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Plant names are governed by the code abbreviated:Read the answer and worked solution →Animal names are governed by the code abbreviated:Read the answer and worked solution →The binomial system of naming was given by:Read the answer and worked solution →In the name Mangifera indica, the word Mangifera is the:Read the answer and worked solution →In Mangifera indica, the word indica is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Biological names are generally written in which language?Read the answer and worked solution →In print, biological names are shown in:Read the answer and worked solution →When handwritten, the two words of a biological name are:Read the answer and worked solution →The word denoting the genus begins with a:Read the answer and worked solution →The abbreviation written after the specific epithet gives the:Read the answer and worked solution →Each unit of classification is commonly termed a:Read the answer and worked solution →Human beings belong to which genus?Read the answer and worked solution →Lion, leopard and tiger all belong to the genus:Read the answer and worked solution →Which genus includes the cats?Read the answer and worked solution →Solanum, Petunia and Datura are placed in the family:Read the answer and worked solution →The genera Panthera and Felis are placed in the family:Read the answer and worked solution →Convolvulaceae and Solanaceae are included in the order:Read the answer and worked solution →Felidae and Canidae are included in the order:Read the answer and worked solution →Orders Primata and Carnivora are both placed in the class:Read the answer and worked solution →Chordata is defined by a notochord and a dorsal hollow:Read the answer and worked solution →In plants, the category corresponding to phylum is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A store house of dried plant specimens is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Order the taxonomic ranksRead the answer and worked solution →Match each group to its rankRead the answer and worked solution →Which rank does it nameRead the answer and worked solution →True or false on naming and groupingRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the gaps on nomenclatureRead the answer and worked solution →Quick picks on classificationRead the answer and worked solution →Plant name or animal nameRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not fitRead the answer and worked solution →

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Plant names are governed by the code abbreviated:

  1. ICBN
  2. ICZN
  3. ICMR
  4. ICAR
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Correct answer: A. ICBN

1. Scientists agreed on codes so that names are used consistently. 2. Plants come under the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature. 3. So the correct answer is ICBN. _Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 1 'The Living World'_

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Animal names are governed by the code abbreviated:

  1. ICAR
  2. ICZN
  3. ICBN
  4. ICMR
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Correct answer: B. ICZN

1. Animals have their own code, separate from the plant one. 2. Animal taxonomists evolved the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 3. So the correct answer is ICZN. _Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 1 'The Living World'_

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The binomial system of naming was given by:

  1. Linnaeus
  2. Lamarck
  3. Mendel
  4. Darwin
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Correct answer: A. Linnaeus

1. The system is still practised by biologists everywhere. 2. The binomial nomenclature system was given by Carolus Linnaeus. 3. So the correct answer is Linnaeus. _Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 1 'The Living World'_

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