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The five kingdom classification was proposed by
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Options:
  • A
    R.H. Whittaker
  • B
    C. Linnaeus
  • C
    Aristotle
  • D
    Virchow
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The correct answer is:
R.H. Whittaker
R.H. Whittaker (1969), an American taxonomist divided organism into five kingdoms, in order to develop phylogenetic classification.
(i) Monera
(ii) Protista
(iii) Fungi
(iv) Plantae
(v) Animalia
C Linnaeus developed two kingdom classification.
(i) Kingdom-Plantae
(ii) Kingdom-Animalia.
and Virchow is associated with the discovery of cell theory.

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