ZOOLOGY Systematics 2 Mock Test

🟥 ZOOLOGY Systematics 2 Mock Test

🟥 QUESTIONS : 30

🟥 TIME : 30 Mins

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1) In the statement Isotype is a duplicate specimen of x from the same collection of the same date and the same locality" X stands for

A) Neo type

B) Holotype

C) paratype

D) Tototype

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2) What is Agamo species

A) Species which consists of biparental organisms.

B) Species which consists of triparental organisms.

C) Species which consists of uniparental organisms.

D) Species which consists of absence of parental organisms.

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3) TAXONOMIST DAY observed on

A) 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 19

B) 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 20

C) 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 18

D) May 𝟭𝟵

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4) Eusthenopterone connects

A) Reptiles and amphibian

B) Reptiles and birds

C) Birds and fishes

D) Fishes and amphibians

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5) The cheif merit of Benthem and Hooker system of classification

A) It is a natural system of classification of all plants

B) a system based on evolutionary concept

C) It is also considered the phylogenetic concept

D) The description of taxa are based on actual examination of the specimens

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6) What is the term given to a duplicate specimen of original type?

A) Lectotype

B) Holotype

C) Isotype

D) Neotype

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7) Which of these is an example of homoplasy?

A) Presence and absence of hair

B) Wings of birds and bats

C) Forelimbs of humans

D) Leg of a dog and flipper of a dolph

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8) Which of the following is not a linnean category

A) Species

B) Phylum

C) Class

D) Genus

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9) On which taxonomic theory typological species concept is based

A) Essentialism

B) Cladism

C) Empiricism

D) Nominslism

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10) Same name attributed to different taxa

A) autonym

B) basionym

C) homonym

D) nomennudem

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11) Father of India taxonomy is

A) W. Roxburgh

B) C. Linnaeus

C) Theophrastus

D) H. Santapau

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12) Scientific names of virus and bacteria respectively are standardised by

A) ICBN and ICZN

B) ICVCN and ICNB

C) ICVCN and iCNCP

D) ICNB and ICZN

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13) ICZN was adopted in

A) 1960

B) 1970

C) 1964

D) 1974

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14) When choosing between two conflicting hypothesis the one that is most efficient, using the least assumption is likely to be correct

A) Parallel evolution

B) Symplesiomorphy

C) Synapomorphy

D) Parismony criterion

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15) A trait that is shared by two or more than two groups is called

A) Common traits

B) Symplesiomorphy

C) Synapomorphy

D) Common morphology

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16) Ancestral or primitive character state

A) Symplesiomorphy

B) Synapomorphy

C) Plesiomorphy

D) None

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17) The basic unit of numerical taxonomy is called——

A) PTU

B) OTU (Operational taxonomic unit)

C) CTU

D) KTU

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18) Mc Neil called this book as the “First bible of taxonomy " as "Principles of numerical taxonomy” , who wrote this book

A) Plinius

B) Sokal and Sneath

C) Theophrastus

D) Aristotl

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19) Neo-Adansonian system of classification was proposed by ———

A) Sokal and Sneath

B) Whittaker

C) Linnaeus

D) Carl woese

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20) clasistic relationship is expressed in terms of correlation amongst individuals with regard to:

A) Phenotypic characters

B) Their evolutionary history

C) Relationship b/w operational taxonomic unit

D) . Their chromosomal behaviour

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21) Level of taxonomic study concerned with the biological aspects of taxa, including intraspecific populations, speciation, evolutionary rates and trends is known as:

A) Alpha taxonomy

B) Beta taxonomy

C) Gamma taxonomy

D) None

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22) Alpha taxonomy deals with:

A) Classical taxonomy

B) Chemotaxonomy

C) Phylogenetic

D) .Experimental taxonomy

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23) which one of the following is not covered under taxonomy

A) Alpha taxonomy

B) Beta taxonomy

C) Delta taxonomy

D) Gamma taxonomy

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24) The term 'New Systematics' was introduced by

A) Linnaeus

B) A P Candolle

C) Julian Huxley

D) Bentham and Hooker

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25) Which level of taxonomy deals with evolution?

A) Alpha Taxonomy

B) Gamma taxonomy

C) Beta taxonomy

D) Delta taxonomy

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26) Who is the father of modern taxonomy?

A) Ernst Haeckel

B) Robert Whittaker

C) Carolus Linnaeus

D) John Ray

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27) Phenetics is

A) Numerical taxonomy

B) Natural classification

C) Artificial taxonomy

D) None of these

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28) A set of species descent from a common ancestral species is known as

A) Phylogenetic relationship

B) Clade

C) Geographic gradient in the frequency of a gene

D) Arrangement of organisms in the hierarchial groups

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29) The term taxonomy was first proposed by the Swiss botanist:

A) Theophrastus

B) John Ray

C) A. P. de Candolle

D) Carolus Linnaeus

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30) The term biosystematics was coined by:

A) Linnaeus

B) Camp & Gilly

C) Julian Huxly

D) Aristotle

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