CBSE Questions for Class 11 Medical Biology The Living World Quiz 12 - MCQExams.com

A display garden that concentrates on woody plants is known as
  • Arboretum
  • Zoological park
  • Herbaria
  • Herbal
State whether the following statements are true or false.
Botanical gardens remain important for their records to local fauna and as basis for continued monographic work.
  • True
  • False
Systematic enumeration of plant species occurring in a given region is called:
  • Flora
  • Fauna
  • Monograph
  • Manual
Kew gardens contain some 33,400 taxa of living plants and herbarium of approximately seven million dried specimens representing 98 percent of the worlds plant genera.
  • True
  • False
Manuals do not necessarily indicate the place of deposition of plant specimens included.
  • True
  • False
State whether the following statements are true or false.
Museums serve an important role as centers of documentation.
  • True
  • False
_________ is the branch of science dealing with identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms.
  • Morphology
  • Anatomy
  • Ecology
  • Taxonomy
Match the column I with column II and select the correct option

column 1		column II
(i)Central National Herbarium(p)London
(ii)Royal Botanical Garden(q)Delhi
(iii)National Museum of National History(r)Kolkata
(iv)Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park(s)Pune
  •  (i)-(r),  (ii)-(s),  (iii)-(p),  (iv)-(q)
  •  (i)-(r), (ii)-(p),  (iii)-(q),  (iv)-(s)
  • (i)-(p),  (ii)-(s),  (iii)-(q),  (iv)-(r)
  • (i)-(q),  (ii)-(r),  (iii)-(p),  (iv)-(s)
Systematic botany refers to the
  • System analysis
  • Systematic arrangement of organs of plants
  • Systematic study of organelles and tissues
  • Methodical study of plants, dealing with identification nomenclature and classification
The most convenient way for easy identification of plants and animals by applying diagnostic features is use of.
  • Botanical gardens
  • Herbaria
  • Museums
  • Taxonomic keys
A fungus that is predator of a species of frog have killed 50 frogs to save this species of frog scientist set other 35 frog to a different area then tell which process will save this type of frog species?
  • Bottle neck effect
  • Founder effect
  • Big bang theory
  • Natural selection
Linnaean system of classification was based on.
  • Morphology
  • Ecology
  • Embryology
  • Cytology
The ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is called as.
  • Classification
  • Taxonomy
  • Hierarchy
  • Key
In the binomial system of taxonomy, developed during the $$18^{th}$$ century by C. Linnaeus, the second word of an organism's biological name represents.
  • Species
  • Genus
  • Race
  • Family
The main purpose for the classification of organisms is to
  • Study geography
  • Locate plants and animals
  • Establish relationships amongst organisms
  • Study evolution
Which of the odd one in the following Series?
  • sapiens
  • americana
  • rotundus
  • Hemidactylus
Select the incorrect statement with respect to the taxon, 'genus'.
  • It is a group or assemblage of related species
  • A genus essentially possesses more than one number of species
  • Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar are closely related species which have been placed in the genus Panthera and are respectively named as Panthera leo, P. tigris, P. pardus and P. onca
  • Solanum, Pencillium, Withania and Canis are the examples of genera
Among all the kingdoms, the only taxon that exists in nature as a biologically cohesive unit is..
  • Species
  • Genus
  • Phylum or division
  • Kingdom
In biological terminology, a group of similar organisms which are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring's is called.
  • Species
  • Genus
  • Tribe
  • Family
The taxonomic category below the level of family is?
  • Class
  • Species
  • Phylum
  • Genus
Mangifera is a..
  • Variety
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Class
Which term can be used for any taxonomic rank?
  • Class
  • Taxon
  • Family
  • Cohort
Basic unit or smallest taxon of classification is
  • Species
  • Kingdom
  • Family
  • Variety
The term 'taxon' is used for __________________.
  • The ranks of species and genus
  • The ranks up to phylum
  • The species epithet only
  • Any rank of taxonomic hierarchy
Related genera belong to the same
  • Species
  • Variety
  • Family
  • Breed
A collection of species which bear a close resemblance to one another in the morphological characters of the floral parts is known as.
  • Family
  • Variety
  • Genus
  • Division
A couplet in a key is?
  • Each statement in the key
  • Contrasting characters in a pair
  • Rejection of a statement
  • None of these
Two organisms are present in the same class but not in the same family. They may belong to same.
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Variety
  • Order
Botanical gardens mainly serve the purpose of providing.
  • Beautiful area for recreation
  • Reservoir for tropical plants
  • Ex situ conservation of germplasm
  • Natural habitat for wildlife
Which of the following figures represents the correct method of pressing plants to form herbarium sheets?
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  • Figure A as the plant parts are folded
  • Figure B as every plant part is unfolded
  • Both figures A and B as folding or unfolding does not matter
  • None of these
Which of the following characters are mainly considered for declaring a new plant species?
  • Characters of endosperm
  • Anatomical characters
  • Physiological characters
  • Floral characters
Which of the following taxonomic categories includes all the others?
  • Family
  • Order
  • Genus
  • Species
Which of the following categories possesses the maximum number of related characters?
  • Order
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Species
Study the following statements regarding the preparation of herbarium sheets.
(i) The plant should be collected in the flowering stage.
(ii) Every detail regarding the plant such as locality, ecological conditions, vegetative and floral characters, etc. should be noted.
(iii) Plants are evenly pressed by unfolding all the plant parts between blotting papers (or newspapers) with the help of plant pressers.
(iv) Blotting papers need not be changed until the plant gets dried.
(v) After drying, the plant specimen is carefully mounted/pasted on the herbarium sheets.
(vi) The herbarium sheet is labeled on the lower right-hand corner representing the number of plant specimens, date of collection, etc.
Which of the given statements is/are not correct?
  • (i) only
  • (iv) only
  • (i) and (iv)
  • (iii) and (iv)
Which of the following options represents the correct classification for the given animal?
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  • Phylum-Chordata, Class-Vertebrata, Order-Chiroptera, Family-Felidae, Genus-Caris, Species-Tigris
  • Phylum-Chordata, Class-Mammalia, Order-Carnivora, Family-Felidae, Genus-Panthera, Species-Tigris
  • Phylum-Vertebrate, Class-Mammalian, Order-Carnivora, Family-Felidae, Genus-Panthera, Species-Tigris
  • Phylum-Mammalian, Class-Felidae, Order-Carnivora, Family-Feliaceae, Genus-Panthera, Species-Leo
Which of the following represents the correct sequence of various taxonomic categories?
  • Class-Phylum-Tribe-Order-Family-Genus-Species
  • Division-Class-Family-Tribe-Order-Genus-Species
  • Division-Class-Order-Family-Tribe-Genus-Species
  • Phylum-Order-Class-Tribe-Family-Genus-Species
Study the following table which shows different organisms with their taxonomic categories.
Common nameFamilyOrderClassPhylum/Division
ManHominidaePrimataMammaliaA
HouseflyMuscidaeDipteraBArthropoda
MangoCSapindalesDictoyledonaeAngiospermae
WheatPoaceaePoalesDAngiospermae
Select the correct option for A, B, C and D.
  • A-Chordata, B-Insecta, C-Anacardiaceae, D-Monocotyledonae
  • A-Animalia, B-Arachnida, C-Anacardiaceae, D-Monocotyledonae
  • A-Chordata, B-Arachnida, C-Polygonaceae, D-Monocotyledonae
  • A-Non-chordata, B-Insecta, C-Anacardiacea, D-Dicotyledonae
Arboretum is a part of botanical gardens where ____________.
  • Bonsai are made
  • Beautification is done
  • Palms are grown
  • Big trees are cultivated in the form of forests
Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the given codes.
Column IColumn II
A. Royal Botanical Garden, Kew(ii) Lucknow
B. Indian Botanical Garden(ii) England
C. National Botanical Research Institute(iii) Howrah
D. Llyod Botanical Garden(iv) Darjeeling
  • A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(iv)
  • A-(i), B-(iii), C-(ii), D-(iv)
  • A-(iv), B-(ii), C-(i), D-(iii)
  • A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(ii), D-(i)
Study the following statements regarding significance of botanical gardens and select the incorrect one.
  • These help in growing important plants of local flora and keeping their record
  • These help in providing living plant material for research work
  • These help in growing and maintaining rare and endangered plants
  • None of these
Which of the following serves as a quick referral systems in taxonomical studies?
  • Museum
  • Zoological park
  • Herbarium
  • Botanical garden
Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the codes given.
Column IColumn II
A. Botanical garden(i) Preserved plant specimens
B. Zoological park(ii) Preserved plant and animal specimens
C. Museum(iii) Living plants
D. Herbarium(iv) Living wild animals
  • A-(i), B-(ii), C-(iii), D-(iv)
  • A-(iii), B-(iv), C-(ii), D-(i)
  • A-(iii), B-(iv), C-(i), D-(ii)
  • A-(i), B-(ii), C-(iv), D-(iii)
Read the following statements regarding biological museums.
(i) Biological museums are generally set up in educational institutes such as schools and colleges.
(ii) Museums have collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference.
(iii) Specimens are preserved in the containers or jars in preservative solutions.
(iv) Insects are preserved in insect boxes after collecting killing and pinning.
(v) Larger animals like birds and mammals are usually stuffed and preserved.
(vi Skeletons of mammals are not allowed to be kept in museums.
Which of the given statements is/are not correct?
  • (ii) and (iii)
  • (i) and (vi)
  • (v) only
  • (vi) only
National Zoological Park is situated at _______.
  • Delhi
  • Lucknow
  • Jaipur
  • Darjeeling
Which of the following 'Suffixes' used for units of classification in plants indicates a taxonomic category of 'family'?
  • -Ales
  • -Onae
  • -Aceae
  • -Ae
Which taxonomic aid gives comprehensive account of complete compiled information of a genus or family at a particular time?
  • Taxonomic key
  • Herbarium
  • Monograph
  • All of these
Genus represents 
  • An individual plant or animal
  • A collection of plants or animals
  • Group of closely related species of plants or animals
  • None of these
Read the following statements with one or two blanks in each one of them.
(i) A genus containing more than one species is called _________ genus, e.g., __________.
(ii) _________ is a collection of dried, pressed and preserved plants mounted on __________ sheets, properly labelled, systematically arranged and available for reference study.
(iii) Living fossils are ancient organisms persisting in modern times ________ gradual morphological changes.
(iv) A _________ is comprehensive treatise of a taxonomic group, generally a genus or a family, providing all taxonomic data related to that group.
Which of the following correctly fills any two of the given statements?
  • (i) monotypic, Homo; (ii) Herbarium, paper
  • (ii) Manual, paper; (iii) with
  • (iii) without; (iv) Monograph
  • (i) polytypic, Solanum; (iv) Monograph
The term 'systematics' refers to.
  • Identification and study of organ systems
  • Identification and preservation of plants and animals
  • Diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship
  • Study of habitats of organisms and their classification
Catalogue is a _________.
  • List or register containing names of all the plant species found in a particular place.
  • Booklet containing all the characters and their alternates which are helpful in identifying all the taxa.
  • Handbook containing instruction of a species.
  • Treatise having all information's about a particular taxon.
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