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The branch dealing with classification is

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  1. Genetics

  2. Ecology

  3. Taxonomy

  4. Nomenclature

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Genetics is the study of genes, its variation and heredity in organisms. Ecology is the study of the relationship of organisms with one another and with the environment. 
The branch of science dealing with classification of organisms is called as taxonomy.  
Nomenclature is a particular system of naming an individual.
Thus, the correct answer is 'Taxonomy'.

Father of taxonomy is

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  1. De Candolle

  2. Hooker

  3. Linnaeus

  4. Aristotle

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Carl Von Linnaeus is known as the "Father of Taxonomy" owing to his immense contribution to the field of identifying, naming and classifying organisms. He popularized the binomial nomenclature system which is quite popular even today. He published a book named Systema Naturae which dealt with the classification of living organisms.
So, the correct answer is 'Linnaeus'

A system of classification in which a large number of traits are considered is:

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  1. Artificial system

  2. Practical system

  3. Phylogenetic system

  4. Natural system

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There are three systems of classification, namely artificial, natural and phylogenetic. In natural system of classification, a large number of traits are considered. It is based on morphological, anatomical, cytological, physiological and biochemical characteristics of the organisms. The artificial system of classification is based on observable characteristics of the organisms. The phylogenetic system of classification is based on genetic and phylogenetic relationships between organisms.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.

The branch dealing with classification is

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  1. Genetics

  2. Ecology

  3. Taxonomy

  4. Nomenclature

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Classification of living organisms is covered under the branch "Taxonomy". The word taxonomy was coined by a Swiss Botanist, AP De Candolle who also devised a natural system of classification for plants. Nomenclature is the system of naming organisms scientifically following certain rules laid down by ICBN and ICZN.
So, the correct answer is, 'Taxonomy'.

Aristotle is considered as the

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  1. Father of Biology

  2. Father of Zoology

  3. Father of Embryology

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist who gave the original classification of living organisms based on environment, movement and structural similarities. Due to his extensive knowledge, he has been considered the father of Zoology, Biology, and Embryology. 

So, the correct option is 'All the above'.

The scientist(s) who gave artificial system of classification is/are

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  1. Joseph Dalton Hooker

  2. George Bentham

  3. Linnaeus

  4. Engler and Pranti

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Carolus Linnaeus (1707- 1778), regarded as the “Father of Systematic Botany”‘, published an artificial system based exclusively on floral characters. Linnaeus sexual system based on floral characters is the most advanced of artificial classification. Linnaeus classifies all the flowering plants under twenty-four classes on the basis of floral character, which includes:
i. A number of stamens present in a flower.
ii. Insertation of floral parts into the thalamus.
iii. Arrangement adhesion and distribution of stamens.
iv. Nature of anther and filaments and their arrangement.
So, the correct answer is 'Linnaeus'.

Aristotle classify plants into

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  1. Trees

  2. Shrubs

  3. Trees, shrubs and herbs

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Classification is the arrangement of living organisms into groups on the basis of similarities and dissimilarities between them and placing within taxonomic hierarchy such as kingdom, genus, species etc. Aristotle was the first to give a scientific basis for classification. He classified living organisms into two groups; plants and animals.
He divided plants into trees, shrubs and herbs on the basis of simple morphological characters.
So, the correct answer is 'Trees, shrubs and herbs'.

In which year 'Mayer' was awarded by the international prize of biology:-

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  1. $1983$

  2. $1997$

  3. $1994$

  4. $1999$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ernest Mayr was awarded the international prize of biology in the field of Systematic Biology and Taxonomy in the year 1994.

So, the correct option is '1994'.

Which is essential and is the prime sources of taxonomic studies of plants and animals?

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  1. Identification

  2. Nomenclature

  3. Classification

  4. Collection of actual specimen

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Taxonomy is the science of naming, describing and classifying organisms and includes all plants, animals and microorganisms of the world using morphological, behavioural, genetic and biochemical observations, taxonomists identify, describe and arrange species into classifications including those that are new to science.

So, the correct option is 'Identification'.

In flowering plants, male gametes are formed by:-

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  1. meiosis

  2. mitosis

  3. Amitosis

  4. Endomitosis

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Correct Option: A