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Linnaeus is credited with:
(a)Binomial nomenclature
(b)Theory of biogenesis
(c)Discovery of microscope
(d)Discovery of blood circulation

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Important Questions on The Living World
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Assertion (A): Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were responsible for the development of Botany into a science.
Reason (R) : They are regarded as Father of Botany.
The correct option among the following is:

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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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Match the following Columns:
Columns - I | Columns - II | ||
Father of Taxonomy | Joseph Pitton de Tournefort | ||
Father of Zoology | Carolus Linnaeus | ||
Father of Medicine | Aristotle | ||
Father of Biology | Julian Huxley | ||
Concept of Genus | Hippocrates | ||
Father of Neotaxonomy | Ernst Mayr | ||
Darwin of century | Hooker |

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Match the following lists:
(A) | Identification of Auxins | (I) | Frankel Conrat |
(B) | pathway | (ii) | Charles Darwin |
(C) | Discovery of genetic nature of RNA | (iii) | J.B.Sumner |
(D) | Theory of evolution | (iv) | F.W. Went |
(v) | Hatch & Slack |

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Match the following lists:
List | List | ||
A) | Theophrastus | By hybridization and genetic engineering | |
B) | C.G.K. Ramanujam | Electron Microscope | |
C) | Progress in floriculture and forestry | Described the internal and external characters of plants | |
D) | Knoll and Ruska | Developed the science of pollen |
The correct match is

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

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Mangifera Indica
Mangifera indica

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Fill in the blank with the correct option provided in the bracket.
Linnaeus not only laid the foundation of taxonomy but also introduced _____(binomial /trinomial) nomenclature.

