NEET Biology question
Refer to the given table regarding differences between taxon and categories.
| | Taxon | Category | |---|---|---| |(i)| Deals with objects | Deals with ranking | |(ii)| Is real | Is an abstract term | |(iii)| May belong to any ranking | Belongs to one particular ranking |
Which of the following are correct differences?
Answer: (C)
Solution
A taxon deals with actual objects (real groups of organisms assigned to a rank), while a category deals with the abstract concept of ranking itself — this is correctly captured in row (i). A taxon is real (it exists as an actual grouping of organisms), while a category is an abstract term (a conceptual rank) — this is
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