9.

A system of classification in which a large number of traits are

considered is
[DPMT 1985; AIIMS 1996; CBSE PMT 1999]
(a) Artifical system (b) Synthetic system
(c) Natural system (d) Phylogenetic system
10. Evolutionary classification is called
[CBSE PMT 1994; Orissa PMT 2002]
(a) Artificial system (b) Natural system
(c) Phylogenetic system (d) None of the above
11. Binomial nomenclature system of Linnaeus means that every
organism has
(a) One name given by two scientist

NEET (BIOLOGY) (b) Two names one Latin and other of a person
(c) Two names one scientific and other popular

Topics: Systematics and (d) One scientific name with generic and other with specific
epithet
12. Linnaeus system of plant classification is
Protista.
[Total Marks: 360 Marks ] (a) Artificial
(c) Phylogenetic
(b) Natural
(d) None of the above
Each Correct answers carries 4 Marks and 13. Who did propose natural classifications of plants
each wrong answers Carries -1 Marks.
(a) Carolus Linnaeus (b) John Hutchinson
(c) Bentham and Hooker (d) Oswald Tippo
1. In which of the following taxonomy, is equal weightage given
to each of thousands of characters that a taxon exhibits[DPMT 1984, 85; BHU 1991]
(a) Classical taxonomy 14. In Whittaker's 'Five Kingdom Classification', eukaryotes
were assigned to
(b) Chemotaxonomy
(c) Numerical taxonomy
[BHU 1994; KCET 1999; MHCET 2003;
(d) Alpha taxonomy
Orissa JEE 2005]
2. A person who studies about the origin, evolution and variations
in plants and also about the classification of plants, is called as [AIIMS 1992]
(a) Only two of the five kingdoms
(a) Classical taxonomist (b) Herbal taxonomist
(b) Only three of the five kingdoms
(c) taxonomist (d) taxonomist (c) Only four of the five kingdoms
3. If a botanist has to nomenclate a similar species, he will use (d) All the five kingdoms
[CPMT 1999; JIPMER 2001]
15. Metazoans without tissue grade organization are called as
(a) Syntype (b) Neotype [EAMCET 1998; BHU 1999; CBSE PMT 2000]
(c) Mesotype (d) Isotype (a) Parazoa (b) Protozoa
4. Which of the following taxonomical ranks contain organisms (c) Eumetazoa (d) Deuterostomia
least similar to one another [DPMT 1999; Pb. PMT 2000] 16. Aristotle classified the animals into two groups. Mark the
(a) Class (b) Genus correct one [CMC Vellore 1982; DPMT 1992]
(c) Family (d) Species (a) Vertebrata and invertebrata
5. In a hierarchical system of plant classification, which one of (b) Chordata and non-chordata
the following taxonomic ranks generally ends in ceae (c) Protozoa and metazoa
[DPMT 1982; AFMC 2003] (d) Enaima and anaima
(a) Family (b) Genus 17. Interbreeding natural population of animals are referred to as
(c) Order (d) Class belonging to the same [CPMT 1978; AMU 2002]
6. Binomial nomenclature means writing the name of plant / (a) Family (b) Species
animal in two words, which designate (c)Genus (d)Variety
(a) Genus and species (b) Species and variety 18. Best definition of a species is [DPMT 1985]
(c) Order and family (d) Family and genus (a) A group of animals that can live together
7. The basic unit of classification /taxonomy is (b) Animals/plants that can interbreed
]
(c) Animals/plants that cannot interbreed
(a) Genus (b) Species
(d) None of the above
(c) Family (d) Order
19. Species living in different geographical areas are
8. Identify the correct sequence of taxa in Linnaean hierarchy
[BHU 1985; CBSE PMT 1998]
[KCET 2001]
(a) Sibling species (b) Morphospecies
(a) Class, order, genus, species, variety
(c) Sympatric species (d) Allopatric species
(b) Class, family, species, genus, order
(c) Phylum, class, family, species, order 20. Natural system of classification differs from artifical system in
(d) Species, genus, phylum, family, class [DPMT 1984]

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 (a) Employing only one floral trait 32. Phenetic classification of organisms is based on
(b) Taking only one vegetative trait [CBSE PMT 2004]
(c) Bringing out similarities and dissimilarities (a) Dendogram based on DNA characteristics
(d) Developing evolutionary trends (b) Sexual characteristics
21. First act in taxonomy is [AIIMS 1990; Wardha 2002] (c) Observable characteristics of existing organisms
(a) Description (b) Identification (d) The ancestral lineage of existing organisms
(c) Naming (d) Classification 33. The term species was coined by
[CPMT 1978; CMC Vellore 1987; BVP 2002; KCET 2004]
22. Sequence of taxonomic categories is
(a) Aristotle (b) Engler
[NCERT 1978; CPMT 1987; BHU 1989; CBSE PMT
(c) John Ray (d) Linnaeus
1992; AFMC 1992, 2001; Haryana PMT 1994; Pb. PMT 34. Who published the book Species Plantarum and provided a
basis for classification of plants [BHU 1990; AIEEE 2004]
1997] (a) Charles Darwin (b) Robert Hook
(c) Carolus Linnaeus (d) Anton Leeuwenhoek
(a) Class phylum tribe order family genus species 35. Hutchinsons system of classification was revised in
(b) Division class family tribe order genus species [DPMT 2003]
(c) Division class order family tribe genus species (a) 1995 (b) 1959
(d) Phylum order class tribe family genus species (c) 1954 (d) 1946
23. Mayr's biological concepts of species is mainly based on 36. A species is defined as the group of actually or potentially
[BHU 1994, 97] inter-breeding natural population producing fertile offspring
(a) Morphological traits and reproductively isolated from such other groups. The
(b) Reproductive isolation above statement is given by [MP PMT 1997]
(c) Modes of reproduction (a) Carolus Linnaeus (b) Mayr
(d) Morphology and reproduction (c) J.B. lamarck (d) Charles Darwin
24. Which one possess characters of both plants and animals 37. According to latest knowledge the most accepted species
[CBSE PMT 1995] concept is
(a) Bacteria (b) Mycoplasma (a) Typological species concept
(c) Paramecium (d) Euglena (b) Nominalistic species concept
25. Algae with photosynthetic pigments possess nutrition (c) Genetic species concept
[AMU 1997; Manipal 1997] (d) Polytypic species concept
(a) Holozoic (b) Saprophytic 38. Karyotaxonomy is the modern branch of classification which is
(c) Holophytic (d) Parasitic based on [MP PMT 1999]
26. In the five kingdom system of classification, which single (a) Number of chromosomes
kingdom out of the following can include blue-green algae, (b) Bands found on chromosomes
nitrogen fixing bacteria and methanogenic archaebacteria (c) Organic evolution
[CBSE PMT 1998; Pb. PMT 1998] (d) Trinomial nomenclature
(a) Monera (b) Fungi 39. Static concept of species was put forward by
(c) Plantae (d) Protista [CBSE PMT 1988]
27. Characteristics which delimit a family are more general than (a) De Candolle (b) Linnaeus
those which delimit a [JIPMER 1999] (c) Theophrastus (d) Darwin
(a) Cohort (b) Phylum 40. In a scientific name, the name of author is printed in
(c) Class (d) Genus [CPMT 1989]
28. Latest classification of biological kingdoms has been proposed (a) Italics (b) Bold (antics)
by [BVP 2001] (c) Roman (d) Capital letters
(a) Linnaeus (b) Haeckel 41. The scientist who created the group Protista for both unicellular
(c) Whittaker (d) John Ray plants and animals is [BHU 1982; AIIMS 1993]
29. Which of the following is not taxon but a category (a) Haeckel (b) Pasteur
[MHCET 2000] (c) Lister (d) Koch
(a) Division (b) Angiosperms 42. Specimen used for original publication by the author is
(c) Polypetalae (d) Hibiscus [AIIMS 1996]
30. Chemotaxonomy is connected with [MHCET 2001] (a) Holotype (b) Isotype
(a) Classification of chemicals found in plants (c) Syntype (d) Lactotype
(b) Use of phytochemical data in systematic botany 43. The correct hierarchical order is [Wardha 2002]
(c) Application of chemicals on herbarium sheets (a) Kingdom, genus, class, phylum and division
(d) Use of statistical methods in chemical yielding plants (b) Phylum, kingdom, genus, species and class
31. Descending arrangements of categories is called (c) Kingdom, phylum, class, genus and species
[MH CET 2001] (d) Phylum, division, family, genus and class
(a) Classification (b) Taxonomy 43. Which is the most useful but generally not used criteria for the
(c) Hierarchy (d) Key identification of the species

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 (a) Interbreeding (b) Morphology (a) Drosophila melanogaster (b) Pneumococcus
(c) Genetic material (d) None of the above (c) Escherichia coli (d) Neurospora crassa
45. Group embryophyta includes 59. Transfer of genetic information from one bacterium to another
in the transduction process is through
(a) Bryophyta (b) Pteridophyta
[CBSE PMT 1998]
(c) Spermatophyta (d) All the above
(a) Physical contact between donor and recipient strains
46. Bacteria were first discovered by (b) Conjugation between opposite strain bacterium
[CPMT 1973, 89; CBSE PMT 1995; AFMC 1997] (c) Bacteriophages released from the donor bacterial strain
(a) Robert Koch (b) L. Pasteur (d) Another bacterium having special organ for conjugation
(c) Robert Hooke (d) A.V. Leeuwenhoek 60. Conjugation in bacteria was discovered by [MP PMT 2000]
47. The site of respiration in bacteria is (a) Robert Koch
[DPMT 1991; MP PMT 1995, 98; CBSE PMT 1997; BHU (b) Schaudinn and Hoffmann
2003] (c) Lederberg and Tatum
(a) Episome (d) Leeuwenhoek
(b) Mesosome (cytoplasmic membrane) 61. Viral genome incorporated and integrates with bacterial
(c) Ribosome genomes is refer to as [AFMC 2005]
(d) Microsome (a) Prophages (b) RNA
48. Bacteria are considered as plants, because (c) DNA (d) Both (b) and (c)
[CPMT 1972, 80, 84, 86, 94; NCERT 1980; MP PMT 62. A free living anaerobic bacterium capable of N2 fixation in soil
1989; DPMT 1993; BHU 2005] is
(a) These have a rigid cell wall [DPMT 1989, 93; CBSE PMT 1990; CMC Vellore 1993; RPMT
(b) They have a green colour 1995; MP PMT 1996]
(c) They can reproduce (a) Rhizobium (b) Azotobacter
(d) They are present everywhere (c) Streptococcus (d) Clostridium
49. Muramic acid is present in the cell wall of 63. Which of the following is free-living aerobic non-
[CPMT 1983, 88; Pb. PMT 1999; BHU 2000; KCET 2001] photosynthetic nitrogen fixing bacterium
(a) Bacteria (b) Green algae [CBSE PMT 1997; BHU 2003]
(c) Yeast (d) Rhizopus (a) Rhizobium (b) Azotobacter
50. Chemosynthetic bacteria are those bacteria [DPMT 1981] (c) Nostoc (d) Azospirillum
(a) Which carry out photosynthesis 64. The symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria present in root nodules
(b) Which synthesize food without light of legumes belongs to genus
(c) Which are unable to carry out chemical process (a) Xanthomonas (b) Pseudomonas
(d) Which carry out photosynthesis in absence of light (c) Rhizobium (d) Acetobacter
51. Bacteria bearing flagella all over the body are called 65. Nitrogen fixing bacteria are associated with
[CPMT 1999; BHU 2000; MP PMT 2001; MHCET 2003] [EAMCET 1981; MP PMT 1988]
(a) Peritrichous (b) Atrichous (a) Leguminasae (b) Cruciferae
(c) Monotrichous (d) Cephalotrichous (c) Gramineae (d) Malvaceae
52. In bacteria [AFMC 1982]
66. Which of the following is recently discovered gram positive
(a) DNA is enclosed in nucleus non-leguminous nitrogen fixing bacterium
(b) DNA is scattered [BHU 1981; AIEEE 2003]
(c) DNA is double stranded and ringed (a) Azospirillum (b) Rhizobium
(d) None (c) Nitrosomonas (d) Spirillum
53. Bacterial cell divides in every minute it takes one hour to fill up
67. Nitrifying bacteria, Nitrosomonas and Nitrobactor
a cup. How much time will be taken to fill half the cup
[AFMC 1981, 84; CPMT 1983, 86; BHU 1985]
[CPMT 1981, 84; DPMT 1982]
(a) Convert (oxidise) ammonia or ammonium compounds into
(a) 59 minutes (b) 30 minutes
nitrates
(c) 60 minutes (d) 29 minutes
(b) Convert nitrate into nitrogen
54. The process in which viruses are involved in sexual
reproduction of bacteria is called (c) Convert nitrogen into nitrates
(a) Transduction (b) Transcription (d) Convert carbon dioxide into carbohydrates
(c) Transformation (d) Translation 68. Clostridium is an example of [BHU 1984]
55. How many bacteria are produced in four hours if a bacterium (a) Obligate aerobic nitrogen fixing bacteria
divides once in half an hour [DPMT 1990] (b) Facultative nitrogen fixing bacteria
(a) 8 (b) 64 (c) Non nitrogen fixing bacteria
(c) 16 (d) 256 (d) Aerobic nitrogen fixing bacteria
56. The bacteria grown in the medium containing S35 as lone 69. Bacteria which convert the nitrogen of the air to nitrogenous
source of sulphur show its incorporation into [AIIMS 1994] compounds are called [CPMT 1974]
(a) DNA (b) Protein (a) Nitrifying (b) Nitrogen fixing
(c) RNA (d) None of the above (c)Denitrifying (d) Putrefying
57. There is no alternation of generation in Escherichia coli 70. The denitrification means [DPMT 1990; CPMT 2003]
because there is no [CBSE PMT 1994] (a) Reduction of NO2 to ammonia form by bacteria in the soil
(a) Syngamy (b) Reduction division (b) Oxidation of ammonia to nitrate form
(c) Conjugation (d) None of these (c) Conversion of ammonia to amino acids
58. The experimental system used in studies of the discovery of (d) Conversion of ammonia and nitrates to gaseous nitrogen in
replication of DNA has been [BHU 1994] the soil
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71. Waksman got the Nobel Prize for the discovery of (b) Well developed nucleus with double layered nuclear
[DPMT 1992] membrane present
(a) Penicillin (b) Streptomycin (c) Presence of cell wall made of chitins,
(c) Chloromycetin (d) Neomycin mucopolysaccharides and absence of cell organelles like
72. A compound which is produced by an organism and inhibits mitochondria and chloroplasts
the growth of other organism is called [DPMT 1992] (d) Autotrophic in nature and only DNA is present
(a) Antiseptic (b) Anticoagulant 89. Prokaryotes are identified by [Bihar MDAT 1995]
(c) Antibiotic (d) Anti-allergic (a) Absence of mitochondria
73. For retting of jute the fermenting microbe used is (b) Absence of nuclear membrane
[CBSE PMT 2005] (c) Absence of chloroplast
(a) Methophilic (b) Butyric acid bacteria (d) Absence of cell membrane
(c) Helicobactor pylori (d) Streptococcus lactin 90. Which were the organisms who changed earths surface from
74. The poisonous substances commonly produced by bacteria are reducing to the oxidizing [BHU 2001]
known as [Kerala CET 2002; AFMC 2003] (a) Autotrophs (b) Heterotrophs
(a) Toxin (Exotoxins) (b) Auxins (c) Photoautotrophs (d) Chemotrophs
(c) Antibiotic (d) Antitoxins
75. Cause of Mad Cow disease of England [RPMT 1999]
(a) Virions (b) Mycoplasma
(c) Scrapie Protein (d) Viral protein
76. The disease pneumonia is caused by [MP PMT 2000]
(a) Virus (b) Cyanobacteria
(c) Bacteria (d) Cold
77. "Crown gall'' is caused by [BHU 1995; CPMT 1998]
(a) Mycobacterium (b) Bacteria
(c) Erwinia (d) Clostridium
78. Plague is a bacterial disease caused by [AFMC 1996]
(a) Posteurella pestis (b) Clostridium
(c) Mycobacterium (d) Vibrio
79. The Bacillus haemophilus influenza causes [DPMT 1992]
(a) Influenza (b) Pneumonia
(c) A form meningitis (d) Whooping cough
80. Typhoid fever is caused by [CBSE PMT 1998]
(a) Giardia (b) Salmonella
(c) Shigella (d) Escherichia
81. Little leaf of brinjal is caused by
[BHU 1980; Bihar MDAT 1995; MP PMT 2001]
(a) Virus (b) Mycoplasma
(c) Fungus (d) Algae
82. Which of the following are called bacteria without cell wall
[CPMT 2000; BVP 2001; MHCET 2002]
(a) Virus (b) Viroid
(c) Mycoplasma (d) Cyanobacteria
83. Elementary cell body in mycoplasma perform the function of
[RPMT 1995; MP PMT 1995, 98]
(a) Metabolism (b) Excretion
(c) Reproduction (d) Respiration
84. The 'Witches broom' of legumes is caused by a
]
(a) Virus (b) Mycoplasma
(c) Bacterium (d) Fungus
85. Prokaryota includes [RPMT 1995]
(a) Mycoplasma
(b) Ulothrix
(c) Fungi
(d) Mycoplasma and blue-green algae
86. Organisms without any specific shape are [MP PMT 1997]
(a) Mycoplasmas (b) Bacteria
(c) Viruses (d) Cyanobacteria
87. Incipient nucleus is present in [BVP 2000]
(a) Chlorophyceae (b) Rhodophyceae
(c) Myxophyceae (d) Phaeophyceae
88. Prokaryotes are characterized by [AFMC 1993]
(a) A true nucleus with double layered nuclear membrane is
absent
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