Question

The scientific name of red gram is-
A) Phaseolus aureus
B) Cicer arietinum
C) Cajanus cajan
D) Phaseolus mungo

Answer 1

Hint:
1. The system of formation of a scientific name is called binomial nomenclature.
2. Each Scientific name contains with two parts-
i)Generic name(genus)
ii)Specific epithet (species)

Complete Answer:
A) Phaseolus aureus - Phaseolus is genus and aureus is species of mung bean or green gram.
So Phaseolus aureus is the scientific name of mung bean or green gram.
B) Cicer arietinum - Cicer is genus and arietinum is species of chick pea or chana. So Cicer arietinum Is the scientific name of chickpea or chana.
C) Cajan cajan -Cajanus is genus and cajan is a species of pigeon pea or red gram.
So Cajanus Cajan is the scientific name of pigeon pea or red gram.
D) Phaseolus mungo -Phaseolus is genus and mungo is a species of black gram.
So Phaseolus mungo is the scientific name of black gram.

So, the correct option is (C).

Note:
I) An organism can have one or more than one common name but Scientific name is global name. With the help of scientific names, we can identify an organism easily.
II) In a scientific name genus name starts with a capital letter and all other letters should be small.
III) Both genus and species should be underlined when we write in English alphabetic format and must give space between genus and species.
IV) Red gram (Cajanus cajan ) is classified into two groups-
a ) Red gram variety bicolour - mainly found in North India.
b) Red gram variety flavus - mainly found in South India.