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Morphology of Flowering Plants · Question 63

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1

Seed coat is not thin, membranous in

  1. groundnut
  2. gram
  3. maize
  4. coconut.

Answer

(4) coconut.

Solution

⇒ In maize, the seed coat is thin and membranous and is fused with the fruit wall.

⇒ In gram and groundnut, the seed coat (testa) is a thin, papery membrane around the cotyledons.

⇒ In coconut, the seed coat is not a thin membrane; the seed lies inside the hard, stony endocarp of the drupe.

∴ Seed coat is not thin, membranous in coconut.

Answer: (4)

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2

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
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3

Inflorescence is racemose in

  1. brinjal
  2. tulip
  3. aloe
  4. soybean.
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4

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.
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5

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
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6

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
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7

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
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8

Placentation in tomato and lemon is

  1. parietal
  2. free central
  3. marginal
  4. axile
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9

Cymose inflorescence is present in

  1. Solanum
  2. Sesbania
  3. Trifolium
  4. Brassica
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10

Phyllode is present in

  1. Asparagus
  2. Euphorbia
  3. Australian Acacia
  4. Opuntia
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11

The gynoecium consists of many free pistils in flowers of

  1. Aloe
  2. tomato
  3. Papaver
  4. Michelia
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