9th Class Science Diversity in Living Organisms Question Bank Diversity in Living Organisms

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    Which of the following sequences of taxa and the animal kingdom is correct?

    A) Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, species and genus.

    B) Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.  

    C) Kingdom, phylum, class, family, order, species and genus.

    D) Phylum, kingdom, class, family, order, genus and species.

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    The sequence of taxa according to the Linnaeus System of Classification: Kingdom \[\to \] Phylum \[\to \] Class \[\to \] Order \[\to \] Family \[\to \] Genus \[\to \] Species (As we go down the classification system, the characteristics becomes more specific. The number of organisms in each taxa decreases). This is easy to remember with this mnemonic: King Plays Chess On Flat Green Stool


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