1.  The system of plant classification proposed by Carolus Linnaeus was artificial because

a) It was based on evolutionary relationship of plants

b) It was based on similarities and differences in floral and other morphological characters only

c) It took into account the physiological facts along with the morphological characters

d) None of the above

2. Linnaeus is credited with introducing

a) The concept of inheritance

b) Law of limiting factor

c) Theory of heredity

d) Binomial nomenclature

3. Out of the 4 widely known systems of classification one remains less phylogenetic and more natural and that is of

a) Engler and Prantl

b) Hutchinson

c) Bentham and Hooker

d) Rendle

4. The chief merit of Bentham and Hookers classification is that

a) it is a natural system of classification of all group of plants

b) a system based on evolutionary concept

c) it also considered the phylogenetic aspect

d) The description of taxa are based on actual examination of the specimens

5. ‘SystemaNaturae’ written by Linnaeus contains a list of

a) 4000 species of plants

b) 2000 species of plants

c) 4200 species of plants

d) 4200 species of animals

6. Natural system of classification of plants differs from artificial system of classification in

a) taking into account only one vegetative character

b) taking into account only one floral character

c) taking into account all the similarities between plants

d) all of these

7. One of the best methods for understanding general relationships of plants is

a) Cytotaxonomy

b) Experimental Taxonomy

c) Numerical Taxonomy

d) Chemotaxonomy

8. Systematics deals with

a) Identification of Organism

b) Classification of organisms

c) the kinds and diversity of all organisms and the existing relationships amongst themselves

d) identification, naming  and classification of both plants and animals

9. α- taxonomy deals with

a) Classical taxonomy

b) Chemotaxonomy

c) phylogeny

d) experimental taxonomy

10. Classical taxonomy is also termed

a) β taxonomy

b) systematics

c) descriptive taxonomy

d) experimental taxonomy

11. The advantage of Systematics is that it

a)  gives an idea of organic diversity, its origin and evolution in the plant and animal kingdom

b) is complementary to other branches of biology

c) provides correct information needed in agriculture, medical, veterinary sciences etc.

d) All of these

12. Syngenesious anthers and epipetalous stamens are found in

a) Liliaceae

b) Malvaceae

c) Solanaceae

d) Compositae

13. Indefinite stamens are characteristic of family

a) Malvaceae

b) Gramineae

c) Labiatae

d) Cruciferae

14. Synandrous condition is common in the family

a) Umbelliferae

b) Rosaceae

c) Malvaceae

d) Cucurbitaceae

15. Polyadelphous condition is found in

a) Leguminosae

b) Rutaceae

c) Compositae

d) Liliaceae

16) Number of series in Polypetalae are

a)2

b)3

c)4

d)5

17) Earlier classification emphasized on

a) Reproductive characters

b) Vegetative characters

c) Both

d) Anatomical characters

18) Naming a plant is called

a) Systematic botany

b) Nomenclature

c) Taxonomy

d) Cytology

19) Bentham and Hooker’s classification is a

a)phylogenetic system of classification

b) artificial system of classification

c) natural system of classification

d) sexual system of classification

20) Carolus Linnaeus proposed classification based on

a) Artificial system

b) Nature system

c) Phylogenetic system

d) Modern system

21) Genera Plantarum was published by

a)Engler and Prantl

b) Carolus Linnaeus

c) Bentham and Hooker

d) Darwin

22) Number of seed plants described by Bentham and Hooker’s classification were

a) 102

b) 302

c) 402

d) 202

23) The classification that is exhaustive and broad based

a) Modern System

b) Phylogenetic System

c) Natural System

d) Artificial System

24) The system of classification widely accepted and followed in India is the one proposed by

a) Carleus Linnaeus

b) Adolf Engler and Karl Prantl

c) Lamarck

d) Bentham and Hooker

25) Thalamus is prominent in

a)Thalamiflorae

b)Disciflorae

c)Caliciflorae

d)Inferae

26) ”An Integrated system of classification of flowering plants” appeared in the year

a) 1881

b) 1981

c) 1883

d) 1859

27) The largest group of plant kingdom is

a) Cryptogams

b) Angiosperms

c) Gymnosperms

d) Phanerogams

28) The later system of classification laid more importance

a) Reproductive characters

b) Vegetative characters

c) Both

d) Anatomical characters

29) The first part of Genera Plantarum appeared in

a) June 1852

b) July 1882

c) April 1883

d) July 1862

30) Number of volumes in Genera Plantarum

a) Two

b) Three

c) Four

d) Five

31) A good example for natural system of classification is that proposed by

a) Carolus Linnaeus

b) Bentham and Hooker

c) Adolf Engler and Karl Prantl

d) Arthur Cronquist and Adjunct

32) Royal Botanical Garden is situated at

a) United States of America

b) England

c) French

d) India

33) All important character are considered for classification in

a) Artificial system

b) Nature system

c) Phylogenetic system

d) Modern system

34) The family Gnetaceae is included under

a)Monochlamydae

b) Monocotyledons

c)Dicotyledons

d) Gymnosperms

35) Bacteria are found to be primitive organisms because they

a) are small, microscopic which are not seen with naked eye.

b) cause serious diseases to human being, domesticated animals and crop plants.

c) produce endospores which are very resistant to adverse conditions.

d) possess incipient nucleus and show amitotic division.

36) Which one single organism or the pair of organisms is correctly assigned to its taxonomic group?

a) Paramecium and Plasmodium belong to the same kingdom as that of Penicillium.

b) Lichen is a composite organism formed from the symbiotic association of an alga and a protozoan.

c) Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus.

d)nostoc and anabaena are examples of protista.

37) Bacteria were regarded to be plants because

a) some of them are green in colour.

b) they are present every where.

c ) some of them cannot move.

d ) they have a rigid cell wall.

38) A fungus contains cells with two nuclei from different genomes. The nuclei do not fuse but divide independently and simultaneously as new cells are formed. This fungus belongs to

a) phycomycetes

b) zygomycetes

c) deuteromycetes

d) basidiomycetes

39) Ustilago causes plant diseases (called smuts) because

a) they parasitize on cereals.

b) they lack mycelium.

c) they develop sooty masses of spores.

d) their affected parts becomes completely black.

40) In some viruses, RNA is present instead of DNA indicating that

a) their nucleic acid must combine with host DNA before replication.

b) they cannot replicate.

c) there is no hereditary information.

d) RNA can transfer heredity material.

41) When a moist bread is kept exposed in air, it becomes mouldy and black because

a) spores are present in the water.

b) spores are present in the bread.

c) spores are present in the air.

d) the bread decomposes.

42) Lichens indicate SO2 pollution because they

a) show association between algae and fungi.

b) grow faster than others.

c) are sensitive to so2.

d) flourish in so2 rich environment.

43) A virus can be considered a living organism because it

a) responds to touch stimulus

b) respires

c) reproduces (inside the host)

d) can cause disease

44) Bacteria lack alternation of generation because there is

a) neither syngamy nor reduction division.

b) no distinct chromosomes.

c) no conjugation.

d) no exchange of genetic material.

45) Yeast is not included in protozoans but in fungi because

a) it has no chlorophyll.

b) some fungal hyphae grow in such a way that they give the appearance of pseudomycelium.

c) it has eukaryotic organization.

d) cell wall is made up of cellulose and reserve food material is starch.

46) Identify the following figures A, B and C.