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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first person to propose binomial nomenclature?

  1. Casper Bauhin
  2. Carolus Linnaeus
  3. Lamarck
  4. Theophrastus
  5. None of the above
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Concept of genus was given by _________.

  1. Tournefort
  2. Brunfels
  3. Eichler
  4. John Ray
  5. Linnaeus
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to __________, there is an ideal pattern for each species.

  1. static concept
  2. dynamic concept
  3. biological concept
  4. typological concept
  5. nominalistic concept
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which branch of taxonomy is based on biochemical evidence?

  1. Alpha taxonomy
  2. Beta taxonomy
  3. Omega taxonomy
  4. Cytotaxonomy
  5. None of the above
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Any one of the two or more specimens cited by an author when there is no holotype is known as __________.

  1. paratype
  2. lectotype
  3. syntype
  4. neotype
  5. isotype
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Biological concept of species was given by ___________.

  1. Linnaeus
  2. Lamarck
  3. Ernst Mayr
  4. Cuvier
  5. None of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

__________ are those species that have overlapping areas of geographical distribution.

  1. Allopatric species
  2. Parapatric species
  3. Sympatric species
  4. Allochronic species
  5. Synchronic species
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following suffix is used in animal kingdom for family?

  1. Aceae
  2. Ales
  3. Eae
  4. Opsida
  5. Idae
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Hinny is formed by a cross between ___________.

  1. male horse and female donkey
  2. male donkey and female horse
  3. male tiger and female lion
  4. male lion and female tiger
  5. none of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following refers to living species?

  1. Polytypic species
  2. Paleospecies
  3. Parapatric species
  4. Neontological species
  5. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who gave the statement "Taxonomy without phylogeny is the bone without flesh"?

  1. Engler and Prantl
  2. Takhtajan
  3. Bentham and Hooker
  4. Theophrastus
  5. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a sterile hybrid?

  1. Hinny and liger
  2. Tigon and mule
  3. Hinny and mule
  4. Tigon and liger
  5. Liger and mule
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which terminology is used when the species and subspecies names are the same?

  1. Tautonyms
  2. Autonyms
  3. Synonyms
  4. Homonyms
  5. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is complete listing and description of the plants growing in a particular area?

  1. Fauna
  2. Monograph
  3. Manual
  4. Biota
  5. None of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are cryptic species?

  1. True species which do not interbreed but are difficult to separate on basis of morphological characters alone.
  2. Species erected on basis of morphological characters only.
  3. Species having definite binomial name.
  4. Species with two or more subspecies.
  5. Species which are found as fossils only.
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is used for poisoning of herbarium sheet?

  1. HgCl2
  2. Napthalene
  3. CS2
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is known as the father of Indian botany?

  1. Theophrastus
  2. William Roxburgh
  3. Linnaeus
  4. Santapau
  5. None of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following gardens is famous for palentological studies?

  1. Royal Botanical Garden, Kew
  2. Orto Botanica, Italy
  3. Pisa, Italy
  4. Palermo, Italy
  5. None of these
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which type of garden is the main collection woody species?

  1. Arboretum
  2. Pinetum
  3. Orchidarium
  4. Bambusetum
  5. All of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who gave four kingdom classifications?

  1. Haeckel
  2. Whittaker
  3. Copeland
  4. Woese
  5. Linnaeus
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ae is a suffix used for _________.

  1. division
  2. class
  3. order
  4. family
  5. none of these
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Tribe comes between __________.

  1. sub family and genus
  2. class and family
  3. division and order
  4. family and species
  5. none of these
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

"Enquiry into Plants" is written by ____________.

  1. Pliny The Elder
  2. John Ray
  3. Theophrastus
  4. Linnaeus
  5. Lamarck
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cladistic system of classification is based on ___________.

  1. evolutionary relationship
  2. natural relationship
  3. stamen characters
  4. habitat
  5. none of these
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following species plays a key role or central role in ecology of a place?

  1. Keystone species
  2. Biospecies
  3. Taxonomic species
  4. Paleospecies
  5. None of the above
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