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The famous botanical garden Kew is located in

A. England

B. Lucknow

C. Berlin

D. Australia

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A. England


The famous botanical garden 'Kew' is located in England. Royal Botanic Garden, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It is an internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 750 staff.

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In angiosperm, characters of flowers are used in classification because

A. flowers are attractive.

B. flowers are large.

C. character of flowers are conserved.

D. none of the above.

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct for Metabolsim ?

A. It is the sum total of all physical reactions taking place inside a living system.

B. All plants, animals, fungi and microbes exhibit metabolism.

C. Isolated metabolic reactions in-vitro are not living but are living reactions.

D. All of the above

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Select the correct statements (i-v) regarding taxonomic categories.
(i) Each step or rank in hierarchy is called taxonomic category.
(ii) Species is a group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities capable of breeding among themselves.
(iii) Taxonomic studies of all unknown organisms have led to the development of common categories like kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus and species.
(iv) Lower the category, greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level.

A. (i) & (ii) only

B. (ii) & (iv) only

C. (i), (ii) & (iii) only

D. All of the above

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The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for

A. interaction with the environment and progressive evolution.

B. reproduction.

C. growth and movement.

D. responsiveness to touch.

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Which of the following statements regarding nomenclature is correct?

A. Generic name always begins with capital letter whereas specific name with small letter.

B. Scientific name should be printed in italics.

C. Scientific name when typed or handwritten should be underlined.

D. All of the above

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Identify the correct sequence of taxonomic categories.

A. Species ? Genus ? Order ? Class ? Family ? Phylum/Division ? Kingdom

B. Species ? Genus ? Family ? Class ? Phylum/Division ? Order ? Kingdom

C. Species ? Genus ? Family ? Order ? Class ? Phylum/Division ? Kingdom

D. Species ? Genus ? Family ? Order ? Class ? Phylum/Division ? Kingdom

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The fungi, the filamentous algae, the protonema of mosses, all easily multiply by _____.

A. budding

B. fission

C. regeneration

D. fragmentation

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Statement 1: Flora contains the actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of a given area.
Statement 2 : Flora helps in correct identification.

A. Statement 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation for statement 1.

B. Statement 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not a correct explanation for statement 1.

C. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.

D. Both the statements are false.

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The order generally ends with

A. ales

B. aceae

C. eae

D. none of these

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Which of the following statements regarding growth is incorrect?

A. In plants, growth by cell division is seen only upto a certain stage.

B. Growth exhibited by non-living objects is by accumulation of material on the surface.

C. A multicellular organism grows by cell division.

D. Growth in in vitro culture of unicellular organisms can be observed by counting the number of cells.

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Which one of the following is not a correct statement?

A. Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference.

B. A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals.

C. Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.

D. Herbarium is a store house that contains dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.

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Which of the following organisms is not correctly matched with its particular ?

A. Human beings Sapiens, species

B. Lion Panthera, genus

C. Cats Felidae, genus

D. Datura Solanaceae, family

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Cell division occurs _______ in plants and _______ in animals.

A. continuously, only upto a certain age

B. only upto a certain age, continuously

C. continuously, never

D. once, twice

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Match column-I (Biological name) with column-II (Class) and choose the correct option.
Column-IColumn-II
(Biological name)(Class)
A. Homo sapiensI. Dicotyledonae
B. Musca domesticaII. Mammalia
C. Mangifera indicaIII. Monocotyledonae
D. Triticum aestivumIV. Insects

A. A IV; B II; C I; D III

B. A II; B IV; C III; D I

C. A II; B IV; C I; D III

D. A II; B I; C IV; D III

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The most important feature of all living systems is to

A. utilize oxygen to generate energy.

B. replicate the genetic information.

C. produce gametes.

D. utilize solar energy for metabolic activities.

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If an organism is in the same class but not in the same family then it may belong to same

A. genus

B. species

C. variety

D. order

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Binomial nomenclature means

A. one name given by two scientists.

B. one scientific name consisting of a generic and specific epithet.

C. two names, one latinized, other of a person.

D. two names of same plant.

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A. The scientific name for humans is Homo sapiens.

B. Organisms placed in the same genus are least closely related.

C. Moving from species to kingdom, more different species are included in each higher category.

D. Species that are in the same genus share very specific characteristics.

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Statement 1 : The species is reproductively isolated natural population.
Statement 2 : Prokaryotes cannot be kept under different species on the basis of reproductive isolation.

A. Statement-1 and Statement-2 are True and statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1

B. Statement -1 and statement -2 are True and statement-2 is not a correct explanation for statement-1

C. Statement-1 is true and statement-2 is false

D. Both the statements are false.

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Taxonomic hierarchy refers to

A. step-wise arrangement of all categories for classification of plants and animals.

B. a group of senior taxonomists who decide the nomenclature of plants and animals.

C. a list of botanists or zoologists who have worked on taxonomy of a species or group.

D. classification of a species based on fossil record.

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Which of the following taxonomical aids is being described by the given statements (i-iv) ?
(i) They generally established in educational institutes.
(ii) They have collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference.
(iii) Insects are preserved in boxes after collecting, killing and pinning.
(iv) They often have collections of skeletons of animals too.

A. Herbarium

B. Museum

C. Zoological parks

D. Botanical gardens

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Which one of the following is the first step in taxonomy ?

A. Naming

B. Description

C. Identification

D. Classification

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Refer the botanical name of wheat Triticum aestivum and identify the statement which correctly describes it.

A. The second word belongs to genus and starts with a small letter.

B. Both the words Triticum aestivum denote the specific epithet.

C. The first word Triticum denotes the genus which starts with a capital letter.

D. The first word Triticum denotes the specific epithet while the second word denotes the genus.

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Two animals which are the members of the same order must also be the members of the same __________.

A. class

B. family

C. genus

D. species

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Which one of the taxonomic aids can give comprehensive account of complete compiled information of any one genus or family at a particular time?

A. Taxonomic key

B. Flora

C. Herbarium

D. Monograph

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Statement 1: Information given on the label of herbarium sheets does not include family.
Statement 2: Families are characterized on the basis of reproductive features of plant species only.

A. Statement 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation for statement 1.

B. Statement 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not a correct explanation for statement 1.

C. Statement 1 is true and statement 2is false.

D. Both the statements are false.

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Herbarium is a

A. garden where medicinal plants are grown.

B. garden where herbaceous plants are grown.

C. dry garden.

D. chemical to kill plants.

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Which of the following statements are not correct ?
(i) Lower the taxon, more are the characteristics that the members within the taxon share.
(ii) Order is the assemblage of genera which exhibit a few similar characters.
(iii) Cat and dog are included in the same family Felidae.
(iv) Binomial nomenclature was introduced by Carolus Linnaeus.

A. (i), (ii) and (iii)

B. (ii), (iii) and (iv)

C. (i) and (iv)

D. (ii) and (iii)

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Which of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things ?

A. Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro.

B. Increase in mass from inside only.

C. Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory.

D. Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally.

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Systematics refers to the

A. identification and classification of plants and animals.

B. nomenclature and identification of plants and animals.

C. diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship.

D. different kinds of organisms and their classification.