1. A
taxonomic system based only on the traits that reflect the order in time in
which branches
arose in a phylogenetic tree is called
A)
Phylogeny
B)
Cladistic
C)
Classical evolutionary taxonomy
D) Phenetics
2. The lowest ranking taxa in numerical taxonomy is
A)
Species
B)
Operational taxonomic unit
C)
Character states
D)
Variety
3.
Taxonomy, when it is strengthened by incorporating data from semantides and non-semantides is
called
A)
Numerical taxonomy
B) Cytotaxonomy
C)
Chemotaxonomy
D)
Alpha taxonomy
4.
Cladistic relationship is expressed in terms of correlation amongst individuals with regard to
A)
Phenotypic characters
B) Their evolutionary history
C)
Relationship between operational taxonomic unit
D) Their
chromosomal behaviour
5.
Level of taxonomic study concerned with the biological aspects of taxa,
including intraspecific
populations, speciation, evolutionary rates and trends
A)
Alpha taxonomy
B) Beta taxonomy
C) Gamma taxonomy
D) Theta taxonomy
6. The principles of Numerical taxonomy were developed by
A)
Bentham and Hooker
B)
Engler and Prantl
C) Sneath and Sokal
D)
Takhtajan and Cronquist
7.
Binomial of a plant with no accompanying description is known as
A)
Tautonym
B) Nomen nudum
C)
Late homonym
D)
Later isonym
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Answers:
1. B)
Cladistic
2. B)
Operational taxonomic unit
3. C)
Chemotaxonomy
4. B)
Their evolutionary history
5. C)
Gamma taxonomy
6. C) Sneath and Sokal
7. B) Nomen nudum
