Five Kingdoms and Biological Classification
1. Binomial system of Nomenclature for naming species was introduced by
a. Aristotle b. Carolus Linnaeus c. Whittaker d. John Ray e None
2. ‘Systemma Naturae’ includes the classification of
a. Plants b. Animals c. Animals & Plants d. Primitive plants and advanced animate e. None of these
3 The basic unit of biological classification is a. Sub-species b. Genus c Variety d. Species e. Class
4. New Systematics was introduced by
a. Julian Huxley b. G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker c. Pliny d. A.P. De Candole e. None
5 The number of organisms given scientific names today isa. 1.7 million b.5 mi lion c.30 million d.3.5billion e.None
6 Bacteria are placed under the Kingdom a. Animalia b. Protista c Piantae d. Monera e. Fungi
7. What is a taxon
a Taxonomic arrangement of species b. Scientific name Jnit of classification d.Taxonomicai study e. None
8. Procaryotic decomposers belongs to the kingdom a. Fungi b. Piantae c. Monera d. Animaiia e. Protista
9 T~he scientific name of ‘Coconut Tree’ is
a. Cocos indica b. Cocos nudifera c. Cocos coconut d. Cocosnucifera e. None
10 According to the mode of nutrition the organisms are classified as
a. consumers b. Decomposers c. Producers d. All the above e None
11. Slime moulds are included under a Monera b. Piantae c. Protista d. Fungi e. Animalia
12. The organelles present in Monera are a. Ribosomes b. Nucleus c. E.R d. Lysosomes e. None of these
13. Five Kingdom classification is based on a. Mode of nutrition b. Evolutionary characters c. Complexicity of cell
d .Cytological characters e. Both a and c
14 Virus and Bacteriophages are a. Organisms without hereditary materials b. Most primitive organisms
c. Most advanced organisms d. Non-cellular organisms e. both b and d
15. A group of individuals, genetically distinct reproductively isolated from other groups and similar morphological characters is called a. Genus b. Family c. Order d. Species e. Class
16. Whittaker’s Five Kingdom Classification is
a. Artificial b. Natural c. Phylogenetic d. Linnaen e. None of these
17 Kingdom Fungi is included diverse Kinds of a. Unicellular - photoautotrophs b. Procaryotic autotrophs
c. Eucaryotic, predominantly multicellular heterotrophic organisms d. Procaryotic chemoautotrophs e. None
18. Match the following
1. Aristotle a. Artificial classification 2. Carolus Linnaeus b. Natural classification
3. Whittaker c. Binomial nomenclature 4. Piirry d. Five Kingdom classification
5. G. Bentham & J.D Hooker e. Unscientific classification
a. 1-b 2-e 3-c 4-a 5-d b. 1-e 2-c 3-b 4-d 5-a c. 1-d 2-e 3-a 4-c 5-b d. 1-e 2-c 3-a 4-a 5-b e. None
19 DNA is not surrounded by a nuclear membrane
a. Protista b. Eucaryote c. Procaryote d.Fungi e. None of these
20. ‘Charaka’ is considered as
a. Father of taxonomy b. Father of botany c. Father of ayurveda d. Father of biology e. None
21 The richest diversity of species occur in
a. The Ocean b. Desert c. Deciduous forest d. Grasslands e. Tropical rain forest
22. The organisms which can thrive in the absence of oxygen, light, salt concentration, high temp and in acidic pH is
a. Annelids b. Aarchaebacteria c. Coelentrates d. Sponges e. None
23 Classification based on the ‘habit of plants’ by
a. Theophrastus b. Linnaeus c. Pliny d. Adolph Engler & A E. Prantie e. None
24. Binomial Nomenclature comprises
a. Genus combined with family b. Genus combines with species c. Genus combined with class
d. Family combined with class e. None
25. Producers are a. Heterotrophs b. Consumers c. Decomposers d. Autotrophs e. None
26. An organism which has genetic material either DNA or RNA only
a. Archaebacteria b.Virus c. Cyanobacteria d. Bacteria e. None
27. "Historia generalis Plantarum" comprises of
a. 18,000 plants & animals b. 18,000 plants c. 340 plants and 200 animals d. 5,900 plants e. None
28 The only eucaryotic unicellular organism in Kingdom fungi is
a. Agarlcus campestris b. Cyanobacteria c. Yeast d. Penicillium notatum e. None of these
29 The insectivorous and parasitic plants are called
a. Epiphytes b. Heterotnorphs c Autotrophs d. Chemoautotrophs e. Heterotrophs
30. Rosales and Passiflorales are a. Genus of Rosa and Passiflora b. Species of Rosa, and Passiflora c. Class of Rosa and passifiora d. Order of Rosa and passiflora e. Family of Rosa and Passifliora