Question

You are provided with the seeds of a gram, wheat, rice, pumpkin, maize, and pea. Classify them whether they are monocot or dicot.
(A) Gram - dicot, Wheat - monocot, Rice - monocot, Pumpkin - dicot, Maize - monocot, Pea - dicot
(B) Gram - monocot, Wheat - monocot, Rice - monocot, Pumpkin - dicot, Maize - monocot, Pea - monocot
(C) Gram - monocot, Wheat - dicot, Rice - monocot, Pumpkin - dicot, Maize - monocot, Pea - monocot
(D) Gram - monocot, Wheat - monocot, Rice - monocot, Pumpkin - monocot, Maize - monocot, Pea - monocot

Answer 1

Hint: Monocot plants show seeds with one cotyledon. They show fibrous roots and leaves with parallel venation. Dicot plants show seeds with two cotyledons. they have tap rootage and reticulate venation.

Complete answer:
Gram, pea, pumpkin all have two cotyledons within the seed, in order that they are dicots. Rice, wheat, maize all have only one cotyledon in their seed, in order that they are known as monocots. The angiosperms are the foremost diversified group of plants. Most of the plants that you simply see around which dominate the plant population belongs to the present group. The angiosperms are further divided into two classes monocotyledon and dicotyledon. These two types of plants differ in four different structural traits: roots, stems, leaves, and flowers. But, variations begin from the seed: the beginning of a plant’s life cycle. Cotyledon refers to the ‘first seed leaf’, present within the embryo. If it's one cotyledon, then it's categorized as monocots and if it's a pair of leaves then it's categorized as dicots.

Additional Information:
The stems of dicots are usually tough. they will grow wider annually and are often branched. They often have stipules at the bottom of the leaf. The root is usually one long taproot with smaller roots growing from it.
The stems of the monocots are usually unbranched and fleshy. They do not show growth from sides from year to year. New leaves often grow wrapped during a protective sheath formed by the older leaf. The roots of the dicots are usually short and stringy. Dicots often have bulbs.

So, the correct answer is ‘Gram - dicot, Wheat - monocot, Rice - monocot, Pumpkin - dicot, Maize - monocot, Pea – dicot’

Note: The seed pods or fruits and also the seeds of dicots are very variable in shape, size, and texture. The seedpod can have any number of chambers, from none to several.
The seed pods or fruits of monocots are found to usually have three parts. The seeds are often large and fleshy.