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Class 11 - The living world

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Two taxonomic species are distinguished from each other by

a)

(a) their failure to interbreed

b)

(b) their ability to exchange gene freely

c)

(c) their similarity in morphological characters

d)

(d) discontinuity in a set of correlated characters

2.

National Botanical Research Institute is located in

a)

(a) Shimla

b)

(b) Dehradun

c)

(c) Howrah

d)

(d) Lucknow

3.

In angiosperm, characters of flowers are used in classification because

a)

(a) Flowers are attractive

b)

(b) Flowers are large

c)

(c) Characters of flowers are conservative

d)

(d) None of the above

4.

Scientific name of plants are given by

a)

(a) International code for Botanical nomenclature

b)

(b) International code for biological plants

c)

(c) Indian code for Botanical nomenclature

d)

(d) International code for zoological nomenclature

5.

Solanum, Panthera, Homo are examples of

a)

(a) Family

b)

(b) Division

c)

(c) Genera

d)

(d) Species epithet

6.

Binomial Nomenclature was given by

a)

(a) Ernst Mayr

b)

(b) Alexander Agassiz

c)

(c) Carolus Linnaeus

d)

(d) Alexander Agassiz and Carlous Linnaeus

7.

Systematics deals with _______________________

a)

(a) Nomenclature of new organisms

b)

(b) Evolutionary relationship between organisms

c)

(c) Identification of newly discovered organisms

d)

(d) All of these

8.

Which of the following shows maximum diversity?

a)

(a) Plants

b)

(b) Animalia

c)

(c) Monerans

d)

(d) Protistans

9.

Taxonomic studies depends on

a)

(a) Ecological information of organisms.

b)

(b) Structure of cell and development process of organisms.

c)

(c) External and internal structure of organisms.

d)

(d) All of the above.

10.

Assertion : The science of classifiying organisms is called taxonomy.

Reason : Systematics and taxonomy have same meaning.

a)

(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.

b)

(b) If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

c)

(c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.

d)

(d) If both Assertion and Reason are false.