Panthera tigris belongs to the Felidae family. What taxonomic category does Panthera represent?

1. Species 2. Family
3. Genus 4. Order

Subtopic:  Taxonomy 2: Classification up to Genus |
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A store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets is called as:
1. Herbarium
2. Monograph
3. Flora
4. Manual

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The thermostat of human body is located in:
1. Hypothalamus

2. Cerebrum

3. Cerebellum

4. Thalamus

Subtopic:  Diencephalon |
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The species problem is the set of questions that arises when biologists attempt to define what a species is. One popular way to define species is the biological species concept. This definition breaks down in all the following situations except:
1. asexually reproducing single celled organisms
2. sexually reproducing multi cellular organisms
3. extinct life forms in paleontology
4. ring species

Subtopic:  Reproduction as Criterion for Being Living (OLD NCERT) |
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Keys in which the choices allow only two (mutually exclusive) alternative couplets are known as:
1. Dichotomous keys
2. Poly clave keys
3. Indented keys
4. Bracketed keys

Subtopic:  Taxonomical Aids (OLD NCERT) |
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A monophyletic group, a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants, is called as:
1. Taxon
2. Class
3. Clade
4. Division

Subtopic:  Systematics & Type study |
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ICBN is now known as:
1. ICNafp
2. ICNCP
3. IAPT
4. ICZN

Subtopic:  Taxonomy 1: Nomenclature |
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Which taxon in plant taxonomy is equivalent to the ‘phylum’ in animal taxonomy?
1. Supraclass
2. Clade
3. Domain
4. Division

Subtopic:  Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
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Which taxonomic category is not correctly matched with name regarding the classification of the housefly?

 
1. Phylum: Arthropoda 2. Class: Diptera
3. Family: Muscidae 4. Genus: Musca
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
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Of the known and described number of species, Arthropods are maximum in number. Which of the following groups will be next in number?
1. Molluscs
2. Fungi
3. Vascular plants
4. Algae

Subtopic:  Diversity in the Living World |

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