Introduction

Question 1

__________ was the earliest to attempt a scientific basis for classification

Answer 1

aristotle

Question 2

aristotle used ________ characters to classify plants into ________, __________ and __________
he also divided animals into two groups ________________ and ____________

Answer 2

morphological
trees
shrubs
herbs
those which had red blood
those which did not have red blood

Question 3

in _________’s time, two kingdom system of plantae and animalia was developed

Answer 3

linnaeus

Question 4

who in 1969 proposed a five kingdom classification and which were those five kingdoms

Answer 4

R.H. Whittaker
monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia

Question 5

which were the main criteria used by R.H. Whittaker for his classification

Answer 5

cell structure
thallus organisation
mode of nutrition
reproduction
phylogenetic relationships

Question 6

cell type of monera

Answer 6

prokaryotic

Question 7

cell wall of monera

Answer 7

noncellulosic
(polysaccharides + amino acids)

Question 8

body organisation of monera

Answer 8

cellular

Question 9

mode of nutrition of monera

Answer 9

autotropic (chemosynthetic / photosynthetic)
heterotrophic (saprophytic / parasitic)

Question 10

cell type of protista

Answer 10

eukaryotic

Question 11

is cell wall present in all protists

Answer 11

present in some

Question 12

body organisation of protista

Answer 12

cellular

Question 13

mode of nutrition of protista

Answer 13

autotrophic (photosynthetic)
heterotropic

Question 14

cell type of fungi

Answer 14

eukaryotic

Question 15

cell wall of fungi

Answer 15

present
without cellulose
with chitin

Question 16

body organisation of fungi

Answer 16

multicellular / loose tissue

Question 17

mode of nutrition of fungi

Answer 17

heterotropic (saprophytic / parasitic)

Question 18

cell wall in plantae

Answer 18

present
with cellulose

Question 19

body organisation of plantae

Answer 19

tissue / organ

Question 20

mode of nutrition of plantae

Answer 20

autotrophic (photosynthetic)

Question 21

body organisation of animalia

Answer 21

tissue / organ / organ system

Question 22

mode of nutrition of animalia

Answer 22

heterotrophic (holozoic / saprophytic etc)

Question 23

earlier classifications included which all types of organisms under plants only due to presence of cell wall

Answer 23

bacteria
blue green algae
fungi
mosses
ferns
gymnosperms
angiosperms

Question 24

unicellular and multicellular organisms were placed in same groups earlier
for example

Answer 24

chlamydomonas and spirogyra were placed under algae

Question 25

chlorella was earlier placed in which kingdom and is now placed in which kingdom

Answer 25

plants
protista

Question 26

paramoecium and amoeba were earlier placed in which kingdom and why and are now placed in which kingdom

Answer 26

animalia
absence of cell wall
protista