Genus is a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family. Order is an assemblage of families resembling one another in a few characters. Phylum is a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom, equivalent to division in botany.

This is the correct option. Walter G. Rosen coined the term 'Biological diversity' in 1986.

This is the correct option. Palaeontology studies evidences of the past life, in the form of fossils. Taxonomy is the study of the diversity and kind of organisms and the evolutionary relationships among them. Biogeography is the study of geographical distribution of plants and animals.

This is the correct option. The scientific name of porcupine is Hystrix. The scientific name of squirrel is Funambulus. The scientific name of monkey is Macaca.

This is the correct option as the theory of multiplication of species states that the evolutionary process produces new species by splitting and transformation of older ones.

This is the correct option. Robert H. Whittaker proposed the fourth kingdom 'Monera' and the fifth kingdom 'Fungi' in 1959.

This is the correct option as this statement is false. Viruses do not have a cellular structure and can only reproduce by invading the living cells.

This is the correct option. Amoeba belongs to kingdom Protista.

This is the correct option. Pseudomonas are a bacteria of the group Pseudomonas, and are not cyanobacteria.

This is the correct option as diatom is not a name of common bacterial form. It is a unicellular algae.

This is the correct option. Aspergillus is a fungus, and not a lichen.

Fucus is not an example of a bryophyte. It is an alga.

This is the correct option. Gymnospermae produce seeds that are naked and are not enclosed within the fruit.

This is the correct option as this statement is false. Pteriodophytes, and not Bryophytes are vascular plants.

This is the correct option. Equisetum belongs to the division Pteridophyta.

This is the correct option. An example of eubacteria of group Enterobacteria is Escherichia coli. An example of eubacteria of group spirochaetes is Treponema. An example of eubacteria of group chaemoautotrophs is Nitrobacter.

This is the correct option. Wheat belongs to Monocotyledonae class and aestivum species. Paramecium belongs to Ciliata class and caudatum species. Human beings belong to Mamalia class and sapiens species.

This is the correct option. Dugesia belongs to phylum Platyhelminthes.

This is the correct option. Wuchereria bancrofti causes elephantiasis, in which enlargement of limbs, scrotum and mammae of humans takes place due to infection.

This is the correct option as Locust does not belong to phylum Annelida. It belongs to phylum Arthropoda.

This is the correct option as this is not a characteristic of Platyhelminthes. Platyhelminthes are called flatworms. Aschelminthes are called roundworms.

This is the correct option as this is a characteristics of Angiosperms.

This is the correct option. Cephalopoda is not a class of phylum Echinodermata. It is a class of phylum Mollusca.

This is the correct option. Plasmodium causes malaria and belongs to the class Sporozoa.

This is the correct option. Hydrozoa's life history includes both polypoid and medusoid forms. Scyphozoa's life history lacks polypoid phase and has only medusoid form. Anthozoa's life history has only polypoid form, the medusoid forms are absent.

This is the correct option. Arachnida does not belong to phylum Mollusca. It belongs to Phylum Arthropoda.

This is the correct option. Annelids have a closed circulatory system. Their blood flows inside blood vessels.

This is the correct option. Tongue worm, also known as Balanoglossus, belongs to phylum Hemichordata.

This is the correct option. Hydra belongs to phylum Cnidaria.

This is the correct option as Post anal tail is present in them and hence it is not a characteristic of Chordates.

This is the correct option as bony fishes do have a bony endoskeleton.

Lung fish, also known as Protopterus, is not an animal of class Amphibia. It is of class Osteichthyes.

This is the correct option. Bdellostoma, also known as hag fish, belongs to class Cyclostomata.

This is the correct option as this is a characteristic of animals of class Aves.

This is the correct option. Gavialis belongs to class Reptilia.

This is the correct option as this is not a characteristics of Amphibia. Scales are not present in Amphibians.

This is the correct option as this statement is false. The seeds produced by dicots have embryos with two fleshy leaves, the cotyledon.

This is the correct option. Pea is a dicot plant. The root system of pea plant has a prominent tap root.

This is the correct option as this is not a characteristic of plants. Reserve food of plants is not glycogen and fat, but is starch and oil.

This is the correct option as appendages are absent in poriferans.

This is the correct option. Acoelomates do not have a body cavity, because the space between the body wall and digestive tract is filled with parenchymatous tisue. Pseudocoelomates have a cavity between the body wall and digestive tract, but this cavity does not arise from the mesoderm and is not lined by epithelial cells. Coelomates have a true body cavity or coelom which originates from the mesoderm and is lined by epithelial cells of mesodermal origin.

This is the correct option as the science of naming an organism is called nomenclature.

This is the correct option. Vibrio is not a fungus. It is a form of bacteria.

This is the correct option. Ephelota belongs to class Suctoria, and is not an example of Ciliata, a class phylum Protozoa.

Kingdom Monera consists of prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae. Kingdom Protista consists of unicellular eukaryotic organisms. Kingdom Fungi consists of eukaryotic multicellular organisms.