NEET 2012
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2012
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- The Living World
NEET 2012 · Botany · The Living World
Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly...
Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclature and correctly described?
Options
- AMusca domestica-The common house lizard, a reptile
- BPlasmodium falciparum-A protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria
- CFelis tigris-The Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests
- DE.coli-Full name Entamoeba coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine
Correct answer
B. Plasmodium falciparum-A protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria
Step-by-step solution
According to binomial nomenclature the scientific name is consist of genus and species. The genus name is started with capital letter and both the word latinized. Musca domestica is European housefly. It belongs to phylumArthropoda.
E.coli is having full name Escherichia coli a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine.
Panthera tigris is Indian tiger and protected in Gir forest.