Pinnate vs Palmate Compound Leaves — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptHow is a pinnately compound leaf different from a palmately compound leaf?
Assertion (A): Compound leaves show different patterns of leaflet arrangement. Reason (R): In palmately compound leaves, the leaflets are present on a common axis called the rachis.
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Correct answer: C — If assertion is true but reason is false.
The Assertion is true - compound leaves do show different arrangement patterns (pinnate vs palmate). However, NCERT states “In a pinnately compound leaf a number of leaflets are present on a common axis, the rachis… In palmately compound leaves, the leaflets are attached at a common point, i.e., at the tip of petiole.” The Reason incorrectly attributes the rachis arrangement (pinnate characteristic) to palmate leaves.
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