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Which of the following statements is incorrect for the reason of opting scientific names over vernacular names?

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Important Questions on Systematics of Living Organisms

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Choose the incorrect statement among the following.
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Assertion (A): Numerical taxonomy requires mathematical methods and computers.
Reason (R): All characters are given codes, numbers and with equal importance, and hundreds of characters are to be evaluated.
The correct option among the following is:
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Match Column-I with Column-II for housefly classification and select the correct option using the codes given below:
 
Column – I Column – II
a. Family (i) Diptera
b. Order (ii) Arthropoda
c. Class (iii) Muscidae
d. Phylum (iv) Insecta
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Select the correctly written scientific name of mango, which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus.
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Which is the National Aquatic Animal of India?
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In which of the following books, characters of evolutionary importance were not considered while classifying plants?
A) Species plantarum
B) Families of flowering plants
C) Genera plantarum
D) Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien

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Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?
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Match the following
   List - I     List - II
(a) Charles Darwin (i) Systema Naturae
(b) John Ray (ii) Natural History
(c) Buffon (iii) Historia Generalis plantarum
(d) Linnaeus (iv) The origin of species

The correct answer is

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Match the column I with column II; choose the answer which gives the correct combination of the two columns.

Column I Column II
A. Aristotle 1. Doctor Universalis
B. Carolus Linnaeus 2. Father of English Botany
C. Albert Magnus 3. Father of zoology
D. William Turner 4. Father of taxonomy
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Biodiversity of a geographical region represents
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Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
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A system of classification in which a large number of traits are considered ?
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Which statement is not true for binomial system of nomenclature?