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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 64

Topic: Plants

Q64

Consider the following statements about Nepenthes/Pitcher plant :
A. This plant has leaves which are pitcher-shaped and the mouth is covered with a leaf.
B. This plant has a special smell that attracts insects to it.
C. This plant is very common in the cold deserts of Ladakh and Russia.
D. This plant can trap and eat small insects, frogs and even mice. These animals when land on the mouth of the plant, they get trapped and cannot get out of it.
The correct statements are

  1. (1) only A and B
  2. (2) only A and D
  3. (3) A, B and C
  4. (4) A, B and DCorrect answer

Solution.

CBSE answer: (4)

Answer: (4) A, B and D

  1. A: the leaf is shaped like a pitcher and its mouth has a lid. True.
  2. B: the plant gives out a smell that draws insects. True.
  3. D: insects, and even frogs or mice, slip in through the mouth and cannot climb out. True.
  4. C is false: pitcher plants grow in warm, wet places such as the hills of Meghalaya, not in cold deserts.