Question

The five-kingdom classification was suggested by

(a) Engler and Prantl

(b) Eichler

(c) Bentham and Hooker

(d) Whittaker.

Answer 1

The correct option is: (d) Whittaker.

Explanation:

Robert H.Whittaker (1969), an American taxonomist, had proposed the five kingdom classification of living organisms. 

The five kingdom classification includes : 

1. Monera 

2. Protista 

3. Fungi 

4. Plantae/Metaphyta 

5. Animalia/Metazoa