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The Living World · Question 18

AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)MCQEasy📈 Topic in 25% papers+4−1
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Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular taxonomic category?

  1. Tiger – tigris, species
  2. Cuttlefish – Mollusca, class
  3. Humans – Primata, family
  4. Housefly – Musca, order

Answer

(1) Tiger – tigris, species

Solution

As per NCERT, in the scientific name Panthera tigris, ' tigris' is the specific epithet, i.e. tiger belongs to the species tigris ⇒ (1) is correct.

∵ Mollusca is a phylum (not a class) to which the cuttlefish belongs ⇒ (2) is wrong.

∵ Primata is the order of humans (their family is Hominidae) ⇒ (3) is wrong.

∵ Musca is the genus of housefly (its order is Diptera) ⇒ (4) is wrong.

Answer: (1)

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ICBN stands for

  1. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
  2. International Congress of Biological Names
  3. Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature
  4. Indian Congress of Biological Names
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3

The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for

  1. interaction with the environment and progressive evolution
  2. reproduction
  3. growth and movement
  4. responsiveness to touch
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4

Two plants can be conclusively said to belong to the same species if they

  1. have more than 90 percent similar genes
  2. look similar and possess identical secondary metabolites
  3. have same number of chromosomes
  4. can reproduce freely with each other and form seeds
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5

Biological organization starts with:

  1. Cellular level
  2. Atomic level
  3. Organismic level
  4. Submicroscopic molecular level
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Species are considered as

  1. real basic units of classification
  2. the lowest units of classification
  3. artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms
  4. real units of classification devised by taxonomists.
AIPMT 2003
7

Biosystematics aims at

  1. the classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters
  2. delimiting various taxa of organisms and establishing their relationships
  3. the classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies
  4. identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of their cytological characteristics.
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8

Nicotiana sylvestris flowers only during long days and N. tabacum flowers only during short days. If raised in the laboratory under different photoperiods, they can be induced to flower at the same time and can be cross-fertilized to produce self-fertile offspring. What is the best reason for considering N. sylvestris and N. tabacum to be separate species?

  1. They cannot interbreed in nature
  2. They are reproductively distinct
  3. They are physiologically distinct
  4. They are morphologically distinct
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9

What is true for individuals of same species ?

  1. Live in same habitat
  2. Live in different habitat
  3. Interbreeding
  4. Live in same niche
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10

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

  1. Species
  2. Division
  3. Class
  4. Family
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