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Biology The Living World Statement Based Questions Single Correct MCQ
Published on: August 11, 2026

Select the correct statements (a-

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(i) & (ii) only
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(ii) & (iv) only
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(i) & (ii) only
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regarding taxonomic Categories. (i) Each step or rank in hierarchy is called taxonomic category. (ii) Species is a group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities capable of breeding among themselves. (iii) Taxonomic studies of all unknown organisms have led to the development of common categories like kingdom,phylum or division, class, order, family genus and species. (iv) Lower the category, greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level. All of the above

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All four statements about taxonomic categories are correct:

(i) Each rank like kingdom, phylum, class, etc., is called a taxonomic category.

(ii) Species is defined as a group of organisms that are similar and can breed among themselves.

(iii) Taxonomic studies have led to a hierarchy of categories: kingdom, phylum (or division), class, order, family, genus, and species.

(iv) The lower the category (like species or genus), the harder it is to determine relationships with other taxa at the same level.

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