International code for Botanical Nomenclature

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International code for Botanical Names

International code for Bacterial Nomenclature

Match column-I with column-II and select the correct option from the codes given below. I II (a) Binomial nomenclature (i) Hippocrates (b) The Darwin of the 20 th century (ii) Ernst Mayr (c) Father of botany (iii) Linnaeus (d) Father of medicine (iv) Theophrastus

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Match the correct term and meaning. Term Meaning I . Classification A . Study of organisms and their diversities and the relationships between them. I I . Taxonomy B . Process by which anything is grouped into categories based on easily observable characters. I I I . Systematics C . Unit of classification I V . Taxon D . Process of classification.

I - B , I I - D , I I I - A , I V - C

I - D , I I - B , I I I - A , I V - C

I - B , I I - C , I I I - D , I V - A

I - B , I I - D , I I I - C , I V - A

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ICBN refers to:

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Binomial nomenclature is introduced by

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Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?

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Define genetic diversity.

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Match the following

	List - I		List - II
(a)	Charles Darwin	(i)	Systema Naturae
(b)	John Ray	(ii)	Natural History
(c)	Buffon	(iii)	Historia Generalis plantarum
(d)	Linnaeus	(iv)	The origin of species

The correct answer is

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Select the correctly written scientific name of mango, which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus.

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Match Column-I with Column-II for housefly classification and select the correct option using the codes given below:

Column – I	Column – II
a. Family	(i) Diptera
b. Order	(ii) Arthropoda
c. Class	(iii) Muscidae
d. Phylum	(iv) Insecta

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Which is not a unit of taxonomic category?

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Match column-I with column-II and select the correct option from the codes given below.

	I		II
(a)	Binomial nomenclature	(i)	Hippocrates
(b)	The Darwin of the 20^th century	(ii)	Ernst Mayr
(c)	Father of botany	(iii)	Linnaeus
(d)	Father of medicine	(iv)	Theophrastus

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Match the correct term and meaning.

Term	Meaning
$I .$ Classification	$A .$ Study of organisms and their diversities and the relationships between them.
$I I .$ Taxonomy	$B .$ Process by which anything is grouped into categories based on easily observable characters.
$I I I .$ Systematics	$C .$ Unit of classification
$I V .$ Taxon	$D .$ Process of classification.