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Vanillin, with its pleasant fragrance, comes from:
AVanilla beans
BMeadow sweet
CCinnamon bark
DClove flowers
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Vanilla beans
1. Several fragrant aldehydes are drawn from plants.
2. Vanillin takes its name from its source.
3. That source is the vanilla bean.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry Part II, Chapter 12, Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids._
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