Identify the incorrect statement regarding the rules of Binomial Nomenclature?
1. The names are derived from Latin or Latinized.
2. The first word in a biological name represents the genus while the second component denotes the specific epithet.
3. Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are written in italics, or printed separately underlined to indicate their Latin origin.
4. The first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter.

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The currently accepted definition of biological species was pioneered by:
1. John Ray
2. G. G. Simpson
3. Ernst Mayr
4. Ernst Haeckel

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Perhaps the most obvious and technically complicated feature of all living organisms is:
1. Capability to reproduce to produce similar offspring
2. Ability to grow from inside
3. Ability to sense and respond to environmental stimuli
4. Metabolism inside a defined boundary of a cell

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In plant taxonomy, the most inclusive category will be:

1. Kingdom 2. Division
3. Class 4. Order
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ICBN stands for:

1. Indian Council for Biological Nomenclature
2. International Code for Binomial Nomenclature
3. Indian Council for Binomial Nomenclature
4. International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
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The binomial system of nomenclature of living organisms was given by:

1. Carl Woose 2. Copeland
3. Chatton 4. Carl Linnaeus

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The number of species that are known and described ranges between:

1. 1.2 and 1.3 million 2. 1.4 and 1.5 million
3. 1.7 and 1.8 million 4. 2.1 and 2.2 million
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An unconscious patient cannot be aroused by stimuli to normal consciousness but the doctors hope that recovery is possible. This patient is said to be:
1. In deep sleep
2. Comatosed
3. Brain dead
4. Malingering

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Which of the following taxon will have the most number of organisms?

1.Class2.Phylum
3.Order4.Family

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The book Systema Naturae was authored by:

1. Linnaeus 2. Theophrastus
3. Aristotle 4. Bentham and Hooker
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