Question
Question: Brinjal, Tobacco, Potato and Tomato are same due to A. All these plants belong to Solanaceae B. ...
Brinjal, Tobacco, Potato and Tomato are same due to
A. All these plants belong to Solanaceae
B. All these plants belong to Malvaceae
C. All are vegetables
D. Fruits of all has economic importance
Solution
Hint:- All these plants given in the question belong to the same family and that family has more than 90 genera and around 3000 species which are distributed through the world.
Complete Answer:-
There are many commonly cultivated species which come under Solanaceae family and the most economically important genus of this family is Solanum containing the Potato, Tomato and the eggplants.
There is another genus which is important i.e., Capsicum which produces chili peppers and bell peppers.
There is a genus i.e., Lysium which contains boxthorns and the wolfberry and the genus Nicotiana contains those plants which produce tobacco.
If we look at options now, Option A is All these plants belong to Solanaceae. This option is the correct one as Brinjal, Tobacco, Potato and Tomato belong to the family Solanaceae and the similarity between them is asked in the question due to which this option becomes the correct one.
Moving to option B i.e., All these plants belong to Malvaceae. This option is incorrect as in the question similarity between Brinjal, Tobacco, Potato and Tomato is asked and all these plants do not belong to the Malvaceae family but they belong to Solanaceae family. Therefore, this option is incorrect and hence gets eliminated.
Moving to option C i.e., All are vegetables. This option is also incorrect as in the question similarity between the given plants is asked but all these are not vegetables due to which this option is incorrect and hence it gets eliminated.
Last option D is Fruits of all has economic importance. This option is also incorrect as fruits of all the given plants do not have economic importance and, in the question, similarity has been asked due to which this option becomes incorrect and hence gets eliminated.
Thus, the right option is A.
Note:- Brinjal, Tobacco, Potato and Tomato belong to Solanaceae family and as per the questions all these plants are the same because of this similarity i.e., belonging to Solanaceae family due to which option A becomes the correct option from all the given options.