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  • 1. 
    Identify the incorrect match.

  • Physiology – Study of functions and processes of life
  • Pedology – Soil science
  • Limnology – Study of fresh water
  • Kinesiology – Fossil study

  • 2. 
    The Phylogenetic system of classification was put forth by

  • Theophrastus
  • George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker
  • Carolus Linnaeus
  • Adolf Engler and Karl Prantl

  • 3. 
    Two taxonomic species are distinguished from each other by

  • their failure to interbreed
  • their ability to exchange gene freely
  • their similarity in morphological characters
  • discontinuity in a set of correlated characters

  • 4. 
    Musca domestica is common name of

  • Housefly
  • Mosquito
  • Snail
  • Ant

  • 5. 
    Keystone species are

  • important for ecosystem
  • important for plants
  • endangered species
  • extinct species

  • 6. 
    The study of fish culture is called

  • ophiology
  • herpetology
  • ichthyology
  • pisciculture

  • 7. 
    National Botanical Research Institute is located in

  • Shimla
  • Dehradun
  • Howrah
  • Lucknow

  • 8. 
    Biosystematics aims at

  • Identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of cytological characteristics
  • The classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters
  • Delimiting various taxa of organism and establishing their relationships
  • The classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies

  • 9. 
    In angiosperm, characters of flowers are used in classification because

  • Flowers are attractive
  • Flowers are large
  • Characters of flowers are conservative
  • None of the above

  • 10. 
    Scientific name of plants are given by

  • International code for Botanical nomenclature
  • International code for biological plants
  • Indian code for Botanical nomenclature
  • International code for zoological nomenclature
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