1. As we go higher in taxonomical ladder i.e. from species to kingdom, the number of common characters 

1. As we go higher in taxonomical ladder i.e. from species to kingdom, the number of common characters 

(A) remains constant 

(B) goes on increasing 

(C) goes on decreasing

(D) increases till class and then starts decreasing

2. Group of species which resemble closely in morphological characters but do not interbreed is called 

(A) genus 

(B) species 

(C) family

(D) order

3. Highest category of taxonomy is 

(A) species 

(B) class 

(C) order 

(D) kingdom

4. Carl Linnaeus introduced binomial system of nomenclature in his book 

(A) Species Plantarum 

(B) ICBN 

(C) Plantarum Linnaeus

(D) Species Linnaeus

5. Before 2011, scientific names were confirmed by 

(A) ICBN 

(B) IBC 

(C) ICZN

(D) IBA

6. Which code is also known as “Shenzhen code”? 

(A) ICBN 

(B) IBC 

(C) ICZN 

(D) IBA

7. In Helianthus annuus, ‘annuus ’ indicates 

(A) genus 

(B) species 

(C) family 

(D) class

8. In five kingdom classification, unicellular prokaryotes are included in kingdom 

(A) Protista 

(B) Fungi 

(C) Monera 

(D) Animalia

9. The bacteria that can withstand high salinities are called 

(A) Saltophiles 

(B) Thermophiles 

(C) Halophiles 

(D) Psychrophiles

10. The bacteria that can withstand extreme temperature are known as 

(A) Saltophiles 

(B) thermophiles

(C) Halophiles 

(D) both (A) and (C)