CH 1 THE LIVING WORLD – NARAYANA -ASSIGNMENT-1-Q.

P & KEY
NEET 8 YEARS AT A GLANCE
1. Match the items given in column I with those in column II and select the correct option given below:
Column I Column II
A. Herbarium I. It is a place having a collection of preserved plants and animals.
B. Key II. A list that enumerates methodically all the species found in an area with
brief description aiding identification.
C. Museum III. It is a place where dried and pressed plant specimens mounted on sheets
are kept.
D. Catalogue IV. A booklet containing a list of characters and their alternates which are
helpful in identification of various taxa.
(a) A – I; B – IV; C – III; D – II (b) A – III; B – II; C – I; D – IV
(c) A – III; B – IV; C – I; D – II (d) A – II; B – IV; C – III; D – I
2. Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules
of nomenclature?
(a) Biological names can be written in any language.
(b) The first word in a biological name represents the genus name, and the second is a specific epithet.
(c) The names are written in Latin and are italicised.
(d) When written by hand, the names are to be underlined.
3. It is much easier for a small animal to run uphill than for a large animal, because
(a) it is easier to carry a small body weight.
(b) smaller animals have a higher metabolic rate.
(c) small animals have a lower O2 requirement.
(d) the efficiency of muscles in large animals is less than in the small animals.
4. Select correctly written scientific name of Mango which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus
(a) Mangifera indica Car. Linn. (b) Mangifera indica Linn.
(c) Mangifera indica (d) Mangifera Indica
5. The contrasting characteristics generally in a pair used for identification of animals in Taxonomic Key
are referred to as
(a) Lead (b) Couplet (c) Doublet (d) Alternate
LEVEL-1
TOPIC-1: CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING ORGANISMS
1. In unicellular organisms, with respect to growth and reproduction following can be true.
(i) Growth and reproduction are inclusive events. (ii) Unicellular organisms grow by cell division.
(iii) Both are exclusive.
(a) Only (i) correct (b) Only (ii) correct (c) Both (i) and (ii) correct (d) Only (iii) correct
2. Which of the following factors exclusively affects reproduction in seasonal breeders, both plants and
animals?
(a) Water (b) Temperature (c) Photoperiod (d) All of these
3. Which of the following statements regarding growth is incorrect?
(a) In plants, growth by cell division is seen only upto a certain stage.
(b) Growth exhibited by non-living objects is by accumulation of material on the surface.
(c) A multicellular organism grows by cell division.
(d) Growth in in vitro culture of unicellular organisms can be observed by counting the number of cells.
4. Match the feature of living organisms given in column I with its description given in column II. Select the
correct match from the option given below.
Column I Column II
A. Growth I. Production of offspring.
B. Reproduction II. Composed of one or more cells.
C. Metabolism III. Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals.
D. Cellular organisation IV. Sum total of all chemical reactions occurring in body.
(a) A – I; B – II; C – III; D – IV (b) A – III; B – I; C – II; D – IV
(c) A – III; B – I; C – IV; D – II (d) A – II; B – IV; C – III; D – I
5. Which of the following statement is correct for metabolism?
(a) It is the sum total of all physical reactions taking place inside a living system.
(b) All plants, animals, fungi and microbes exhibit metabolism.
(c) Isolated metabolic reactions in-vitro are not living but are non living reactions.
(d) All of the above
6. Growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive events in
(a) plants only. (b) animals only. (c) higher animals and plants. (d) lower organisms.
7. Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things?
(a) Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro.
(b) Increase in mass from inside only.
(c) Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory.
(d) Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally.
TOPIC-2: CLASSIFICATION AND TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES
8. Which of the following term is used to refer the number of varieties of plants and animals on earth?
(a) Taxonomy (b) Identification (c) Biodiversity (d) Classification
9. Each category of taxonomic hierarchy refers to as a unit of ________.
(a) systematic (b) identification (c) nomenclature (d) classification
10. Systematics refers to the
(a) identification and classification of plants and animals.
(b) nomenclature and identification of plants and animals.
(c) diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship.
(d) different kinds of organisms and their classification.
11. The practical purpose of classification of living organisms is to
(a) explain the origin of living organisms. (b) trace the evolution of living organisms.
(c) name the living organisms. (d) facilitate identification of unknown organisms.
12. Families are characterised on which of the following features of plant species?
(a) External morphology (b) Anatomy of parts
(c) Vegetative and reproductive parts (d) Seasonal similarities and variations
13. Which of the following statements are correct?
(i) Genus comprises a group of related species.
(ii) Taxon represents a taxonomic group of individual organisms.
(iii) Family comprises a group of related genera.
(iv) Taxonomic category class includes related orders.
(a) (i), (ii), and (iv) (b) (ii) and (iv) (c) (i), (iii) and (iv) (d) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
14. Which of the following taxonomic categories is being described by the given statements (i) to (iii)?
(i) It is the basic unit of classification.
(ii) It is defined as the group of individuals which resemble in their morphological and reproductive
characters and interbreed among themselves and produce fertile offsprings.
(iii) Human beings belong to the species sapiens which is grouped in the genus Homo.
(a) Species (b) Genus (c) Order (d) Family
15. Match the taxonomic categories given in column I with their feature given in column II.
Column I Column II
A. Taxon I. Basic unit of classification.
B. Species II. A taxonomic group of any rank.
C. Phylum III. Division is the same category in case of plants.
D. Genus IV. Identified based on a number of similar characters.
E. Order V. Group of related species having more character in common with others species.
(a) A – V; B – II; C – IV; D – III; E – I (b) A – III; B – I; C – IV; D – II; E – V
(c) A – II; B – I; C – III; D – V; E – IV (d) A – III; B – II; C – IV; D – I; E – V
16. ‘Taxa’ differs from ‘taxon’ due to being
(a) a higher taxonomic category than taxon. (b) lower taxonomic category than taxon.
(c) the plural of taxon. (d) the singular of taxon.
17. In angiosperm, characters of flowers are used in classification because
(a) flowers are attractive. (b) flowers are large.
(c) character of flowers are conserved. (d) None of the above.
18. Which one of the following statements is correct about biodiversity?
(a) It is the occurrence of varied type of organisms on earth.
(b) Each different kind of plant, animal or organism represents a species.
(c) The number of species that are known and described range between 1.7–1.8 million.
(d) All of the above
19. Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct?
(i) Genus comprises a group of related species which has more characters in common in comparison to
species of other genera.
 (ii) Three different genera such as Solanum, Datura and Petunia are placed in the family malvaceae.
(iii) In case of plants, classes with a few similar characters are assigned to a higher category called
phylum.
(a) Both (i) and (ii) (b) Only (iii) (c) Both (ii) and (iii) (d) All of these
20. Select the correct statements (i) to (iv) regarding taxonomic categories.
(i) Each step or rank in hierarchy is called taxonomic category.
(ii) Species is a group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities capable of breeding among
themselves.
(iii) Taxonomic studies of all unknown organisms have led to the development of common categories like
kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus and species.
(iv) Lower the category, greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same
level.
(a) (i) & (ii) only (b) (ii) & (iv) only (c) (i), (ii) & (iii) only (d) All of the above
21. The ‘birds’ taxonomically represent :
(a) Family (b) Order (c) Class (d) Phylum
22. Inbreeding is possible between two members of a/an :
(a) Order (b) Genus (c) Species (d) Family
23. The smallest unit of classification is :
(a) Species (b) Order (c) Variety (d) Genus
24. Karyotaxonomy is a modern branch of classification which is based on
(a) organic evolution. (b) number of nuclei. (c) number of chromosomes. (d) trinomial nomenclature.
25. The phylogenetic system refers to grouping
(a) according to floral similarities. (b) of plants in order of their increasing complexities.
(c) according to evolutionary trends. (d) according to all morphological characters.
26. The suffix phyta indicates :
(a) Family (b) Tribe (c) Class (d) Division
27. System of classification used by Linnaeus was
(a) natural system (b) artificial system (c) phylogenetic system (d) Both (a) and (b)
28. Modern phylogenetic classification system was given by :
(a) Linnaeus (b) Bentham and Hooker (c) Hutchinson (d) Engler and Prantl
29. Match the column I with column II and choose the correct option.
Column I Column II
A. Father of Taxonomy I. Hooker
B. Father of Zoology II. Carolus Linnaeus
C. Father of Medicine III. Aristotle
D. Father of Biology IV. Huxley
E. Concept of genus V. Hippocrates
F. Father of Neotaxonomy VI. Ernst Mayr
G. Darwin of 20th century VII. Julian Huxley
(a) A – II; B – III; C – VI; D – I; E – VI; F – I; G – V
(b) A – II; B – III; C – V; D – III; E – I; F – IV; G – VI
(c) A – II; B – III; C – III; D – IV; E – IV; F – I; G – VI
(d) A – II; B – III; C – VI; D – VI; E – VI; F – I; G – V
30. ICBN stands for
(a) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (b) International Congress of Biological Names
(c) Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature (d) Indian Congress of Biological Names
31. Binomial nomenclature means
(a) one name given by two scientists.
(b) one scientific name consisting of a generic and specific epithet.
(c) two names, one latinized, other of a person.
(d) two names of same plant.
32. The given diagram shows taxonomic categories of hierarchical arrangement with few blanks marked as
A, B and C. Identify the correct blanks.
 (a) A-Strain, B-Order, C-Sub kingdom (b) A-Species, B-order, C-kingdom
(c) A-Subspecies, B-Tribe, C-Domain (d) A-Species, B-Cohort, C-Subdivision
33. The taxonomic unit ‘phylum’ in the classification of animals is equivalent to which hierarchial level in
classification of plants?
(a) Class (b) Order (c) Division (d) Family
34. Refer the botanical name of wheat "Triticum aestivum" and identify the statement which correctly
describes it.
(a) The second word belongs to genus and starts with a small letter.
(b) Both the words "Triticum aestivum" denote the specific epithet.
(c) The first word Triticum denotes the genus which starts with a capital letter.
(d) The first word Triticum denotes the specific epithet while the second word denotes the genus.
35. Which of the following characters given below displays the description of lowest taxonomic category of
organisms in the plant and animal kingdom?
(a) It includes one or more than one order.
(b) It is a group containing one or more families.
(c) It is a group of related organisms that resemble one another.
(d) It is a group of organisms that are closely related and share similar characteristics.
36. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) The scientific name for human is Homo sapiens.
(b) Organisms placed in the same genus are least closely related.
(c) Moving from species to kingdom, more different species are included in each higher category.
(d) Species that are in the same genus share very specific characteristics.
37. Match the common name given in column I with their taxonomic category-order given in column II and
choose the correct combination from the given option.
Column-I Column-II
(Common name) (Taxonomic category–Order)
A. Wheat I. Primata
B. Mango II. Diptera
C. Housefly III. Sapindales
D. Man IV. Poales
(a) A – I; B – II; C – IV; D – III (b) A – IV; B – III; C – II; D – I
(c) A – II; B – IV; C – I; D – III (d) A – III; B – IV; C – II; D – I
38. Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular named taxonomic category?
(a) Tiger – Tigris, the species (b) Cuttle fish – Mollusca, a class
(c) Humans – Primata, the family (d) Housefly – Musca, an order
39. Which of the following taxonomic category of housefly is incorrectly matched?
(a) Genus – Musca (b) Family – Muscidae
(c) Order – Primata (d) Class – Insecta
40. "X" being a higher category is the assemblage of families which exhibit a few "Y" characters. The "Z"
characters are less in a number as compared to different genera included in a family. Identify "X", "Y",
and "Z".
(a) X - Order; Y - Similar; Z – Similar (b) X - Genus; Y - Similar; Z - Different
(c) X - Species; Y - Different; Z – Similar (d) X - Class; Y - Different; Z - Different
TOPIC-3: TAXONOMICAL AIDS
41. Which of the following taxonomic aid provides information for the identification of names of species
found in an area?
(a) Monograph (b) Manual (c) Flora (d) Periodical
42. Which one of the taxonomic aids can give comprehensive account of complete compiled information of
any one genus or family at a particular time?
(a) Taxonomic key (b) Flora (c) Herbarium (d) Monograph
43. Which one of the following taxonomical aid is used for identification of plants and animals based on
similarities and dissimilarities?
(a) Flora (b) Keys (c) Monographs (d) Catalogues
44. Herbarium is a
(a) garden where medicinal plants are grown. (b) garden where herbaceous plants are grown.
(c) dry garden. (d) chemical to kill plants.
45. The famous botanical garden ‘Kew’ is located in :
(a) England (b) Lucknow (c) Berlin (d) Australia
46. Which of the following taxonomical aids is being described by the given statements (i) to (iv)?
(i) They generally established in educational institutes.
(ii) They have collections of preserved plant and animal specimens for study and reference.
(iii) Insects are preserved in boxes after collecting, killing and pinning.
(iv) They often have collections of skeletons of animals too.
(a) Herbarium (b) Museum (c) Zoological parks (d) Botanical gardens
47. Study the following statements and select the correct description of botanical garden from the given
options.
(i) Plant species are grown for identification purposes.
(ii) Labelling of each plant consists of its botanical name/ scientific name and its family.
(iii) Specimens are preserved in the jars and containers.
(iv) It is a type of store house which contains dried, pressed, and preserved plant specimens on sheet.
(v) Plant specimen contains a labelling of information about date and place of collection.
(a) (i) and (ii) only (b) (i), (ii) and (iii) only (c) (ii) and (iv) only (d) All the five statements.
48. Match taxonomic aids (given in column I) with their feature (given in column II) and choose the correct
option.
Column I Column II
(Taxonomic aids) (Features)
A. Herbarium I. Includes those specimens which can be easily classified on their observable
characters.
B. Botanical garden II. Preserved specimens on sheets become a store house for future use.
C. Museum III. Generally, set up in educational institutes.
D. Zoological Park IV. Includes those animals which are identified based on their aggregates of
characters.
E. Key V. All animals provided similar conditions to their natural habitat.
VI. Includes animals of related orders.
VII. Includes collection of living plants for reference.
VIII. It identifies animals and plants based on their similarities and dissimilarities.
(a) A – I; B – II; C – VIII; D – V; E – III (b) A – III; B – I; C – IV; D – II; E – V
(c) A – II; B – VII; C – III; D – V; E – VIII (d) A – II; B – III; C – VII; D – I; E – IV
49. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the various steps of herbarium formation?
(i) Drying (ii) Poisoning (iii) Collection (iv) Labelling (v) Mounting (vi) Deposition (vii) Stitching
(a) (iii), (i), (ii), (v), (vii), (iv), (vi) (b) (iii), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (i)
(c) (iii), (i), (ii), (vi), (vii), (v), (iv) (d) (iii), (i), (ii), (vii), (v), (vi), (iv)
50. One of the most important functions of botanical gardens is that
(a) they provide a beautiful area for recreation. (b) one can observe tropical plants there.
(c) they allow ex-situ conservation of germplasm. (d) they provide the natural habitat for wildlife.
51. Which of the following taxonomist is called the ‘Darwin of 20th century’?
(a) Julian Huxley (b) Carolus Linnaeus (c) Whittaker (d) Ernst Mayr
52. Which of the following is not the characteristic of a zoological museum?
(a) It has animal specimens preserved in containers in solutions.
(b) Birds and mammals are stuffed and preserved.
(c) It imports knowledge about various types of animals to students and tourists.
(d) It exhibits living animals to public.
53. The Governing authority of all zoos in India is
(a) Zoo authority of India. (b) Zoological authority of India.
(c) World wildlife Fund (WWF) for nature India. (d) Central Zoo Authority of India (CZAI).
54. Taxonomic hierarchy refers to
(a) step-wise arrangement of all categories for classification of plants and animals.
(b) a group of senior taxonomists who decide the nomenclature of plants and animals.
(c) a list of botanists or zoologists who have worked on taxonomy of a species or group.
(d) classification of a species based on fossil record.
55. Cladistics can be best defined as
(a) the relationship between sub-species and species.
(b) relationship between two most forward races.
(c) relationship between endangered and surviving species.
(d) method of classification that attempt to interfere phylogenetic relationship.
LEVEL-2
1. Which of the following taxa are not used by botanists?
(a) Kingdom & order (b) Phylum & family (c) Suborder & variety (d) Phylum & subspecies
2. Identify the correct sequence of taxonomical categories.
(a) Cohort - Class - Family – Genus (b) Class - Cohort - Family - Genus
(c) Series - Cohort - Family – Genus (d) Order (Cohort) - Series - Species - Family
3. Which of the following statements are correct?
(i) Scientific name of human beings is Homo sapiens.
(ii) Higher the taxa, more are the characteristics that the members within the taxon share.
(iii) Highest taxonomic categories is division.
(iv) Taxonomic group of any rank is taxon.
(v) A group of closely related species of organism represents genus.
(vi) The term ‘systematic’ was coined by de Candolle.
(a) (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi) (b) (i), (iv) and (v)
(c) (i), (iii), (v) and (vi) (d) (ii), (iii) and (vi)
4. Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah, Kolkata is famous for
(a) different varieties of roses. (b) largest banyan tree.
(c) medicinal plants. (d) None of these
5. Which of the following given features are correct with respect to living beings.
(i) They reproduce. (ii) They metabolise.
(iii) They have cellular organisation. (iv) They have ability to respond to stimuli.
(a) (i) and (iii) (b) (i) and (ii) (c) Only (iii) (d) All of these
6. True species are
(a) interbreeding. (b) sharing the same niche.
(c) feeding on the same food. (d) reproductively isolated.
7. What is the response in the following situation?
“Over several weeks, a tomato plant grows towards the window with the sunlight shining through”.
(a) Window with sunlight. (b) Tomato plant growing.
(c) There isn't a response in the situation. (d) Several weeks
8. Mark incorrect matching of the term and the taxonomist who coined it.
(a) Phylum - Cuvier (b) Genus - John Ray (c) Taxonomy - Linnaeus (d) Taxon - Linnaeus
9. The term taxonomy was proposed by :
(a) Carolus Linnaeus (b) Takhtajan (c) A.P. de Candolle (d) Julian Huxley
10. Two similar holotypes are called __________.
(a) isotypes (b) neotypes (c) syntypes (d) mesotypes
11. Hierarchical taxonomic system is used because
(a) all taxonomic categories reflect common habitats.
(b) it is helpful to establish classifications.
(c) each higher taxonomic category contains group/categories below it.
(d) taxonomic group shows similar characters and have no evolutionary relationship.
12. Branch of zoology dealing with the study of behaviour of animals is called __________.
(a) ethology (b) ecology (c) sociology (d) anthropology
13. Natural classification differs from artificial classification in taking into account
(a) only one character. (b) only habitat.
(c) all the similarities between animals. (d) All of these
14. A group of related genera are classified as _________.
(a) family (b) order (c) class (d) tribe
15. Molecular biology is concerned with the study of
 (a) structure and functions of polymers of life.
(b) all aspects of micro-organisms.
(c) the process by which molecules of chemical substances organised into primitive form of life.
(d) the chemistry of living organisms.
16. One of the most important functions of botanical gardens is that
(a) they provide a beautiful area for recreation. (b) one can observe tropical plants there.
(c) they allow ex-situ conservation of germplasm. (d) they provide the natural habitat for wildlife.
17. Mark the incorrect statement from the given option.
(a) In weaver bird (baya) the nest is built by male.
(b) Big-Bang theory for the origin of universe was given by Hubble.
(c) Replication is the characteristic of living beings.
(d) Cicada insect is known for producing penetrating sound and very long embryonic period.
18. The specimen described along with nomenclature type is called _________.
(a) syntype (b) holotype (c) paratype (d) isotype
19. What are the five characteristics used by scientist to classify something as living or non-living?
(a) Respond to stimuli; grow & develop; use energy; does not reproduce; made of cells
(b) Use of energy; reproduction; made of many cells; response to stimuli; growth & development
(c) Growth & development; use of energy; made of cells; reproduction; response to stimuli
(d) None of the above
20. Among the following categories, the number of common characteristics will be the maximum in
__________.
(a) genus (b) phylum (c) kingdom (d) species
21. Select the correct statement regarding the features of living.
(i) Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals are twin characteristics of growth.
(ii) Metabolic reactions can also be demonstrated outside the body in isolated cell-free systems.
(iii) ‘Response to stimuli’ is a defining property of living organisms.
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) (i) and (iii) (d) (i), (ii) and (iii)
22. 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 (b) flora (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
23. The term 'systematics' refers to
(a) identification and study of organ systems.
(b) identification and preservation of plants and animals.
(c) diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship.
(d) study of habitats of organisms and their classification.
24. Genus represents
(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
25. Botanical gardens and zoological parks have
(a) collection of endemic living species only.
(b) collection of exotic living species only.
(c) collection of endemic and exotic living species.
(d) collection of only local plants and animals.
26. Two plants can be conclusively said to belong to the same species if they
(a) have same number of chromosomes.
(b) can reproduce freely with each other and form seeds.
(c) have more than 90 per cent similar genes.
(d) look similar and possess identical secondary metabolites.
27. Which two points are known as the twin characteristics of growth?
(i) Increase in mass (ii) Differentiation
(iii) Increase in number of individuals (iv) Response to stimuli
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (i) and (iv) (c) (ii) and (iii) (d) (i) and (iii)
28. Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?
(i) Reproduction is the production of progeny possessing features dissimilar to their parents.
(ii) The fungi, the filamentous algae, the protonema of mosses, all multiply by budding.
(iii) Many organisms like mules, sterile worker bees do not reproduce.
 (iv) Reproduction is not an all-inclusive defining characteristic of living organisms.
(a) Only (i) (b) Both (i) and (ii) (c) Both (ii) and (iv) (d) All of these
29. As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic hierarchy, the number of common characteristics
(a) will decrease. (b) will increase. (c) remain same. (d) may increase or decrease.
30. Match the taxonomic category given in column I with their example given in column II and choose the
correct option.
Column I Column II
(Taxonomic category) (Example)
A. Family I. tuberosum
B. Kingdom II. Polymoniales
C. Order III. Solanum
D. Species IV. Plantae
E. Genus V. Solanaceae
(a) A – IV; B – III; C – V; D – II; E – I (b) A – V; B – IV; C – II; D – I; E – III
(c) A – IV; B – V; C – II; D – I; E – III (d) A – V; B – III; C – II; D – I; E – IV
CH 1 THE LIVING WORLD – NARAYANA -ASSIGNMENT-1 KEY