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Binomial system of nomenclature was given by

  • Julian Huxley

  • Bentham and Hooker

  • Linnaeus

  • Casper Bauhin


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Linnaeus

Binomial System of Nomenclature was given by Linnaeus. Binomial nomenclature consists of two parts, the first is the name of the "Genus", and the second called the "Specific epithet'' identifies the particular species within the genus.

George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker proposed the natural system of classification of plant kingdom.

Julian Huxley (1940) proposed the term 'New Systematics', which takes into consideration of all the known characteristics of organisms.


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Which of the following is the scientific or botanical name of Asafoetida (Hing)?

  • Curcuma longa

  • Curcuma amada

  • Alpinia galanga

  • None of these


Assertion : Study of biology requires basic knowledge of chemistry and physics.

Reason : Living organisms are made up of atoms and molecules which follow chemical and physical laws.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both the assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both the assertion and reason are false.


The usage of binomial names, for plant species was accepted by all after the publication of the work by

  • Hooker

  • Linnaeus

  • Bentham

  • Darwin


The smallest free living organism is

  • virus

  • mycoplasma

  • diatom

  • cyanobacterium


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Dendrochronology is the study of:

  • height of a tree

  • diameter of a tree

  • age of the tree by counting the number of annual rings in the main stem

  • none of the above


A group of plants or animals with similar traits of any rank is

  • species

  • genus

  • order

  • taxon


Kaziranga National Park is famous for :

  • Rhinoceros

  • Tiger

  • Asiatic lion

  • Nilgai


The term phylum was given by

  • Haeckel

  • Linnaeus

  • Cuvier

  • Theophrastus


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Taxonomically, which of the following set is matched correctly?

  • Cattle fish, jelly fish, silver fish

  • Bat, pigeon, kite

  • Lobsters, spider, shrimps

  • Oyster, otter, Octopus


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