Morphology of Flowering Plants · Question 73

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

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

1. endosperm
2. endocarp
3. mesocarp
4. embryo

Vexillary aestivation is characteristic of the family

1. Fabaceae
2. Asteraceae
3. Solanaceae
4. Brassicaceae

Whorled, simple leaves with reticulate venation are present in

1. Calotropis
2. neem
3. China rose
4. Alstonia.

Sweet potato is homologous to

1. potato
2. Colocasia
3. ginger
4. turnip.

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

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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.

Flowers are zygomorphic in

1. mustard
2. gulmohur
3. tomato
4. Datura

The ovary is half inferior in flowers of

1. peach
2. cucumber
3. cotton
4. guava

A drupe develops in

1. mango
2. wheat
3. pea
4. tomato