Which of the following is a carnivorous plant?

The correct answer is Drosera.

Key Points

Explanation:

• The animals which feed on other animals are called carnivorous animals.
• In plants also there are some plants that feed on insects. 
• Such plants are having modified leaves known as pitfall traps. 
• Insects are attracted to these traps.
• They get digested by the pitcher plant's digestive juices. 
• Other such plants are Drosera, dionaea, Utricularia, etc. 
• In pitcher plants, there are leaves for photosynthesis for preparing starch like other plants.
• It fulfils its nitrogen requirements from insects. 
• The area in which such plants grow lacks nitrogen in the soil. 

Drosera, pitcher plant, and Utricularia is the set of plants representing insectivorous plants.

Additional Information 

• Cuscuta is parasitic plant. 
• Algae has an autotropic mode of nutrition.