Select the incorrect statement out of the following.
(A)All animals belonging to various phyla are assigned to the Kingdom Animalia
(B)As we go higher from species to kingdom, the number of common characteristics goes on increasingCorrect
(C)Different classes comprising fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals together constitute the Phylum Chordata
(D)Plant order Polymoniales includes families like Solanaceae and Convolvulaceae based on vegetative and floral characters
Answer: (B)
Solution
As one moves up the taxonomic hierarchy from species toward kingdom, the number of common (shared) characteristics among the members actually decreases, not increases, since each successive higher
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