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NEET2026Biology
Q.

Which one of the following statements is not true about the universal rules of binomial nomenclature?

  1. A

    Biological names are generally in Latin

  2. B

    Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined or printed in italics

  3. C

    The specific epithet in the biological name starts with a small letter

  4. D

    The first word in the biological name represents the specific epithet, while the second component denotes the genus

Solution

By the universal rules of nomenclature, the first word in a biological name denotes the genus (capitalised), and the second word denotes the specific epithet (starts with a small letter). Option (4) reverses this and is therefore the incorrect statement.

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