A living organism is differentiated from non-living structure based on _______.

(a)

Reproduction

(b)

Growth

(c)

Metabolism

(d)

All the above

A group of organisms having similar traits of a rank is _______.

(a)

Species

(b)

Taxon

(c)

Genus

(d)

Family

Every unit of classification regardless of its rank is _____.

(a)

Taxon

(b)

Variety

(c)

Species

(d)

Strain

Choose the odd one out.

(a)

Mule

(b)

Liger

(c)

Red Panda

(d)

Tigon

Book written by Darwin_____________

(a)

Historia Generalis

(b)

Origin of species

(c)

Systema Naturae

(d)

Phylogeny of plants

________________was developed by Natural History Museum London.

(a)

SPIDA

(b)

ABIS

(c)

DAISY

(d)

INOTAXA

________________is called the bird man of India.

(a)

Dr. Subramaniam

(b)

Dr. Salim Ali

(c)

Whittaker

(d)

Varad Giri

Species Plantarum was written by______________

(a)

Linnaeus

(b)

Woese

(c)

Theophrastus

(d)

Darwin

__________________established species as the ultimate unit of taxonomy. (He coined the term species).

(a)

Aristotle

(b)

Linnaeus

(c)

John Ray

(d)

Bauhin

Cladistics is based on______________

(a)

Natural characters

(b)

Reproductive organs

(c)

Molecular studies

(d)

Phylogeny

Binomial nomenclature

(1)

Extreme conditions

Extremophiles

(2)

Carolus Linnaeus

Probiotic bacteria

(3)

Beneficial

Pathogenic bacteria

(4)

disease-causing

Eukarya

(5)

membrane bound organelles