MCQ
Which of the following $statement(s)$ is/are correct?
- AOnly living organisms grow.
- BPlants grow only up to a certain age.
- ✓The growth in living organisms is from inside.
- DAll of the above.
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
The growth in living organisms is from inside.
c
Growth is the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase. It is an exclusive event in majority of the higher animals and plants. In plants, growth occurs continuously throughout their life span and in animal, growth is seen only up to a certain age. In living organisms, growth is from inside. Therefore, it cannot be taken as a defining property of living organisms.
Growth is the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase. It is an exclusive event in majority of the higher animals and plants. In plants, growth occurs continuously throughout their life span and in animal, growth is seen only up to a certain age. In living organisms, growth is from inside. Therefore, it cannot be taken as a defining property of living organisms.
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