8 NEET Biology previous year questions on The Living World — options free on every question; 1 include the answer & explanation free, the rest unlock with PYQ Pass.
Q1 FREE PREVIEW
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‘Taxon’ is the unit of a group of
aOrder
bTaxonomy
cSpecies
dGenus
✓ Correct answer: b) Taxonomy
ExplanationTaxonomy : Branch of science concerned with grouping & naming biological organisms (or classification) Taxon : Unit of classification.
Q2
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Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae? [NEET 2021]
aGrasshopper
bCockroach
cHousefly
dFire fly
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Q3
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Arrange the following taxonomic categories in ascending order.
(a) Genus
(b) Class
(c) Order
(d) Phylum
(e) Family
(f) Kingdom
(g) Species
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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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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Q4
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Genus represents ________.
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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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Which one of the following statements is not true about the universal rules of binomial nomenclature?
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a
Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten are separately underlined or printed in italics.
b
The specific epithet in the biological name starts with a small letter.
c
The first word in the biological name represents the specific epithet, while the second component denotes the genus.
d
Biological names are generally in Latin.
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Q6
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‘X’ and ‘Y’ are the components of Binomial nomenclature. This naming system was proposed by ‘Z’