NEET Biology Previous year MCQ Bank With Answer Key - 01

1. System of classification used by Linnaeus was 

(1) phylogenetic system

(2) natural system

(3) asexual system

(4) artificial system

2. Artificial system of classification was first used by 

(1) Pliny the Edler

(2) Linnaeus

(3) Bentham and Hooker

(4) De Candolle

3. Classification given by Bentham and Hooker is 

(1) phylogenetic

(2) artificial

(3) numerical

(4) natural

4. The term “New Systematics” was introduced by 

(1) Julian Huxley

(2) Bentham and Hooker

(3) A.P. de Candolle

(4) Linnaeus

5. Static concept of species was put forward by 

(1) Theophrastus

(2) de Candolle

(3) Darwin

(4) Linnaeus

6. An important criterion for modern day classification is 

(1) breeding habits

(2) resemblances in morphology

(3) presence or absence of notochord

(4) anatomical and physiological traits

7. Employment of hereditary principles in the improvement of human race is

(1) Euphenics

(2) Euthenics

(3) Ethnology

(4) Eugenics

8. A taxon is 

(1) a type of living organisms

(2) a group of related families

(3) a taxonomic group of any ranking

(4) a group of related species

9. Basic unit or smallest taxon of taxonomy/ classification is 

(1) family

(2) species

(3) variety

(4) kingdom

10. Linnaeus evolved a system of nomenclature called 

(1) binomial

(2) mononomial

(3) polynomial

(4) vernacular

11. Binomial nomenclature means

(1) two names, one latinised, other of a person

(2) one name given by two scientists

(3) two names of same plant

(4) one scientific name consisting of a generic and specific epithet

12. Sequence of taxonomic categories is

(1) Division – Class – Order – Family – Tribe – Genus – Species

(2) Class – Phylum – Tribe – Order – Family – Genus – Species

(3) Phylum – Order – Class – Tribe – Family – Genus – Species

(4) Division – Class – Family – Tribe – Order – Genus – Species

13. The term phylum was given by

(1) Theophrastus

(2) Cuvier

(3) Linnaeus

(4) Haeckel

14. Homeostasis is organism’s

(1) disturbance in regulatory control

(2) tendency to change with change in environment

(3) plants and animal extracts used in homeopathy

(4) tendency to resist change

15. Study of fossils is

(1) saurology

(2) palaeontology

(3) organic evolution

(4) herpetology

16. Binomial nomenclature consists of two words

(1) Family and genus

(2) Genus and species

(3) Species and variety

(4) Order and family

17. Phylogenetic classification is based on

(1) overall similarities

(2) utilitarian system

(3) common evolutionary descent

(4) habits

18. Species is

(1) specific class of evolution

(2) unit of classification

(3) not related to evolution

(4) unit in the evolutionary history of a tree

19. Binomial nomenclature was introduced by

(1) Huxley

(2) de Vries

(3) John Ray

(4) Carlous Linnaeus

20. Linnaeus is credited with

(1) discovery of microscope

(2) binomial nomenclature

(3) discovery of blood circulation

(4) theory of biogenesis