DIRECTIONS: Question contain STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2 (Reason).Question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Statement 1 :Systematics is the branch of biology that deals with classification of living organisms.
Statement 2 :The aim of classification is to group the organisms
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Systematics is related with classification of organisms. In classification the organisms are grouped on the basis of their characters or phylogeny, etc
DIRECTIONS: Question contain STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2 (Reason).Question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Statement 1 : Formation of new species is called speciation.
Statement 2 : The deme has a common genepool.
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All new species develop from the pre-existing species.The phenomenon of development of a new species from pre-existing one is called speciation. Aspecies is a collections of demes. The deme is a groups of populations with a common gene pool
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Statement 1 :Botany deals with the study of plants and zoology deals with the study of animals.
Statement 2 : Biology is the study of living beings
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Biology (Bio-living, logy-science). The study of living beings is called biology. Living beings on earth are mainly classified into two forms-plants and animals. Botany and zoology are the fundamental branches of biology. Word botany has been derived from greek word botane which means pasture or plants and zoology has been derived from word zoo-animals, logos-study. The ophrastus and Aristotle is called the father of botany and father of zoology respectively
Organisms which obtain energy by the oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds are called
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The organisms obtaining energy by chemical reactions independent of light are called chemotrophs. When the reductants obtained from the environment in inorganic form then organisms are chemoautotrophs. While when its is organic then organisms are chemoheterotrophs. Photoautotroph make their food by photosynthesis using the energy of sun. Saprozoic organisms obtain food from dead and decaying matter.
What is true for individuals of same species?
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Individuals of the same species can interbreed. No twoindividuals share the same ecological niche.
First life on earth was
The most important feature of all living systems is to
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Replication of the genetic information causes transfer ofgenetic informationfrom one generationto the next.
Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things ?
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All living things have an abilityto respond to theirenvironment, that is also called stimulation
The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for
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There are several factors and processes which differentiate living beings with non-living beings like reproducction,respiration, growth, etc. But among them reproduction is the only difference which differentiate without any exception living being with non-living beings
ICBN stands for
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ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature) -It is one of thecode of nomenclature which is independentof zoological and bacteriological nomenclature.The codeappliesequally to names of taxonomic groups treated asplants whether or not these groups were originally sotreated.