Kerala Plus One Zoology Chapter Wise Previous Questions Chapter 1 The Living World
Question 1.
A student placed man and house fly in the following taxonomic categories. Some of them are wrongly placed. Identify and correct them. (SAY-2010)
Common name | Species | Genus | Family | Order | Class |
Man | Sapiens | Homo | Primata | Hominidae | Mammalia |
House fly | Domestica | Musca | Muscidae | Insecta | Diptera |
Answer:
Common name | Species | genus | family | order | class |
Man- | sapiens | Homo | hominidae | primate | Mammalia |
House fly- | domestica | Musca | Muscidae | Diptera | Insecta |
Question 2.
Note the relationship between the first two words and suggest suitable words for the fourth place. (MARCH-2011)
a) Collection of living plants: Botanical garden, animals kept in protected environment: ………
b) Homo sapiens : Man, Musca domestication : ……….
Answer:
a) Zoological Park
b) Housefly
Question 3.
Arrange the following taxonomic categories in ascending order. (SAY-2011)
Genus → Family → Order → Class → Species → Phylum → Kingdom
Answer:
Species → Genus → Family → Order → Class → Phylum → Kingdom
Question 4.
During the field trip a group of students collected some organisms with the following characters. Help them to identify the phyla of those organisms. (SAY-2011)
a) Dorsoventrally flattened and leaf like body.
b) Jelly like body with eight ciliated combplates.
c) Body covered with calcareous shell.
d) Spiny skinned body with radial symmetry.
Answer:
a) phylum platihelminthes
b) phylum ctenophore
c) phylum mollusca
d) phylum Echinodermata
Question 5.
Taxonomical aids are very useful for classification and identification of organisms. Name any two taxo nomical aids. (MARCH-2012)
Answer:
Herbarium
Botanical Garden
Question 6.
Categorise the following terms into two. Give suitable title for each category. (SAY-2012)
Species, Museum, Class, Genus, Zoological park, Herbarium.
Answer:
Taxonomic acids | Taxonomic categories |
Museum | Species |
Zoological park | Class |
Herbarium | Genus |
Question 7.
After completing a project study based on diversity of spiders, the specimens were intended to be stored for future reference. Select a suitable taxonomical and from the following for the preservation of specimens. (MARCH-2013)
a) Herbarium
b) Museum
c) Zoological park
d) Sanctuary
Justify your answer.
Answer:
b) museum
Question 8.
Observe the relationship between the first two terms and fill up the blank : (SAY-2013)
Hyperglycemic hormone: Glucagon
Hypoglycemic hormone : ……………..
Answer:
Insulin
Question 9.
Select the correct generic name and specific epithet from the table given below and write the scientific name of a housefly. (SAY-2014)
Answer:
Musca domestica
Question 10.
Complete the table using suitable terms (MARCH-2015)
Answer:
Genus- Homo, Phylum- Chordata
Question 11.
A student conceived the rules of binomial nomenclature as follows. If you find any mistakes in the underlined portions, correct them with appropriate words. (SAY-2015)
a) The first word in biological name represents species and begins with a capital letter.
b) The second word represents genus and begins with a small letter.
Answer:
a) The first word is genus name start with capital letter
b) The second word is species name start with small letter
Question 12.
During the adventurous trip a plus one student got a skull and skeletal part of rare animal from the Chinnar forest.
Select the suitable location for keeping it from the list of taxonomic aids given below. (MARCH-2016)
(Herbarium, Museum, Zoological park, Botanical garden)
Answer:
Museum
Question 13.
Observe the first pair of words and write a suitable word for the second pair. (SAY-2016)
Botanical garden: Living plants
………………………….: Living animals
Answer:
Zoological park
Question 14.
Select the corral sequence of taxonomic hierarchy. (MARCH-2017)
a) Kingdom – Phylum – Class – Order – Genus – Family – Species
b) Kingdom – Phylum – Order – Class – Family – Genus – Species
c) Kingdom – Phylum – Class – Order – Family – Genus – Species
d) Kingdom – Class – Phylum – Family – Order – Species – Genus
Answer:
c) Kingdoms – Phylum – Class – Order – Family – Genus – Species.
Question 15.
Align the taxonomic categories in ascending order. (MARCH-2014)
Genus, order, phylum, species, family, class kingdom.
Answer:
Species → Genus → Family → Orders class → Phylum → Kingdom