Select the correct statements $(i-iv)$ regarding taxonomic categories.
$(i)$ Each step or rank in the hierarchy is called a taxonomic category.
$(ii)$ Species is a group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities capable of breeding among themselves.
$(iii)$ Taxonomic studies of all known organisms have led to the development of common categories like kingdom,phylum or division,class,order,family,genus and species.
$(iv)$ Lower the category,greater is the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level.

  • A
    $(i)$ and $(ii)$ only
  • B
    $(ii)$ and $(iv)$ only
  • C
    $(i)$,$(ii)$ and $(iii)$ only
  • D
    All of the above

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