Read the following statements and choose the correct option: 1. The broad classification of living organisms under the system was proposed by Whittaker in 1969. 2. He suggested the Three Kingdom classification. 3. Fungi, and the members of the Monera and Protista are still classified under Kingdom Plantae. 4. Plantae though earlier classifications placed them in the same kingdom. 5. The latest systems of classificati

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Fungi, and members of the Monera and Protista having cell walls have now been excluded from Plantae though earlier classifications placed them in the same kingdom. So, the cyanobacteria that are also referred to as blue green algae are not ‘algae’ any more. The earliest systems of classification used only gross superficial morphological characters such as habit, colour, number and shape of leaves, etc.