The Living World Multiple Choice Questions and Answers from Diversity of Living Organisms Section in Biology Quiz.
1. One of the most important functions of botanical gardens is that
[A] One can observe tropical plants there
[B] They provide the natural habitat for wild life
[C] They allow ex-situ conservation of germplasm
[D] They provide a beautiful area for recreation
Answer: C. They allow ex-situ conservation of germplasm
2. Which of the following is a merit in the Bentham and Hooker's system of classification?
[A] The placement of family - Asteraceae in the beginning of Gamopetalae
[B] The placement of order - Ranals in the beginning
[C] Closely related families are placed apart
[D] The position of gymnosperms in between dicots and monocots
Answer: B. The placement of order - Ranals in the beginning
3. Classification of organisms based on evolutionary as well as genetic relationships is called
[A] Numerical taxonomy
[B] Phenetics
[C] Biosystematics
[D] Cladistics
Answer: D. Cladistics
4. Phenetic classification of organisms is based on
[A] Sexual characteristics
[B] Dendrogram based on DNA characteristics
[C] The ancestral lineage of existing organisms
[D] Observable characteristics of existing organisms
Answer: D. Observable characteristics of existing organisms
5. In angiosperm, characters of flowers are used in classification because
[A] Flowers are attractive
[B] Flowers are large
[C] Characters of flowers are conservative
[D] None of the above
Answer: C. Characters of flowers are conservative
6. Biosystematics aims at
[A] Identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of cytological characteristics
[B] The classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters
[C] Delimiting various taxa of organism and establishing their relationships
[D] The classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies
Answer: D. The classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies
7. Practical purpose of taxonomy or classification
[A] To know the evolutionary history
[B] Explain the origin of organisms
[C] Facilitate the identification of unknown species
[D] Identification of medicinal plants
Answer: C. Facilitate the identification of unknown species
8. Two plants can be conclusively said to belong to the same species if they
[A] Have more than 90 percent similar genes
[B] Can reproduce freely with each other and form seeds
[C] Have same number of chromosomes
[D] Look similar and possess identical secondary metabolites
Answer: B. Can reproduce freely with each other and form seeds
9. In which kingdom would you classify the archaea and nitrogen-fixing organism, if the five-kingdom system of classification is used
[A] Protista
[B] Fungi
[C] Plantae
[D] Monera
Answer: D. Monera
10. The Phylogenetic system of classification was put forth by
Comments: (Your feedback is valuable to us)