Phone :- 0141 4005482 Exampraxis.com Email :- support@exampraxis.com Introduction : A close analysis of Botany Chapter ‘The Living World’ based on previous 22 years exam questions ( between 2000-2021) suggests that overall weightage of this chapter in the NEET Exam is 1% which means on an average 1-2 questions are asked from this chapter each year. The high priority topics of the chapter ‘The Living World’ from which there is greater chance of occurrence in the NEET Exam are listed below. 1. Taxonomic Categories 2. Taxonomical Aids 3. Introduction 4. Diversity in Living World The students are advised to practice at least 200-300 questions from the high priority topics mentioned above.

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Introduction :
A close analysis of Botany Chapter ‘The Living World’ based on previous 22 years exam
questions ( between 2000-2021) suggests that overall weightage of this chapter in the NEET
Exam is 1% which means on an average 1-2 questions are asked from this chapter each year.
The high priority topics of the chapter ‘The Living World’ from which there is greater chance of
occurrence in the NEET Exam are listed below.
1. Taxonomic Categories
2. Taxonomical Aids
3. Introduction
4. Diversity in Living World
The students are advised to practice at least 200-300 questions from the high priority topics
mentioned above.

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Noteworthy Points of the Chapter :
1. Cellular organisation, metabolism and consciousness are defining features of living beings
whereas growth and reproduction are characteristic features.
2. The number and types of organisms present on earth represent biodiversity.
3. The process of naming of living organisms is called nomenclature.
4. ICBN stands for International Code for Botanical Nomenclature whereas ICZN stands for
International Code for Zoological Nomenclature.
5. The system of providing a scientific name to an organism with two components is called
Binomial nomenclature, given by Carolus Linnaeus.
6. The two components of Binomial nomenclature are generic name and specific epithet.
7. Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten are separately underlined or printed
in italics to indicate their Latin origin.
8. There are many categories/ranks in classification and are generally referred to as taxonomic
categories or taxa.
9. The title of Linnaeus’s publication is Systema Naturae.
10. In classification; all categories together constitute taxonomic hierarchy.
11. The scientific names of Housefly, Wheat & Lion are Musa domestica, Triticum aestivum and
Panthera leo respectively.
12. Brinjal and potato belong to the same genus Solanum.
13. Lion, leopard and tiger belong to the same genus Panthera.
14. Cats and dogs belong to the families Felidae and Canidae respectively.
15. Genera Solanum, Petunia and Datura are placed in the same family Solanaceae.
16. Plant families like Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae are included in same order Polymoniales
mainly based on the similarity in their floral characters.

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17. Order Primata and Carnivora are included in the same class Mammalia.
18. The family, order and class of Homo sapiens is Hominidae, Primata and Mammalia
respectively.
19. The family, order and class of Mangifera indica is Anacardiaceae, Sapindales and
Dicotyledonae respectively.
20. The family, order & class of wheat is Poaceae, Poales and Monocotyledonae respectively.
21. Ascending order in the hierarchy of taxonomic categories is
Species serves as the basic and lowest category
22. Herbarium is a store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and
preserved on the sheets. It serve as quick source of reference.
23. Indian Botanical Garden is situated at Howrah and National Botanical Research Institute is
at Lucknow.
24. The Royal Botanical Garden is located at Kew, London.
25 Museum is the store house of preserved plant and animal specimens.
26 Botanical garden and zoological parks are ex-situ conservation strategies of plants and
animals respectively.
27 Flora, manuals, monographs and catalogues are some recorded descriptions that can be
used for Identification of organisms.
28. Taxonomic keys are tools that help in identification of plants & animals based on the
similarities & dissimilarities.

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