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GRB New Era Biology: Class-XI (Pan-, 4. Match the column I with the column II; choose the answer, 26, Answer codes:, 4. The first word denoting the genus starts with a capital, letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter. It, can be illustrated with the example of Homo sapiens., (a) A 3, B-4, C 1, D-2, (b) A 4, B-3, C-2, D-1, (c) A 3, B-2, C-4, D-1, (d) A 4, B- 2, C- 3, D 1, MATCH THE COLUMN TYPE QUESTIONS, 1. Match the branches of Biology listed in column I with the, areas of study listed in column II. Choose the answer, which gives the correct combination of alphabets of the, two columns., which gives the correct combination of the two colum, Column I, Columa II, A Aristotle, 1 Swiss scientist, Column I, Column II, B Konrad von Gessner, 2 French botanist, (Area of Study), 3 American biologist, 4 Greek philosopher, (Branches of Biology), C A. P. de Candolle, 1 Animal Behaviour, A Ecology, B Ethology, D G. G. Simson, 2 Fungi, Answer codes:., (a) A 4, B 3, C= 2, D 1, (b) A = 1, B 2, C= 3, D 4, (c) A = 4, B = 1, C=2, D 3, (d) A = 3, B = 2, C=4, D 1, 5. Match the column I with the column II; choose the answer, which gives the correct combination of the two columns, C Ornithology, D Phycology, 3 Environment, 4 Birds, 5 Algae, Answer codes:, (a) A = 1, B = 4, C = 2, D = 5, (b) A = 3, B = 1, C= 4, D 5, (c) A = 4, B = 5, C = 3, D 1, (d) A 3, B 4, C = 1, D 2, 2. Match the authors listed under column I with the book, given under column II; choose the answer which gives the, correct combination of the alphabets of the two columns:, Column I, Column II, A Andrea Cesalpino, B Casper Bauhin, C J. P. de Tournefort, 1 Swiss botanist, 2 Italian botanist, 3 American, Column I, palaeontologist, Columu II, (Book/Monograph), 1 Micrographia, 2 Philosophie Zoologique, 3 De Humani Corporis, (Author), D Stephan Jay Gould, 4 French botanist, A Andreas Vesalius, Answer codes:, B Carolus Linnaeus, (a) A = 2, B= 1,C 4, D 3, (b) A = 4, B = 3, C 2, D 1, (c) A 1, B 2, C 3, D= 4, (d) A 3, B 2, C 4, D 1, 6. Match the following:, C Robert Hooke, D Jean Baptiste de, 4 Species Plantarum, Lamarck, Answer codes:, (a) A = 4, B = 2, C= 3, D 1, (b) A = 4, B = 3, C 2, D 1, (c) A= 3, B= 2, C= 4, D= 1, (d) A = 3, B = 4, C=1, D 2, 3. Match the column I with the column II; choose the answer, which gives the correct combination of the two columns:, Column I, Column II, A Genera Plantarum, B Species Plantarum, C Historia Generalis, Plantarum, 1 Aristotle, 2 Linnaeus, 3 Bentham and Hooker, D Scala Naturae, 4 Pliny, 5 John Ray, Column I, Column II, A Aristotle, 1 Doctor universalis, 2 Father of English Botany, 3 Father of zoology, B Carolus Linnaeus, Answer codes:, (VITEEE 2008), C Albert Magnus, D William Turner, (a) A 4, B 2, C = 5, D= 3, (b) A = 4, B = 2, C = 1, D= 3, (c) A= 4, B= 2, C= 3, D= 1, (d) A = 3, B = 2, C=5, D= 1, 4 Father of taxonomy
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The Living World, 1. Match the column I with the column II; choose the answer, which gives the correct combination of the two columns:, 10. Match the column I with column II and select the con, option:, Columa I, Column 1I, Colump I, Column II, A Cytology, B Entomology, C Palaentology, D Omithology, A Origin of species, I Hippocrates, I Study of fossils, 2 Pliny the Elder, 2 Study of cells, B Father of Medicine, 3 Study of birds, 3 Charles Darwin, C Anicia Juliana, 4 Study of insects, 4 Dioscorides, D Historia Naturalis, Answer codes:, (WB-JEE 201, (a) A 2, B-3, C-4, D 1, (b) A 2, B-4, C 1, D 3, (c) A 1, B-2, C-4, D 3, (d) A= 3, B= 2, C 1, D 4, Answer codes:, (a) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1, (b) A 3, B-1, C-4, D-2, (c) A 4, B 1, C-2, D-3, (d) A 3, B-2, C-4, D-1, 8. Match the column I with the column II; choose the answer, which gives the correct combination of the two columns:, ANSWERS, 4. (c), 2. (d), 7. (b), 1. (b), 3. (a), 5. (a), 6. (d), 8. (c), 9. (a), 10. (b), Column I, Column II, A Theophrastus, 1 Father of Modern Science, MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS, B Parasara, 2 Historia Plantarum, O Fill in the blanks, 1. Linnaeus not only laid the foundation of taxonomy bu, C John Ray, 3 Vrikshayurveda, D Democritus, 4 Methodus Plantarum Nova, also introduced, 2. Biology is a, living organisms., 3. Two major fields of biology are., 4. The unifying concept of biology has received its greatest, stimulus from the English biologist, concerned with the study of al, Answer codes:, (a) A 4, B 3, C= 2, D 1, (b) A 1, B 2, C= 3, D- 4, (c) A= 2, B= 3, C-4, D-1, (d) A 3, B 2, C= 4, D 1, 9. Match the following and choose the correct option:, 5., is closely linked with molecular biology., 6. In the case of higher organisms,, organized into, 7. A, are, Column I, Column II, is an organization of more than one, individual., A Family, B Kingdom, 1 tuberosum, 8. All living things have an ability to, 9. The term "biodiversity" was first coined by the American, biologist, 10. So far, we have identified and scientifically named about, 2 Polymoniales, C Order, 3 Solanum, in 1986., D Species, 4 Plantae, species., E Genus, is rapidly, 11. Much of the Earth's great, disappearing., 12. Post-Vedic, beings into sthavara (immobile) e.g., plants, and jangama, (mobile) e.g., animals., 13. Parasara,, 5 Solanaceae, Answer codes:, (NCERT Exemplar), (600 BC) classified all living, (a) A-5, B-4, C=2, D 1, E= 3, (b) A 5, B-3, C= 2, D 4, E= 1, (c) A 1, B-5,C-3, D-4, E-2, (d) A- 3, B-2, C-4, D-1, E-5, ancient, Indian, scholar, compiled, an, 14., wrote a five-volume book Materia Medica.
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GRB New Era Biology: Class-XI (Part-), 28, 15. Saint Albertus Magnus wrote the botanical work, dealt with medicinal plants., 10. Plant biologists primarily define species as individuals, that share morphological, ecological, geographic and, other characteristics., 16. Carolus Linnaeus divided all animals into, classes., ANSWERS, 17. Any grouping of organisms that shares a particular set of, characteristics forms an assemblage called, 1. F, 2. T, 3. T, 4. F, 5. F, 7. F, 8. T, 9. F, 10. T, nomenclature is employed to describe, 6. T, 18. A, subspecies., 19. The rules governing the nomenclature and classification, of, Botanical Nomenclature., ASSERTION AND REASON, TYPE QUESTIONS, are contained in the International Code of, The following questions consist of two statements, one, labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled the, Reason (R). Examine these two statements carefully and, 20. Two important terms in the study of taxonomy are, and., 21. Scientific names are given in the language, 22. The original specimen(s) from which a new species is, described is called, select the most appropriate answer codes., Answer codes:, (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct, explanation of (A)., (b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct, ANSWERS, 1. binomial nomenclature, 2. natural science, 3. zoology, and botany, 4. Thomas Henry Huxley, 5. Cell biology,, 6. cell, tissues, 7. population, 8. reproduce, 9. Edward, Osborne Wilson, 10. 1.7-1.8 million, 11. biodiversity,, 12. Susruta Samhita, 13. Vrikshayurveda, 14. Dios-, corides, 15. De vegetabilis, 16. six, 17. taxon,, 18. trinomial, 19. plants and fungi, 20. phylogeny,, nomenclature, 21. Latin, 22. type specimen., explanation of (A)., (c) (A) is true and (R) is false., (d) Both (A) and (R) are false., 1. Assertion (A) : Linnaeus is known to the scientific world, today as Carolus Linnaeus., Reason (R): This is the Latinized form he choose for his, O True or False statements, name., State whether the following statements are True (T) or, False (F)., 1. Herbarium is a store house of stuffed birds kept in a, 2. Assertion (A) : Study of biology requires basic, knowledge of physics and chemistry., Reason (R) : Living organisms are made up of atoms and, molecules which follow physical and chemical laws., 3. Assertion (A) : Living organisms are regarded as closed, museum., 2. National Botanical Research Institute is located in, Lucknow., 3. Key is a taxonomical aid used for the identification and, classification of plants and animals., 4. Fauna contains the actual account of habitat and, distribution of plants of a given area., 5. All animals belonging to various phyla are assigned to the, highest category called class., 6. Potato, tomato and brinjal are three different plant species, belonging to the genus Solanum., 7. Scientific names are generally in English language and, written in bold letters., systems., Reason (R): Energy of living organisms cannot be lost or, gained from the environment., 4. Assertion (A): The conventional segregation of zoology, and botany is intellectually meaningless., Reason (R) : All living things should be studied in an, integrated way as biology., 5. Assertion (A) : A virus is a lifeless particle outside a, living host cell., Reason (R) : It has no capacity to reproduce inside or, outside the host cell., 8. Aristotle's pupil Theophrastus (370-285 BC), classified, plants according to their uses and method of cultivation., 9. We use a binomial system of nomenclature based upon, the scheme originally introduced by Theophrastus, in the, 18th century., ANSWERS, 1. (a), 2. (a), 3. (d), 4. (a), 5. (c)
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29, The Living World, (a) Growth, (b) Reproduction, (c) Ability to make sound, (d) Response to external stimuli, 10. The term "biology" was introduced by:, MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS, 1. As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic, hierarchy, the number of common characteristics:, (NCERT Exemplar), (a) will decrease, (b) will increase, (c) remain same, (d) may increase or decrease, 2. Which of the following 'suffixes' used for units of, classification in plants indicates a, "family"?, (a) – ales, (c) -асеае, (a) Aristotle, (b) Darwin, (c) Linnaeus, (d) Treviranus and Lamarck, 11. Cells acquire and use energy to synthesize, store and, degrade and eliminate substances through chemical, reactions called:, onomic category of, (NCERT Exemplar), (b) - onae, (d) -ае, (a) metastasis, (c) metabolism, 12. The living steady state has a self-regulatory mechanism, (b) respiration, (d) homeostasis, 3. The term 'systematics' refers to:, (a) Identification and classification of plants and animals, (b) Diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship, (c) Nomenclature and identification of plants and animals, (d) Different kinds of organisms and their classification, 4. Genus represents:, (NCERT Exemplar), which is:, (Kerala PMT 2004), (a) homeostasis, (c) heterozygous, (e) feed back mechanism, 13. Which of the following is a unifying concept of biology?, (a) Diversity, (c) Movement, 14. Which of the following statements is true about death?, (a) Death occurs only due to accidents, (b) An organism dies because all its cells die, (c) Death occurs only in multicellular animals, (b) homozygous, (d) homeotherms, (NCERT Exemplar), (b) Evolution, (d) Circulation, (a) an individual plant or animal, (b) a collection of plants or animals, (c) group of closely related species of plants or animals, (d) none of the above, 5. The taxonomic unit 'Phylum' in the classification of, animals is equivalent to which hierarchial level in, (d) Death helps in recycling and maintains the balance of, matter in nature, classification of plants?, (NCERT Exemplar), (a) Class, (c) Family, 6. Botanical gardens and zoological parks have collection, of:, (b) Order, (d) Division, 15. Biological organization starts with:, (AIPMT 2007), (a) atomic level, (b) cellular level, (NCERT Exemplar), (c) organismic level, (d) submicroscopic molecular level, 16. Name the book written by Aristotle:, (a) exotic living species only, (b) endemic living species only, (c) only local plants and animals, (d) endemic and exotic living species, 7. Taxonomic key is one of the taxonomic tools in the, identification and classification of plants and animals. It is, used in the preparation of:, (a) Monographs, (c) Both (a) and (b), (a) Histoire Naturella, (c) Historia Animalia, 17. Aristotle is associated with:, (b) Systema Naturae, (d) Philosophie Zoologique, (Odisha JEE 2004; DPMT 2008), (NCERT Exemplar), (b) Flora, (d) None of these, (a) Parallelism, (c) Scala Naturae, 18. Father of Botany' is:, (b) Biogenetic law, (d) Theory of catatrophism, (Pb. PMT 2008), 8. All living organisms are linked to one another because:, (a) Aristotle, (c) Theophrastus, 19. 'Father of Modern Botany' is:, (b) Linnaeus, (d) Leeuwenhoek, (NCERT Exemplar), (a) They share common genetic material but to varying, degrees, (b) They have common genetic material of the same type, (c) All have common cellular organization, (d) All of the above, (a) Otto Brunfels, (c) Louis Pasteur, 20. The first Indian literature on classification of plants and, animals is:, (b) Theophrastus, (d) Caspar Bauhin, 9. Which of the following is a defining characteristic of, living organisms?, (a) Susruta Samhita, (c) Taittirriya Upanishad, (b) Charaka Samhita, (NCERT Exemplar), (d) Chandyogya Upanishad
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GRB New Era Biology: Class-XI (Part-, 30, 21. The indigenous system of medicine in India is known as:, (a) Ayurveda, (c) Homeopathy, 22. The term 'systematics' was coined by:, (a) Ernst Haeckel, (c) A. P. de Candolle, 31. The term species was coined by: (Karnataka CET 2004), (a) Engler, (c) Linnaeus, 32. Who is the author of 'Historia Generalis Plantarum', (b) Allopathy, (d) Acupuncture, (b) Aristotle, (d) John Ray, (b) Linnaeus, (d) Theophrastus, (a) Aristotle, (c) John Ray, 33. The practical purpose of classification of living, organisms is to:, (a) name the living organisms, (b) explain the origin of living organisms, (c) trace the evolution of living organisms, (d) facilitate identification of unknown organisms, 34. The technical names of organisms are given in the, language:, (a) Latin, (c) French, (b) H. F. Copeland, (d) Carolus Linnaeus, 23. Who is regarded as the father of taxonomy among the, following?, (a) Linnaeus, (c) Maheshwari, 24. Who published the book 'Species Plantarum' and, provided a basis for classification of plants?, (MН-СЕТ 2003), (b) Aristotle, (d) Birbal Sahni, (Odisha JEE 2003), (a) Robert Hooke, (b) Charles Darwin, (c) Carolus Linnaeus, (d) Antony Leeuwenhoek, 25. The number of species classified in "Species Plantarum":, (b) Greek, (d) English, 35. The third name in trinomial nomenclature is:, (b) Species, (d) Subspecies, (a) Genus, (c) Subgenus, 36. When the specific epithet exactly repeats generic name, it, (DPMT 2008), (a) 5900, (c) 3800, 26. Binomial nomenclature was introduced by:, (b) 6000, (d) 4000, is called:, (a) Basinym, (c) Homonym, 37. Which one of the following statement correctly define the, term homonym?, (b) Synonym, (d) Tautonym, (a) Aristotle, (c) Carolus Linnaeus, (CMC, Vellore 2008; Pb. PMT 2008), (b) Charles Darwin, (d) A. P. de Candolle, (WB-JEE 2008), 27. In which book has binomial nomenclature been used for, the first time?, (a) Identical name of two different taxon, (b) When species name repeats the generic name, (c) Two or more names belonging to the same taxon, (d) Other name of a taxon given in a language other than, the language of zoological/botanical nomenclature, (a) Systema Naturae, (c) Species Plantarum, 28. In binomial nomenclature:, (a) both in genus and species the first letter is capital, (b) both genus and species are printed in italics, (c) genus and species may be of same name, (d) genus is written after the species, 29. The term 'taxonomy' was first proposed by the French, botanist:, (b) Scala Naturae, (d) Historia Plantarum, (MPPMT 2004), 38. ICBN is:, (BV Pune 2004; AIPMT 2007; AMU 2014), (a) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, (b) International Culture Botanical Nomenclature, (c) International Conditions Botanical Nomenclature, (d) International, Nomenclature, Conversation, for, Botanical, (a) Lamarck, (c) A. P. de Candolle, 30. Biosystematics aims at:, (a) the classification of organism based on their, evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny, on the totality of various parameters from all fields of, studies, (b) identification and arrangement of organisms on the, basis of their cytological characteristics, (c) the classification of organisms based on broad, morphological characters, (d) delimiting various taxa of organisms and establishing, their relationships, (b) Nägeli, (d) Carulus Linnaeus, 39. Arrangement of taxa is termed:, (a) analogy, (c) hierarchy, 40. Each unit of a category of classification is termed as:, (b) taxonomy, (d) homology, (AIPMT 2003), (Wardha 2003), (a) taxon, (c) cohort, 41. Identify the correct sequence of taxa in Linnaean, hierarchy?, (a) Class, family, species, genus, ordèr, (b) Species, genus, family, order, class, (c) Phylum, class, family, species, order, (d) Species, genus, phylum, family, class, (b) order, (d) trophic level, (Karnataka CET 2001)
