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Biology NEET - XI: Chapter 1- The Living World Part 2

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This deck covers key concepts and factual information from Chapter 1 of the Biology NEET syllabus, focusing on botanical gardens, taxonomy, and biological nomenclature.

Which is the largest botanical garden of the world?

Royal botanical garden, Kew, England It has 6 million specimens.
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Definition
Which is the largest botanical garden of the world?
Royal botanical garden, Kew, England It has 6 million specimens.
Which is the largest botanical garden of India?
Indian Botanical Garden, Sibpur, Howrah, Kolkata It has 2 million specimens.
How are insects preserved in a museum?
Insects are preserved in insect boxes after collecting, killing and pinning.
What are keys based on?
Similarities and dissimilarities between organisms
What is a flora?
Flora contains actual account of habitat and distribution of plants in a given area.
What provides an index to plant specimens in an area?
Flora

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TermDefinition
Which is the largest botanical garden of the world?
Royal botanical garden, Kew, England It has 6 million specimens.
Which is the largest botanical garden of India?
Indian Botanical Garden, Sibpur, Howrah, Kolkata It has 2 million specimens.
How are insects preserved in a museum?
Insects are preserved in insect boxes after collecting, killing and pinning.
What are keys based on?
Similarities and dissimilarities between organisms
What is a flora?
Flora contains actual account of habitat and distribution of plants in a given area.
What provides an index to plant specimens in an area?
Flora
What provide information for identification of names of species of an area?
Manuals
Who gave the trinomial system of nomenclature?
Huxley and Stricklandt
Tautonyms are scientific names with
Same generic name and specific epithet (for eg. Naja naja)
Autonyms are scientific names with
Same specific epithet and subspecies (for eg. Homo sapiens sapiens)
Tribe lies between which two taxa?
Family and genus
Who is the father of taxonomy?
Carolus Linnaeus
Who gave the term systematics?
The first authentic use of this word was done by C Linnaeus in his book Systema Naturae.
Who gave the term new systematics?
Huxley
Who gave the term species?
John Ray
Who gave the term taxonomy?
Candolle
Father of Indian taxonomy is
Satapu
Who gave the term phylum?
Haeckel
Where is Lloyd Botanical Garden located?
Darjeeling
Which botanical garden is found in Lucknow?
National Botanical Garden