NEETBotanyThe Living World
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: The process to standardise the naming of living organisms such that a particular organism is known by the same name all over the world is called nomenclature. Reason: For plants, scientific names are based on agreed principles and criteria, which are provided in International Counsil for Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN)
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
C. Assertion is true but the Reason is false
Step-by-step solution
The assertion is correct but for plants, scientific names are based on agreed principles and criteria, which are provided in International Code for Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN)