Which one of the following statements are correct?
(i) Ernst Hackel is called ‘The Darwin of the 20 th century’.
(ii) The number and types of organisms present on earth represent Biodiversity.
(iii) The process of standardizing the name of living organisms is called nomenclature.
(iv) ICBN stands for International Code for Zoological Nomenclature.
(v) The system of providing a scientific name with two components is called Binomial Nomenclature and was given by Carlous Linnaeus.
(vi) The two components of Binomial Nomenclature are family and specific epithet.
(vii) Both the words in Biological name, when handwritten are seperately underlined or printed in italics to indicate Latin origin origin.
(viii) There are many categories/ranks in classification and are generally referred to as taxonomic categories or taxa.
(ix) The title of Linnaeus’s publication is micrographia.
(x) In classification; all the categories constitute taxonomic hierarchy.
(xi) The scientific names of Housefly, Wheat and Lion are Musa domestica, Triticum aestivum and Panthera leo respectively.
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(i) Incorrect: Ernst Mayr, not Ernst Haeckel, is known as "The Darwin of the 20th century".
(ii) Correct: Biodiversity is defined as the number and types of organisms present on earth.
(iii) Correct: The process of standardizing the name of living organisms is called nomenclature.
(iv) Incorrect: ICBN stands for International Code for Botanical Nomenclature, not Zoological.
(v) Correct: Binomial Nomenclature was given by Carlous Linnaeus and uses two components (generic name and specific epithet).
(vi) Incorrect: The two components are Genus and Species (specific epithet), not family.
(vii) Correct: Biological names, when handwritten, are separately underlined or printed in italics (Latin origin).
(viii) Correct: Taxonomic categories or ranks are referred to as taxa.
(ix) Incorrect: The title of Linnaeus’s publication is Systema Naturae or Species Plantarum (Micrographia is by Robert Hooke).
(x) Correct: All categories constitute the taxonomic hierarchy.
(xi) Incorrect: The scientific name of Housefly is Musca domestica (not Musa, which is banana), Triticum aestivum (Wheat), and Panthera leo (Lion).
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