Q. Sweet potato is homologous to

A) Ginger
B) Turnip
C) Potato
D) Colocasia
Explanation

[Solution from source] Sweet potato is a modified (adventitious) root swollen with food, and turnip is also a modified root, so the two are homologous. Ginger and potato are modified stems (rhizome and tuber) and Colocasia has a corm, so they are only analogous to sweet potato. Answer (2).

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