Question

Which of the following is/are the correct statement(s) with respect to binomial nomenclature?

• A. Each scientific name has two words. i.e Genus and species.
• B. Genus name starts with capital alphabet while species name starts with small alphabet.
• C. Scientific names are written in Latin and Greek. In print, they are always in italics.
• D. Scientific name talks about the order of the organism.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

The correct options are
A Each scientific name has two words. i.e Genus and species.
B Genus name starts with capital alphabet while species name starts with small alphabet.
C Scientific names are written in Latin and Greek. In print, they are always in italics.

The scientific naming or nomenclature system is termed as binomial nomenclature and was introduced by Carl Linnaeus.
According to this,
- Each scientific name has two words. The first word refers to the name of the genus and the second to the name of the species.
- Genus name should start with capital letter and species name should start with small letter.
- Scientific names are written in Latin and Greek. In print, they are in italics and if hand written, both genus and species are underlined seprately.