NEET UG 2022 · Botany · Question 108
NEET 2022 Botany, question 108
Question 108 of the NEET 2022 paper (code R1) is a Botany question from Morphology of Flowering Plants. Its idea, Stem Thorns in Citrus and Bougainvillea, was asked twice, in 2017 and 2022, across NEET 2017–2026. The NTA final answer key gives option 4.
Updated 2026-10-08
Q108 · Botany
Identify the correct set of statements :
(a) The leaflets are modified into pointed hard thorns in Citrus and Bougainvillea
(b) Axillary buds form slender and spirally coiled tendrils in cucumber and pumpkin
(c) Stem is flattened and fleshy in Opuntia and modified to perform the function of leaves
(d) Rhizophora shows vertically upward growing roots that help to get oxygen for respiration
(e) Subaerially growing stems in grasses and strawberry help in vegetative propagation
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- 1(a), (b), (d) and (e) Only
- 2(b) and (c) Only
- 3(a) and (d) Only
- 4(b), (c), (d) and (e) OnlyOfficial answer
Official answer: option 4 · NTA final answer key
Same idea
Stem Thorns in Citrus and Bougainvillea, in other papers
NEET asked this idea twice, in 2017 and 2022. The other question below.
- 2017 Q150In Bougainvillea thorns are the modifications of :One-line MCQ · Easy
Stem Thorns in Citrus and Bougainvillea: every question and how it was framed
The chapter
Morphology of Flowering Plants in ten years of NEET
28 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 2.7 a paper. Stem Modifications alone had 2.