Question

Zoological name of common Indian Krait is
A. Bungarus caeruleus
B. Naja naja
C. Viper russelli
D. Ophiophagus hannah

Answer 1

Hint: Zoological name is the scientific name given to the animal’s species Such as Homo sapiens which is the zoological name of Human beings.
Zoological name consists of two parts:
1. Generic name.
2. Species epithet

Complete answer:
Nomenclature: It is defined as the naming of living organisms such that a particular organism is known by the same name all over the world.
Biologists universally gave a scientific name to a particular known organism and that scientific names consist of some components.
Name has two components:
1. Generic name
2. Specific epithet.
Binomial nomenclature is a system of providing a name with two components.
This system is given by Carolus Linnaeus.
All biological names are written in latin only.
First word represents genus and the second component is species.
When handwritten, it is separately underlined.
According to the question, Zoological name is the scientific name given to the animal’s species.
Bungarus caeruleus is the zoological name of common Indian krait.
So, scientists assign naja naja as a scientific name of Indian cobra.
And the Zoological name of Russell's viper is Vipera russelli.
Ophiophagus hannah is the zoological name of King cobra.

So, the correct option is option A. Bungarus caeruleus.

Note: Species: it is a taxonomic study that considers a group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities.
For example: Mangifera indica, solanum tuberosum, panthera leo.
Here, indica, tuberosum, leo represent the species part.
Genus: It consists of a group of species which has more characters in common in comparison to species of other genera.
For example- Potato and brinjal are two different species but belong to the same genus known as solanum.