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Hierarchy of classification - class-IX

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A taxonomic category refers to ____________.

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  1. The basic unit of classification

  2. A rank or level in a taxonomic hierarchy

  3. A group of related organisms able to interbreed

  4. A group of related organisms but unable to interbreed freely

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Each category is referred to as a unit of classification or rank and is commonly called taxon. A taxon is a general term for grouping in a systematic classification. A taxon refers to a group of similar and genetically related individuals having certain characters different from other groups.
Correct answer is option B.

In a taxonomic hierarchy, genus is interpolated between ______________.

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  1. Kingdom and Class

  2. Phylum and Order

  3. Order and Species

  4. Family and Species

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In biological classification, the taxonomic rank genus is the relative level of a group of genus-group names and species-group names. Therefore, the genus is interpolated between family and species.

So, The correct answer is D.

In a taxonomic hierarchy, family is interpolated between ________________.

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  1. Kingdom and Class

  2. Class and Order

  3. Order and Genus

  4. Class and Genus

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
In biological classification, the taxonomic rank family is the relative level of a group of order-group names and genus-group names. Therefore, the family is interpolated between order and genus.
So, The correct answer is C.

Two animals belong to the same kingdom but different classes. They may belong to the same _______________.

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  1. Phylum

  2. Order

  3. Division

  4. Species

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Kangaroo and Monkey...Belong To the Kingdom animalia..of Phylum Chordata.-class mammals of sub class Metatheria(kangaroo) and sub class eutheria (monkey).
Correct answer is option A.

Select the incorrect statement out of the following.

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  1. All animals belonging to various phyla are assigned to the Kingdom Animalia

  2. As we go higher from species to kingdom, number of common characteristics goes on increasing

  3. Different classes comprising fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals together constitute the Phylum Chordata

  4. Plant order Polymoniales includes the families like Solanaceae and Convolvulaceae based on the vegetative and floral characters

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is B.
As we go higher form species to kingdom, number of common characteristics goes on decreasing.

Select the mismatched pair.

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  1. Panthera leo - Belongs to Class Mammalia

  2. Musca domestica - The common house lizard, a reptile

  3. Entamoeba coli - Commonly occurring protozoan in human intestine

  4. Solanum tuberosum - A dicotyledonous plant

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

B is the right answer.
Musca domestica --- is Housefly. Phylum Arthropoda.

Besides paddy fields, cyanobacteria are also found inside vegetative part of : 

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  1. Pinus

  2. Cycas

  3. Equisetum

  4. Psilotum

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Coralloid root of Cycas plant possess cyanobacteria.
So, the correct answer is 'Cycas'

Choose the correct statements from following:
A. Taxonomic hierarchy include seven obligation categories.
B. Haeckel introduced the taxon phylum.
C. Three-domain classification was introduced b Carl Woese.

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  1. A & B

  2. B & C

  3. A & C

  4. All

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Correct Option: A

Linnaeus wrote artificial classification of plants in his book. What is the name of his book?

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  1. Species plantarum

  2. Systema naturae

  3. Genera plantarum

  4. Origin of species

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Correct Option: A

Which one of the following statements regarding Pomato is correct?

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  1. It is a product of somatic hybridization

  2. It is obtained by gene manipulation

  3. It is a natural hybrid product of sexual reproduction

  4. It is the fusion product of archegonia and antheridia

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Correct Option: A

The general Agave and Yucca were once placed in two different families, Amaryllidaceous and Liliaceous respectively. However, now both these genera are transferred to the family Agavaceae because of their similarity in.

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  1. Anatomy

  2. Pollen

  3. Geographical distribution

  4. Karyotypes

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Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is the correct statement about the respective animal(s)? 

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  1. Donkey and horse should be considered one single species because they can successfully mate and produce an offspring.

  2. Donkey and horse are two different genuses.

  3. Mule is a separate species.

  4. Mule is neither a donkey nor a horse.

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Correct Option: D

The highest category in taxonomy is 

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  1. Phylum

  2. Class

  3. Kingdom

  4. Species

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • According to the taxonomical hierarchy, the kingdom is the highest category in biological classification. It is a group of closely related organisms. 
  • Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species.
  • Example: All plants have common features of the autotrophic mode of nutrition and the presence of a cell wall made up of cellulose. Hence, they belong to the kingdom Plantae.
So, the correct option is 'Kingdom'.

Three kingdom system was proposed by 

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  1. Haeckel

  2. Whittaker

  3. Aristotle

  4. Mayer

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In 1860s, the German investigator Ernst Haeckel proposed a three-kingdom system of classification. Haeckel's three kingdoms were Animalia, Plantae, and Protista. 

In Vedic times, living organisms were classified into following number of classes

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  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 5

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In Vedic times, the ;living organisms were divided into the following:

1. Born from the womb (Jivagi.)
2. Born from egg (Andaja.)
3. Born from sprouts (Udbhija.)

Hence, the correct answer is option B. 

Which of the following scientist created the group Protista for both unicellular plants and animals?

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  1. Haeckel

  2. Pasteur

  3. Lister

  4. Koch

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In the year 1866, Ernst Haeckel proposed the three kingdom classification. The three kingdoms are protista, plantae and animalia. The unicellular prokaryotic organisms were placed in the group of monera. This group includes the organisms which have chloroplast and resemble plants as well as the organisms which resemble animals. The group of protists are divided into two groups as plant-like protists and animal-like protists. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
The system of plant classification proposed by Carolus Linnaeus was artificial because:

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  1. he was not a naturalist

  2. his classification was based on similarities and differences in floral and other morphological characters only

  3. his classification was based on evolutionary relationships

  4. he took into account the physiological relationships along with morphological observations

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Correct Option: B
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