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Morphology of Flowering Plants · Question 94

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The scutellum observed in a grain of wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons?

  1. Cotyledon
  2. Endosperm
  3. Aleurone layer
  4. Plumule

Answer

(1) Cotyledon

Solution

As per NCERT, the embryo of a monocot seed (e.g., maize) consists of one large and shield-shaped cotyledon known as scutellum and a short axis with a plumule and a radicle.

∴ Scutellum is comparable to the cotyledon.

Answer: (1)

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2

A fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence is called

  1. sorosis
  2. syconus
  3. caryopsis
  4. hesperidium
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3

An example of axile placentation is

  1. Dianthus
  2. lemon
  3. marigold
  4. Argemone
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4

Cotyledons and testa respectively are edible parts in

  1. walnut and tamarind
  2. french bean and coconut
  3. cashew nut and litchi
  4. groundnut and pomegranate
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5

An example of a seed with endosperm, perisperm, and caruncle is

  1. coffee
  2. lily
  3. castor
  4. cotton
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6

The floral formula [figure] is that of

  1. soybean
  2. sunhemp
  3. tobacco
  4. tulip
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7

Vegetative propagation in mint occurs by

  1. offset
  2. rhizome
  3. sucker
  4. runner.
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8

The fleshy receptacle of syconus of fig encloses a number of

  1. berries
  2. mericarps
  3. achenes
  4. samaras
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9

Dry indehiscent single-seeded fruit formed from bicarpellary syncarpous inferior ovary is

  1. berry
  2. cremocarp
  3. caryopsis
  4. cypsella
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10

Replum is present in the ovary of flower of

  1. sunflower
  2. pea
  3. lemon
  4. mustard
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11

The fruit is chambered, developed from inferior ovary and has seeds with succulent testa in

  1. guava
  2. cucumber
  3. pomegranate
  4. orange
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