The total number and types of organisms on earth represents the

1. Taxonomy

2. Biodiversity

3. Classification

4. Systematics

Select the incorrect match with respect to the given taxonomic categories of wheat.

1. Genus - Triticum

2. Family - aestivum

3. Order- Poales

4. Class - Monocotyledonae

Which of the given is not a defining property of living organisms?

1. Growth

2. Metabolism

3. Cellular organization

4. Consciousness

Taxa with least number of common characteristics are

1. Felis and Panthera

2. Potato, Brinjal and Makoi

3. Polymoniales and Poales

4. Arthropoda and Angiosperms

Read the statements carefully and select the correct
option:
A. Intrinsic increase in mass of body is defining
property of living organisms.

B. Reproduction is synonymous with growth in
all the organisms

C. Reproduction is defining feature of all
organisms

D. Isolated metabolic reactions in-vitro are living
reactions.

Options:

1. A and B

2. B and C

3. A and D

4. B and D

The system of the naming of organisms was developed by

1. Robert Hooke

2. Carolus Linnaeus

3. T. Schwann

4. Ernst Mayr

The highest category in the taxonomic hierarchy is

1. Kingdom

2. Phylum

3. Class

4. Species

Reproduction is a character of living organism but it cannot be regarded as defining property because:-

1. Sexual reproduction involves only a single parent

2. Lower organism do not reproduce under stressful environment

3. All living beings do not have the capacity to reproduce

4. For lower plants, growth and reproduction are mutually inseparable phenomenon

The correct definition of the genus may be:-

1. Genus is an aggregate of distantly related species

2. Genus is a group of species present in a given area

3. Genus is an aggregate of closely related species

4. Genus is a group species present in a common habitat

How many of the following are correct match ?

1. Four

2. Three

3. Two

4. One