Question

8.
How many plants among Indigofera, Sesbania,
Salvia, Allium, Aloe, mustard, groundnut, radish,
gram and turnip have stamens with different lengths
in their flowers?
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(1) Three
(2) Four
(3) Five
(4) Six​

Answer 1

Answer: Salvia, Mustard, Radish and Turnip show different lengths of stamen. Answer is (2)-4

Answer 2

Four plants among "Indigofera, Sesbania, Salvia, Allium, Aloe, mustard, groundnut, radish,

gram and turnip" have stamens with "different lengths in their flowers".

Answer: Option (2)

Explanation:

"Salvia, radish, mustard, and turnip" have stamens with "different lengths in their flowers". There are some plants where differences in the length of the stamens can be seen.

In the mustard, radish, and turnip there are six stamens. In which four stamens are long and two stamens are short. In Salvia there are two different sizes of the stamens are present in the flower of the plant.