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The term species was coined by______.

A Aristotle
B Linnaeus
C John Ray
D Engler
E NA

"New Systematics" introduced by Sir Julian Huxley in 1940 is also known as

A Biosystematics
B Cladistics
C Phenetics
D Numerical Taxonomy
E NA

Which one of the following is wrongly matched?

A Puccinia – Smut
B Root pressure – Guttation
C Cassia – Imbricate aestivation
D Root – Exarch protoxylem
E NA

Nuclear membrane is absent in

A Penicillium
B Nostoc
C Volvox
D Agaricus
E NA

In the five-kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in

A Plantae
B Algae
C Protista
D Monera
E NA

Identify from the following, the only taxonomic category that has a real existence.

A Phylum
B Species
C Genus
D Kingdom
E NA

In five kingdom system, the main basis of classification is

A Structure of cell wall
B Nutrition
C Structure of nucleus
D Asexual reproduction
E NA

In which kingdom would you classify the archaea and nitrogen-fixing organism, if the five-kingdom system of classification is used

A Protista
B Fungi
C Plantae
D Monera
E NA

The Phylogenetic system of classification was put forth by

A Theophrastus
B George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker
C Carolus Linnaeus
D Adolf Engler and Karl Prantl
E NA


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