Carbohydratesare commonly found as starch in plant storage organs. Which of the following five properties of starch (a-e) make it useful as a storage material ?

Question

(a) easily translocated

(b) chemically non-reactive

(c) easily digested by animals

(d) osmotically inactive

(e) synthesized during photosynthesis

The useful properties are :

$\begin {array} {1 1} (1)\;(a) \: and \: (e) & \quad (2)\;(b) \: and \: (c) \\ (3)\;(b) \: and \: (d) & \quad (4)\;(a),(c) \: and \: (e) \end {array}$