State PCS PYQPrelims 2025

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · வினா 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
விடையைக் காட்டு & விளக்கம்

விடை: (C) A.P. de Candolle

விளக்கம்

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

  • (A) தவறு

    Wrong: their phylogenetic system came later.

  • (B) தவறு

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

  • (C) சரி

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

  • (D) தவறு

    Wrong: only de Candolle fits.