The Living World


  1. Study of fossils is









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    Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and reptiles. Palaentlogy is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of fossils. Serology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of lizards.

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    Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and reptiles. Palaentlogy is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of fossils. Serology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of lizards.


  1. Employment of hereditary principles in the improvement of human race is









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    Eugenics is the science that deals with factors (such as principles of genetics) related to improvement of human race. Improvement of race is positive eugenics and if factors are impaired, then it is negative eugenics.
    • Euthenics is the science which improves the condition of life and the environment of human being.
    • Ethnology is the study of different races of mankind, their distribution, relationship and activities.
    • Euphenics is the study of body functions and treatment of heredity defect through medical means i.e. genetic engineering.

    Correct Option: B

    Eugenics is the science that deals with factors (such as principles of genetics) related to improvement of human race. Improvement of race is positive eugenics and if factors are impaired, then it is negative eugenics.
    • Euthenics is the science which improves the condition of life and the environment of human being.
    • Ethnology is the study of different races of mankind, their distribution, relationship and activities.
    • Euphenics is the study of body functions and treatment of heredity defect through medical means i.e. genetic engineering.



  1. Homeostasis is organism’s









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    Homoeostasis is the property of all living beings, which is a self regulatory mechanism of maintaining favourable internal condition for uninterrupted chemical reactions in the living system despite the changes in the external environment. e.g. In winter the skin contracts to conserve body heat.

    Correct Option: B

    Homoeostasis is the property of all living beings, which is a self regulatory mechanism of maintaining favourable internal condition for uninterrupted chemical reactions in the living system despite the changes in the external environment. e.g. In winter the skin contracts to conserve body heat.


  1. Static concept of species was put forward by









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    Carolus Linnaeus introduced Binomial System of Nomenclature in his book Species Plantarum (1753). He said that there can be variation within species, but they do not change from one species to another.

    Correct Option: B

    Carolus Linnaeus introduced Binomial System of Nomenclature in his book Species Plantarum (1753). He said that there can be variation within species, but they do not change from one species to another.



  1. The book Genera Plantarum was written by









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    Bentham & Hooker wrote the book Genera Plantarum. Bentham began with the Flora Hongkongensis in 1861, which was the first comprehensive work on any part of the little-known flora of China and Hong Kong, including Hong Kong Croton. This was followed by the Flora Australiensis, in seven volumes (1863-1878), the first flora of any large continental area that had ever been finished. His greatest work was the Genera Plantarum, which begun in 1862, and concluded in 1883 in collaboration with Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.

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    Bentham & Hooker wrote the book Genera Plantarum. Bentham began with the Flora Hongkongensis in 1861, which was the first comprehensive work on any part of the little-known flora of China and Hong Kong, including Hong Kong Croton. This was followed by the Flora Australiensis, in seven volumes (1863-1878), the first flora of any large continental area that had ever been finished. His greatest work was the Genera Plantarum, which begun in 1862, and concluded in 1883 in collaboration with Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.