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Morphology of Flowering Plants · Question 34

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1

Sweet potato is a modified

  1. adventitious root
  2. rhizome
  3. stem
  4. taproot

Answer

(1) adventitious root

Solution

As per NCERT, adventitious roots of sweet potato get swollen and store food, whereas the taproots of carrot and turnip store food.

⇒ Sweet potato is a modified adventitious root.

Answer: (1)

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2

Pneumatophores occur in

  1. halophytes
  2. free-floating hydrophytes
  3. carnivorous plants
  4. submerged hydrophytes
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3

Coconut fruit is a

  1. berry
  2. nut
  3. capsule
  4. drupe
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4

In Bougainvillea, thorns are the modifications of

  1. adventitious root
  2. stem
  3. leaf
  4. stipules
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5

Root hairs develop from the region of :

  1. Meristematic activity
  2. Root cap
  3. Maturation
  4. Elongation
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6

Which of the following is not a stem modification?

  1. Tendrils of cucumber
  2. Flattened structures of Opuntia
  3. Pitcher of Nepenthes
  4. Thorns of Citrus
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7

Stems modified into flat green organs performing the functions of leaves are known as

  1. phylloclades
  2. scales
  3. cladodes
  4. phyllodes.
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8

Cotyledon of maize grain is called

  1. coleoptile
  2. scutellum
  3. plumule
  4. coleorhiza.
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9

Tricarpellary, syncarpous gynoecium is found in flowers of

  1. Fabaceae
  2. Poaceae
  3. Liliaceae
  4. Solanaceae
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The standard petal of a papilionaceous corolla is also called

  1. vexillum
  2. corona
  3. carina
  4. pappus.
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The term 'polyadelphous' is related to

  1. gynoecium
  2. androecium
  3. corolla
  4. calyx.
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