The Living World

Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?

1. The names are written in Latin and are italicised.
2. When written by hand the names are to be underlined.
3. Biological names can be written in any language.
4. The first word in a biological name represents the genus name and the second is a specific epithet.

The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on

1. date of collection
2. name of collector
3. local names
4. height of the plant.

Match column I with column II for housefly classification and select the correct option using the codes given below.

1. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
2. (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
3. (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
4. (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)

Study the four statements (A-D) given below and select the two correct ones out of them. The two correct statements are

1. B and C
2. C and D
3. A and D
4. A and B

Which one of the following is not a correct statement?

1. A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals.
2. Key is taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.
3. Herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.
4. Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference.

The common characteristics between tomato and potato will be maximum at the level of their

1. family
2. order
3. division
4. genus.

Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the international Rules of Nomenclature and correctly described?

1. Musca domestica – the common house lizard, a reptile
2. Plasmodium falciparum – a protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria.
3. Felis tigris – the Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests.
4. E. coli – full name Entamoeba coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine.

Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things?

1. Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro
2. Increase in mass from inside only
3. Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory.
4. Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally.

Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular taxonomic category?

1. Tiger – tigris, species
2. Cuttlefish – Mollusca, class
3. Humans – Primata, family
4. Housefly – Musca, order

ICBN stands for

1. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
2. International Congress of Biological Names
3. Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature
4. Indian Congress of Biological Names