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Classification of Organisms (AIPVT)

Questions covering biological classification systems, taxonomy, kingdom and domain classification, and historical approaches to organizing living organisms.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which kingdom was absent from 4-kingdom classification of 1938?

  1. Protista
  2. Monera
  3. Fungi
  4. Plantae
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which organism has the largest genome among all known viruses?

  1. Megavirus
  2. Mimivirus
  3. Pandoravirus
  4. Pithovirus
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What does kingdom Regnum lepideum contain according to the classification system given by Linnaeus?

  1. Plants
  2. Animals
  3. Minerals
  4. Fungi
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What does Archezoa hypothesis indicate?

  1. Difference between eubacteria and archaebacteria
  2. Eukaryotic endosymbiosis
  3. Chlorophyll c presence in Chromists
  4. Presence of domain archea
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organisms is included in kingdom Excavata?

  1. Amblyospora
  2. Cyclospora
  3. Euglena
  4. Chromera
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the basic unit of classification?

  1. Genus
  2. Species
  3. Phylum
  4. Kingdom
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The classification of organisms based on overall similarity, usually in morphology or other observable traits, is called

  1. Cladistics
  2. Phenetics
  3. Phonetics
  4. Bayesian inference
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following were included in kingdom Plantae of Whittaker's 5-kingdom classification?

  1. Only land plants
  2. Plants + Some algae
  3. Plants + photosynthetic protists
  4. All plants
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a trait shared by 2 or more taxa and their most recent common ancestor called?

  1. Symplesiomorphy
  2. Synapomorphy
  3. Apomorphy
  4. Plesiomorphy
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first person to give classification of organisms (Taxonomy)?

  1. Aristotle
  2. Carl Linnaeus
  3. Earnst Haeckel
  4. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the basis of phylogenetic classification?

  1. Developmental history
  2. Biochemical characteristics
  3. Morphological characteristics
  4. Increasing complexity
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which kingdom(s) were members of Archezoa reclassified in 6-kingdom classification?

  1. Fungi
  2. Protozoa
  3. Chromista
  4. Fungi and protozoa
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which order is assigned to human beings?

  1. Mammalia
  2. Hominidae
  3. Primates
  4. Eutheria
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which domain did Stefan Luketa include acellular and without nucleic acid organisms in 2012?

  1. Virusobiota
  2. Prionobiota
  3. Eukarya
  4. Archaea
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to 6-kingdom classification, which of the following organisms is included in kingdom Chromista?

  1. Unibacteria
  2. Rhizarians
  3. Archezons
  4. Archaebacteria
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