Question

Carefully read the passage and answer the following questions.
Vivaan went to the fruit market along with his father to buy fruits. He saw the fruit dealer
putting small quantity of some powder) wrapped in a paper in each wooden pack containing
unripe mangoes. On enquiry, the fruit dealer told him that the powder is specific chemical
which will help the mangoes to ripe early. Vivaan was not convinced and he discussed the
incidence with his class teacher the next day.
(a) Name the chemical that fruit dealer had kept in wrapped paper in each box.
(b) Is this practice healthy?
(c) Name a plant hormone which promotes fruit growth.
(d) State the main functions of abscisic acid in plants.​

Answer 1

a. the powder

b.no

c.ositroxen

d.no