Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things?
| 1. | Increase in mass by the accumulation of material both on the surface as well as internally |
| 2. | Isolated metabolic reactions occurring in vitro |
| 3. | Increase in mass from outside only |
| 4. | Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory |
Practical purpose of taxonomy or classification is to:
| 1. | facilitate the identification of unknown species |
| 2. | explain the origin of organisms |
| 3. | know the evolutionary history |
| 4. | identify medicinal plants |
Which arrangement is in correct ascending order?
| 1. | Species < genus < order < family |
| 2. | Genus < species < family < order |
| 3. | Order < family < genus < species |
| 4. | Species < genus < family < order |
Biosystematics aims at:
| 1. | The classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters |
| 2. | Delimiting various taxa of organisms and establishing their relationships |
| 3. | The classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies |
| 4. | Identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of cytological characteristics |
Species are considered:
| 1. | basic units of classification |
| 2. | The lowest units of classification |
| 3. | The artificial concept of the human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms |
| 4. | Real units of classification devised by taxonomists |
Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?
| 1. | Cockroach | 2. | House fly |
| 3. | Fire fly | 4. | Grasshopper |
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 |