Which of the following is not one of the five kingdoms of R. H. Whittaker's classification system?
Animalia
Monera
Protista
Chordate
A
Chordate
B
Animalia
C
Monera
D
Protista
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Robert H. Whittaker in 1969, proposed five kingdom system of classification of organisms. The following three criteria were used for classification:
1) Complexity of cell structure
2) Complexity of the organism's body
3) Mode of nutrition.
Five kingdoms of Whittaker's classification include Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia. Hence option D is the correct answer.
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