Consider the following pairs : Plant : Description 1. Cassava : Woody shrub 2. Ginger : Herb with pseudostem 3. Malabar spinach : Herbaceous climber 4. Mint : Annual shrub 5. Papaya : Woody shrub How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Option (b) is correct because Cassava is a perennial woody shrub, Ginger is a herbaceous plant characterized by a pseudostem, and Malabar spinach is a succulent herbaceous climber. The most tempting wrong options, (c) or (d), are incorrect because Mint is a perennial herb (not an annual shrub) and Papaya is botanically a giant herbaceous plant rather than a woody shrub, as its trunk lacks true secondary wood. The core concept being tested is the botanical classification and morphological characteristics of common economic and horticultural plants.