The five kingdom classification was
proposed by _______.

Ernst Haeckel

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Aristotle

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Robert Whittaker

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Carolus Linnaeus

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Solution

The correct option is C Robert Whittaker

Whittaker classified organisms on different basis into 5 different groups.

These groups were:

Monera

Protista

Fungi

Plantae

Animalia

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The five kingdom classification was proposed by

(a) RH Whittaker (b) C Linnaeus (c) A Roxberg (d) Virchow

(a) Wittaker proposed five kingdom classification.

Which of the following was taken as a distinguishing feature by Whittaker for proposing five- kingdom classification?

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