alleryWho introduced binomial nomenclature?
ALinnaeus
BWhittaker
CAristotle
DCopeland
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Linnaeus
1. The system gives every organism a two word name.
2. It came into use in the eighteenth century.
3. Carolus Linnaeus introduced it.
4. So the answer is Linnaeus.
_Source: syllabus Science, Ch 12 'Patterns in Life: Diversity and Classification'_
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