Question

Cereal crops have fibrous roots and pulses have tap roots. What do you infer from this statement?

• A. Cereal crops are dicots and pulses are monocots
• B. Cereal crops can't be uprooted easily as compared to pulses
• C. Cereal crops are monocots and pulses are dicots
• D. Cereal crops require less amount of water as compared to pulses.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Cereal crops are monocots and pulses are dicots

Angiosperms have two types of root systems depending on whether they are monocots or dicots. Monocots have fibrous roots and dicots have tap roots. Thus, cereal crops are monocots while pulses are dicots. Tap root system has a single prominent primary root from where lateral roots arise. In the fibrous root system, the primary root is short-lived and is replaced by large number of roots that arise from the base of the stem. Both the types of roots are efficient in absorbing water and minerals from the soil and transporting it to the rest of the plant.