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Question
You have potato, carrot, radish, sweet potato, tomato and ginger bought from the market in your jute bag. Identify two vegetables to represent the correct homologous structures.
(A) Potato and tomato
(B) Carrot and tomato
(C) Potato and sweet potato
(D) Carrot and radish
Solution
(D)
Homologous structures are similar in origin but perform different functions.
Carrot and radish are underground roots. So, they represent the correct homologous structures.
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