Question 6 - MCQs from (Past Year Papers & NCERT Exemplar) - Chapter 8 Class 10 - How do Organisms Reproduce?

A student while observing an embryo of a gram seed listed various parts of the embryo as listed below: Testa, Micropyle, Cotyledon, Tegmen, Plumule, Radicle. On examining the list the teacher commented that only three parts are correct. Select these three correct parts:

(a) Cotyledon, Testa, Plumule

(b) Cotyledon, Plumule, Radicle

(c) Cotyledon, Tegmen, Radicle

(d) Cotyledon, Micropyle, Plumule

Answer:

Let’s check what the various parts the student listed:

• Testa, Tegmen and micropyle are parts of the seed covering.
• Parts of an embryo of a gram seed are:

So, the correct answer is (b).