Animal diversity and Taxonomy :MCQ

 

Animal diversity and Taxonomy MCQ

Multiple Choice Questions

B.Sc.F.Y. (Zoology)

1. Linnaeus is associated with:

(a) inheritance of acquired characters

(b) binomial nomenclature 

(e) law of independent assortment

(d) law of limiting factors

2.  Who propounded binomial system of nomenclature :

(a) Carolus Linnaeus 

(d) Darwin

(c) Pasteur

(b) Gregor Mendel

3. Radial symmetry is best seen in :

(a) Mollusca 

(b) sponge

(c) star fish 

(d) fishes

 

4. Inter-breeding animals are members of the same: 

(a) order

(b) species 

(c) genus 

(d) family

5. One celled animals and plants have been kept in :

(a) Monera

 (b) Protista 

 (c) Protozoa 

 (d) Parazoa 

6. Animals living on the surface of sea water are called: 

(a) lotic 

(b) pelagic 

(c) benthic 

(d) lentic

7. Branch of biology that deals with classification

(a) histology

(b) taxonomy

(c) physiology

 (d) geology

8. Sometimes different scientists give different names of the same species, in such a situation : 

(a) all these names are cancelled and a new name is put forward

(b) people are free to choose any name

(c) first name is considered right

(d) last name is considered right 

9.Which is a species :

(a) carnivora

(b) Canis

(c) Canis femiliaris

(d) Mammalia 

X X

10. According to the system of binomial nomenclature every organism has.:

(a) two names one for the place to which it

belongs and the other of the discoverer 

(b) one name established by two scientists

(c) one scientific name of which first part is genus and other species

(d) two names one scientific and one common

11. A new species is formed when : 

(a) because of new genic populations organismwith new traits are born

 (b) exchange of parts between homologous

chromosomes takes place

(c) exchanges in the genotype in population leads to sexual isolation 

(d) the exchange of parts of chromosomes during gametogenesis leads to the formation of new genotype

12. A new species can be formed when :

 (a) individual variations leads to sexual isolation 

 (b) there is no relationship between phenotype and genotype

(c) an individual is produced by the combined effects of phenotypic and environmental influences

(d) common genotype of similar species

 13. Inter-breeding animals belong to the same :

(a) genus (b) species (c) family (d) order

14. In which character vertebrates differ from invertebrates:

(a) coelom

(b) tail

(c) dorsal tubular nerve

 (d) brain cord

15. What is the basic unit of classification :

(a) order

(b) phylum

(c)genus

(d) species

16. Which is the matching set in classification : 

(a) star fish, jelly fish, cuttle fish, Octopus 

(b) leech, locust, sea urchin, lobster

(c) Nereis, planaria, round worm, earthworm

(d) millipede, crab, centipede, cockroach 

17. Which animals are of similar genus

(a) Histolytica and coli

(b) Histolytica and plasmodium 

(c) Histolytica and falciparum

(d) Histolytica and bancrofti

18. Animals active at day time are called

(a) nocturnal

(c) diurnal

(b) herbivor

 (d) insectivore

19. Artificial system of classification was first adopted by: 

(a) Simpson

(b) Linnaeus

(d) Mayr

(c) Dobzhansky

20.Carolus Linnaeus system of nomenclature is : 

(a) natural 

(b) artificial

(c) phylogenetic 

(d) binomial

X X

21. Which scientist made significant contribution in the field of animal classification :

(a) Oparin

 (b) Linnaeus

(c) Lamarck

(d) Pasteur animals :

22. Branch of science concerned with classification of

(a) parasitology 

(c) genetics

(b) ecology

(d) taxonomy

23. Who wrote the book Systema Naturae 

(a) Lamarck 

(b) Darwin 

(c) Buffon 

(d) Linnaeus 

24. Protista obtain food as:

(a) chemosynthesis

(b) photosynthesis 

(c) holotrophic

(d) photosynthesis, holotrophic, symbiosis

25. Phylogenetic classification is based on: 

(a) external similarity

(b) common evolution

(c) habit and habitat

(d) utilitariam system

26. Radial symmetry is generally exhibited by animals: 

(a) which are attached with substratum

(b) which are aquatic

(c) which have ciliary feeding 

(d) which have one opening of alimentary canal

27. Taxonomically a species is :

(a) a group of evolutionary related populations. 

(b) population having same evolutionary basis.

(c) catagory to which most taxonomic information is attached

(d) fundamental unit in phylogenetic history of organisms

28. Linnaeus gave natural system of classification based on 

(a) morphology 

(b) anatomy

(c) evolutionary trends 

(d) all of these

29. Radial symmetry is usually associated with: 

(a) aquatic life

(b) creeping mode of life

(c) lower grade of organisation 

(d) sedentary mode of life

30. A taxon with reference to classification of organisms can be explained as: 

(a) group of organisms based on chromosome number 

(b) group of similar species

(c) group of rank of organisms. 

(d) group of similar genera

X X

31. Taxonomy based on maximum number of phenotyp characters is :

 (a) phylogenetic system

(b) artificial system

(c) natural system

(d) none of them

32. Who proposed artificial system of classification : 

(a) Lamarck 

(b) John Ray 

(c) Linnaeus 

(d) Wallace

33. Who formed the key for identification of animals?

(a) Goethe

 (b) Theophrastus 

 (c) John Ray

 (d) Cuvier 

34. Identify the correct sequence of taxa in Linnea hierarchy:

(a) species, genus, family, order, class

(b) class, family, species, genus, order

(c) species, genus, phylum, family, class 

(d) phylum, class, family, species, order.

Answers:

1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (b) 5 (b) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9 (c) 10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14 (c) 15. (d) 16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (6) 20 (d) 21. (b) 22 (d) 23. (d) 24. (d) 25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28 (d) 29. (d) 30. (c) 31. (c) 32. (c) 33, (c). 34. (a).

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