The 'Five Kingdom Classification' system proposed by R.H. Whittaker does NOT primarily consider which of the following criteria?
Cell structure (prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic)
Mode of nutrition (autotrophic vs. heterotrophic)
Thallus organization (unicellular vs. multicellular)
Detailed evolutionary relationships based on genetic analysis
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ICBN stands for
Indian Congress of Biological Name
International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
International Congress of Biological Name
Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature
Which one is correctly written scientific name?
Panthera Tigris
Mangifera indica
Panthera Leo
Columnba LIVEA
Bionomial nomenclature was first used in
Systema Naturae
Genera Plantarum
Genera Animalium
Species Plantarum
Tautonym is
Unscientific explanation of a phenomenon
Common name used as a scientific name
Nonlatinised name
Same name for genus and species
Which of the following statements regarding universal rules of nomenclature is wrong?
Cation named first, anion second
For covalent compounds, the more electronegative element is named second
The oxidation state of the metal is written in Roman numerals in parenthesis for elements with multiple oxidation states
The prefixes mono, di, tri, etc., are used for naming both ionic and covalent compounds
Taxon is a/an
Group of same species
Any rank in taxonomic hierarchy
Group of similar genera
Sub-division of kingdom
An example for the artificial system of classification is
Betham and Hooker
Linnaeus system
Engler and Prantl
Bessey
Certain members of the kingdom Protista exhibit characteristics of both plants and animals. Which of the following combinations correctly identifies a protist with plant-like and animal-like features, respectively?
Diatoms (plant-like: cell wall of silica); Paramecium (animal-like: cilia for movement)
Euglena (plant-like: photosynthetic); Amoeba (animal-like: heterotrophic by phagocytosis)
Slime molds (plant-like: saprophytic); Dinoflagellates (animal-like: bioluminescence)
Amoeba (plant-like: pseudopodia); Paramecium (animal-like: heterotrophic)
Diatoms belong to which kingdom and are characterized by their unique cell walls made of what?
Plantae, cellulose
Protista, silica
Fungi, chitin
Monera, peptidoglycan
An example for the artificial system of classification is
Linnaean system
Engler and Prantl system
Bentham and Hooker system
Phylogenetic system
