1. Who suggested the five kingdom of classifications?
a) Robert Hooke
b) Joseph Dalton Hooker
c) Carolus Linnaeus
d) Whittaker
Explanation: Whittaker
2. The earliest classification used only
a) Physiological characters
b) Gross anatomical characters
c) Gross morphological characters
d) All of these
Explanation: The earliest classification used only gross morphological characters.
3. Artificial systems gave equal weightage to
a) Morphological and anatomical characters
b) Vegetative and sexual characters
c) Vegetative and anatomical characters
d) Morphological and sexual characters
Explanation: Artificial systems gave equal weightage to vegetative and sexual characters.
4. _______ characters are easily affected by environment
a) Sexual
b) Somatic
c) Anatomical
d) All of these
Explanation: Somatic characters are easily affected by environment.
5. Natural classification system developed were
a) Natural affinities amongst organism
b) Ultra structure and anatomy
c) Embryology
d) All of these
Explanation: All of these
6. The classification based on evolutionary history was
a) Phylogenetic classification
b) Artificial classification
c) Numerical classification
d) None of these
Explanation: The classification based on evolutionary history was phylogenetic classification.
7. Numbers and codes are assigned to the characters in
a) Cytotaxonomy
b) Chemotaxonomy
c) Numerical taxonomy
d) None of these
Explanation: Numbers and codes are assigned to the characters in numerical taxonomy.
8. Chemotaxonomy is based on
a) Information of chromosome number, structure and behaviour.
b) Chemical constituents of plants
c) All observable characters
d) Only sexual characters
Explanation: Chemotaxonomy is based on chemical constituents of plants.
9. According to phylogenetic classification the organisms belonging to same taxa
a) Are same in anatomy
b) Have same genetic constituent
c) Have a common ancestor
d) Have all same characteristics
Explanation: Have a common ancestor
10. The characters used to classify organism when no fossil evidence is supportive is
a) Numerical taxonomy
b) Cytotaxonomy
c) Chemotaxonomy
d) All of these
Explanation: All of these