Free The Living World (Daily Quiz: 5) NEET Biology Questions & Answers with Detailed Explanation & Full Review

Question-1

Biological concept of species proposed by –

(a) Mayr

(b) Linnaeus

(c) John Ray

(d) De Candolle

Question-2

Basic unit of taxonomic hierarchy is

(a) Kingdom

(b) Species

(c) Class

(d) Phylum

Question-3

Select the correct statements (i-v) regarding taxonomic categories.

1. Each step or rank in hierarchy is called taxonomic category.
2. Species is a group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities capable of breeding among themselves.
3. Taxonomic studies of all unknown organisms have led to the development of common categories like kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus and species.
4. Lower the category, greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level.

(a) (ii) & (iv) only

(b) (i) & (ii) only

(c) (i), (ii) & (iii) only

(d) All of the above

Question-4

Herbarium is –

(a) Garden where herbaceous plants are grown

(b) A garden where medicinal plants are grown

(c) Dry garden

(d) Chemical to kill plants

Question-5

Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct ?

1. Reproduction is the production of progeny possessing features dissimilar to their parents.
2. The fungi, the filamentous algae, the protonema of mosses, all multiply by budding.
3. Many organisms like mules, sterile worker bees do not reproduce.
4. Reproduction is not an all-inclusive defining characteristic of living organisms.

(a) Both (i) and (ii)

(b) Only (i)

(c) Both (ii) and (iv)

(d) All of these