Prepare for NEET with Botany-specific practice questions. Covering all major Botany chapters, this is perfect for your NEET Biology needs.
A taxonomist is studying a newly discovered organism. They find it to be eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophic, with chitinous cell walls and exhibiting absorptive nutrition. Based solely on these characteristics, to which of the following taxonomic groups could the organism most precisely be assigned?
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Basidiomycota
Domain Eukarya
Class Ascomycetes
Consider the hierarchical categories: Family, Order, Genus, and Species. Which represents the most inclusive category followed by the most exclusive in the correct order?
Genus, Family
Family, Species
Order, Species
Species, Order
Which statement correctly explains the relationship between taxonomic categories and phylogenetic classification?
Taxonomic categories are arbitrary and have no relationship to phylogeny.
Taxonomic categories always perfectly match the branching patterns of phylogenetic trees.
Taxonomic categories ideally reflect evolutionary relationships revealed through phylogenetic analysis.
Phylogenetic analysis is used to create taxonomic categories, but they don't necessarily reflect evolutionary relationships.
While creating a phylogenetic tree for a genus of insects, a taxonomist finds conflicting information between a recently published monograph and a classical museum catalogue. Which resource should be prioritized and why?
The museum catalogue, due to its historical precedence and established nomenclature.
The monograph, as it likely incorporates newer molecular data and revised classifications.
Equal weight to both, synthesizing the information.
Neither, consult a field guide for practical identification.
In the hierarchical classification system, which category comes directly below 'Phylum'?
Order
Class
Family
Genus
Which of the following taxonomic categories represents the highest level of diversity?
Phylum
Class
Kingdom
Order
Which taxonomic category is immediately below 'Class' in the hierarchical classification?
Family
Genus
Order
Phylum
Which of these represents the correct hierarchical sequence (from broader to narrower)?
Order, Class, Phylum
Class, Phylum, Order
Phylum, Class, Order
Order, Phylum, Class
Which of the following is the correct hierarchical sequence of taxonomic categories?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Domain
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
Kingdom, Domain, Phylum, Class, Family, Order, Genus, Species
Which taxonomic category is just above the level of Family?
Genus
Class
Order
Phylum
