Question

Which of these following statements are correct regarding Carolus Linnaeus?

• A. He is known as the father of taxonomy.
• B. He introduced binomial nomenclature.
• C. Scientific names are written in English.
• D. He introduced the 3 kingdom system of classification.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

The correct options are
A He is known as the father of taxonomy.
B He introduced binomial nomenclature.

Carolus Linnaeus is known as the father of taxonomy. He introduced binomial nomenclature, which is the scientific method of naming organisms. Scientific names of all organisms are written in Latin and consist of 2 words- genus and species.
Genus is the first word and species is the second word.