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Level of taxonomic study concerned with the biological aspects of taxa, including intraspecific populations, speciation, evolutionary rates and trends is alpha taxonomy.

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Important Questions on Taxonomy of Angiosperms

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Every unit of classification regardless of its rank is
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Carolus Linnaeus belonged to
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The first Indian literature on the classification of plants and animals is:
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Carolus Linnaeus is credited for giving the:
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Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the modern taxonomy?
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Which of the following characters are mainly considered for declaring a new plant species?
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Which is not a unit of taxonomic category?
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Alpha taxonomy is based on the external morphology, origin, and _____ of plants.
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Linnaeus described 5900 species of plants in his book ________ ( 1753 ) and 4326 species of animals in his book _____ ( 1758 ).
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Consider the following statements (A to D).

(A) Numerical taxonomy gives equal importance to each character.

(B) Cytotaxonomy is based on cytological information like chromosome number, structure and behaviour.

(C) At present phylogenetic classification systems, which are based on the evolutionary relationship between the various organisms are most accepted.

(D) Artificial classifications are based on a few characteristics.

How many of the above statement(s) is/are not correct?
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Three phases of taxonomy α, β, γ were recognised by:

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Which one of the following books was contributed by Linnaeus?
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The classification of organisms based on nucleus is called
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A group of organisms having similar traits of rank is
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'Father of Modern Botany' is
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Match column-I with column-II and select the correct option from the codes given below.
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(a) Binomial nomenclature (i) Hippocrates
(b) The Darwin of the 20th century (ii) Ernst Mayr
(c) Father of botany (iii) Linnaeus
(d) Father of medicine (iv) Theophrastus
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Fill in the blank with the correct word given in the bracket.

Carolus Linnaeus is known as the Father of Modern _____ (Genetics/Taxonomy).

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Identify the uses of taxonomy
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Who has been called as “The Darwin of the 20th Century” and “Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Emeritus”? He was awarded the "Triple crown of biology" also.
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'Systema Naturae' was written by