The Living World — Biology STD 11 Science — Question
Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBiologyThe Living World1 Mark
MCQ
Starting from class, species comes after the :
A
Family
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Genus
C
Division
D
Phylum
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Answer
Correct option: B.
Genus
Taxonomy $($from Ancient Greek: taxis, "arrangement," and nomia, "method"$)$ is the science of defining groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics and giving names to those groups.
In biological classification, rank is the relative level of an organism or group of organisms in a taxonomic hierarchy.
According to the taxonomic ranking, the genus comes before species when counted from class.
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