The living world

In the taxonomic categories which hierarchial arrangement in ascending order is correct in case of animals?

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Family, Order, Genus, Species

• Kingdom, Order, Class, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species

• Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Species

Select the correctly written scientific name of Mango which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus.

• Mangifera Indica

• Mangiferaindica Car.Linn.

• Mangifera indica Linn

• d) Mangiferaindica

Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?

• The names are written in Latin and are italicized

• When written by hand the names are to be underlined.

• Biological names can be written in any language.

• The first word in a biological name represents the genus name and the

  second is a specific epithet

biosystematics aims at

• The classification of organisms based on broad morphological features

• Limiting various taxa of organisms and establishing their relationship

• The classification of organism based on their evolutionary history and relationship

• Identification and arrangement of organism on the basis of their psychological characteristics

Lennious is credited with

• Binomial nomenclature

• Theory of biogenesis

• Discovery of microscope

• Discovery of blood circulation

species are credited with

• The real basic unit of classification

• The lowest unit of classification

• Artificial concept of human mind, which cannot be defined in absolute terms

• The real unit of classification device by texonomists

which of the following is less general in characters as compared to genus?

• Species

• Division

• Class

• Family

Texon is the unit of group of

• Order

• Taxonomy

• Species

• Genes

sequence of taxonomic categories is

• Class – phylum – tribe – order – family – genus – species

• Division – class – family – Tribe – order – genus – species

• Division – class – order – family – tribe – genus – species

• Phylum – order – class – tribe – family – genus – species

A group of plants or animals with similar trait of any rank is

• Species

• Genus

• Order

• Taxon