Tanvi bought ten food items from the supermarket, which are wheat, banans, mushrooms, onions, Porphyra (Laver), Kelps, pine seeds, Sphagnum moss, lady's fingers and potatoes. Based on hierarchial classification, how many different phyla/divisions do these items belong to ?

Options

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

Answer

C

Explanation

Given items belong to different phyla/divisions as follows :
`{:("Item",,"Phylum/Division"),("Wheat, banana, onion",-,"Angiospermae"),("lady's finger, potato",,),("Pine seeds",-,"Gymnospermae"),("Sphagnum moss",-,"Bryophyte"),("Porphyra(Laver),kelps",-,"Thallophyta"),("Mushrooms",-,"Basidiomycota"):}`
Thus, the food items belong to five different phyla/divisions.