MCQ BASED ON NOMENCLATURE 10JUNE 2024

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                #1. Who introduced the term Species 
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                John Ray            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                De Candolle            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Bentham            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Hooker            
        
    
John Ray
            
                
                #2. Who is known as father of botany 
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Theophrastus            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Aristotle            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                De candolle            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Bentham and Hooker            
        
    
Theophrastus is known as father of botany.
Aristotle is known as father of zoology.
De candolle coined the term taxonomy.
Bentham and Hooker gave the first natural classification of plants.
            
                
                #3. Monotypic genus is 
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                A genus having only one species.            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                A genus having more than one species.            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Both            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                None of the above            
        
    
A genus having one species is known as monotypic and a genus having more than one species is known as polytypic.
            
                
                #4. “Taxonomy without phylogeny  is like bones without flesh”  was remarked by 
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                John Ray            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Takhtajan            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                De candolle            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                None            
        
    
Takhtajan
            
                
                #5. The famous botanical garden of Kew is located in 
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                China             
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                India            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                England            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                France            
        
    
England
            
                
                #6. Taxonomic group of any rank is 
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Class            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Order            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Taxon            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Phylum            
        
    
Taxon
            
                
                #7. Binomial nomenclature consist of two names 
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Genus and Species            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Order and Family            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Order and species            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Family and Species            
        
    
Genus and Species
            
                
                #8. The species used for original publication by the author 
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Isotype            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Syntype            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Holotype            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Lectotype            
        
    
HOLOTYPE
            
                
                #9. Systema  Naturae is written by 
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Aristotle            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Darwin            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Linnaeus            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                John Ray            
        
    
Linnaeus
            
                
                #10. Two or more species occupying the same or overlapping area are called 
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Siblings            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Sympatric            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Allopatric            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                
            
            
                Isotype            
        
    
sympatric
            
        
                    
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