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Q. No.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
1. facilitate the identification of unknown species
2. explain the origin of organisms
3. know the evolutionary history
4. identify medicinal plants
Subtopic: Systematics & Type study |
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AIPMT - 1999
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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 |
Subtopic: Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
75%
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AIPMT - 1999
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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 |
Subtopic: Systematics & Type study |
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AIPMT - 2003
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Species are considered:
| 1. | Real 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 |
Subtopic: Taxonomy 2: Classification up to Genus |
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AIPMT - 2003
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Which of the following taxonomic category is less general in characters as compared to the taxonomic category ‘Genus’?
| 1. | Species | 2. | Division |
| 3. | Class | 4. | Family |
Subtopic: Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
63%
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AIPMT - 2001
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Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?
| 1. | Cockroach | 2. | House fly |
| 3. | Fire fly | 4. | Grasshopper |
Subtopic: Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
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NEET - 2021
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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 |
Subtopic: Metabolism and Consciousness as Criterion for Being Living (OLD NCERT) |
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AIPMT - 2011
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Two organisms belonging to the same order may not belong to the same:
| 1. | Class | 2. | Phylum |
| 3. | Family | 4. | Kingdom |
Subtopic: Taxonomy 2: Classification up to Genus |
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Which of the following, though a characteristic, cannot be a defining property of living organisms?
I. Growth
II. Reproduction
III. Cellular organization with metabolism
IV. Consciousness
1. I and II
2. I and III
3. III and IV
4. II and IV
I. Growth
II. Reproduction
III. Cellular organization with metabolism
IV. Consciousness
1. I and II
2. I and III
3. III and IV
4. II and IV
Subtopic: Introduction & Growth as Criterion for Being Living (OLD NCERT) | Reproduction as Criterion for Being Living (OLD NCERT) |
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Monkey, gorilla, gibbon, tiger, cat and dog do not belong to the same:
| 1. | Phylum | 2. | Order |
| 3. | Class | 4. | Kingdom |
Subtopic: Taxonomy 2: Classification up to Genus |
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