Question 1: What is taxonomy?
a) The study of classification of organisms
b) The study of ecosystems
c) The study of genetics
d) The study of evolution
Answer: a) The study of classification of organisms
Question 2: Who is known as the father of taxonomy?
a) Charles Darwin
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Carl Linnaeus
d) Louis Pasteur
Answer: c) Carl Linnaeus
Question 3: What is the basic unit of classification?
a) Species
b) Genus
c) Family
d) Order
Answer: a) Species
Question 4: What is the term for the scientific naming of organisms?
a) Binomial nomenclature
b) Trinomial nomenclature
c) Polynomial nomenclature
d) None of the above
Answer: a) Binomial nomenclature
Question 5: What is the correct format for scientific names?
a) Genus species
b) Species genus
c) Family genus
d) Order species
Answer: a) Genus species
Question 6: What is the correct order of taxonomic hierarchy?
a) Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
b) Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Order, Family, Genus, Species
c) Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, Species
d) Kingdom, Class, Order, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species
Answer: a) Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Question 7: Which of these is the highest taxonomic rank?
a) Kingdom
b) Phylum
c) Class
d) Order
Answer: a) Kingdom
Question 8: Which of these is the lowest taxonomic rank?
a) Species
b) Genus
c) Family
d) Order
Answer: a) Species
Question 9: What is the term for a group of closely related species?
a) Genus
b) Family
c) Order
d) Class
Answer: a) Genus
Question 10: What is the term for a group of closely related genera?
a) Family
b) Order
c) Class
d) Phylum
Answer: a) Family
Question 11: How many kingdoms are there in the five-kingdom classification system?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9
Answer: b) 5
Question 12: Which of these is NOT one of the five kingdoms?
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Archaea
Answer: d) Archaea
Question 13: Which kingdom includes bacteria?
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Plantae
Answer: a) Monera
Question 14: Which kingdom includes algae?
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Plantae
Answer: b) Protista
Question 15: Which kingdom includes mushrooms?
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Plantae
Answer: c) Fungi
Question 16: What is the scientific name of humans?
a) Homo sapiens
b) Homo erectus
c) Homo habilis
d) Homo neanderthalensis
Answer: a) Homo sapiens
Question 17: What is the scientific name of the domestic dog?
a) Canis lupus
b) Canis familiaris
c) Canis aureus
d) Canis latrans
Answer: b) Canis familiaris
Question 18: What is the scientific name of the domestic cat?
a) Felis catus
b) Felis silvestris
c) Felis chaus
d) Felis margarita
Answer: a) Felis catus
Question 19: What is the scientific name of the tiger?
a) Panthera tigris
b) Panthera leo
c) Panthera pardus
d) Panthera onca
Answer: a) Panthera tigris
Question 20: What is the scientific name of the lion?
a) Panthera tigris
b) Panthera leo
c) Panthera pardus
d) Panthera onca
Answer: b) Panthera leo
Question 21: Which kingdom includes organisms that are unicellular and prokaryotic?
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Plantae
Answer: a) Monera
Question 22: Which kingdom includes organisms that are unicellular and eukaryotic?
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Plantae
Answer: b) Protista
Question 23: Which kingdom includes organisms that are multicellular and heterotrophic?
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Plantae
Answer: c) Fungi
Question 24: Which kingdom includes organisms that are multicellular and autotrophic?
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Plantae
Answer: d) Plantae
Question 25: Which kingdom includes organisms that are multicellular and heterotrophic with specialized tissues?
a) Monera
b) Protista
c) Fungi
d) Animalia
Answer: d) Animalia
Question 26: What is the term for the evolutionary history of a species?
a) Phylogeny
b) Taxonomy
c) Cladistics
d) Nomenclature
Answer: a) Phylogeny
Question 27: What is the term for the study of evolutionary relationships?
a) Phylogenetics
b) Taxonomy
c) Cladistics
d) Nomenclature
Answer: a) Phylogenetics
Question 28: What is the term for a diagram that shows evolutionary relationships?
a) Cladogram
b) Phylogenetic tree
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Both a and b
Question 29: What is the term for a group of organisms that includes a common ancestor and all its descendants?
a) Clade
b) Taxon
c) Species
d) Genus
Answer: a) Clade
Question 30: What is the term for a characteristic that is shared by a group of organisms due to common ancestry?
a) Homologous trait
b) Analogous trait
c) Derived trait
d) Ancestral trait
Answer: a) Homologous trait
Question 31: Which of these is a phylum of the kingdom Animalia?
a) Chordata
b) Arthropoda
c) Mollusca
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 32: Which of these is a class of the phylum Chordata?
a) Mammalia
b) Aves
c) Reptilia
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 33: Which of these is an order of the class Mammalia?
a) Carnivora
b) Primates
c) Rodentia
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 34: Which of these is a family of the order Carnivora?
a) Felidae
b) Canidae
c) Ursidae
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 35: Which of these is a genus of the family Felidae?
a) Panthera
b) Felis
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Both a and b
Question 36: Which of these is a division of the kingdom Plantae?
a) Angiosperms
b) Gymnosperms
c) Pteridophytes
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 37: Which of these is a class of the division Angiosperms?
a) Monocotyledonae
b) Dicotyledonae
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Both a and b
Question 38: Which of these is an example of a monocot?
a) Wheat
b) Rice
c) Maize
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 39: Which of these is an example of a dicot?
a) Rose
b) Sunflower
c) Pea
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 40: Which of these is a family of the order Rosales?
a) Rosaceae
b) Fabaceae
c) Solanaceae
d) Poaceae
Answer: a) Rosaceae
Question 41: Which of these is a phylum of the kingdom Animalia?
a) Arthropoda
b) Mollusca
c) Echinodermata
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 42: Which of these is a class of the phylum Arthropoda?
a) Insecta
b) Arachnida
c) Crustacea
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 43: Which of these is an example of an insect?
a) Butterfly
b) Beetle
c) Ant
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 44: Which of these is an example of a crustacean?
a) Crab
b) Lobster
c) Shrimp
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 45: Which of these is a class of the phylum Chordata?
a) Mammalia
b) Aves
c) Reptilia
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 46: Which of these is a domain of life?
a) Bacteria
b) Archaea
c) Eukarya
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 47: Which of these is a kingdom of the domain Eukarya?
a) Protista
b) Fungi
c) Plantae
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 48: Which of these is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi?
a) Ascomycota
b) Basidiomycota
c) Zygomycota
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 49: Which of these is an example of a fungus?
a) Mushroom
b) Yeast
c) Mold
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
Question 50: Which of these is a phylum of the kingdom Protista?
a) Euglenophyta
b) Chlorophyta
c) Rhodophyta
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
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