Question

Gram belongs to family of
A. Papilionoideae.
B. Asteraceae
C. Liliaceae
D. Solanacea

Answer 1

Hint: The chickpea or Cicer arietinum is an annual legume.
Its different types are variously known as gram or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds or gram are high in protein.

Complete answer:
Cicer arietinum or gram belongs to the family of Papilionoideae which was later known as Fabaceae.
It belongs to the subfamily of leguminosae.
It is an annual legume which is distributed all over the world.
The plant can be tree, shrubs, herbs or root with root nodules.
The stem can be erect type or climber type.
A leaf of this cicer arietinum is alternate, pinnately compound simple.
Leaf base is of pulvinate, stipulate and venation reticulates type.
Some of the floral characters of this family are:
1. Racemose type of inflorescence is seen.
2. Flower is bisexual and zygomorphic tye.
3. Calyx: It possesses five sepals, gamosepalous or valvate aestivation.
4. Corolla: It consists of five petals, polypetalous consisting of posterior standard, two lateral wings and two anterior ones forming a keel and ventricular aestivation is seen.
5. Androecium: It is ten, diadelphous and anther dioecious
6. Gynoecium: Ovary is superior, monocarpellary, unilocular with ovules, style is single.
7. Fruit: It is legume type and can be from one to many in number and it is non- endospermic.
It is of great economic importance.
1. Many plants belonging to the family are sources of pulses such as gram, arhar, moong etc.
2. It also contains some variety of edible oil such as soybean or groundnut.
3. Dye such as indigofera dye, fibres such as sunhemp, fodder such as sesbania and medicine like muliathi.

So, the correct option is option A. Papilionoideae.

Note:
The chickpea seeds are rich in protein.
It is one of the earliest cultivated legumes and it is native to Middle East countries.
It is used for human consumption and it is also used as animal fodder because it is rich in protein content.