Growth and development sequence in plants: Arrange the following from the beginning to later stages—(a) Seed, (b) Plant (seedling/young plant), (c) Flower, (d) Fruit, (e) Tree (mature plant).

Introduction / Context:
This question asks you to arrange biological stages of a typical flowering plant from the earliest point (seed) to later developments (mature tree, flower, fruit). Such ordering tests basic life-science knowledge and real-world reasoning about growth and reproduction in plants.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Items: Seed, Plant (seedling/young plant), Flower, Fruit, Tree (mature stage).
• “Plant” denotes the early vegetative stage; “Tree” denotes the mature plant capable of regular reproduction.
• Typical angiosperm cycle: vegetative growth precedes flowering, which precedes fruiting.

Concept / Approach:
Use the standard biological progression: a seed germinates into a young plant; with continued growth it becomes a mature plant (tree). Reproductive phases follow maturity: flowering first, then fruiting (as fruits develop from flowers/ovaries).

Step-by-Step Solution:

Verification / Alternative check:
Fruits develop from flowers; flowers appear on mature plants. Therefore any order placing fruit before flower or before maturity is biologically inconsistent.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• a, b, c, d, e: Puts flowering and fruiting before the plant is mature.
• b, c, d, e, a and a, e, d, c, b: Misplace seed and/or fruit relative to flower.
• None of these: Not needed because a correct sequence exists.

Common Pitfalls:
Confusing “plant” (seedling) with a mature “tree”; assuming fruit can precede flowering.

Final Answer:
a, b, e, c, d