Question

Match the following.

1. John Ray	A. Gave the concept of Systematics
2. C. Linnaeus	B. First described species as a unit of classification
3. Augustin Pyrame de Candolle	C. Coined the term, taxonomy
4. Julian Huxley	D. Introduced binomial nomenclature

• A. 1 - B, 2 - C, 3 - D, 4 - A
• B. 1 - A, 2 - C, 3 - D, 4 - B
• C. 1 - C, 2 - B, 3 - D, 4 - A
• D. 1 - B, 2 - D, 3 - C, 4 - A

Answer 1

The correct option is D 1 - B, 2 - D, 3 - C, 4 - A

• Carolus Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who created the binomial nomenclature. In this system, every kind of animal and plant is given a name consisting of two Latin words, for its genus and species.
• Sir Julian Sorell Huxley was an English evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century evolutionary synthesis. He gave the concept of systematics.
• Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a Swiss botanist who coined the term taxonomy.
• John Ray was a highly influential English naturalist and botanist whose contributions to taxonomy are considered groundbreaking and historic. He is also well-known in the world of botany for the establishment of species as the ultimate unit of taxonomy. He first described species as a unit of classification.
• So, the correct answer is '1 - B, 2 - D, 3 - C, 4 - A'