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Q. No.Which of the following scientists, often referred to as ‘The Darwin of the 20th century,’ pioneered the currently accepted biological species concept and played a key role in establishing species diversity as the central question of evolutionary biology?
| 1. | Theodosius Dobzhansky |
| 2. | Ernst Mayr |
| 3. | James Watson |
| 4. | Stephen Jay Gould |
Subtopic: Diversity in the Living World |
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Which of the following is a defining feature of life?
| 1. | Growth | 2. | Reproduction |
| 3. | Consciousness | 4. | Movement |
Subtopic: Introduction |
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Metabolic reactions in vitro (outside living systems)
| 1. | Prove that test tubes are alive |
| 2. | Show that metabolism alone defines life |
| 3. | Demonstrate that isolated reactions are not living things despite being life processes |
| 4. | Are impossible to perform |
Subtopic: Introduction |
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An example of emergent property in tissues that is not found in individual cells is:
| 1. | Respiration |
| 2. | Growth |
| 3. | Pumping action of heart muscle |
| 4. | Protein synthesis |
Subtopic: Introduction |
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ICBN stands for
| 1. | Indian Congress of Biological Name |
| 2. | International Code of Botanical Nomenclature |
| 3. | International Congress of Biological Name |
| 4. | Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature |
Subtopic: Taxonomy 1: Nomenclature |
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ICZN stands for
| 1. | International Code of Zoosporic Nomenclature |
| 2. | International Code of Zygotic Nomenclature |
| 3. | International Code of Zoological Nomenclature |
| 4. | International Code of Zoosporangia Nomenclature |
Subtopic: Taxonomy 1: Nomenclature |
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Binomial nomenclature seems to be difficult because a scientific name is derived from
| 1. | English | 2. | Sanskrit |
| 3. | Latin | 4. | French |
Subtopic: Systematics & Type study |
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Established procedures to assign a scientific name are
| 1. | Acceptable to biologists of USA |
| 2. | Acceptable to biologists of India |
| 3. | Acceptable to biologists of Germany |
| 4. | Acceptable to biologists of all over world. |
Subtopic: Taxonomy 1: Nomenclature |
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The branch of biology that deals with the identification, nomenclature, and classification of organisms is:
| 1. | Ecology | 2. | Morphology |
| 3. | Taxonomy | 4. | Cytology |
Subtopic: Taxonomy 1: Nomenclature |
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The concept of nomenclature in biological classification is essential for providing a standardized and universally accepted name for each species. This system ensures that each organism is recognized by the same name globally. What is the two-part naming system called, which includes the genus name followed by the species epithet, and who is credited with its development?
| 1. | Trinomial nomenclature, Aristotle |
| 2. | Binomial nomenclature, Linnaeus |
| 3. | Binomial nomenclature, Darwin |
| 4. | Uninominal nomenclature, Mendel |
Subtopic: Diversity in the Living World |
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