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)

membrane bound organelles

Eukarya

(5)

disease-causing