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The living World PYQs
Class XI Biology
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7 questions in this chapter
In the taxonomic categories which hierarchical arrangement in ascending order is correct in case of
animals?
A Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species B Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Family, Order, Genus, Species C Kingdom, Order, Class, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species D Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Species
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Explanation: The correct ascending order in taxonomy is: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. This sequence is the standard hierarchical arrangement described in NCERT biology for animals. Each level becomes more specific from broad grouping (Kingdom) to the most specific (Species).
🧠 Did You Know? Each level shares common characteristics; for example, organisms in the same phylum share fundamental body plans, while those in the same species can usually interbreed.
💡 NCERT Memory Line: King Philip Came Over For Good Soup (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species).
Which one of the following belongs to the family
Muscidae?
A Fire fly B Grasshopper C Cockroach D House fly
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Select correctly written scientific name of Mango
which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus:
A Mangifera indica Car. Linn. B Mangifera indica Linn. C Mangifera indica D Mangifera Indica
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Match List-I with List-II.
List-I
List-II
A. Family
I. Sapindales
B. Genus
II. Dicotyledonae
C. Class
III. Anacardiaceae
D. Phylum
IV. Angiospermae
E. Order
V. Mangifera
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A A-I, B-V, C-II, D-IV, E-III B A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV, E-V C A-II, B-III, C-V, D-I, E-IV D A-III, B-V, C-II, D-IV, E-I
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Anacardiaceae is the family, Mangifera is the genus, Dicotyledonae is the class, Angiospermae is the phylum (division), and Sapindales is the order.
Arrange the following taxonomic categories in ascending order.
A (g), (a), (e), (c), (b), (d), (f) B (a), (c), (d), (g), (f), (b), (e) C (g), (c), (d), (b), (e), (a), (f) D (f), (c), (b), (g), (d), (e), (a)
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The ascending taxonomic hierarchy is Species → Genus → Family → Order → Class → Phylum → Kingdom.
Genus represents _______.
A an individual plant or animal B a population of plants and animals C a group of closely related species D a group of closely related families
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A genus consists of one or more closely related species sharing common characteristics.
Which one of the following statements is not true about the universal rules of binomial nomenclature?
A The first word in the biological name represents the specific epithet, while the second component denotes the genus. B The specific epithet in the biological name starts with a small letter. C Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined and printed in italics. D Biological names are generally in Latin.
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In binomial nomenclature, the first word represents the genus and the second word represents the specific epithet.
