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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         [NEET (Re) 2015]

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: C

Solution :

[c] 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