Multiple choice Questions:
1. The term ‘Taxonomy’ was coined by
(A) Carl Linnaeus
(B) A.P. de Candolle
(C) Carl Woese
(D) R.H Whittaker
2. Arrangement of organisms into distinct categories is called
(A) Taxonomy
(B) Taxon
(C) Nomenclature
(D) Classification
3. The domain known for its survival in very extreme condition like high temperature, salinity, etc. is
(A) Eukarya
(B) Archaea
(C) Bacteria
(D) Cyanobacteria
4. Kingdom Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia are included under domain
(A) Eukarya
(B) Archaea
(C) Bacteria
(D) Cyanobacteria
5. Which system of classification was based upon easily observable characters?
(A) Natural
(B) Phylogenetic
(C) Artificial
(D) DNA barcoding
6. System based upon chemical constituents of organisms is
(A) Cladogram
(B) Phylogeny
(C) DNA barcoding
(D) chemotaxonomy
7. Woese’s three domain and Whittaker’s five kingdom concept is based upon
(A) Visible characters
(B) Phylogenetic relationship
(C) Numerical taxonomy
(D) DNA barcoding
8. One of the following has correct descending sequence hierarchy
(A) class, division, order, family
(B) division, class, order, family
(C) order, family, class, division
(D) family, order, class, genus
9. Which among the following is an order?
(A) Malvales
(B) Polypetalae
(C) Angiospermae
(D) Hibiscus
10. The basic unit of classification
(A) genus
(B) species
(C) kingdom
(D) family
