State PCS PYQPrelims 2025

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · प्रश्न 147

Who was the first to use the characteristics of vascular tissues in the classification of plants?

  1. Engler and Prantl
  2. Bentham and Hooker
  3. A.P. de Candolle
  4. More than one of the above
उत्तर दाखवा आणि स्पष्टीकरण

उत्तर: (C) A.P. de Candolle

स्पष्टीकरण

A.P. de Candolle (who coined 'taxonomy') first used the presence or absence of vascular tissue to classify plants.

  • (A) चूक

    Wrong: their phylogenetic system came later.

  • (B) चूक

    Wrong: their natural system did not first use vascular tissue.

  • (C) बरोबर

    Correct: de Candolle divided plants into vascular and cellular groups.

  • (D) चूक

    Wrong: only de Candolle fits.