Answer: Starts with a capital letter.
- A Starts with a lowercase letter
- B Starts with a capital letter
- C Is written in plain text, not italics
- D Is written after the species name
Correct answer: B. Starts with a capital letter
Explanation: The genus name starts with a capital letter and comes first; the species name is lowercase and comes second, e.g. Mangifera indica.
The taxonomic hierarchy narrows from Kingdom (broadest, covering the most organisms but fewest shared traits) down to Species (narrowest, fewest organisms but most shared traits) - every level in between is a progressively more specific subset of the one above it.
Concept context
Biodiversity, taxonomy, binomial nomenclature, the taxonomic hierarchy, and taxonomic aids like herbaria and botanical gardens. The foundational first chapter of NCERT Biology.