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Q. The five kingdom system of classification was proposed by

Odisha JEEOdisha JEE 2004Biological Classification

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The five kingdom classification of Whittaker has the following characteristics.
As the viruses are on the border line of living and nonliving matter, they have been left out.
Monera - Kingdom of prokaryotes,
Protista -Kingdom of unicellular eukaryotes,
Fungi - Kingdom of multicellular decomposers,
Plantae - Kingdom of multicellular producers or Metaphyta and
Animalia -Kingdom of multicellular consumers or Metazoa.