TARGET : PRE-MEDICAL-2023/NEET/NURTURE/PHASE-I/INTERNAL TEST-02/19.05.

2021
BOTANY
Growth occurs _______ in plants and _______ The keys are based on contrasting characters
in animals generally in a pair called _______.
(1) Continuously, only upto a certain age (1) Flora (2) Couplet
(2) Only upto a certain age, continuously (3) Monogrph (4) Manuals
(3) Continuously, never Which of the following taxonomic categories is
(4) Once, twice being described by the given statements (i-iii) ?
In majority of higher animals and plants, _____ (i) It is the basic unit of classification.
and _____are mutually exclusive events. (ii) It is defined as the group of individuals which
(1) Growth; nutrition resemble in their morphological and
(2) Nutrition; consciousness reproductive characters and interbreed
among themselves and produce fertile
(3) Growth; reproduction offsprings.
(4) Reproduction; consciousness (iii) Human beings belong to the species sapiens
In multicellular organisms, _____ refers to the which is grouped in the genus Homo.
production of progeny possessing features more (1) Species (2) Genus
or less similar to those of parents.
(3) Order (4) Family
(1) Growth (2) Reproduction
Which of the following is the correct sequence of
(3) Metabolism (4) Consciousness the various steps of Herbarium formation?
The fungi, the filamentous algae, the protonema of (1) Drying (2) Poisoning (3) Collection
mosses, all easily multiply by _____.
(4) Mounting (5) Deposition
(1) Budding (2) Fission
(1) 3, 1, 2, 4,5 (2) 3, 2, 4, 5, 1
(3) Regeneration (4) Fragmentation
(3) 3, 1, 2, 5, 4 (4) 5,4,3,2,1
The sum total of all the chemical reactions occurring
in our body is known as Which of the following pair is correctly matched.
(1) Metabolism (2) Growth (i) Fungi - Binary fission
(3) Regeneration (4) Reproduction (ii) Protonema - Fragmentation
ICBN stands for (iii) Planaria - Budding
(1) International Code of Botanical (1) (i) and (ii) (2) Both (i) and (iii)
Nomenclature (3) Only (ii) (4) Only (iii)
(2) International Congress of Biological Names Dicotyledons like mango, brinjal and
(3) Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature monocotyledons like Wheat and Rice are placed
under a taxonomic category known as
(4) Indian Congress of Biological Names
(1) Phylum - Angiospermae
Binomial nomenclature means
(2) Division - Angiospermae
(1) One name given by two scientists
(3) Class - Angiospermae
(2) One scientific name consisting of a generic
and specific epithet. (4) Sereis - Polypetalae
(3) Two names, one latinized, other of a person
(4) Two names of same plant
In printed scientific names, first letter of only the
______ is capitalized
(1) Class (2) Species
(3) Genus (4) Family

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 TARGET : PRE-MEDICAL-2023/NEET/NURTURE/PHASE-I/INTERNAL TEST-02/19.05.2021
Match the common name given in column I with As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic
their taxonomic category order given in column II hierarchy, the number of common characteristics
and choose the correct combination from the (1) Will decrease.
options given below.
(2) Will increase.
Column-I Column-II (3) Remain same.
(Taxonomic (4) May increase or decrease.
(Common name)
category–Order) Taxonomic hierarchy refers to
A Wheat I Primata (1) Step-wise arrangement of all categories for
B Mango II Diptera classification of plants and animals.
C Housefly III Sapindales (2) A group of senior taxonomists who decide
D Man IV Poales the nomenclature of plants and animals.
(1) A - I; B - II; C - IV; D - III (3) A list of botanists or zoologists who have
(2) A - IV; B - III; C - II; D - I worked on taxonomy of a species or group.
(3) A - II; B - IV; C - I; D - III (4) Classification of a plant species based on
fossil record.
(4) A - III; B - IV; C - II; D - I
In angiosperm, characters of flowers are used in
Match column-I (Biological name) with column-II classification because
(Class) and choose the correct option.
(1) Flowers are attractive.
Column-I Column-II (2) Flowers are large.
(Biological name) (Class) (3) Character of flowers are conserved.
(4) None of the above.
Homo Genus represents
A I Dicotyledonae
sapiens (1) An individual plant or animal.
Musca (2) A collection of plants or animals.
B II Mammalia
domestica (3) Group of closely related species of plants or
Mangifera animals.
C III Monocotyledonae
indica (4) Group of individuals who reproduce to
Triticum produce sterile progeny only
D IV Insects
aestivum Compared to genus, which of the following is less
(1) A - IV; B - II; C - I; D - III general in characters?
(2) A - II; B - IV; C - III; D - I (1) Family (2) Species
(3) A - II; B - IV; C - I; D - III (3) Division (4) Class.
(4) A - II; B - I; C - IV; D - III For wheat, which of the following combinations
Identify the correct sequence of taxonomic is correct?
categories. (1) Genus Triticum, family Poaceae, order
(1) Species ® Genus ® Order ® Class ® Poales, Class Monocotyledonae
Family ® Phylum/Division ® Kingdom (2) Genus Triticum, family Poaceae, order
(2) Species ® Genus ® Family ® Class ® Poales, Class Dicotyledonae
Phylum/Division ® Order ® Kingdom ® (3) Genus Triticum, family Poaceae, order
Kingdom Sapindales, Class Monocotyledonae
(3) Species ® Genus ® Family ® Order ® (4) Genus Triticum, family Anacardiaceae, order
Class ® Phylum/Division ® kingdom Poales, Class Monocotyledonae
(4) Order ® Genus ® Family ® Species ®
Class ® Phylum/Division ® Kingdom

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 TARGET : PRE-MEDICAL-2023/NEET/NURTURE/PHASE-I/INTERNAL TEST-02/19.05.2021
Which one of these categories has real existence? Which of the following taxonomic category of
(1) Species (2) Genus housefly is incorrectly matched?
(3) Kingdom (4) Phylum (1) Genus - Musca
One of the first acts in taxonomy is (2) Family - Muscidae
(1) Identification (2) Phylogeny (3) Order - Primata
(3) Naming (4) Classification (4) Class - Insecta
The order generally ends with The word taxonomy was given by
(1) Ales (2) Aceae (1) Mendel
(3) Eae (4) None of these (2) R. Brown
Each statement in the key is called _______. (3) Darwin
(1) Lead (2) Catalogues (4) A.P. De Candolle
(3) Manuals (4) Monographs Number of obligatory categories in taxonomy are
Linnaeus is credited with … (1) 7 (2) 8
(1)) Binomial nomenclature (3) 9 (4) 10
(2) Theory of biogenesis Which of the following is standard size of
(3) Discovery of microscope Herbarium - in inch?
(4) Discovery of blood circulation (1) 11.5 × 16.5 (2) 10 × 10
(3) 15.5 × 16.5 (4) 29.5 × 49.5
The generic name of Mango is ....
(1) Mangifera indica Amongst animals insects form the largest group,
which has ------ number of species.
(2) Indica
(1) 25000 (2) 16000
(3) Mangifera
(3) 1025000 (4) 2025000
(4) Indica Mangifera
Which of the following taxonomical aid contains
National Botanical Garden located in … the actual account of habitat and distribution of
(1) Chennai (2) Lucknow plants of given area?
(3) Kolkata (4) Darjeeling (1) Catalogue (2) Mammals
The defining characteristic of living beings is (3) Monograph (4) Flora
(1) They reproduce Alpha, Beta & Omega taxonomy was given by
(2) They can digest their food (1) Turill (2) Linnaeus
(3) They respond to external stimuli (3) Darwin (4) Schleiden
(4) They regenerate Lion and cat belongs to
The famous botanical garden 'Kew' is located in (1) Same family felidae
(1) England (2) Lucknow (2) Same genus panthera
(3) Berlin (4) Australia (3) Same class felidae
Growth in living organisms occurs by (4) Same species
(1) Division of cells. In Yeast asexual mode of reproduction is
(2) Increase in biomass. (1) Budding (2) Regeneration
(3) Accumulation of material by external (3) Syngamy (4) Spores
agency. Which of the following is/are non defining property
(4) Both (a) and (b). of Living Organisms
(1) Growth (2) Reproduction
(3) Metabolism (4) Both a & b

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 TARGET : PRE-MEDICAL-2023/NEET/NURTURE/PHASE-I/INTERNAL TEST-02/19.05.2021
Which scientist is known as darwin of 20th Taxonomically known number of species is
century? (1) 1.7 billion
(1) Ernst mayr (2) John Ray (2) 17 lakh
(3) Carlous Linnaeus (4) Charls Darwin (3) 5.30 million
Year of publication of " Species Plantarum" is (4) 1.7 million
(1) 1853 (2) 1857
(3) 1753 (4) 1960

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