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Fun Quiz
TAXONOMY
A.K. MONDAL
5. Who is the author of Critica
Botanica?
a) Theophrastus
b) George Bentham &
Sir J.D. Hooker
c) C. Linnaeus
d) J. Hutchinson
1. Who is the
father of
Taxonomy?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Sir J.D. Hooker
C. Linneaus
A. Cronquest
Charles Darwin
6. Who is the author of
Philosophia Botanica?
2. Who first proposed artificial system of
classification?
a) A. Cronquest
b) C. Linnaeus
c) Sir J.D. Hooker & George Bentham
d) J. Hutchinson
a) George Bentham
& Sir J.D. Hooker
b) C. Linnaeus
c) Theophrastus
d) J. Hutchinson
7.
3. Who first proposed binomial nomenclature?
a) Sir J.D. Hooker
b) J. Hutchinson
c) A. Cronquest
d) C. Linnaeus
8. Who first proposed
the natural system of
classification?
a) C. Linnaeus
b) George Bentham &
Sir J.D. Hooker
c) Theophrastus
d) J. Hutchinson
4. Who is the
author of Species
Plantarum?
a) J. Hutchinson
b) George Bentham
& Sir J.D. Hooker
c) Theophrastus
d) C. Linnaeus
SCIENCE REPORTER, JANUARY 2012
Who is the father of Botany?
a) Sir J.D. Hooker
b) C. Linnaeus
c) Theophrastus
d) J. Hutchinson
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Fun Quiz
12. Who first
proposed the
integrated
system of plant
classification?
9. Who first established
the ICBN?
a)
b)
c)
d)
C. Linnaeus
Alphonse de Candolle
Theophrastus
A.P. de Candolle
a) Sir J.D.
Hooker
b) C. Linnaeus
c) A. Cronquest
d) Charles
Darwin
10. Angiosperm appeared
in the age of…
a) Early cretaceous
[142 mya]
b) Jurassic [200mya]
c) Triassic [245 mya]
13. Who said
this: “The origin
of angiosperms
is still an
abominable
mystery.”
11. Which one is correct?
a) Sir J.D.
Hooker
b) Charles
Darwin
c) J. Ray
d) C. Linnaeus
a) Embryo sac contains 3 antipodal cells, 2 polar
nuclei, 2 synergids (cells) and 1 egg cell
b) Embryo sac contains 2 antipodal cells, 3 polar
nuclei, 1 synergid (cell) and 2
egg cells
c) Embryo sac contains 1 antipodal cell, 4 polar
nuclei, 2 synergids (cells) and 1 egg cells
d) None of the above
14. Double
fertilization is found
in…
a) Gymnosperms
b) Angiosperms
c) Progymnosperms
d) Pteridophytes
ANSWERS:
1. b
7. c
13. b
2. c
8. c
14. b
3. d
9. b
4. d
10. a
5. c
11. a
6. b
12. c
Contributed by Dr A.K. Mondal, Reader and Head, Plant Taxonomy,
Biosystematics and Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Botany
& Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore-721 102, West Bengal
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