Question

Match the names of the economically important plants(or their products) listed in Column I with the families to which they belong given in Column II. Choose the answer which gives the correct combination of alphabets of the two columns.

Column I	Column II
A. Sunflower	(p) Acanthaceae
B. Tulsi	(q) Compositae
C. Coffee	(r) Labiatae
D. Vasaka	(s) Rubiaceae
	(t) Euphorbiaceae

• A. A- r, B- t, C- s, D- q
• B. A- q, B- r, C- s, D- p
• C. A- q, B- s, C- p, D- t
• D. A- s, B- r, C- p, D- q

Answer 1

The correct option is B A- q, B- r, C- s, D- p

Sunflower belongs to family Asteraceae, also known as Compositeae (A-q). Tulsi plant belongs to family Lamiaceae or Labiatae or the mint family (B-r). The coffee plant belongs to family Rubiaceae (C-s). Vasaka is obtained from Justicia adhatoda which belongs to family Acanthaceae (D-p). Vasaka is an herbal medicine used for curing respiratory ailments. Thus, the correct answer is B.