Question

Pick the odd one out from the following on the basis of the mode of reproduction and give a reason for it.

• A. Sugarcane
• B. Potato
• C. Rice
• D. Rose

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Rice

The correct option is C.

The explanation for the correct option:

1. Rice is grown from the seeds.
2. It is a mode of sexual reproduction.

The explanation for the incorrect options:

Option A

1. Sugarcane is grown by using a stem containing a bud which is cut out and sewn into the soil.
2. It is vegetative reproduction.

Option B

1. Potato is grown by sowing the cut pieces of potato which contain ‘eye.’
2. It reproduces through vegetative propagation.

Option D

1. Rose is grown by planting a cut piece of the branch of a rose flower
2. The method of reproduction is vegetative propagation.

Final answer - Rice is the only plant among the given options which reproduces sexually through seeds