Kingdoms of Life
Kingdoms of Life: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Fungi, Five Kingdom Classification, Monera, Protista, Animalia, Plantae and, Six Kingdom System of Classification
Important Questions on Kingdoms of Life
Which one of the following is not a characteristic of members of the kingdom - Plantae?

Name the kingdom that contains organisms exhibiting saprophytic mode of nutrition.

Name the group of organisms to which Protozoa belongs. (kingdom name)

Identify the kingdom in which organisms do not have a well-defined nucleus and are not able to show multicellular body designs


All plants have roots, stems and leaves.

Bacteria belong to the kingdom-Monera.

State whether the following statement is true or false and explain your statement.
The cell wall of fungi is made up of chitin.

Name the five kingdoms according to the new classification.

The kingdom Plantae is further classified into

Which of the following is not a criterion for classification of living organisms?


In taxonomic hierarchy, family comes between:

The well-defined nucleus is absent in:

The ‘Origin of Species’ is written by:

Find out the incorrect sentence from the following options:

Cell wall of fungi is made up of chitin

Animals cannot prepare their own food. What scientific name is given to such organisms?

The unicellular organism causing Malaria -

Who am I?
I reproduce mainly by cell division.
