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NEET Biology NEET PYQ-Biological Classification and System of Classification

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    Five kingdom system of classification suggested by RH Whittaker is not based on         [NEET 2014]

    A) presence or absence of a well-defined nucleus

    B) mode of reproduction            

    C) mode of nutrition

    D) complexity of body organization

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] RH Whittaker's classification is nor based on presence or absence of a well defined nucleus. He gave five kingdom classification and used five criteria for delimiting kingdoms.
    These are both come under body organisation
    (i) Complexity of eel I structure
    (ii) Complexity of body structure
    (iii) Mode of nutrition
    (iv) Ecological life cycle including mode of Reproduction
    (iv) Phylogenetic relationship.
    He divided organisms into five kingdoms as follows
    Kingdom-Monera     Kingdom-Protista
    Kingdom-Fungi          Kingdom-Plantae
    Kingdom-Animalia


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