NEETBotanyBiological Classification
Read the following statements and choose the follwoing option: 1. The criterias for five kingdom classification included appearances of an organism 2. The criterias for five kingdom classification included mode of nutrition 3. The criterias for five kingdom classification included phyllogenetic relationships 4. The three-domain system has also been proposed that divides the Kingdom protista into two domains.
Options
- AOnly 1 is correct
- BOnly 4 is correct
- CBoth 2 and 3 are correct
- DOnly 3 is correct
Correct answer
C. Both 2 and 3 are correct
Step-by-step solution
R.H. Whittaker (1969) proposed a Five Kingdom Classification. The main criteria for classification used by him include cell structure, body organisation, mode of nutrition, reproduction and phylogenetic relationships. The three-domain system has also been proposed that divides the Kingdom Monera into two domains, leaving the remaining eukaryotic kingdoms in the third domain and thereby a six kingdom classification.