In the five-kingdom classification, what is the main basis of classification?
Mode of nutrition
Structure of cell wall
Asexual reproduction
Structure of nucleus
A
Mode of nutrition
B
Structure of nucleus
C
Asexual reproduction
D
Structure of cell wall
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The five-kingdom classification was given by the R. H. Whittaker in 1969.
Four criteria on which the five-kingdom classification was based such as:
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic nature
Unicellular and multicellularity
Mode of nutrition like holophytic, absorptive and ingestive
phylogenetic relationship
Thus, the correct answer is option C.
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