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Types of Classification in Taxonomy

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which of the following classification, only morphological characters are used?

a)

Phenetic classification

b)

                                  Natural classification

c)

Phylogenetic or Cladistic classification

d)

Evolutionary classification

2.

What is OUT in taxonomy?

a)

Oxygen Tolerance Unit

b)

Operational Taxonomic Unit

c)

Over to You

d)

Operational Training Unit

3.

The ------------ classification is based on the fewer or even a single arbitrary character.

a)

Cladistic classification

b)

Natural classification

c)

Artificial classification

d)

Evolutionary classification

4.

The Natural classification was introduced by ----------------?

a)

Mayer

b)

Simpson

c)

Ashlock

d)

All of these

5.

According to a natural classification, all members of particular group would have shared ------ ancestor.

a)

Common

b)

Uncommon

c)

Rooted

d)

None

6.

----------------- of classification exhibit evolutionary relationships of entities.

a)

Natural system

b)

Phenetic system

c)

Phylogenetic system

d)

Artificial system

7.

Pick the right sequence of taxonomic categories

a)

division-class-family- genus-order- species

b)

division- family-class- order-genus-species

c)

division-class-order-family-genus-species

d)

division-order-class-family-genus-species

8.

The main purpose of the phylogenetic tree are:

a)

It is used to study evolutionary histories.

b)

It helps in the search for a new species.

c)

It explains the evolutionary history of an organism.

d)

All of the above.

9.

Second last smallest taxon of classification is _______?

a)

Species

b)

Genus

c)

Family

d)

Order

10.

If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must also be in the same?

a)

Class

b)

Kingdom

c)

Class

d)

Order

11.

As we go from a species to kingdom, in a taxonomic hierarchy, the number of common characteristics ----------?

a)

Will increase

b)

Will decrease

c)

Remain same

d)

May increase or decreases

12.

Genus represents?

a)

An individual of Animal or Plant

b)

A Collection of Animal or Plant

c)

A group of closely related species of Animal and Plant

d)

None of the above

13.

Family is placed between?

a)

Order & Genus

b)

Genus and Family

c)

Order & Class

d)

Species & Genus

14.

Mode of arranging organism into categories is called?

a)

Identification

b)

Nomenclature

c)

Classification

d)

Taxonomy

15.

Basic unit of the classification is?

a)

Genus

b)

Class

c)

Species

d)

Order

16.

Modern classification is based on?

a)

Physiology

b)

Fossils

c)

Phylogeny

d)

Morphology

17.

Cladistic referred to?

a)

Natural classification

b)

Artificial classification

c)

Phylogenetic classification

d)

None of these

18.

Which of the following is popular character-based methods in phylogenetics?

a)

a) Maximum parsimony

b)

                                b) Maximum likelihood

c)

c) Both a & b

d)

None of these

19.

In ----------, all taxa are descended from a common ancestor that is not the ancestor of any other group.

a)

Monophyletic

b)

Paraphyletic

c)

Polyphyletic

d)

Out group

20.

The whole concept of ------------- classification is based on Darwinism.

a)

Natural

b)

Artificial

c)

Evolutionary

d)

Phenetic

21.

In this approach, an experienced taxonomist takes into account all the available features but decide to use only some readily available ones for classification.

a)

Omnispective classification

b)

Natural classification

c)

Artificial classification

d)

Phylogenetic classification

22.

Which of the following classification is highly extensive practice which is being used by animal taxonomist.

a)

Omnispective classification

b)

Natural classification

c)

Artificial classification

d)

Phylogenetic classification

23.

--------------- is the process of arranging various organisms into successive levels of the biological classification either in a decreasing or an increasing order from kingdom to species and vice versa.

a)

Nomenclature

b)

Taxonomic division

c)

Taxonomic hierarchy

d)

Documentation

24.

All similar classes are included in ---------?

a)

Order

b)

Genus

c)

Phylum

d)

Family

25.

Which one of the following is more specific?

a)

Class

b)

Species

c)

Genus

d)

Family