The Living World

Select correctly written scientific name of Mango which was first described by Carolus Linnaeus:

Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?

Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?

Match column I with column II for housefly classification and select the correct option. Column I: A. Family, B. Order, C. Class, D. Phylum. Column II: (i) Diptera, (ii) Arthropoda, (iii) Muscidae, (iv) Insecta

The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on:

Match the items given in column I with those in column II: Column I: A. Herbarium, B. Key, C. Museum, D. Botanical Garden. Column II: (i) has preserved plant and animal specimens, (ii) has a collection of living plants for reference, (iii) is a place having a collection of dried and pressed plant specimens, (iv) is used for identification of organisms based on contrasting characters

As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic hierarchy, the number of common characteristics:

Biological organisation starts with:

Which one of the following statements is not true about the universal rules of binomial nomenclature? ( NEET 2026)