Question

Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, china rose, lupin, cucumber, sunnhemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, petunia, tomato, rose, withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip how many plants have hypogynous
flower ?

• A. Six
• B. Ten
• C. Fifteen
• D. Eighteen

Answer 1

The correct option is C Fifteen

Correct option is (C)

Flowers belonging to the following families have hypogynous flower, wherein the ovary is superior:
- Cruciferae (mustard)
- Solanaceae (brinjal, chilli, petunia, potato, tomato, withania)
- Fabaceae (lupin, gram, sunhemp and bean)
- Liliaceae (onion, aloe, tulip)
- Malvaceae (china rose)

Hence, the correct answer is 'Fifteen'