Question

Identify the correct and incorrect statements from the following.
(i) 17,500 new cells are produced per hour by a single maize root apical meristem.
(ii) With the help of scale, growth of pollen tube is measured.
(iii) The growth of the leaf is measured in terms of volume.
(iv) Cells in a watermelon may increase in size by upto 3, 50,000 times.

• A. (i), (ii), (iii) are correct and (iv) is incorrect.
• B. (i), (ii), (iv) are correct and (iii) is incorrect.
• C. (ii), (iii) are correct and (i), (iv) are incorrect.
• D. (i), (iv) are correct and (ii), (iii) are incorrect.

Answer 1

The correct option is B (i), (ii), (iv) are correct and (iii) is incorrect.

The growth of the leaf is measured in terms of surface area and not volume.