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Read the different components from I to IV in the list given below and tell the correct order of the components with reference to their arrangement from outer side to inner side in a woody dicot stem

I. Secondary cortex

II. Wood

III. Secondary phloem

IV. Phellem

The correct order is

A)  III, IV, II, I           

B)  I, II, IV, III           

C)  IV, I, III, II           

D)  IV, III, I, II

Correct Answer: D

Solution :

The correct order of arrangement of the given components from outside to inside in a woody dicot stem is as follows Phellem \[\xrightarrow{\,}\] Secondary cortex \[\xrightarrow{\,}\] Secondary Phloem \[\xrightarrow{\,}\] Wood TS of a typical dicot stem showing secondary growth