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Classification of organisms were started by:
a) Linnaeus                          
b) Lamarck
c) Plato                                 
d) Aristotle

d

Aristotle classified organisms on the basis of:
a) structure                           
b) habitat
c) cell                                     
d) nature

b

After Aristotle, biologists starting classification on the basis of:
a) habitat                                             
b) physical structure

c) internal function             
d) all of these

b

Modern classification is based on:
a) physical characteristics 
b) genetics
c) evolutionary history      
d) all of these

d

The aims of classification were:
a) to determine similarities and difference among organisms                   
b) to provide idea about evolution
c) relation based on common feature and naming
d) all of these

d

Hierarchy of Taxonomy: