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Who proposed the phylogenetic system of classification?
(a)Carl Linnaeus
(b)Bentham and Hooker
(c)Engler and Prantl
(d)Theophrastus

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Important Questions on Biological Classification
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Which one of the following pairs was excluded from Whittaker's five kingdom classification

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One of the following scientists was the earliest to attempt more scientific basis for classification __________

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Engler and Prantl published a phylogenetic system in the monograph ______

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Five kingdom system of classification suggested by R.H. Whittaker is not based on:

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Both Chlamydomonas and Chlorella are autotrophic and both have a cell wall, whereas both Paramoecium and Amoeba are heterotrophic and both lack cell wall, then why did R.H. Whittaker place all of them under the same kingdom?

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The term 'New systematics' was introduced by:

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The phylogeny and interrelationships between taxa based on the number and arrangement of chromosomes are called

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Who has suggested six-kingdom classification?

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In which book has "binomial nomenclature" been used for the first time?

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In five kingdom classification which kingdom incorporates prokaryotes?

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Fungi differ from algae in being

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The natural system of classification of plants was proposed by

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Discuss how classification systems have undergone several changes over a period of time?

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The classic five kingdoms of life were proposed by R.H. Whittaker in

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Group Embryophytes consist of

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Phylogenetics system of classification includes:

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Which of the following is not the main criteria for five-kingdom system of classification?

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Who proposed five kingdom classification and named kingdoms as Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia?

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The non-nucleated, unicellular organisms of Whittaker’s classification are included in the kingdom

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Binomial nomenclature was introduced by

