1. The group of similar plants which breed freely among themselves constitute a
a) Species
b) Family
c) Order
d) Genus
2. The five kingdom arrangements of organisms was proposed by
a) Whittakar
b) John Ray
c) Whitter
d) Carl Woese
d) Carl Woese
3. Which of the following
definitions covers a greater number of organisms?
a) Class
b) Genus
c) Order
d) Family
4. Basic taxonomy unit is
a)Kingdom
b) Genus
c) Species
d) Order
5. The replacement of two
kingdom classification by five kingdom classification was proposed by the year
a) 1853
b) 1859
c) 1969
d) 1863
6. An example for the artificial
system of classification
a) Bentham and
Hooker
b) Linnaeus system
c) Engler and Prantl
d) Hutichson
7. First step in taxonomy
a) Naming
b) Description
c) Identification
d)classification
8. Binomial nomenclature
means writing the name of plant in two words which designate
a) Order and family
b) Family and genus
c) Species and variety
d)Genus and species
9.
What is the correct descending sequence of taxonomic categories?
a)
Division-class-order-family-tribe-genus
b)
Class-order-division-family-species-tribe
c)
tribe-genus-class-division-family-order
d)
Family-order-genus-order-division-class
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10. The term systematic was proposed by
a) John Ray
b) Adanson
c) De-Vries
d) Julian Huxley
11. Modern classification is based on
a) Physiology
b) Fossils
c) Phylogeny
d) Morphology
12. A small group of individuals or organisms which resemble closely in structure as well as function is called
a) Phylum
b) Family
c) Species
d) Genus
13. Taxon is
a) a genus
b) a species
c) a taxonomic unit
d) a taxonomic category of any rank
14. ‘System naturae’ was written by
a) Linneaus
b) Charles Darwin
c) Aristole
d) Wallace
15. A system of classification based on all important morphologically characters is termed as
a) Artificial system
b) Natural system
c) Genetic system
d) Both and b
1-a
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2-a
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3-d
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4-c
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5-c
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6-b
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7-c
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8-d
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9-a
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10-a
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11-c
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12-c
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13-d
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14-a
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15-b
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Class 11 Biology MCQ
MCQ on classification
MCQ on Classification System
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