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Living World Quiz

The Indian rhinoceros is a natural inhabitant of which one of the Indian states?

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Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

Assam

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Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things?

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Isolated metabolic reactions occurs in vitro.

Increase in mass from inside only.

Perceptions of events happening in the environment and their memory.

Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on surface as well as internally.

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Which one of the following is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and proto- nema of mosses?

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Diplontic life cycle

Members of kingdom Planate

Mode of Nutrition

Multiplication by fragmentation

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Which one of the following is not a correct statement?

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Herbarium houses dried pressed and preserved plant specimens

Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference

A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals

Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens.

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Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?

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Biological names can be written in any language

The first word in a biological name represents the genus name, and the second is a specific epithet

The names are written in Latin and are italicized

When written by hand, the names are to be underlined

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The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on

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Name of collector

Local names

Height of the plant

Date of collection

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Match Column – I with Column – II for housefly classification and select the correct option using the codes given below:

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A–3, B–2, C–4, D–1

A–4, B–3, C–2, D–1

A–4, B–2, C–1, D–3

A–3, B–1, C–4, D–2

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Study the four statements (A-D) given below and select the two correct ones out of them:

A. Definition of biological species was given by Ernst Mayr.

B. Photoperiod does not react reproduction in plants.

C. Binomial nomenclature system was given by R. H. Whittaker .

D. In unicellular organisms, reproduction is synonymous with growth The two correct statements are:

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C and D

A and B

A and D

B and C

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