1. | Taxonomy involves the classification and naming of organisms, while systematics is the study of their evolutionary relationships. |
2. | Systematics is concerned only with the classification of organisms, whereas taxonomy includes the evolutionary history. |
3. | Taxonomy and systematics are completely interchangeable terms with no difference. |
4. | Systematics deals with the naming of organisms, and taxonomy deals with their identification. |
The currently accepted definition of biological species was pioneered by:
1. John Ray
2. G. G. Simpson
3. Ernst Mayr
4. Ernst Haeckel
I: | Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics. |
II: | The first word in a biological name represents the genus while the second component denotes the specific epithet. |
III: | Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin. |
IV: | The first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter. |
1. | Family | 2. | Order |
3. | Species | 4. | Class |
Assertion (A): | Higher the taxonomic category, greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level. |
Reason (R): | Lower the taxa, more are the characteristics that the members within the taxon share. |
1. | (A) is True and (R) is False. |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is a correct explanation of (A). |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A). |
4. | (A) is False and (R) is True. |
1. | Phylum | 2. | Division |
3. | Subphylum | 4. | Infra Class |
1. | - ales | 2. | - onae |
3. | - aceae | 4. | - ae |