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प्रश्न
The climbing organs of plants like tendrils grow towards any support which they happen to touch and wind around the support. This is an example of :
(a) chemotropism
(b) nastic movement
(c) thigmotropism
(d) geotropism
उत्तर
(c) thigmotropism
This is an example of thigmotropism.
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