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Morphology of Flowering Plants · Question 80

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1

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.

Answer

(4) Flower of tulip is a modified shoot.

Solution

∵ Tomato fruit is a berry ⇒ (1) is wrong.

∵ Orchid seeds are minute and non-endospermic ⇒ (2) is wrong.

∵ Primrose (and Dianthus) shows free central placentation ⇒ (3) is wrong.

As per NCERT, the flower is a modified shoot wherein the shoot apical meristem changes to floral meristem ⇒ (4) is correct.

Answer: (4)

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2

Flowers are zygomorphic in

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

The ovary is half inferior in flowers of

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

A drupe develops in

  1. mango
  2. wheat
  3. pea
  4. tomato
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5

The correct floral formula of chilli is

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
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6

The "eyes" of the potato tuber are

  1. root buds
  2. flower buds
  3. shoot buds
  4. axillary buds.
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7

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
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8

The correct floral formula of soyabean is

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
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9

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)
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10

Vegetative propagation in Pistia occurs by

  1. stolon
  2. offset
  3. runner
  4. sucker
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11

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

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
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