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The ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is called as

A

classification

B

taxonomy

C

hierarchy

D

key.

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Hierachy of categories is the classification of organisms in a definite sequence of categories (taxonomic categories) in a descending order starting from kingdom and reaching upto species or an assending order from species to kingdom.
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