NEET Biology: The Living World — Practice Set 9

Q1. Which of the following is correct about classification?

A. It helps in identifying new organisms.
B. It has no relevance to evolution.
C. It is only based on morphology.
D. It does not consider genetic data.

Q2. Which of the following is incorrect about cladistics?

A. Cladistics classifies organisms based on shared derived characteristics.
B. It does not consider evolutionary relationships.
C. Cladistics helps construct evolutionary trees.
D. It groups organisms based on common ancestry.

Q3. Which category is used instead of Phylum in plant classification?

A. Order
B. Class
C. Division
D. Family

Q4. Which of the following best defines phylogenetic classification?

A. Classification based on evolutionary history
B. Classification based only on physical appearance
C. Grouping organisms based on alphabetical order
D. Classification using only reproductive structures

Q5. Why is binomial nomenclature written in Latin?

A. Latin is a universally accepted language for scientific names
B. It helps in naming only plant species
C. It allows local variations in species names
D. It eliminates the need for common names

Q6. Which of the following is correct about systematics?

A. Systematics studies the evolutionary relationships of organisms.
B. Systematics only includes naming species.
C. Systematics ignores genetic and molecular data.
D. Systematics does not consider fossil records.

Q7. Which of the following statements about binomial nomenclature is correct?

A. Scientific names are written in Latin.
B. The genus name is written in lowercase.
C. The species name is always written first.
D. Binomial nomenclature was introduced by Aristotle.

Q8. Which of the following is incorrect about cladistics?

A. Cladistics classifies organisms based on shared derived characteristics.
B. It considers evolutionary ancestry.
C. It groups organisms randomly without considering common traits.
D. Cladistics is used to construct phylogenetic trees.

Q9. Which of the following statements about binomial nomenclature is correct?

A. Scientific names consist of three words.
B. The genus name starts with a lowercase letter.
C. Scientific names are written in Latin.
D. Scientific names are different in every country.

Q10. Which of the following is incorrect about binomial nomenclature?

A. It assigns two names to an organism.
B. The genus name is always written in lowercase.
C. Scientific names are written in italics.
D. It was introduced by Carolus Linnaeus.

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