Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List-I (Food) List-II (Plant part)  (a) Banana  (i) Leaf  (b) Potato  (ii) Root  (c) Spinach  (iii) Seed  (d) Radish  (iv) Fruit  (e) Pulses  (v) Stem

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List-I (Food) List-II (Plant part)  (a) Banana  (i) Leaf  (b) Potato  (ii) Root  (c) Spinach  (iii) Seed  (d) Radish  (iv) Fruit  (e) Pulses  (v) Stem Correct Answer (a) - (iv), (b) - (v), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii), (e) - (iii)

Concept:

  • People eat different types of fruits and vegetables.
  • Different parts or all parts of various plants can be eaten as food.
  • In different places, different parts of a plant are eaten.

Explanation:

Food Description
Banana
  • A banana is an edible fruit of a berry.
  • It is produced by herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.
  • It is believed to have originated from Southeast Asia, including India.
Potato
  • The potato is the stem of the plant.
  • It is native to South America.
  • It is a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum.
  • It belongs to the family, Solanaceae.
Spinach
  • The edible part of spinach is its leaves.
  • It can be eaten raw in salads or can be cooked as greens.
Radish
  •  It is a root vegetable.
  • Its leaves and root both are eaten.
  • it can be either eaten raw or cooked.
Pulses
  •  These are the seeds of plants from the legume family.

Thus, the correct match is (a) - (iv), (b) - (v), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii), (e) - (iii)

List-I (Food) List-II (Plant part)
 (a) Banana  (iv) Fruit
 (b) Potato  (v) Stem
 (c) Spinach  (i) Leaf 
 (d) Radish  (ii) Root
 (e) Pulses  (iii) Seed

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