Taxonomic Hierarchy & Classification — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptIllustrate the taxonomical hierarchy with suitable examples of a plant and an animal.
Assertion (A): All organisms have species as a taxonomic category in classification systems. Reason (R): Species is the highest category in the taxonomic hierarchy for all organisms.
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Correct answer: C — If assertion is true but reason is false.
NCERT states “All organisms, including those in the plant and animal kingdoms have species as the lowest category” (Assertion true - species is universal). However, NCERT explicitly states species is the “lowest category,” not the highest. The Reason creates a hierarchical position swap - species is actually the most specific (lowest) level, not the most general (highest).
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