The correct match [with respect to Whittaker’s Five Kingdom classification] is:

1. Monera All members have a cell wall
2. Protista All members are photosynthetic
3. Fungi All members are multi-cellular
4. Animalia All members are heterotrophs
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Read the following statements:
i. It is placed together organisms which widely differed in other characters.
ii. It brought together the prokaryotic bacteria and blue green algae with other groups which were eukaryotic.
iii. It grouped together the unicellular and multicellular organisms.
iv. It did not distinguish between heterotrophic and autotrophic organisms.
v. It had kingdoms Plantae and Animalia.
How many of the following statements are true for two kingdom classification system? 
1. Two 
2. Five 
3. Four 
4. Three
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Match each item in Column I with the one in Column II and select the correct match from the codes given:
Column-I
[Kingdom]
Column-II
[Cell wall]
A. Monera P. Absent
B. Fungi Q. Chitinous
C. Plantae R. Polysaccharide + amino acid
D. Animalia S. Cellulosic
Codes:
A B C D
1. R S Q P
2. R Q S P
3. Q S R P
4. P Q R S
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Assertion(A): The two kingdom classification used for a long time was found inadequate.
Reason(R): This system did not distinguish between the eukaryotes and prokaryotes, unicellular and multicellular organisms and photosynthetic (green algae) and non-photosynthetic (fungi) organisms.
Choices for Assertions and reasons:
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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Assertion (A): Plant and animal kingdoms have been constant under all different classification systems.
Reason (R): The understanding of what groups/organisms are included under these kingdoms have been changing over the time.
Choices for Assertions and reasons:
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is True but (R) is False.
4. (A) is False but (R) is True.
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Assertion(A): Kingdom Protista has brought together Chlamydomonas, Chlorella with Paramoecium and Amoeba.
Reason(R): The criteria of classification got changed over the time.
Choices for Assertions and reasons:
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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