NEET MCQ on Plant Taxonomy Quiz Questions

1. Which of these is the most advanced phylogenetically among the dicotyledonous families?

A Scrophulariaceae B Acanthaceae C Umbelliferae D Compositae

2. The substitute for the newly collected specimen when the original type material is missing in a herbarium is entitled as

A Holotype B Neotype C Lectotype D Isotype

3. If all the puddles and ponds are destroyed, the entities likely to be destroyed are

A Plasmodium B Ascaris C Leishmania D Trypanosoma

4. In the five-kingdom system of classification, into which kingdom would you classify nitrogen-fixing organisms and archaea?

A Fungi B Plantae C Protista D Monera

5. This is considered as a demerit of the ‘Engler and Prantl’ in the system of classification

A Gymnosperms are placed between monocotyledons and dicotyledons B Dicotyledons are placed after monocotyledons C Dicotyledons are placed before monocotyledons D Gymnosperms are placed among Dicotyledons

6. Phenetic classification is based on

A Observable characteristics of existing entities B The ancestral lineage of existing organisms C Dendrograms based on DNA characteristics D Sexual characteristics

7. Difference between the natural system of plant classification and artificial system of classification is

A Considers only one vegetative character B Considers all the similarities between plants C Considers only one floral character D All of the above

8. This system of classification was used by Linnaeus

A Phylogenetic system B Natural system C Artificial system D Asexual system

9. Pick the right sequence of taxonomic categories

A division-class-family-tribe-order-genus-species B division-class-family-order-tribe-genus-species C division-class-order-family-tribe-genus-species D division-order-class-family-genus-tribe-species

10. ‘New Systematics’ term was coined by

A Linnaeus B Bentham and Hooker C A.P. de Candolle D Juliane Huxley