Who is regarded as Father of Taxonomy?
Hooker
Linnaeus
Aristotle
De Candolle
Related Questions
Arrange the following in ascending similar characteristic
I. Family II. Genus III. Class IV. Species
III, I, II, IV
IV, II, I, III
I, II, III, IV
III, II, I, IV
Taxonomic hierarchy refers to
Stepwise arrangement of all categories for classification of plants and animals
A group of senior taxonomists, who decide the nomenclature of plants and animals
A list of botanists or zoologists, who have worked on taxonomy of a species or group
Classification of a species based on fossil record
Polyphyletic groups are problematic in taxonomy because they:
Include all descendants of a common ancestor.
Include the most recent common ancestor and all its descendants.
Do not include the most recent common ancestor of all members.
Represent a single evolutionary lineage.
Classification based on chromosome number is
Cytotaxonomy
Numerical taxonomy
Karyotaxonomy
Biochemistry
Species are consider as
Artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms
Real units of classification devised by taxonomists
Real basic units of classification
The lowest units of classification
The basic unit of classification is
Species
Genus
Family
Phylum
Select the wrong statements.
(I) Lower the taxon, more are the characteristics that the member within the taxon share.
(II) Order is the assemblage of genera which exhibit a few similar characters.
(III) Cat and dog are included in the same family-Felidae.
(Iv) Binomial nomenclature was introduced by Carolus Linnaeus.
I, II and III
II, III and IV
I and IV
II and III
Rules of scientific naming of animals is assigned in
ICBN
ICNCP
ICZN
ICNB
Which of the following statements regarding universal rules of nomenclature is wrong?
Cations are named first, followed by anions.
The oxidation state of a metal is indicated by a Roman numeral in parentheses when necessary.
Numerical prefixes are used to denote the number of atoms of each element in a molecular compound.
The suffix '-ide' is always used for the second element in a binary compound.
A genus with a single species is called
Typical
Polytype
Monotype
Syntype
