Question

Modern system of classification classified organisms in ........... kingdom.

• A. One
• B. Two
• C. Four
• D. Five

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Five

Robert Whittaker ( 1969 ) established the modern system of classification where living organisms were classified into five kingdoms. The five-kingdom classification classifies the organisms in Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia on the basis of the structure of the cell, the complexity of organisms, mode of nutrition and phylogenetic relationship.

So, the correct answer is option D.