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Morphology of Flowering Plants

Previous year questions with solutions · 2000 – 2026

125Questions
35Papers covered
6.93% ↑24.8%Weightage in 2026
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Year-wise statistics questions · papers · average per paper · weightage
YearQuestionsPapersAvg / paperWeightage
2026723.56.93% ↑24.8%
20253135.56% ↓20.8%
20248247.02% ↑47.4%
20233134.76% ↑4%
20226234.58% ↑37.4%
20212123.33% ↓44.4%
20203136.00% ↑218%
20191111.89% ↓48.1%
20182123.64% ↓30.9%
20173135.26% ↓32.7%
2016924.57.83% ↑6.6%
20158247.34% ↓17.8%
20145158.93% ↑41.6%
2013723.56.31% ↓27.8%
2012924.58.74% ↓6.8%
2011924.59.38% ↓6.2%
2010924.510.00% ↓6.7%
200961610.71% ↑17.9%
20085159.09% ↑78.8%
20063135.08% ↑60.2%
20052123.17% ↓12.7%
20042123.64% ↑12.7%
20032123.23% ↓31.2%
20023134.69% ↓53.9%
200161610.17% ↑174.6%
20002123.70%

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125 questions · newest paper first · page 3 of 5

61

Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, china rose, lupin, cucumber, sunhemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, petunia, tomato, rose, Withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip how many plants have hypogynous flower?

  1. Fifteen
  2. Eighteen
  3. Six
  4. Ten
NEET 2013
62

In China rose the flowers are

  1. zygomorphic, hypogynous with imbricate aestivation
  2. zygomorphic, epigynous with twisted aestivation
  3. actinomorphic, hypogynous with twisted aestivation
  4. actinomorphic, epigynous with valvate aestivation
NEET 2013
63

Seed coat is not thin, membranous in

  1. groundnut
  2. gram
  3. maize
  4. coconut.
NEET 2013
64

Among flowers of Calotropis, tulip, Sesbania, Asparagus, Colchicum, sweet pea, Petunia, Indigofera, mustard, soybean, tobacco and groundnut, how many plants have corolla with valvate aestivation?

  1. Six
  2. Seven
  3. Eight
  4. Five
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
65

Inflorescence is racemose in

  1. brinjal
  2. tulip
  3. aloe
  4. soybean.
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
66

In a cymose inflorescence the main axis

  1. has unlimited growth
  2. bears a solitary flower
  3. has unlimited growth but lateral branches end in flowers
  4. terminates in a flower.
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
67

How many plants among China rose, Ocimum, sunflower, mustard, Alstonia, guava, Calotropis and Nerium (oleander) have opposite phyllotaxy?

  1. Three
  2. Four
  3. Five
  4. Two
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
68

Which one of the following organisms is correctly matched with its three characteristics?

  1. Pea : C3 pathway, endospermic seed, vexillary aestivation
  2. Tomato : twisted aestivation, axile placentation, berry
  3. Onion : bulb, imbricate aestivation, axile placentation
  4. Maize : C3 pathway, closed vascular bundles, scutellum
AIPMT 2012 (Mains)
69

How many plants in the list given below have marginal placentation? Mustard, Gram, Tulip, Asparagus, Arhar, Sun hemp, Chilli, Colchicum, Onion, Moong, Pea, Tobacco, Lupin

  1. Four
  2. Five
  3. Six
  4. Three
AIPMT 2012 (Mains)
70

Placentation in tomato and lemon is

  1. parietal
  2. free central
  3. marginal
  4. axile
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
71

Cymose inflorescence is present in

  1. Solanum
  2. Sesbania
  3. Trifolium
  4. Brassica
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
72

Phyllode is present in

  1. Asparagus
  2. Euphorbia
  3. Australian Acacia
  4. Opuntia
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
73

The gynoecium consists of many free pistils in flowers of

  1. Aloe
  2. tomato
  3. Papaver
  4. Michelia
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
74

How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence? Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry.

  1. Four
  2. Five
  3. Two
  4. Three
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
75

The coconut water and the edible part of coconut are equivalent to

  1. endosperm
  2. endocarp
  3. mesocarp
  4. embryo
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
76

Vexillary aestivation is characteristic of the family

  1. Fabaceae
  2. Asteraceae
  3. Solanaceae
  4. Brassicaceae
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
77

Whorled, simple leaves with reticulate venation are present in

  1. Calotropis
  2. neem
  3. China rose
  4. Alstonia.
AIPMT 2011 (Mains)
78

Sweet potato is homologous to

  1. potato
  2. Colocasia
  3. ginger
  4. turnip.
AIPMT 2011 (Mains)
79

Which one of the following figures represents the placentation in Dianthus?

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
AIPMT 2011 (Mains)
80

Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. In tomato, fruit is a capsule.
  2. Seeds of orchids have oil-rich endosperm.
  3. Placentation in primrose is basal.
  4. Flower of tulip is a modified shoot.
AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
81

Flowers are zygomorphic in

  1. mustard
  2. gulmohur
  3. tomato
  4. Datura
AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
82

The ovary is half inferior in flowers of

  1. peach
  2. cucumber
  3. cotton
  4. guava
AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
83

A drupe develops in

  1. mango
  2. wheat
  3. pea
  4. tomato
AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
84

The correct floral formula of chilli is

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
85

The "eyes" of the potato tuber are

  1. root buds
  2. flower buds
  3. shoot buds
  4. axillary buds.
AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
86

Which one of the following is a xerophytic plant in which the stem is modified into the flat green and succulent structure?

  1. Opuntia
  2. Casuarina
  3. Hydrilla
  4. Acacia
AIPMT 2010 (Mains)
87

The correct floral formula of soyabean is

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
AIPMT 2010 (Mains)
88

Consider the following four statements (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) and select the right option for two correct statements. Statements : (i) In vexillary aestivation, the large posterior petal is called standard, two lateral ones are wings and two small anterior petals are termed keel. (ii) The floral formula for Liliaceae is [figure] (iii) In pea flower the stamens are monadelphous. (iv) The floral formula for Solanaceae is [figure] The correct statements are

  1. (i) and (iii)
  2. (i) and (ii)
  3. (ii) and (iii)
  4. (iii) and (iv)
AIPMT 2010 (Mains)
89

Vegetative propagation in Pistia occurs by

  1. stolon
  2. offset
  3. runner
  4. sucker
AIPMT 2010 (Mains)
90

Aestivation of petals in the flower of cotton is correctly shown in

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
AIPMT 2010 (Mains)