FREE NEET Biology Practice MCQ Test: The Living World Exercise 1 Questions Answers With Detailed Explanations [PDF]

Answer: (c)

Division is inclusive of classes with few similar characters of a group of organism. It is equivalent to 'Phylum' used in case of animals.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

Tiger and tigris both are from same genus with particular taxonomic category.

Answer: (d)

According to International Code for Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) the first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter.

Answer: (a)

Biological museums have the collection of preserved animals and plants specimens for study and references. Biological museums are generally set up in educational institutes, i.e. schools and colleges. The specimens may be preserved dry or in preservative solution in jars or containers. The insects are preserved in insect boxes after collecting, killing and pinning. The larger animals, like mammals and birds are stuffed and are chemically treated for long term preservation. Museums also have collection of animal skeletons.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

A category is a rank or level in the hierarchical classification of organisms. Taxon is a unit in classification which may represent any level of grouping of organisms based on certain common characteristics. There is some confusion in the use of taxon and category, for example Bryophyta is a taxon while division is a category.

Answer: (b)

Biology (Bio-living, logy-science). The study of living beings is called biology. Living beings on earth are mainly classified into two forms-plants and animals. Botany and zoology are the fundamental branches of biology. Word botany has been derived from greek word botane which means pasture or plants and zoology has been derived from word zoo-animals, logos-study. Theophrastus and Aristotle is called the father of botany and father of zoology respectively.

Answer: (c)

Ex-situ conservation means off-site conservation. It is the process of protecting an endangered species of plant or animal by removing it from an unsafe or threatened habitat and placing it or part of it under the care of man. Botanical garden is one of the method of ex-situ conservation.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

Species is the lowest taxonomic category. Class is a category made of one or more related orders possessing similar correlated characters, Family is composed of one to many related genera. Division comprises of several related classes.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

All the members of a taxonomic category possess some similar characteristics which are different from those of others. The placement of individuals or organisms in species, genus, family, order, class and phylum are determined by their specific similar characters and relationships. Maximum similarity occurs in species which is also the lowest category in the hierarchy of categories. The similarity of characters decreases with the ascent in hierarchy.

Answer: (a)

All the given descriptions are related to museum. Museum is one of the taxonomic aids which may be defined as a place where large collection of specimens of plants and animals are preserved for its further study and references. Museums are generally set up in educational institutes such as schools and colleges. Museums often have collections of skeletons of animals too.

Answer: (d)