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Morphology of Flowering Plants · Question 67

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1

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

Answer

(1) Three

Solution

As per NCERT, in opposite phyllotaxy a pair of leaves arises at each node and lie opposite each other, as in Calotropis and guava.

⇒ Opposite: Ocimum (tulsi), guava, Calotropis.

⇒ Alternate: China rose, sunflower, mustard.

⇒ Whorled: Alstonia, Nerium.

∴ Number of plants with opposite phyllotaxy = 3.

Answer: (1)

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2

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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3

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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4

Placentation in tomato and lemon is

  1. parietal
  2. free central
  3. marginal
  4. axile
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
5

Cymose inflorescence is present in

  1. Solanum
  2. Sesbania
  3. Trifolium
  4. Brassica
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
6

Phyllode is present in

  1. Asparagus
  2. Euphorbia
  3. Australian Acacia
  4. Opuntia
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
7

The gynoecium consists of many free pistils in flowers of

  1. Aloe
  2. tomato
  3. Papaver
  4. Michelia
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
8

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
AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)
9

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

  1. endosperm
  2. endocarp
  3. mesocarp
  4. embryo
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10

Vexillary aestivation is characteristic of the family

  1. Fabaceae
  2. Asteraceae
  3. Solanaceae
  4. Brassicaceae
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11

Whorled, simple leaves with reticulate venation are present in

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