Question

Question 2

The five kingdom classification was proposed by

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

Answer 1

Option (a) RH Whittaker

Rh Whittaker (1969), an American taxonomist in order to develop phylogenetic classification divided organism into five kingdoms, i.e.,

(i) Monera (ii) Protista (iii)Fungi (iv) Plantae (v) Animalia

Whereas, C Linnaeus developed two kingdom classification, i.e.,

(i) kingdom-Plantae (ii) kingdom-Animalia.

and Virchow is associated with the discovery of cell theory.