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The Living World: NEET questions with solutions
This chapter tests the vocabulary of classification: how scientific names are written, the four basic processes of taxonomy, and the ladder of taxonomic categories. NEET marks are lost on small rules (capital genus, small epithet, separate underlining), on the order of categories, and on the NCERT family-order-class-phylum table.
Also called: taxonomy · binomial nomenclature · taxonomic hierarchy
Questions
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- Q1A herbarium label reads 'Mangifera indica Linn.' What does the abbreviation 'Linn.' at the end of the name indicate?
Binomial nomenclatureEasySingle correct
- Q2A student handwrites the scientific name of humans, Homo sapiens, in an answer sheet. How should the name be underlined according to the…
Binomial nomenclatureEasySingle correct
- Q3Which sequence lists the taxonomic categories correctly from the lowest rank to the highest rank?
Taxonomic categories and hierarchyMediumSingle correct
- Q4The hierarchy of taxonomic categories is built on shared characters. Read the two statements below and decide which are correct.
Taxonomic categories and hierarchyMediumStatement based
- Q5Match each organism with its family as given in the NCERT table of taxonomic categories.
Family, order and classHardMatch the following
- Q6Solanum, Petunia and Datura are placed in the family Solanaceae. In which order is Solanaceae grouped together with the family…
Family, order and classMediumSingle correct
- Q7Mango (a dicot) and wheat (a monocot) are different in many ways. What is the lowest category in the NCERT hierarchy that they share?
Phylum, kingdom and the hierarchy tableMediumSingle correct
- Q8Taxonomy and systematics are related but not identical. Evaluate the following Assertion and Reason.
Classification, taxonomy and systematicsMediumAssertion–Reason
- Q9Using the NCERT hierarchy, in which pair do the two organisms belong to the same class but to different orders?
Family, order and classHardSingle correct
- Q10Two international codes govern the naming of organisms. Which pair gives the code for plants first and the code for animals second?
Binomial nomenclatureEasySingle correct
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