Which of the following shows the correct example of taxonomic category - Genus?
Potato, tomato and brinjal belong to Solanum.
Monkey, gorilla and gibbon placed in Mammalia.
Solanum, Petunia, and Datura placed in Solanacea.
Mangifera indica, Solanum tuberosum, and Panthera leo.
Correct Answer :
A. Potato, tomato and brinjal belong to Solanum.
Potato, tomato and brinjal are three different species but all belong to the genus Solanum. Genus is an assembly of related species which evolved from a common ancestor and have certain common characters.
Related Questions
Which of the following shows the correct example of taxonomic category - Genus?
Potato, tomato and brinjal belong to Solanum.
Monkey, gorilla and gibbon placed in Mammalia.
Solanum, Petunia, and Datura placed in Solanacea.
Mangifera indica, Solanum tuberosum, and Panthera leo.
The sum total of all the chemical reactions occurring in our body is known as
metabolism
growth
regeneration
reproduction
Which one of the following taxonomical aid is used for identification of plants and animals based on similarities and dissimilarities?
Flora
Keys
Monographs
Catalogues
Which one of the following is not a correct statement?
Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference.
A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals.
Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.
Herbarium is a store house that contains dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.
Each category of taxonomic hierarchy refers to as a unit of ______.
systematic
identification
nomenclature
classification
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.
Herbarium
Museum
Zoological parks
Botanical gardens
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
The scientific name for humans is Homo sapiens.
Organisms placed in the same genus are least closely related.
Moving from species to kingdom, more different species are included in each higher category.
Species that are in the same genus share very specific characteristics.
The most important feature of all living systems is to
utilize oxygen to generate energy.
replicate the genetic information.
produce gametes.
utilize solar energy for metabolic activities.
X being a higher category is the assemblage of families which exhibit a few Y characters. The Z characters are less in a number as compared to different genera included in a family. Identify X, Y, and Z.
X - Order; Y - Similar; Z - Similar
X - Genus; Y - Similar; Z - Different
X - Species; Y - Different; Z - Similar
X - Class; Y - Different; Z - Different
Which of the following taxonomic aid provides information for the identification of names of species found in an area?
Monograph
Manual
Flora
Periodical
Which of the following taxonomic category of housefly is incorrectly matched?
Genus Musca
Family Muscidae
Order Primata
Class Insecta
The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for
interaction with the environment and progressive evolution.
reproduction.
growth and movement.
responsiveness to touch.
Which of the following is less general in characters as compared to genus?
Species
Division
Class
Family
In majority of higher animals and plants, _____ and _____ are mutually exclusive events.
growth; nutrition
nutrition; consciousness
growth; reproduction
reproduction; consciousness
ICBN stands for
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
International Congress of Biological Names
Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature
Indian Congress of Biological Names
Keys are generally _______ in nature.
physical
chemical
analytical
qualitative
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Only living organisms grow.
Plants grow only up to a certain age.
The growth in living organisms is from inside.
All of the above
Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct ?
(i) Reproduction is the production of progeny possessing features dissimilar to their parents.
(ii) The fungi, the filamentous algae, the protonema of mosses, all multiply by budding.
(iii) Many organisms like mules, sterile worker bees do not reproduce.
(iv) Reproduction is not an all-inclusive defining characteristic of living organisms.
Only (i)
Both (i) and (ii)
Both (ii) and (iv)
All of these
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct for Metabolsim ?
It is the sum total of all physical reactions taking place inside a living system.
All plants, animals, fungi and microbes exhibit metabolism.
Isolated metabolic reactions in-vitro are not living but are living reactions.
All of the above
Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct ?
(i) Genus comprises a group of related species which has more characters in common in comparison to species of other genera.
(ii) Three different genera such as Solanum, Datura and Petunia are placed in the family malvaceae.
(iii) In case of plants, classes with a few similar characters are assigned to a higher category called phylum.
Both (i) and (ii)
Only (iii)
Both (ii) and (iii)
All of these
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.
(i) & (ii) only
(ii) & (iv) only
(i), (ii) & (iii) only
All of the above
Match column-I with column-II and choose the correct combination from the options given below.
| Column-I | Column-II |
|---|---|
| A. National Botanical | I. Carolus Linneaus Research Institute |
| B. Indian Botanical | II. Taxon Garden |
| C. Binomial | III. Howrah (India) Nomenclature |
| D. A unit of | IV. Lucknow classification |
A III; B IV; C I; D II
A IV; B III; C I; D II
A IV; B III; C II; D I
A IV; B I; C III; D II
Cell division occurs _______ in plants and _______ in animals.
continuously, only upto a certain age
only upto a certain age, continuously
continuously, never
once, twice
The order generally ends with
ales
aceae
eae
none of these
The keys are based on contrasting characters generally in a pair called _______.
flora
couplet
both (a) and (b)
manuals
Which of the following statements regarding growth is incorrect?
In plants, growth by cell division is seen only upto a certain stage.
Growth exhibited by non-living objects is by accumulation of material on the surface.
A multicellular organism grows by cell division.
Growth in in vitro culture of unicellular organisms can be observed by counting the number of cells.
Match column I with column II and choose the correct option.
| Column-I | Column-II |
|---|---|
| A. Family | I. tuberosum |
| B. Kingdom | II. Polymoniales |
| C. Order | III. Solanum |
| D. Species | IV. Plantae |
| E. Genus | V. Solanaceae |
A IV; B III; C V; D II; E I
A V; B IV; C II; D I; E III
A IV; B V; C II; D I; E III
A V; B III; C II; D I; E IV
Herbarium is a
garden where medicinal plants are grown.
garden where herbaceous plants are grown.
dry garden.
chemical to kill plants.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct ?
(i) Classification is the providing of standardize names to the organisms such that a particular organism known by the same all over the world.
(ii) Taxonomy is the correct description of an organism and to recognition in its scientific name.
(iii) The system of naming with two components (binomial nomenclature) is proposed by Carolus Linneaus.
(iv) Zoological names are based on International Code for Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN).
Only (i)
Both (iii) and (iv)
Only (iv)
All of these
Match the taxonomic categories given in column I with their feature given in column II.
| Column I | Column II |
|---|---|
| A. Taxon | I. Basic unit of classification |
| B. Species | II. A taxonomic group of any rank |
| C. Phylum | III. Division is the same category in case of plants |
| D. Genus | IV. Identified based on a number of similar characters |
| E. Order | V. Group of related species having more character in common with others species |
A - V, B - II, C - IV, D - III, E - I
A - III, B - I, C - IV, D - II, E - V
A - II, B - I, C - III, D - V, E - IV
A - III, B - II, C - IV, D - I, E - V