Taxonomy: Classification of Organism One Liner Questions & Answers

By IASbook Team November 18, 2023 Biology 0 Comments

	Question	Answer
1	In terms of numbers, the largest found and identified species so far is from among –	Insects
2	Bacteria can be seen by –	Compound microscope
3	The smallest organism, capable of autonomous growth and reproduction, is –	Mycoplasma
4	Warm-blooded animals are those that are able to keep their body temperature –	Constant temp. all time
5	Which creatures have no blood but respires ?	Hydra
6	How many bones are in Shark Fish?	0
7	Which is the largest mammal?	Whale
8	From which group does the whale belongs–	Mammals
9	The Mammal capable in flying is –	Bat
10	Dolphins are classified in –	Mammals
11	Seal is the species of –	Mammals
12	Amphibia are –	Animals living equally in water and on land both
13	Which organism breaths from skin ?	Frog
14	During the metamorphosis of frog –	Intestine is shortened
15	Gavialis crocodiles are mostly found in?	Ganga
16	Which is an atrocious animal?	Otter
17	Which varieties of dogs is unable to bark ?	Dingo
18	The bear commonly performing on streets is –	Sloth bear
19	Which separate a man/human from apes?	Evince a desire to learn
20	Smallest man-like ape is –	Gibbon
21	The Panda belongs to the same family as that of –	Bear
22	Three chambered heart is found in –	Amphibians
23	Kiwi is –	Flightless bird found only in New Zealand
24	Octopus is –	A mollusc
25	The largest invertebrate is –	Squid
26	White leg-horn is a variety of –	Fowl
27	Ticks and mites are actually –	Arachnids
28	Termites are also known as –	White ants
29	Glow-worm is –	An insect
30	The presence of parasites within parasites is a phenomenon known as –	Hyperparasitism
31	Spiders are different from insects because they have –	Eight legs
32	The silk produced by spiders is called –	Gossamer silk
33	At which stage in its life cycle, does the silkworm yield the fibre of commerce?	Pupa
34	Silkworm grows on –	Mulberry leaves
35	How do most insects respire ?	By tracheal system
36	Which is a filter feeder?	Oyster
37	In which kinds of organisms is the phenomenon found wherein the female kills the male after copulation?	Honeybee
38	King Cobra is the only snake that makes its own nest.Why does it make its nest?	It is an oviparous snake that lays its eggs in the nest and guards the nest until they are hatched
39	The only snake that builds a nest is –	King Cobra
40	The venom of cobra is –	Neurotoxic
41	Which Snake’s diet mainly composed of other snakes?	King Cobra
42	Poison gland of snakes is homologous to –	Salivary gland of vertebrates
43	Poisonous fangs of a snake are modified form of –	Maxillary teeth
44	Plants growing on rocks are called –	Lithophytes
45	Which is an insectivorous plant?	Flame of the forest
46	Which parts of the pitcher plants become modified into a pitcher?	Leaf
47	Nependthes khasiana a rare and endangered plant is found in –	Meghalaya
48	Turmeric is obtained from which part of the plant –	Stem
49	Which is the eatable part of the turmeric plant?	Stem
50	Which of the underground-produced vegetables is a modified root?	Sweet Potato
51	Ginger is a stem and not root because –	It has nodes and internodes
52	Potato is a –	Tuber
53	Pea plant is	Herb
54	Clove is a –	Closed buds
55	A clove represents to which of the following?	Flower bud
56	Which one of the spices is a flower bud?	Clove
57	‘Cloves’ are –	Dried flowers
58	Cloves are obtained from which of the following parts of the plant?	Dried flower buds
59	Clove, a spice, is obtained from which part of the plant?	Flower bud
60	A plant bud is –	An embryonic shoot
61	Saffron is dried mixture of –	Seed forming parts of flower
62	Which of the parts of the potato is edible?	Stem
63	The type of fruit in which lychee can be placed in –	Drupe
64	The characteristic odour of garlic is due to –	A sulphur compound
65	Pungency in chillies is due to the presence of –	Capsaicin
66	Red chillies are hot because these contain –	Capsaicin
67	The cause of sweet taste in fruits is –	Fructose
68	Desert plants have longer root system because –	Roots grow in search of water
69	Deserts have phreatophytes, i.e., plants that have –	Long (20-30 ft) tap roots
70	Plants adapted to dry climate are known as –	Xerophyte
71	Desert plants are generally –	Succulent
72	Epiphytes are plants which depend on other plants for –	Mechanical support
73	Plants which grow on saline soils are –	Halophytes
74	A hydrophyte is –	An aquatic plant
75	Fishes survive under the frozen lake, because –	Water does not freeze near bottom
76	After bringing out of the water fish die, because –	They cannot breathe
77	Fish generally breathe through –	Gills
78	Redness in apple is due to –	Anthocyanin
79	Red color in tomato is due to –	Lycopene
80	The yellow colour of papaya is due to –	Caricaxanthin
81	Yeast is an example of –	Fungus
82	Yeast and mushrooms are –	Fungi
83	What is a mushroom?	Fungi
84	Mushroom used in for making juicy vegetable is a –	Fungus
85	‘Mycorrhiza’ is a symbiotic association between	Fungi and plants
86	Lichen are the complex creature, made from-	Fungi and Algae
87	Lichens, which are capable of initiating ecological succession even on a bare rock, are actually a symbiotic association of –	Algae and fungi
88	Lichen are the complex creature, made from –	Fungi and Algae
89	The interaction between algae and fungi to form lichen is called –	Mutualism
90	Nitrogen-fixing bacteria present in the nodules of the root of leguminous plant are –	Symbiotic
91	Major component of cotton is –	Cellulose
92	Noscapine is obtained from –	Poppy
93	Heroin is obtained from –	Opium poppy
94	We get morphine from –	Fruit
95	Opium is obtained from –	Latex from unripe fruit
96	Opium is obtained from which part of the poppy plant ?	Unripe Fruits
97	The main constituent of opium is –	Morphine
98	What is the botanical name of opium?	Papaver Somniferum
99	Opium is of which category medicine?	Depressant

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