NEET Biology The Living World Based Practice Questions & Answers with Viewers Discussion and Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Biology (Bio-living, logy-science). The study of living beings is called biology. Living beings on earth are mainly classified into two forms-plants and animals. Botany and zoology are the fundamental branches of biology. Word botany has been derived from greek word botane which means pasture or plants and zoology has been derived from word zoo-animals, logos-study. Theophrastus and Aristotle is called the father of botany and father of zoology respectively.