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UPSC 2024: Consider the following plants : 1. Groundnut 2. Horse-gram 3. Soybean How many of the above belong to the pea family ?
(a)Only one
(b)Only two
(c)All three
(d)None
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) All three
Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), horse-gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) and soybean (Glycine max) are all legumes belonging to the family Fabaceae; hence all three listed plants are members of the pea family. ([blogs.cornell.edu](https://blogs.cornell.edu/worldcrops/crops/crops-alphabetical/peanut-groundnut/?utm_source=openai))
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