AIIMS 2012 Botany Hierarchy of Classification Assertion Reason Question
Assertion: Complexity of classification increases from kingdom to species.
Reason: Common characters increase from kingdom to species.
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
Assertion is true but Reason is false.
Both Assertion and Reason are false.
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Assertion: 🔴 ✗ Incorrect Complexity of classification decreases from kingdom to species because organisms become more similar as we move towards the lower taxonomic categories.
Reason: 🔴 ✗ Incorrect The number of common characters increases from kingdom to species, not decreases. Species share the maximum number of common characteristics.
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- Kingdom → Species: Common characters increase
- Kingdom → Species: Similarity increases
- Kingdom → Species: Number of organisms decreases
- Species → Kingdom: Diversity increases
Correct conclusion: Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
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