Biology Class 11 Chapter 1- The living world Important questions

 

The Living World Class test Questions

1. Write full form of ICBN and ICZN

2. What is a specific epithet and generic name and what is this system called? Explain in short with example.

3. Give the 4 universal rules for nomenclature.

4. Define

a) Systematics

b) Classification

c) Taxonomy

d) Genus

5. Each genus may have more than one specific epithets representing different organisms. Explain with example.

6. Arrange taxonomic categories showing the hierarchical arrangement in descending order. And also tell in which direction similarity in characters’ decreases.

7. Give the Biological name, species, family, phylum of

a) Humans

b) Mango

c) Wheat

8. Define taxonomic aid with examples used for plants and animal studies.

9. The label of herbarium sheet does not carry information on

a) Date of collection

b) Local names

c) Name of collector

d) Height of the plant

e) Botanical names

f) English names

g) Family

10. Match the column for the housefly classification

Column I            Column II

Family                  Diptera

Order                   Muscidae

Class                   Arthropoda

Phylum                Insecta