Question

A basket of vegetables contains carrot, potato, radish and tomato.
Which of them represent the correct homologous structures?

Options

• Carrot and potato

• Carrot and tomato

• Radish and carrot

• Radish and potato

Answer 1

Radish and carrot

Explanation - 

Homologous structures are those structures which have the common origin. Among the given vegetables, carrot and radish are the roots modified for storage of food, potato is the stem modified for storage of food and tomato is a fruit. So, carrot and radish are the examples of homologous structures.