Phylum Classification of Vertebrates — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptClasses comprising animals like fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds along with mammals constitute the next higher category called Phylum. All
Assertion (A): Higher taxonomic categories group organisms with similar characteristics. Reason (R): In case of plants, classes with similar characters are assigned to a higher category called Phylum.
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Correct answer: C — If assertion is true but reason is false.
NCERT confirms that higher categories group similar organisms (Assertion true). However, NCERT explicitly states “In case of plants, classes with a few similar characters are assigned to a higher category called Division.” The Reason incorrectly uses “Phylum” which is the animal equivalent - plants use “Division,” creating a plant/animal terminology swap.
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