Home
Class 11
BIOLOGY
Read the following statements and select...

Read the following statements and select the correct option.
Statement -1 : the stem tubers are the swollen ends of specialised underground stem branches, which help in vegetative propagation of the plant.
Statement-2 : Solanum tuberosum is an example of a stem tuber which stores inulin as the main reserve food material.

A

Both statements 1 and 2 are correct.

B

Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.

C

Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.

D

Both statement 1 and 2 are incorrect.

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
B
Stem tuber is an oval or spherical underground swollen stem structure which does not bear adventitous roots, e.g., potato (Solanum tuberosum), Jerusalen artichoke Helianthus tuberosus). Food reserve is starch in potato and inulin in artichoke.
Promotional Banner

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Read the following statements select the correct option. Statement 1 : Ranikhet disease is a disease of poultry. Statement 2: It is caused by a virus.

Read the following statements and select the correct option. Statement 1 : In pea plant, transfer of pollen grains to the stigma is easy. Statement 2 : In cross pollinating plants, pollination does not take place.

Read the following statements and select the correct option Statement 1: Virus are inert crystalline structure outside a living cell. Statement 2 : Virus are cellular organisms.

Read the following statements and select the correct option Statement 1 : Prothrombin is essential for blood clotting Statement 2 : Prothrombin is synthesised in the liver in the presence of Ca^(++)

Read the given statements and select the correct option. Statement 1: Herbivours are also called as first order consumers. Statement 2: Herbivores obtain their food directly from plants.

Read the following statements and select the correct option. Statement 1 : Unisexual flowers are either staminate flowers or pistillate flowers. Statement 2: Both monoeious and dioeious plants have unisexual flowers.

Read the following statements and select the correct option. Statement 1 : All biomolecules have a turn over. Statement 2 : One type of biomolecule changes into some other type of biomolecule.

Read the following statements and select the correct option. Statement 1 : Active immunity is developed when a person's own cells produce antibodies in reponse to infection or vaccine. Statement 2 : Injection of snake antivenom against snake bite is an example of active immunisation.

Read the following statements and select the correct option, Statement 1 : Many pants are propagated vegetatively even though they bear seeds. Statement 2 : Sweet potatoes multiply vegetatively by root tubers.

Read the given statements and select the correct option. Statement 1 : Peroxisomes are involved in photo-respiration of the plant cells and help in the lipid metabolism of animal cells. Statement 2 : They are the cell's garbage disposal system.