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Internal exam, Biosystematics and animal Diversity paper no 101, Marks 20, Time: 1 hr, 1- The term taxonomy was first coined by, a- A. P. de Candolle, b- Carolus Linnaeus, c- John Ray, d- Aristotle, 2- Taxonomy that is concerned with the arrangement of species according to the, law ofsystematics is called, a- a (ALPHA) TAXONOMY, b- B (BETA) TAXONOMY, c- Y (GAMA) TAXONOMY, d- all of the above, 3-refers to the study of the relationships between these living things as they, evolve, a- systematic, b- taxonomy, c- classification, d- nomenclatur, 4- The taxon of birds is Class and their category is Aves., a. True, b. False, 5- The phylogenetic system was first proposed by, a- C. Linnaeus, b- Engler and Prant, c- Darwin, d- Strickland
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6- The main difficulty in the classification is that of sorting the, cases ofA-Analogy, b- Homology, c- Physiology, d- Ontogeny, 7- Which of following is not a principle of International Code of Zoological, Nomenclature(1CZN):, a- Binomial and trinomial system of nomenclature should be adopted, b- Name of the genus should start with capital letter followed by species with small, letters, C- The scientific name must be always written in italics or underlined only, d- The scientific name must be derived from Italian language only, 8- According to which Taxonomy is "Theory and practice of classifying organism", (a)Linnaeus, (b) Simpson, (c) Mayr (d) A. P. de Candolle, 9- Father of taxonomy, a. Darwin, b. Mayr, c. Hippocrates, d. Linnaeus, 10-, Who proposed the binomial nomenclature?, a. Linnaeus, b. Mayr, c. Huxley, d. Darwin
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11 is not a category?, a Aves, b Phylum, C Class, d. Genus, 12-International code of biological nomenclature applies to, a. Animals, b. Plants, c. Virus, d. Both a and b, 13- Scientific name of animals must be derived from, a. French, b. Latin, c. English, d. German, 14-, Term Phylum was given by, a. Linnaeus, b. Cuvier, c. Mayr, d. John ray, 15, The existence of two or more names belongs to the same taxon called, a. Synonymy, b. Homonomy, c. Tautonomy, d. Holonomy
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16, Natural system of classification is based on, A Phylogeny and morphology, b. Ontology, C. Phylogeny, d. Morphology, 17. Linnacus (1770-1778) published his scheme of classification in his book, a. Systematics and origin of species, b. Systema naturae, c. Origin of species and evolution, d. None of the above, 18-Who introduced the concept of species?, a. John ray, b. Мayr, c. Aristotle, d. Huxley, 19- Karyotaxonomy is based on, a. Number of chromosomes, b. Bands founds in chromosomes, c. Organic evolution, d. Trinomial nomenclature, 20- Species which occupy different areas of distribution are called., a. Allopatric, b. Sympatric, c. Holotype, d. Paratype