McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) .
Chapters
| 1. |
In taxonomic classification the correct sequence is .......... (CBSC-92) |
| A. | class-family-tribe-order-genus-species |
| B. | class-order-family-tribe-genus-species |
| C. | tribe-order-family-genus-species |
| D. | class-tribe-order-family-genus-species |
| Answer» B. class-order-family-tribe-genus-species | |
| 2. |
The smallest taxon amongst following is ..........(PMT-94) |
| A. | clas |
| B. | order |
| C. | species |
| D. | genus |
| Answer» C. species | |
| 3. |
Taxonomically a species is .......... (PMT-94) |
| A. | A group of evolutionary related population |
| B. | A fundamental unit in the phylogeny of organisms |
| C. | Classical evolutionary taxonomy |
| D. | A community taken into consideration as an evolutionary base |
| Answer» B. A fundamental unit in the phylogeny of organisms | |
| 4. |
Species is .......... (CBSC-94) |
| A. | not related to evolution |
| B. | specific class of evolution |
| C. | specific unit of evolution |
| D. | fertile specific unit in the evolutionary history of a race |
| Answer» D. fertile specific unit in the evolutionary history of a race | |
| 5. |
Two words comprising the binomial nomenclature are .......... (DPMT-96) |
| A. | Family & genu |
| B. | order & family |
| C. | genus & species |
| D. | species & variety |
| Answer» C. genus & species | |
| 6. |
A group of plants or animals with similar traits of any rank is kept under .......... (PMT-96) |
| A. | specie |
| B. | genus |
| C. | order |
| D. | taxon |
| Answer» D. taxon | |
| 7. |
Which of the following is the correct sequence in the increasing order of complexity ? (PMT-97) |
| A. | molecules, tissues, community, population |
| B. | cell, tissues, community, population |
| C. | tissues, organisms, population, community |
| D. | molecules, tissues, community, cells |
| Answer» C. tissues, organisms, population, community | |
| 8. |
The correct sequence of taxonomic categories is .......... |
| A. | class-phylum-tribe-order-family-genus-species |
| B. | phylum-order-class-tribe-family-genus-species |
| C. | division-class-order-family-tribe-genus-species |
| D. | division-class-family-tribe-order-genus-species |
| Answer» C. division-class-order-family-tribe-genus-species | |
| 9. |
The total words in binomial nomenclature are .......... (PMT-97) |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» C. 2 | |
| 10. |
New systematic and the concept of life was given by (BHU-98) |
| A. | Huxley |
| B. | Odom |
| C. | Elton |
| D. | Linnaeus |
| Answer» A. Huxley | |
| 11. |
Two organisms of same class but different families will be kept under the same (CET-98) |
| A. | genera |
| B. | species |
| C. | order |
| D. | family |
| Answer» C. order | |
| 12. |
Which of the following will form a new species ? (PMT-98) |
| A. | inter breeding |
| B. | variations |
| C. | differential reproduction |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. variations | |
| 13. |
A community includes .......... (CET-98) |
| A. | a group of same genera |
| B. | a group of same population |
| C. | a group of individuals from same species |
| D. | different populations interacting with each other |
| Answer» D. different populations interacting with each other | |
| 14. |
One of the following cannot be called a taxon .......... (PMT-98) |
| A. | order |
| B. | family |
| C. | genus |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 15. |
Binomial nomenclature was given by .......... (BHU-97) |
| A. | Huxley |
| B. | Ray |
| C. | Darwin |
| D. | Linnaeus |
| Answer» D. Linnaeus | |
| 16. |
In classification the category below the level of family is .......... (CET-98) |
| A. | clas |
| B. | species |
| C. | phylum |
| D. | genus |
| Answer» D. genus | |
| 17. |
Which is the lowest level of organization in the living kingdoms ? (CET-98) |
| A. | molecular level |
| B. | cellular level |
| C. | population |
| D. | tissue level |
| Answer» A. molecular level | |
| 18. |
Growth in plant is .......... (pmt-99) |
| A. | limited |
| B. | life long |
| C. | diffusable |
| D. | unlocalized |
| Answer» B. life long | |
| 19. |
First botanist to give binomial nomenclature was .......... (WARDHA-2000) |
| A. | Baubin |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Linnaeus |
| D. | Hutchinson |
| Answer» C. Linnaeus | |
| 20. |
Taxon is .......... (CET-2000) |
| A. | specie |
| B. | unit of classification |
| C. | highest rank in classification |
| D. | group of closely related |
| Answer» B. unit of classification | |
| 21. |
One of the following includes most closely linked organisms (PMT-2001) |
| A. | specie |
| B. | genus |
| C. | family |
| D. | class |
| Answer» A. specie | |
| 22. |
Which of the following taxons cover a greater number of organisms ? (PMT-2001) |
| A. | order |
| B. | family |
| C. | genus |
| D. | phylum |
| Answer» D. phylum | |
| 23. |
Inbreeding is possible between two members of .......... (AMU-2005) |
| A. | order |
| B. | family |
| C. | genus |
| D. | species |
| Answer» D. species | |
| 24. |
Which of these is correct order of hierarchy ? (WARDHA-2002) |
| A. | kingdom, division, phylum genus & species |
| B. | phylum, division, genus & class |
| C. | kingdom, genus, class, phylum & division |
| D. | phylum, kingdom, genus, species &class |
| Answer» A. kingdom, division, phylum genus & species | |
| 25. |
Which is not a unit of taxonomic category ? (BVP-2002) |
| A. | serie |
| B. | glumaceae |
| C. | class |
| D. | phylum |
| Answer» B. glumaceae | |
| 26. |
Which is the first step of taxonomy ? (MGIMS-2002) |
| A. | nomenclature |
| B. | classification |
| C. | identification |
| D. | hierarchical arrangement |
| Answer» C. identification | |
| 27. |
The five kingdom classification was given by .......... (BYP-2002) |
| A. | Whittaker |
| B. | Linnaeus |
| C. | Copeland |
| D. | Haeckel |
| Answer» A. Whittaker | |
| 28. |
In taxonomy, class comes in between .......... (CET-2002) |
| A. | kingdom and order |
| B. | phylum and order |
| C. | kingdom and family |
| D. | family and genus |
| Answer» B. phylum and order | |
| 29. |
Taxon includes .......... (PMT-2002) |
| A. | Genus and specie |
| B. | kingdom and division |
| C. | all ranks of hierarchy |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. all ranks of hierarchy | |
| 30. |
Binomial nomenclature refers to .......... (CET-2000) |
| A. | Two names of a species |
| B. | one specific and one local name of a species |
| C. | two words for the name of a species |
| D. | two life cycles of an organism |
| Answer» C. two words for the name of a species | |
| 31. |
Carl Linnaeus is famous for .......... (GGSPU-2002) |
| A. | coining the term ‘systematics’ |
| B. | introducing binomial nomenclature |
| C. | giving all natural system of classification |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» B. introducing binomial nomenclature | |
| 32. |
True species are .......... (CBSE-2002) |
| A. | interbreeding |
| B. | sharing the same niche |
| C. | feeding on the same food |
| D. | reproductively isolated |
| Answer» D. reproductively isolated | |
| 33. |
The smallest unit of classification is .......... (GGSPU-2002) |
| A. | specie |
| B. | sub-species |
| C. | class |
| D. | genus |
| Answer» A. specie | |
| 34. |
Who coined the term ‘taxonomy’ ? (BVP-2003) |
| A. | Candolle |
| B. | Waksman |
| C. | Leuwenhoek |
| D. | Louis Pasteur |
| Answer» A. Candolle | |
| 35. |
Basic unit of classification of organisms is .......... (CET-2003) |
| A. | specie |
| B. | population |
| C. | class |
| D. | family |
| Answer» A. specie | |
| 36. |
The unit of classification containing concrete biological entities is .......... (WARDHA-2003) |
| A. | taxon |
| B. | species |
| C. | category |
| D. | order |
| Answer» A. taxon | |
| 37. |
Species are considered as .......... (CBSE-2003) |
| A. | real basic units of classification |
| B. | the lowest units of classification |
| C. | artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms |
| D. | real units of classification devised by taxonomists |
| Answer» A. real basic units of classification | |
| 38. |
The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for .......... (CBSE-2007). |
| A. | interaction with the environment and progressive evolution |
| B. | reproduction |
| C. | growth and movement |
| D. | responsiveness to touch |
| Answer» B. reproduction | |
| 39. |
Two plants can be conclusively said to belong to the same species if they .......(CBSE-2007) |
| A. | have more than 90% similar genes |
| B. | look similar and possess identical secondary metabolites |
| C. | have same number of chromosomes |
| D. | can reproduce freely with each other and form seeds |
| Answer» D. can reproduce freely with each other and form seeds | |
| 40. |
Natural system of classification given by .......... (UP-PMT-2009) |
| A. | Linnaeu |
| B. | Hutchinson |
| C. | Bentham & Hooke |
| D. | Haeckel |
| Answer» C. Bentham & Hooke | |
| 41. |
Huxley is a father of which systematic ? (HARYANA-2009) |
| A. | new systematic |
| B. | artificial systematic |
| C. | evolutionary systematic |
| D. | natural systematic |
| Answer» A. new systematic | |
| 42. |
The smallest unit of living organism is .......... (AIPMT-2003) |
| A. | DNA |
| B. | RNA |
| C. | cell |
| D. | protein |
| Answer» C. cell | |
| 43. |
How many obligate categories are there? (BHU-06) |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» C. 7 | |
| 44. |
True name is .......... (MANIPAL-2001) |
| A. | APIS Indica |
| B. | mangifera Indica |
| C. | MANGIFERA INDICA |
| D. | Mangifera indica |
| Answer» D. Mangifera indica | |
| 45. |
Maize is a .......... (CBSE-09) |
| A. | taxon |
| B. | category |
| C. | series |
| D. | species |
| Answer» D. species | |
| 46. |
Taxonomic category arrange in descending order .......... (MH-01) |
| A. | key |
| B. | hierarchy |
| C. | taxon |
| D. | taxonomic category |
| Answer» D. taxonomic category | |
| 47. |
Common name and genus are same in .......... (PMT-07) |
| A. | Mangifera |
| B. | Zia |
| C. | Rana |
| D. | Gorilla |
| Answer» D. Gorilla | |
| 48. |
Assertion (A) To give a scientific name of a plant there is ICBN Reason. (R) they have articles, photographs and recommendation to name a plant (PMT-2000) |
| A. | A and R both is correct and R is correct explanation to A |
| B. | A is true but R is false |
| C. | A and R both correct but R is not correct explanation to A |
| D. | both are false |
| Answer» A. A and R both is correct and R is correct explanation to A | |
| 49. |
Hierarchical classification means ____________ . |
| A. | To divide division into classe |
| B. | To divide classes into orders |
| C. | To divide orders into families |
| D. | To rank things one above the other |
| Answer» D. To rank things one above the other | |
| 50. |
Assertion (A) Taxon and category are same. Reason (R) Category shows hierarchical classification. |
| A. | A and R both are correct and R is a correct explanation of A |
| B. | A and R both are correct and R is not a correct explanation of A |
| C. | A is true and R is false |
| D. | A is false but R is true |
| Answer» D. A is false but R is true | |
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