Question

Hierarchical system of classification of living organisms was proposed by:

• A. Linnaeus
• B. Whittaker
• C. Theophrastus
• D. Aristotle

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Linnaeus

The correct option is A :

Explanation of the correct option :

1. The sequence of categories in increasing or decreasing order is referred to as the taxonomic hierarchy.
2. In the hierarchy, the kingdom is the highest rank, and the species is the lowest.
3. In the 18th century, a Swedish botanist named Carolus Linnaeus introduced Taxonomic Hierarchy Categories, which are still used today.

Explanation of the incorrect option:

Option B:

1. Robert Harding Whittaker (December 27, 1920 – October 20, 1980) was a plant ecologist who worked from the 1950s to the 1970s in the United States.
2. In 1969, he was the first to propose the Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Monera kingdom taxonomic classification of the world's biota.

Option C:

1. Theophrastus, who was born on the island of Lesbos, is widely regarded as the father of botany.
2. Tiranos was his given name, but Aristotle renamed him Theophrastus (the divine orator).
3. He was the greatest botanist of the ancient world, and he was unrivalled until the Renaissance.

Option D:

1. Aristotle's greatest contribution to the history of biology was his zoology and species classification, the first known attempt to classify animals into groups based on their behaviour and, more importantly, the similarities and differences between their physiologies.

Final answer: Hierarchical system of classification of living organisms was proposed by Linnaeus.