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Which scientist's five kingdom classification system places all multicellular animals in Kingdom Animalia?
ACarolus Linnaeus
BRobert Whittaker
CAristotle
DTheophrastus
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Robert Whittaker
1. The five kingdom system is a specific, named scheme.
2. Robert Whittaker proposed it; all multicellular animals fall in Kingdom Animalia.
3. Rule out Carl Woese: he proposed a later classification, not the five kingdom one.
_Source: Balbharati (Maharashtra Board) Class 10 Science & Technology Part 2, Ch 6 "Animal Classification", p.72_
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