Five-Kingdom Classification · NCERT Biology

Which of the following is a drawback of the earlier Two-Kingdom classification system?

  1. It did not distinguish between eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
  2. It did not distinguish between unicellular and multicellular organisms.
  3. It did not distinguish between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic organisms.
  4. All of the above.
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Correct answer: All of the above.

The Two-Kingdom system (Plantae and Animalia) was insufficient because it grouped bacteria with plants and fungi with plants, ignoring fundamental differences in cell type and nutrition.

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