. None of these
84. In museums, larger animals like birds and mammals are:
a. Collected, killed and pinned 90. Which of the following provide information of any
b. Stuffed and preserved one taxon?
c. Preserved in natural habitat a. Manuals b. Monograph
d. Both (a) and (b) c. Flora d. Fauna
85. Museums are known to preserve: 91. Providing information for identification of names of
a. Insects species found in an area
b. Larger animals a. Fauna b. Flora
c. Skeleton of animals c. Monograph d. Manuals
d. All of these
Objective NCERT Gear Up Biology
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Higher Order
Questions

Fact Based Round D. Ernst Haeckel 4. Ecology

1. Herbarium is: E. Bateson 5. Organic evolution
a. A garden where medicinal plants are grown a. A-3 B-5 C-2 D-4 E-1
b. Garden where herbaceous plants are grown b. A-3 B-5 C-1 D-4 E-2
c. Dry garden
c. A-1 B-3 C-5 D-2 E-4
d. Chemical to kill plants
d. A-4 B-2 C-5 D-1 E-4
2.
Which one of the following branch is applicable to both
plants and animals? 8.
Read the following and choose the correct combinations:
a. Herpetology b. Saurology
A. Biosphere Reserves 1. 16
c. Taxonomy d. Ichthyology
B. National Parks 2. 34
3. For higher plants, flowers are chiefly used as a basis of
C. Sanctuaries 3. 90
classification, because:
a. These show a great variety in colour D. Biodiversity hot spots 4. 448
b. It can be preserved easily
a. A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2
c. Reproductive parts are more conservative than
b. A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
vegetative parts
d. They have strong fragrance c. A-3 B-1 C-2 D-4

4.
Which of the following species are restricted to a given d. A-1 B-3 C-4 D-4
area? 9.
Read the following and choose the correct combinations:
a. Sympatric species b. Allopatric species
c. Sibling species d. Endemic species Place Number of types of birds Latitude
1. Colombia 1400 00 N
5.
The most convenient way for easy identification of
plants and animals by applying diagnostic feature is use 2. New York 105 410 N
of 3. Greenland 56 710 N
a. Herbarium b. Botanical gardens
a. All correct b. One
c. Museum d. Taxonomic keys c. 1 & 2 d. Except two
6.
Classification systems have many advantages. Which of
10. Match the columns and find out the correct combination:
the following is not a goal of biological classification?
a. To depict convergent evolution Common name Biological name
The Living World
b. To clarify relationships among organisms A. Tobacco 1. Mangifera indica
c. To help us remember organisms and their traits B. Potato 2. Triticum vulgare
d. To identify and name organisms
C. Brinjal 3. Nicotiana tabacum
Combination Round D. Wheat 4. Solanum tuberosum
5. Solanum melongena
7. Read the following and choose the correct combinations:
a. A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2
Scientist Coined the term
A. A.P. de Candolle 1. Biology b. A-3 B-4 C-5 D-2
B. Herbert Spencer 2. Genetics c. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4
C. Lamarck 3. Taxonomy d. A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
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11. Match the columns and find out the correct combination: criteria provided in ICBN.
A. Family 1. nigrum c. Description of any organism should enable the people
(in any part of the world) to arrive at the same name.
B. Kingdom 2. Polemoniales
d. Category denotes rank, and these categories or ranks
C. Order 3. Solanum are merely morphological aggregates.
D. Species 4. Plantae 16. Incorrect statement are:
5. Solanaceae A. Animals, mammals, dogs, alsatians represent taxa at
different levels.
a. A-5 B-4 C-2 D-1
B. Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of an organism to
b. A-4 B-5 C-3 D-2 change its phenotype in response to environment.
c. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 C. Nomenclature is only possible when the organism is
d. A-3 B-2 C-4 D-5 described correctly.
D. In animals, growth is seen only up to a certain age.
12. Match the columns and find out the correct combination:
E. Non-living objects also grow if we take increase in
A. Couplet 1. Information of any one taxon body mass as a criteria of growth.
F. Human being is the only organism who is aware of
B. Lead 2. Preserved specimen
himself.
C. Monograph 3. Specially designed for ready a. C b. B c. A d. Zero
reference
17. Read the following statements.
D. Manuals 4. Each statement in the key
A. Isolated-metabolic reactions in-vitro are living
5. A pair of contrasting characters things.
B. Reproduction is synonymous with growth in
a. A-5 B-4 C-1 D-3
Chlamydomonas.
b. A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1 C. Reproduction is an all inclusive defining
c. A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4 characteristic of living organisms.
d. A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2 D. Extrinsic growth cannot be taken as defining
property of living organisms.
Conceptual Round
How many of the above statement (s) is/are not true?
a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four
13. Choose the correct statements from following:
A. Taxonomic hierarchy includes seven obligate 18. Consider the following statements and select correct set
categories. of option.
B. Haeckel introduced the taxon phylum. A. The most obvious and technically complicated
C. Three - domain classification was introduced by features are metabolism and consciousness.
Carl Woese. B. Growth and reproduction are mutually inclusive
events for euglenoids and chrysophytes.
a. A & B b. B & C
C. Generally, families and orders are identified on the
c. A & C d. All
basis of aggregates of vegetative characters only.
14. Read the following statements and identify the correct D. Herbarium serves as quick referral system in
statements: taxonomical studies.
A. Biodiversity refers to the number and types of a. B, C & D b. A, C & D
organisms present on earth. c. B & D d. A, B, C & D
B. The local names would vary from place to place,
19. Read the following statements.
even within a country.
Objective NCERT Gear Up Biology

A. Manuals are useful in providing information for

C. The number of species that are known and described
identification of names of species found in an area.
range between 1.7-1.8 million.
B. Potato and brinjal are related species, which has
D. International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
more characters in common in comparison to shimla
(ICBN) provides scientific names for plants
mirch.
E. Nomenclature or naming is only possible when the
C. CO2 dissolving in water, a physical process, is a
organism is described correctly.
catalysed reaction in living systems.
a. A and B only b. A, B and C only
D. The ribosomes of polysome translate the mRNA
c. A, D and C only d. All of these
into multiple copies of the same protein.
15. Incorrect statement is: a. A and C are correct
a. Naming is only possible when the organism is b. Only B correct
described correctly. c. B incorrect
b. Scientific names are based on the principles and d. All are correct
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NCERT Exemplar
Problems

1.
As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic d. Collection of only local plants and animals
hierarchy, the number of common characteristics: 7.
Taxonomic key is one of the taxonomic tools in the
a. Will decrease b. Will increase
identification and classification of plants and animals. It
c. Remain same d. May increase or decrease
is used in the preparation of:
2.
Which of the following ‘suffixes’ used for units of a. Monographs b. Flora
classification in plants indicates a taxonomic category of c. Both (a) and (b) d. None of these
‘family’?
8.
All living organisms are linked to one another because:
a. — Ales b. — Onae
a. They have common genetic material of the same type
c. — Aceae d. — Ae
b. They share common genetic material but to varying
3.
The term ‘systematics’ refers to: degrees
a. Identification and study of organ systems
c. All have common cellular organization
b. Identification and preservation of plants and animals
d. All of the above
c. Diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship
d. Study of habitats of organisms and, their classification 9.
Which of the following is a defining characteristic of
living organisms?
4.
Genus represents: a. Growth b. Ability to make sound
a. An individual plant or animal c. Reproduction d. Response to external stimuli
b. A collection of plants or animals
10. Match the following and choose the correct option.
c. Group of closely related species of plants or animals
d. A group of plants in a given area. A. Family 1. Tuberosum

5.
The taxonomic unit ‘Phylum’ in the classification of B. Kingdom 2. Polymoniales
animals is equivalent to which hierarchical level in C. Order 3. Solanum
classification of plants: D. Species 4. Plantae
a. Class b. Order
c. Division d. Family E. Genus 5. Solanaceae

6.
Botanical gardens and Zoological parks have: a. A-4 B-3 C-5 D-2 E-1
a. Collection of endemic living species only b. A-5 B-4 C-2 D-1 E-3
b. Collection of exotic living species only c. A-4 B-5 C-2 D-1 E-3
c. Collection of endemic and exotic living species d. A-5 B-3 C-2 D-1 E-4

The Living World

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Past Year
Questions

1.
The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information c. Herbarium d. Gene pool
on: 7.
Which arrangement is in correct ascending order?
a. Local names a. Species < genus < order < family
b. Height of the plant b. Genus < species < family < order
c. Date of collection c. Order < family < genus < species
d. Name of collector d. Species < genus < family < order
2.
Biodiversity of a geographical region represents: 8.
‘Taxon’ is the unit of a group of:
a. Genetic diversity present in the dominant species of a. Order b. Taxonomy
the region c. Species d. Genes
b. Species endemic to the region
9.
Sequence of taxonomic categories is:
c. Endangered species found in the region
a. Class-phylum-tribe-order-family-genus-species
d. The diversity in the organisms living in the region
b. Division-class-family-tribe-order-genus-species
3.
A living organism can be unexceptionally differentiated c. Division-class-order-family-tribe-genus-species
from a non-living thing on the basis of its ability for:
d. Phylum-order-class-tribe-family-genus-species
a. Reproduction
10. The high boiling point of water is advantageous to living
b. Growth and movement
organisms because
c. Responsiveness to touch
a. The environment seldom reaches the boiling point of
d. Interaction with environment and progressive water.
evolution b. Organisms can easily boil off enough water to keep
4. Biosystamatics aims at: themselves cool.
c. It allows organisms to spread heat evenly throughout
a. The classification of organisms based on broad
their bodies.
morphological characters.
d. Organisms can absorb a great deal of heat before they
b. Delimiting various taxa of organisms and establishing reach the boiling point from organisms and population.
their relationships.
11. A group of plants or animals with similar traits of any
c. The classification of organisms based on their
rank is:
evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny
a. Species b. Genus
on the totality of various parameters from all fields of
c. Order d. Taxon
studies.
d. Identification and arrangement of organisms on the 12. The term “New Systematics” was introduced by:
basis of their cytological characteristics. a. Bentham and Hooker
b. Linnaeus
5.
First life on earth was:
c. Julian Huxley
Objective NCERT Gear Up Biology

a. Cyanobacteria b. Chemohetrotrophs
d. A. P. de Candolle
c. Autotrophs d. Photoautotrophs
13. Static concept of species was put forward by:
6.
Viable material of endangered species can be
a. de Candolle b. Linnaeus
preserved by:
c. Mayr d. Darwin
a. Gene bank b. Gene library
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Assertion &
Reason

Directions: These questions consist of two statements each, printed as Assertion and Reason. While answering these
questions, you are required to choose any one of the following four responses.
A.  If both Assertion and Reason are True and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
B.  If both Assertion and Reason are True but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
C.  If Assertion is True but the Reason is False.
D.  If both Assertion and Reason are False.

1. Assertion: Both the words in a biological name when separately underlined.

handwritten, are separately underlined or printed in Reason: Underlining indicates their Latin origin.
italics.
9. Assertion: Complexity of classification increases from
Reason: This is done to indicate their latin origin. kingdom to species.
2. Assertion: Character of family is more general as Reason: Common characters increase from kingdom to
compared to character of genus. species.
Reason: Genera aggregates closely related species. 10. Assertion: The biological species concept helps us to
3. Assertion: Botanical garden are one of the important ask how species are formed.
taxonomic aids used in taxonomic studies. Reason: The concept of biological species focuses our
Reason: Botanical garden play significant role in attention on the question of how reproductive isolation
identification of plants. comes about.
4. Assertion: Chemotaxonomy is classifying organism at 11. Assertion: A morphology based approach to taxonomy
molecular level. is called ‘alpha taxonomy’ and it is old fashioned.
Reason: Cytotaxonomy is classifying organism at Reason: A multi-disciplinary approach to taxonomy
cellular level. called ‘omega taxonomy’ is favored in recent years, as it
5. Assertion: Natural system fails to give phylogenetic excludes morphological features.
relationship. 12. Assertion: Hierarchical system of classification is useful
Reason: Natural system may use habit or habitat for to reduce the voluminous description in the catalogue of
classifying organism. organisms.

6. Assertion: Living organisms show internal as well as Reason: Characters of a larger category (like division) The Living World
external growth. are not repeated for smaller/lower categories (family and
order).
Reason: Living organisms undergo the process known
as accretion. 13. Assertion: Museums are places/institution where
preserved plant, animal artistic and educational material
7. Assertion: New names in binomial nomenclature are
are exhibited to public.
derived from Latin or are Latinized.
Reason: Museums are of different kinds, like art,
Reason: Latin is a technical language. history, science and general museum which exhibit their
8. Assertion: In binomial nomenclature, both words are material to public awareness.