NEETBotanyThe Living World
According to the paragraph, what is the scientific term for convenient categories used to study organisms?
Options
- ASpecies
- BTaxa
- CClass
- DOrder
Correct answer
B. Taxa
Step-by-step solution
: What image do you see when you think of a dog ? Obviously, each one of us will see ‘dogs’ and not ‘cats’. Now, if we were to think of ‘Alsatians’ we know what we are talking about. Similarly, suppose we were to say ‘mammals’, you would, of course, think of animals with external ears and body hair. Likewise, in plants, if we try to talk of ‘Wheat’, the picture in each of our minds will be of wheat plants, not of rice or any other plant. Hence, all these - ‘Dogs’, ‘Cats’, ‘Mammals’, ‘Wheat’, ‘Rice’, ‘Plants’, ‘Anim