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Identify the incorrect statement:

1. Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics. They are Latinised or derived from Latin irrespective of their origin.
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 separately underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their vernacular 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 scientific term for biological classification categories is the:

(1) Species

(2) Taxon

(3) Phylum

(4) Domain

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Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II regarding taxonomic categories of humans and chose your answer from the codes given below:

Column I Column II
I. Family 1. Primata
II. Order 2. Hominidae
III. Class 3. Chordata
IV. Phylum 4. Mammalia

Codes:

I II III IV
1. 1 2 3 4
2. 2 1 4 3
3. 2 1 3 4
4. 1 2 4 3
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ICBN stands for:

(1) Indian Congress of Biological Names

(2) International Code for Botanical Nomenclature

(3) International Congress of Biological Names

(4) Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature

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Evolutionary history of an organism is known as :

(1) Phylogeny

(2) Ancestry

(3) Paleontology

(4) Ontogeny

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