Question

With respect to nomenclature, which of the following is not a rule for writing the scientific name of an organism?

• A. The scientific name is printed in italics.
• B. The scientific name is same to its common name.
• C. The name of the genus begins with a capital letter.
• D. The name of the species begins with a small letter.

Answer 1

The correct option is B The scientific name is same to its common name.

Providing two words in the scientific name is called Binomial nomenclature.

In the binomial nomenclature, the first word is the name of the genus, and the second word is the species name. The scientific name is written in Latin only, so they do not have similarities with the common names which may vary from region to region.

So, the correct option is B.