Among the following, select the correct statements,
(a). In majority of higher plants and animals, growth ad reproduction are mutually exclusive events.
(b). In non-living objects growth is by accumulation of material on the surface.
(c). An isolated metabolic reaction outside the body of ann organism, performed in a test tube is neither living nor non-living.
(d). all organisms, from the prokaryotes to the most complex eukaryotes can sense and respond to environmental cues.

Options

A. b,c,d
B. a,b,c
C. a,d,c
D. a,b,d,c

Answer

D

Explanation

* In majority of higher plants ad animals, growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive events.
* In non-living objects growth is by accumulation of material on the surface.
* An isolated metabolic reaction outside the body of a organism, performed in a test tube is neither living nor non-living.
* All organisms, from the prokayyotes to the most complex eukaryotes can sense and respond to environmental cues.