Smart Online Assessments For Serious Exam Preparation
Start Assessment ➔

What do you want to learn today?

Home / Question Bank / Biology / Question Details
Q&A

Q6. Define a taxon. Give some examples of taxa at different hierarchical levels.

A taxon is a taxonomic group of any rank in the classification system. Examples of taxa at different levels: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Primates, Family: Hominidae, Genus: Homo, Species: Homo sapiens

More Questions & Answers

Read the Complete Topic

This question belongs to the set "Class – XI Biology Chapter 1 NCERT Solutions – Q&A". Click below to read detailed notes and attempt the full quiz.

View Full Post →

Try These Similar MCQs

  • A Aristotle
  • B Darwin
  • C Linnaeus
  • D Whittaker
  • A Prophase of Mitosis
  • B Prophase I of Meiosis
  • C Metaphase II of Meiosis
  • D Anaphase of Mitosis
Explanation: Crossing over happens in the Pachytene stage of Prophase I in meiosis.
  • A Species
  • B Family
  • C Order
  • D Class
  • A Genus Species Family
  • B Species Order Kingdom
  • C Species Genus Family
  • D Family Species Genus
  • A Watson & Crick
  • B Singer & Nicolson
  • C Schleiden & Schwann
  • D Robert Brown
Explanation: Singer and Nicolson proposed it in 1972.
  • A Nucleus
  • B Cytoplasm
  • C Cell membrane
  • D Mitochondria
Explanation: The nucleus contains the cell's genetic material and controls its activities.

Explore Related Study Material


- Advertisement -

Scroll to Top