NEET 2014 Biology question

Five kingdom system of classification suggested by R.H. Whittaker is not based on

(1)Presence or absence of a well defined nucleusCorrect
(2)Mode of reproduction
(3)Mode of nutrition
(4)Complexity of body organisation

Answer: (1)

Solution

R.H. Whittaker (1969) proposed five kingdoms - Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia - on the basis of (i) complexity of cell structure (prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell type; unicellular or multicellular), (ii) complexity of body (thallus) organisation, (iii) mode of nutrition (autotrophic or heterotrophic,

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Question ID VK-091566