Question

Who proposed the ‘Binomial Nomenclature System’?
A. Whittaker
B. Mendel
C. Carl Linnaeus
D. Tippo

Answer 1

Hint: This person is popular as the Father of Modern Taxonomy. He was a zoologist, physician and botanist. When people are talking of the same organism, it would be difficult for people who speak or write in different languages to know. The dilemma was solved by resolving an organism 'scientific' name in the same way as chemical symbols and formulas for different substances are used in the world.

Complete Answer:
- The scientific name of an organism is special and can be used anywhere in the world to describe it.
- Binomial nomenclature is a formal method for naming species of living organisms, also termed as binary nomenclature or binomial nomenclature, giving the name of each species a combination of two parts and both use Latin grammatical forms, although they may be built on words from other languages. Such a name is more informally recognized as a binomial, but also a Latin name.
- In the 18th century, Carolus Linnaeus or Carl Linnaeus introduced the system of scientific naming or nomenclature we use today.
- The scientific name of an organism is the result of the classification process, which combines that with the species with which it is most associated. But we do not list the entire hierarchy of groups to which we actually name the species.
- Rather, we just write the names of this particular organism's genus and species. It is agreed that both names are used in Latin forms throughout the world.

Thus, the correct answer is option C i.e., Carl Linnaeus.

Note: Some conventions are followed when writing the scientific names. The genus name starts with a capital letter. The species name starts with a small letter. The scientific name is given in italics when typed and when handwritten, the name of the genus and the species must be underlined separately.