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Who wrote " Species Plantarum" and provided a basis for the classification of plants?
(a)Carolus Linnaeus
(b)Charles Darwin
(c)Robert Hooke
(d)Leeuwenhoek

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Carolus Linnaeus belonged to

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Which one of the following books was contributed by Linnaeus?

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The internationally recognised binomial nomenclature was developed by Linnaeus in his book

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Linnaeus described species of plants in his book ________ ( ) and species of animals in his book _____ ( ).

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An English naturalist, who wrote the book 'Historia Generalis Plantarum' and introduced the word 'species' was:

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

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Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the modern taxonomy?

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A taxonomic category refers to:
