NEET Biology question

Who proposed five kingdom classification and named kingdoms as Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia?

(A)Herbert Copeland
(B)R H WhittakerCorrect
(C)Carl Woese
(D)Carolus Linnaeus

Answer: (B)

Solution

In 1969, American biologist R.H. Whittaker proposed the five-kingdom classification, naming the kingdoms Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. Herbert Copeland had

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