NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyThe Living WorldPractice
What is the correct order in decreasing size in taxonomic hierarchy?
Options
- AKingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.
- BKingdom, phylum, class, order, family, species and genus.
- CKingdom, phylum, class, species, order, family and genus.
- DKingdom, species, phylum, class, order, family and genus.
Correct answer
A. Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.
Step-by-step solution
Taxonomy is the branch of biological science which includes nomenclature and classification of the organisms into groups based on their shared features and characteristics. Classification is the process of grouping organisms based on observable features in to categories called 'taxa'. This process involves hierarchy of steps where each taxa represents a rank. All the steps/taxon collectively is referred as taxonomic hierarchy. The ranks/taxa have the following sequence from largest to the smallest with similarities