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Question: Which kingdom is mismatched A. Prokaryotes-virus B. Protista-unicellular eukaryote C. Plantae ...

Which kingdom is mismatched
A. Prokaryotes-virus
B. Protista-unicellular eukaryote
C. Plantae flower and mosses
D. Animalia-Arthropods and humans

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Solution

R.H. Whittaker proposed five kingdom classification. He divided the kingdom into Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animals. Viruses are connecting links between living and non-living entities. They have the properties of both living and non-living things. Hence they are not included in the five kingdoms.

Complete answer:
Option A: Virus is a nucleoprotein entity that is able to utilize the synthetic machinery of a living cell of other organisms for its multiplication which does not involve growth and division. The virus is an obligate parasite. It is inert outside the host cell and called a virion. Viruses are living when they are inside the organisms, otherwise, they are non-living, so they do not classify under the kingdom.
Option B: All unicellular eukaryotes, irrespective of their mode of nutrition, are included in the kingdom Protista in Whitaker's system. The term protista was coined by Ernst Haeckel. This kingdom forms a link between the kingdom Monera on one hand and the other three kingdoms. Protestants are ancestors of all multicellular eukaryotes.
Option C: Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms come under the Plantae kingdom. The bryophytes are divided into liverworts and mosses. Angiosperms are flowering plants.
Option D: Arthropods and Mammals come under the Animalia kingdom. Arthropods include insects. Mammalia includes humans.
So the correct answer is (A).
Additional Information:

Prokaryotic cellEukaryotic cell
The cell size is usually small.The cell size is comparatively larger.
The nucleolus is absent.The nucleolus is present.
Ribosomes are 70S type.Ribosomes are of 80S type: 70S type ribosome occurs in mitochondria and plastids.
Membrane-bound organelles are absent.Membrane-bound organelles are present.

Note: Viruses are infectious agents, with simple, acellular organisation. They are expecting the cell theory. The study of viruses is called virology. Viruses are neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic.