Biology PYQ 68 of 399 · Plant Tissues & Anatomy

Which of the following plants has modified its stem to store food material?

  1. AGinger
  2. BRadish
  3. CBeetroot
  4. DCarrot
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

65th BPSC Prelims Re-exam 2020

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Correct answer: (a) Ginger

Explanation

Ginger stores food in a rhizome, an underground stem, as do turmeric and the potato (a tuber).

Radish, beetroot and carrot store food in modified roots.

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