Question

The scientific name of humans is Homo sapiens. It belongs to genus

• A. Homo
• B. sapiens
• C. Man
• D. Humans

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Homo

The correct option is A.

Explanation of the correct option :

1. Binomial nomenclature is a system of naming organisms. It was proposed by Carl Linnaeus.
2. In binomial nomenclature, each organism has a scientific name consisting of two parts.
3. The first part is the genus and the second part is the species.
4. The first letter of the genus is written in upper case and the first letter of the species name is in lower case.
5. Both the genus and species name are written in italics, underlined if handwritten.
6. Example: Homo sapiens is the scientific name of humans, where Homo is the generic name or genus name and sapiens is the specific name or species name.

Final answer: The scientific name of humans is Homo sapiens. It belongs to the genus Homo.