M.Sc. (Semester (CBCS) Examination Oct/Nov-2017
Zoology
BIOSYSTEMATICS
Day Date: Thursday, 16-11-2017 Max. Marks: 70
Time: 10.30 AM to 01.00 PM
Instructions: Question number 2 and 6 are compulsory.
Attempt any two from Question No. 4 and 5.
Q.1 Multiple choice questions (Per question 2 marks): 14
Ichthyology is the study of
Fishes Viruses
Mammals Amphibians
The class Mammalia is divided into subclasses and infraclasses based on

Reproductive system
The presence or absence of mammary glands.
The number of appendages.
Skeletal system
is that branch of biology dealing with the identification and
naming of organisms.
Taxidermy Taxonomy
Agronomy None of the above
is known as Father of Taxonomy.
Otto Brunfels Andrea
Cesalpino Carolus Linnaeus
Taxonomy is the Science of
Identification
Survey
Group
Classification and Nomenclature
Double ventral Nerve cord is found
Peripatus Leech
Earthworm Tape worm
Cladogenesis is
The evolution of a new species from an ancestral species.
The diversification of a species into two or more species as groups
adapt to different environments.
The process by which ultraviolet radiation causes mutations that in turn
result in evolution.
The evolution of a old species from an ancestral species.
Q.2 Define species? Describe different concepts, and other intraspecific categories. 14
Q.3 Answer the following.
Immunological techniques. 07
Taxonomic keys, their merits and demerits. 07
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Q.4 Explain the following.
Biological classification. 05
Applications of Biosystematics. 05
Binomial Nomenclature. 04
Q.5 Explain in short:
Historical resume of Systematics. 07
How to Construct Phylogenetic Trees? 07
Q.6 Write short notes on any four of the following: 14
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Systematic publications.
Sympatric speciation.
DNA- DNA Hybridization.
Parsimony methods of Phylogenetic inference.
Apomictic species.