Taxonomic Aids: Museums, Zoos and Keys

Learn about various taxonomic aids including museums, zoological parks, botanical gardens, herbariums, and taxonomic keys used in biological classification and identification.

36 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the largest museum in India

  1. National museum
  2. The prince of wales museum
  3. Indian museum
  4. Salarjung museum
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Prince of wales museum is located in

  1. Mumbai
  2. Kolkata
  3. London
  4. Italy
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Calico museum of textile is located in

  1. Mumbai
  2. Delhi
  3. Ahmedabad
  4. Mysore
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the correct pair of types of museum and its location.

  1. Small museum- university
  2. Medium museum- village
  3. Large museum- big city
  4. Small museum- home
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

National Zoological Park is situated at.

  1. Delhi
  2. Lucknow
  3. Jaipur
  4. Darjeeling
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one manages zoo in India?

  1. CZA
  2. SSC
  3. IUCN
  4. WZCS
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Preservation of insect specimen for museum involves one of the following steps.

  1. Use of NaCl solution as preservative
  2. Pinning
  3. Pressing
  4. Treating specimen with $CuSO _4$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the column I with Column II:


Column I Column II
a. Royal Botanical Garden 1. Howrah
b. Indian botanical garden 2. Lucknow
c. National botanical research institute 3.  Kew (England)
  1. $a\, \rightarrow3; \, b\, \rightarrow2; \, c\, \rightarrow1$
  2. $a\, \rightarrow3; \, b\, \rightarrow1; \, c\, \rightarrow2$
  3. $a\, \rightarrow1; \, b\, \rightarrow2; \, c\, \rightarrow3$
  4. $a\, \rightarrow1; \, b\, \rightarrow3; \, c\, \rightarrow2$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct Answer.
Dudhwa National Park is located at Lakhimpur in U.P.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is not correct statement?

  1. Herbarium is the collection of dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.
  2. Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference.
  3. A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals.
  4. Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which among the following National Park in India is also called the last house of White winged Wood Duck?

  1. Salim Ali National Park, Jammu & Kashmi
  2. Nameri National Park, Assam
  3. Ghana National Park, Rajastha
  4. Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, Haryana
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The world's largest museum is

  1. Ashmolean museum
  2. Salarjung museum
  3. Smithsonian
  4. Uffizi gallery
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the first museum of the world.

  1. Uffizi gallery
  2. Ashmolean museum
  3. Indian museum
  4. None of the above
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The main purpose of museum is

  1. Educating people
  2. Preserving natural and historic objects
  3. Economic development
  4. Both A and B
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Science museum foresee 

  1. Technological changes
  2. Temperature changes
  3. Pressure changes
  4. Behavioural changes
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where was the first museum built in India?

  1. Delhi
  2. Mumbai
  3. Kolkata
  4. Hyderabad
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The city with the largest number of museum is

  1. London
  2. Mexico
  3. New york
  4. Delhi
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Zoological museum is a part of

  1. Art
  2. Archaeology
  3. Science
  4. Both B and C
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following animal product is displayed in the museum?

  1. Pearl
  2. Silk
  3. Milk
  4. Both A and B
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Objects exhibited in zoological museum is

  1. Stuffed animals
  2. Bird beaks
  3. Skeletons
  4. All of the above
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The finest textile museum in the world is

  1. Indian museum
  2. Calico museum of textile
  3. National museum
  4. None of the above
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following precaution should be taken while in the museum?

  1. Should not touch any objects
  2. Should not make noise
  3. Make a note of important exhibit
  4. All of the above
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A person skilled in taxidermy is called as 

  1. Taxonomist
  2. Taxidermist
  3. Archeologist
  4. Scientist
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

National Botanical Research Centre is located at

  1. Lucknow
  2. Calcutta
  3. Delhi
  4. Mumbai
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is not correct ?

  1. Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.
  2. Herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.
  3. Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference.
  4. A museum has collection of photographs of plants for reference.
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one is a taxonomic aid?

  1. Manual
  2. Monograph
  3. Museum
  4. All of the above
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Science museum foresee

  1. Technological changes
  2. Environmental changes
  3. Climatic changes
  4. Behavioural changes
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Number of professionally managed zoos/ zoological parks world wide is

  1. 297
  2. 400
  3. 650
  4. 800
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Read the following statements regarding biological museums.
(i) Biological museums are generally set up in educational institutes such as schools and colleges.
(ii) Museums have collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference.
(iii) Specimens are preserved in the containers or jars in preservative solutions.
(iv) Insects are preserved in insect boxes after collecting killing and pinning.
(v) Larger animals like birds and mammals are usually stuffed and preserved.
(vi Skeletons of mammals are not allowed to be kept in museums.
Which of the given statements is/are not correct?

  1. (ii) and (iii)
  2. (i) and (vi)
  3. (v) only
  4. (vi) only
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which city are the headquarters of Zoological Survey of India situated?

  1. Delhi
  2. Thiruvananthapuram
  3. Kolkata
  4. Guwahati
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

India museum was established in 

  1. 1759
  2. 1814
  3. 1955
  4. 1957
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Zoological museum displays

  1. Living plants
  2. Living animals
  3. Inanimate objects
  4. All of the above
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Museum is a centre of 

  1. Documentation
  2. Experiments
  3. Communication
  4. None of the above
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The collection of natural, historical and scientific objects is called as

  1. Herbarium
  2. Museum
  3. Library
  4. Botanical garden
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

.......... are devices consisting of a series of contrasting or contradictory statements or propositions requiring the identifier to make comparisons and decisions.

  1. Herbarium
  2. Taxonomic keys
  3. Monograph
  4. None of the above
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Refer to the given dichotomous key and select the correct option regarding cell organelles L - O.

I.   (a) Cell organelle bounded by double-membrane - Go to II
     (b) Cell organelle bounded by a single membrane - Go to III 
II.  (a) Directs cell growth and controls its activities - $\boxed{L}$
     (b) Provides colour to flowers and fruits -  $\boxed{M}$
III. (a) Removes dead cells and digests foreign material - $\boxed{N}$
     (b) Carries out some oxidative reactions in a cell -.$\boxed{O}$

  1. L could be Mitochondria whereas M could be Chloroplast.
  2. M could be Chromoplast whereas N could be Golgi apparatus.
  3. L could be Nucleus whereas O could be Peroxisome.
  4. M could be Leucoplast whereas N could be Vacuole.