Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following is the scientific or botanical name of Asafoetida (Hing)?

  • Curcuma longa

  • Curcuma amada

  • Alpinia galanga

  • None of these


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None of these

The botanical name of Hing (asafoetida) is Ferula asafoetida.

Cucurma longa is the scientific name for turmeric of ginger family.

Cucurma amada is the scientific name of mango ginger.

Alpinia galanga is a plant in ginger family. It is commonly known as galangal or Siamese ginger.


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The term phylum was given by

  • Haeckel

  • Linnaeus

  • Cuvier

  • Theophrastus


The usage of binomial names, for plant species was accepted by all after the publication of the work by

  • Hooker

  • Linnaeus

  • Bentham

  • Darwin


Taxonomically, which of the following set is matched correctly?

  • Cattle fish, jelly fish, silver fish

  • Bat, pigeon, kite

  • Lobsters, spider, shrimps

  • Oyster, otter, Octopus


The smallest free living organism is

  • virus

  • mycoplasma

  • diatom

  • cyanobacterium


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Binomial system of nomenclature was given by

  • Julian Huxley

  • Bentham and Hooker

  • Linnaeus

  • Casper Bauhin


A group of plants or animals with similar traits of any rank is

  • species

  • genus

  • order

  • taxon


Dendrochronology is the study of:

  • height of a tree

  • diameter of a tree

  • age of the tree by counting the number of annual rings in the main stem

  • none of the above


Kaziranga National Park is famous for :

  • Rhinoceros

  • Tiger

  • Asiatic lion

  • Nilgai


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Assertion : Study of biology requires basic knowledge of chemistry and physics.

Reason : Living organisms are made up of atoms and molecules which follow chemical and physical laws.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both the assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both the assertion and reason are false.


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