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प्रश्न
Which of the following is not a criterion for classification of living organisms?
विकल्प
Body design of the organism
Ability to produce one’s own food
Membrane bound nucleus and cell organelles
Height of the plant
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उत्तर
Height of the plant
Explanation -
Height is a feature that depends on several factors like environment, nutrition, etc. besides genes, thus all the members of a single species can have different heights and two different species can have a similar range of height, thus including height as a criterion of classification is not practical.
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