Question

What do you think is the need of nomenclature?

(a) Scientists can use this term in their seminars

(b) To have a standard name for an organism instead of having many names in different languages

(c) Nomenclature is something which is same for all organisms and people need not mention each organism with different names

(d) Nomenclature looks fancier and more technical than regional names

This question was addressed to me in exam.

This question is from Diversity in the Living World topic in section The Living World of Biology – Class 11

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) To have a standard name for an organism instead of having many names in different languages

To explain I would say: There are different languages and so different regional names for an organism. Therefore, scientists came up with the idea of binomial nomenclature. Binomial nomenclature is introduced to standardize the name of a living organism.