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Assertion :

The science of identification, nomenclature and classifiying organisms is called taxonomy.

Reason: Systematics and taxonomy have same meaning.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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Solution

The correct option is C Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
Taxonomy is the science of identification, nomenclature and classification of
organisms. But taxonomy and systematics are different terms. Systematics is the branch of biology that deals with diversity of organisms at every level of classification.
So, the correct answer is 'Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect'.

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