Question

Match the following:

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Column I}& \text{Column II}\\ \text{a. Number of elements found in plants}& 1.8\\ \text{b. Number of essential elements}& 2.100\\ \text{c. Number of macroelements}& 3.>60\\ \text{d. Number of microelements}& 4.17\\ \text{e. Number of non-essential elements}& 5.9\\ & 6.>17\end{array}$

• A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4, e-5
• B. a-5, b-4, c-3, d-2, e-1
• C. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-5, e-6
• D. a-3, b-4, c-5, d-1, e-6

Answer 1

The correct option is D

a-3, b-4, c-5, d-1, e-6

Plants possess more than sixty elements. Out of these seventeen are essential elements and the remaining are non-essential elements. Among the 17 essential elements, nine are macroelements and the remaining eight are microelements.