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Biology The Living World General Single Correct MCQ
Published on: August 13, 2026

Classification system are changing every now and then because an attempt has been made to evolve such a system ultimately which is able to explain evolutionary relations in organisms. What was the correct sequence of these types of classification systems with respect to their evolution :-

A
Practical → Artificial → Natural → Phylogenetic → Numerical
B
Artificial → Practical → Numerical → Phylogenetic
C
Practical → Artifical→ Natural → Numerical → phylogenetic
D
Numerical → Artifical → Natural → Practical → phylogenetic

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Practical: Early humans classified organisms based on immediate utility (e.g., food, medicine, poison).

Artificial: Classification based on one or a few arbitrary morphological traits (e.g., Linnaeus's sexual system).

Natural: Classification based on overall morphological similarities and natural affinities (e.g., Bentham and Hooker).

Phylogenetic: Classification based on evolutionary relationships (Darwinian).

Numerical (Phenetics): Modern approach using data science and large sets of characters to quantify similarities.

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