Q. In five kingdom system of classification of R H Whittaker, how many kingdoms contain eukaryotes?

A) Four Kingdoms
B) One Kingdom
C) Two Kingdoms
D) Three Kingdoms
Explanation

R H Whittaker (1969, an American taxonomist divided all the organisms into five kingdoms. These are kingdom-Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. Of these only kingdom-Monera contains prokaryotic organisms, whereas rest four kingdoms contain eukaryotic organisms.

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