Explore topic-wise MCQs in Life Sciences.

This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Life Sciences knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

PHENETIC_CLASSIFICATION_DOES_NOT_DISTINGUISH_BETWEEN_HOMOLOGOUS_AND_ANALOGOUS_CHARACTERS.?$

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
2.

Which of these is an example of homoplasy?$

A. Presence and absence of hair
B. Wings of birds and bats
C. Forelimbs of humans
D. Leg of a dog and flipper of a dolphin
Answer» C. Forelimbs of humans
3.

What is the term given to a duplicate specimen of original type?

A. Lectotype
B. Holotype
C. Isotype
D. Neotype
Answer» D. Neotype
4.

Arrange in the correct order.

A. Class
B. Kingdom
C. Phylum
D. Order
Answer» E.
5.

What is tautonym?

A. These are the repeated sequences
B. It is a name of fish
C. Identical name of genus and species
D. It is a name of the genus
Answer» D. It is a name of the genus
6.

Who is considered as the father of taxonomy?

A. Aristotle
B. Linnaeus
C. Earnst Haeckel
D. Whittaker
Answer» C. Earnst Haeckel
7.

Name the organization which provides rules for naming animals.

A. ICZN
B. ICN
C. ICBN
D. IBM
Answer» B. ICN
8.

Name the philosopher who first classified organisms?

A. Whittekar
B. Carl woese
C. Linnaeus
D. Aristotle
Answer» E.
9.

Organizing taxonomic information in logical classification is called_________

A. Systematics
B. Phenetic
C. Phylogenetic
D. Dendogram
Answer» B. Phenetic
10.

Which one of the following is NOT covered under Taxonomy?

A. Alpha taxonomy
B. Beta taxonomy
C. Delta taxonomy
D. Gamma taxonomy
Answer» D. Gamma taxonomy