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Sonu’s grandmother keeps mangoes in a rice bin to ripen. The mangoes ripen after a few days because of the phytohormone:
- (a)Auxin
- (b)Ethylene
- (c)Abscisic acid
- (d)Gibberellin
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Ethylene
Reason — Ethylene is a gaseous phytohormone which aids in the ripening of fruits. In a closed rice bin the ethylene given out by the fruit is trapped around it, so the mangoes ripen faster.