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Standard VII
Biology
Introduction to Classification
The scientifi...
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The scientific name of an organism contains information about it ____ and ____.

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family and species
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order and family
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genus and species
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genus and family
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The correct option is C genus and species
The scientific (bionomial) name of an organism contains information about its genus and species. Eg: the scientific name of tiger is Panthera tigris. In this, the genus is Panthera and the species is tigris.

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