Question

In the five-kingdom system, the main basis of classification is:

• A. Nutrition
• B. Nucleus structure
• C. Cell wall structure
• D. Asexual reproduction

Answer 1

The correct option is A Nutrition

The five-kingdom classification was given by R. H. Whittaker in 1969. Four major criteria on which the five-kingdom classification was based are:

• Prokaryotic and eukaryotic nature
• Unicellular and multicellularity
• Mode of nutrition like holophytic, absorptive and ingestive
• phylogenetic relationship

Thus, the correct answer is option A.