NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -R H Whittaker proposed the five kingdom classification in 1969 and named the kingdoms as Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1969, a scientist named Robert Whittaker published the first major revision to Linnaeus’s proposed two kingdom classification – animals and plants (which included fungi). In the revised version, Whittaker suggested that fungi should be classified as a separate kingdom, and this has been accepted by scientists.

Detailed explanation-3: -The five kingdoms proposed by Whittaker are Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Whittaker suggested categorizing living organisms on the basis of a five-kingdom classification. Certain characteristics, such as mode of nourishment, cell structure, evolutionary relationships, thallus organization, and reproduction, were used to classify the organisms.

Detailed explanation-5: -Five kingdom of classification was proposed by RH Whittaker in 1969. He divided all living organisms into five kingdoms based on following features: Complexity of cell structures.