Binomial Nomenclature

Q.

A scientific name gives information about the organism's family, genus, and species.

1. True

2. False

Q. Scientific name of horse is Equus caballus. Donkey belongs to the species 'asinus'. Donkey and horse are included under the same genus. What is the scientific name of donkey?

1. Equus caballus
2. Caballus asinus
3. Equus asinus
4. Asinus equus

Q.

What is binomial system of nomenclature? Explain it with the help of an example.

Q.

The first word of a scientific name of an organism indicates its

1. Genus

2. Species

3. Family

4. Kingdom

Q.

The scientific method of naming of organisms is known as

1. Trinomial nomenclature

2. Binomial nomenclature

3. Scientific nomenclature

4. Polynomial nomenclature

Q.

What is the smallest unit of nomenclature?

Q.

What are the set of rules that govern the taxonomic classification and naming of plant and animal species?

Q.

Give the scientific names of tiger, peacock, ant, neem, lotus, and potato.

Q.

Homo sapiens is the scientific name of

1. Dogs

2. Cats

3. Tigers

4. Humans

Q. Which among the following is correct way of writing a scientific name?

1. Panthera tigris
2. Panthera Tigris
3. Panthera tigris
4. Panthera tigris

Q.

Why was binomial nomenclature proposed?

1. The binomial nomenclature was in trend

2. To give scientific names to all animals

3. To give a genus and a species name to all animals

4. To have a common name for all the organisms

Q.

Binomial nomenclature was introduced by __________.

1. John Ray

2. Theophrastus

3. Aristotle

4. Carolus Linnaeus

Q.

In the scientific name Homo sapiens, Homo represents the _______ name.

1. family

2. genus

3. class

4. species

Q. One of the best and perhaps the easiest method for understanding general relationships of plants is _____.

1. Cytotaxonomy

2. Experimental Taxonomy

3. Numerical Taxonomy

4. Chemotaxonomy

Q. In the scientific name of mango, Mangifera indica, the Mangifera is the _______.

1. species
2. genus
3. class
4. order

Q.

Scientific name of human is what?

Q.

To which class does the domestic cat belong?

1. Felis

2. Mammalia

3. Chordata

4. Carnivora

Q.

In the scientific name Homo sapiens, Homo represents the _______ name.

1. family

2. genus

3. class

4. species

Q.

Can a scientific name have 3 words?

Q.

Which of the following is/are a rule for writing the scientific name?

1. John Ray

2. A. P. deCandolle

3. A. L. de Jussion

4. Carolus Linnaeus

Q. Identify the conventions that must be followed while writing the scientific names.

1. The name of species begins with a capital letter.
2. When printed, scientific name should be written in italics.
3. The name of genus begins with a capital letter.
4. When handwritten, both the parts of the name should be underlined separately.

Q.

The common name of Canis lupus is

1. Cat

2. Dog

3. Wolf

4. Tiger

Q.

What do the two terms in a scientific name represent?

1. Genus and class

2. Genus and kingdom

3. Genus and phylum

4. Genus and species

Q. Write from the table the name of the organism which has more resemblances with tiger. Give explanations for your answer.

Common name	Scientific name
Tiger	Panthera tigris
Wolf	Canis lupus
Lion	Panthera leo
Cat	Felis domesticus
Dog	Canis familiaris

Q.

Whats the binomial system?

Q.

Starting from Class, Species comes before the Genus. (True or False)

1. True
2. False

Q. Identify the correct statement from the options given below.

1. Scientific names are often descriptive and tell us some important character of an organism
2. Scientific names indicate relationship between species.
3. Scientific names favor multiple naming for the same kind of an organism.
4. Scientific names are used all over the world

Q. Throughout the world, official species names are in _____.

1. Greek

2. English

3. French

4. Latin

Q.

What is the name of the system that is being followed for naming different organisms?

1. Botanical nomenclature

2. Zoological nomenclature

3. Binomial nomenclature

4. Monomial nomenclature

Q. Which among the following names is according to the rules of binomial nomenclature?​