Objective Questions
Question. Which of the following do not reproduces?
a. Phytoplankton
b. Worker bee
c. Queen bee
d. Mycoplasma
Answer
B
Question. Defining feature of life forms?
a. Metabolism
b. Consciousness
c. Cellular organization
d. All of the above
Answer
D
Question. The twin characteristics of growth are:
a. Increase in number of individuals, increase in mass
b. Increase in height and increase in mass
c. Increase in molecular weight and increase in mass
d. Increase in size and decrease in mass
Answer
A
Question. The statement ‘nothing lives forever, yet life continues’ illustrates the role of
a. Embryogenesis
b. Morphogenesis
c. Replication
d. Reproduction
Answer
D
Question. ICBN codes for?
a. International code for Botanical Nomenclature
b. International code for Binomial Nomenclature
c. International code for Botanimal Naming
d. International code for Binomial Naming
Answer
A
Question. Linnaeus used the title for his publication is?
a. Systema Naturae
b. Genera Naturae
c. Altis vortex
d. Die Nature lichen pflanzen
Answer
A
Question. Select the correctly written botanical/ zoological name
a. Panthera tigris
b. Mangifera indica
c. Sativum pisum
d. Homo sapiens
Answer
A
Question. In binomial nomenclature, the first and second components represent:
a. Genus and species
b. Genus and class
c. Species and genus
d. Kingdom and class
Answer
A
Question. First book of Botany, Historia Plantarum, was given by:
a. Theoprastus
b. A. P. de Condolle
c. Aristotle
d. None of these
Answer
A
Question. In Mangifera indica Linn. indica refers to
a. Genus
b. Author
c. Family
d. Species
Answer
D
Question. Improvement of human race through improvement of human environment is:
a. Anthropology
b. Euthenics
c. Euphenics
d. Eugenics
Answer
B
Question. As we go lower from kingdom to species the number of common characteristics goes on
a. Increasing
b. Remain unchanged
c. Decreasing
d. Sometimes decreasing
Answer
A
Question. The simplest amino acid is:
a. Aspartic acid
b. Tyrosine
c. Lysine
d. Glycine
Answer
D
Question. Basis of Taxonomy are:
a. Identification – Characterization – Classification – Nomenclature
b. Characterization – Identification – Classification – Nomenclature
c. Classification – Characterization – Identification – Nomenclature
d. Nomenclature – Classification – Identification – characterization
Answer
A
Question. Systematics takes accounts:
a. Evolutionary relationship between organisms.
b. Breeding relationship between organisms.
c. Economic relationship between organisms.
d. None of these
Answer
A
Question. Carnivora includes
a. Canis
b. Felis
c. Both of these
d. None of these
Answer
C
Question. Poales is the order of
a. Mango
b. Wheat
c. Maize
d. Corn
Answer
B
Question. When organisms are in the same class but not in same family, the taxonomic term is called as:
a. Order
b. Genus
c. Family
d. Species
Answer
A
Question. Term phylum was given by:
a. Haeckel
b. H. J. Lam
c. Eichler
d. Linnaeus
Answer
A
Question. Two animals belong to the same kingdom but different classes. They may belong to the same
a. Phylum
b. Order
c. Division
d. Family
Answer
A
Question. The term taxon for plants coined by
a. Curier
b. Adolf Meyer
c. H.J Lam
d. DeCandolle
Answer
B
Question. Herbarium sheet size?
a. 29 * 41.5 cm
b. 29 * 40 cm
c. 30 * 20 cm
d. 20 * 20 cm
Answer
A
Question. Employment of hereditary principles in the improvement of human race is:
a. Ethnology
b. Euphenics
c. Eugenics
d. Euthenics
Answer
C
Question. Royal Botanical Garden consists of how many specimens?
a. 6.5 millions
b. 6 millions
c. 6.5 billions
d. 6.5 trillions
Answer
A
Question. Father of Botany:
a. Aristotle
b. Theophrastus
c. Lamark
d. Whittaker
Answer
B
Question. Rearing of bees is:
a. Horticulture
b. Sericulture
c. Silviculture
d. Apiculture
Answer
D
Question. In museums, larger animals like birds and mammals are:
a. Collected, killed and pinned
b. Stuffed and preserved
c. Preserved in natural habitat
d. Both (a) and (b)
Answer
B
Question. First book of Zoology Historia animalicum was given by:
a. Aristotle
b. Theophrastus
c. Carl woese
d. Alberto del rio
Answer
A
Question. Not applicable to zoological parks:
a. In vivo mode of conservation
b. Wild animals are kept under human care
c. Wild animals are kept in separate enclosures
d. All are true
Answer
A
Question. Which of the following provide information of any one taxon?
a. Manuals
b. Monograph
c. Flora
d. Fauna
Answer
B
