Top 80+ Solved Classification of Living Organisms MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In classification the category below the level of family is .......... (CET-98)
a. clas
b. species
c. phylum
d. genus
Q. Which is the lowest level of organization in the living kingdoms ? (CET-98)
a. molecular level
b. cellular level
c. population
d. tissue level
Q. First botanist to give binomial nomenclature was .......... (WARDHA-2000)
a. Baubin
b. Aristotle
c. Linnaeus
d. Hutchinson
Q. Taxon is .......... (CET-2000)
a. specie
b. unit of classification
c. highest rank in classification
d. group of closely related
Q. One of the following includes most closely linked organisms (PMT-2001)
a. specie
b. genus
c. family
d. class
Q. Which of the following taxons cover a greater number of organisms ? (PMT-2001)
a. order
b. family
c. genus
d. phylum
Q. Inbreeding is possible between two members of .......... (AMU-2005)
a. order
b. family
c. genus
d. species
Q. Which of these is correct order of hierarchy ? (WARDHA-2002)
a. kingdom, division, phylum genus & species
b. phylum, division, genus & class
c. kingdom, genus, class, phylum & division
d. phylum, kingdom, genus, species &class
Q. Which is the first step of taxonomy ? (MGIMS-2002)
a. nomenclature
b. classification
c. identification
d. hierarchical arrangement
Q. The five kingdom classification was given by .......... (BYP-2002)
a. Whittaker
b. Linnaeus
c. Copeland
d. Haeckel
Q. In taxonomy, class comes in between .......... (CET-2002)
a. kingdom and order
b. phylum and order
c. kingdom and family
d. family and genus
Q. Taxon includes .......... (PMT-2002)
a. Genus and specie
b. kingdom and division
c. all ranks of hierarchy
d. none of the above
Q. Binomial nomenclature refers to .......... (CET-2000)
a. Two names of a species
b. one specific and one local name of a species
c. two words for the name of a species
d. two life cycles of an organism