CBSE Questions for Class 11 Medical Biology Morphology Of Flowering Plants Quiz 14 - MCQExams.com

Which one of these is a wrong match?
  • Cyme - Hibiscus
  • Verticillaster - Leucas
  • Corymb- Caesalpinia
  • Spike - Crotalaria
Spike of spikelets inflorescence commonly occurs in
  • Cruciferae
  • Papilionaceae
  • Poaceae
  • Solanaceae
Select the correct pair of answers in which the former represents the set of characters present in Poinsettia and the latter in the pair represents the set of characters present in Casuarina.

Study the following table :
(i)
Modified
aerial stem
Unisexual
flowers develop
acropetally
Chalazal
entry of
pollen tube
(ii)
Flowers
achlamydeous
Pedicels of the
all flowers are of
same length
Presence of
false whorl
(iii)
Cohesion of
bracts forming
a cup
Centrifugal
opening of
flower
Male flowers
many
(iv
Flower
formation on
one side in a
spiral manner
Presence of
rachilla
Terminal part
of the
peduncle is
flowerless
  • Both (ii) and (iii)
  • Both (i) and (ii)
  • Both (iv) and (iii)
  • Both (iii) and (i)
Consider the following statements and select true oe false statements from these statements.
(A) The arrangement of flowers in the inflorescence is in acropetal succession with older flowers at the base and younger flower at the apex.
(B) Perigynous flowers are seen in rose plant.
(C) In Orchid, the ovary is superior.
  • All of them are false.
  • (A) and (C) are true but (B) is false.
  • (A) and (B) are true but (C) is false.
  • (A) and (C) are false but (B) is true.
  • (B) and (C) are true but (A) is false.
Belt's corpuscles and leghaemoglobin is found in Plants belonging to

  • Papilionatae and calsalpinoideae respectively
  • Caesalpinoideae and Mimosoideae respectively
  • Mimosoideae and papilionatae respectively
  • Papilionatae alone
A student observed 34 inforescences in Bougainvillea and 42 inflorescences in Poinsetta . Find out the number of flowers in Bougainvillea and the number of female flower in Poinsettia, respectively. 
  • 34, 126
  • 68, $$\infty $$
  • 204, 164
  • 102, 42
Lathyrism is caused by

  • Dal
  • Moth dal
  • Khesari dal
  • Glycine
When the roots are alternatively swollen and constricted, presenting a beaded appearance, they are called as 
  • Moniliform
  • Annulated
  • Tuberous
  • Nodulose
One of the set is wrongly matched.
  • Chrysanthemum-sucker
  • Garlic-cloves
  • Cynodon-offset
  • None of the above
In scapigerous umbel the flowers are arranged in manner of
  • Corymb
  • Umbel
  • Panicle
  • Monochasial scorpioid cyme
Maximum fats present in seeds of 
  • Arachis hypogea
  • Oryza sativa
  • Cicer arietinum
  • Hibiscus esculentus
Atropa belladonna, an important medicinal plant is of the family
  • Liliaceae
  • Cucurbitaceae
  • Cruciferae
  • Solanceae
Nodulated roots bearing family is
  • Mimosoideae
  • Cesalpinoideae
  • Papilionaceae
  • Solanaceae
The tallest inflorescence is shown by which of the following angiosperm?
  • Wolffia microscopica
  • Amorphophallus
  • Puya raimondii
  • Rafflesia
The carpels of Solanum flower are obliquely placed because
  • Posterior and anterior carpels turn by 180$$^o$$
  • Posterior and anterior carpels move to the left
  • Posterior carpels turn to right and anterior to the left
  • Posterior carpels turn to left and anterior to the right
Staminodes commonly occur in
  • Liliaceae
  • Papilionatae
  • Caesalpinioideae
  • All of the above
On the basis of flowers and inflorescence the most advanced family in angiosperms is
  • Ranunculaceae
  • Asteraceae
  • Graminae
  • Magnoliaceae
A family which was named after its inflorescence is
  • Poaceae (graminae)
  • Malvaceae
  • Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
  • Moraceae
Involucre forms the cup in the inflorescence of
  • Ficus
  • Poinsettia
  • Salvia
  • Hibiscus
Depending upon the mode of branching of peduncle, the inflorescences are of ...... main types.
  • One
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four
Unisexual flowers are found in inflorescence of
  • Ficus
  • Poinsettia
  • Morus
  • All of the above
The inflorescences with indeterminate growth of axis are found in
  • Raceme and cyathium
  • Umbel and verticillaster
  • Capitulum and cnrymb
  • Cyathium and cymose
Goethe (1889) defined flower as modified shoot meant for reproduction which is justified as
  • Flower develop in the axis of a leaf
  • Flowers are arranged in racemose manner like leaves
  • Thalamus is elongated to bear nodes and internodes
  • All of the above
Such a kind of inflorescence is called as .............
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  • Hypanhodium
  • Catkin
  • Cyathium
  • Spadix
Pollinia are found in the flowers of 
  • Calotropis
  • Vinca
  • Hibiscus
  • Salvia
In Iberis amara and Alyssum, the inflorescence is
  • Spike
  • Raceme
  • Corymb
  • Catkin
Flowering glumes are associated with ........ inflorescence
  • Locusta
  • Spadix
  • Spikelet
  • Both (A) and (C)
Anthodium inflorescence is characteristic of
  • Sun flower
  • Sage flower
  • Horse-shoe flower
  • Banyan
The peduncle is compressed to a flattened or convex disc, the receptacle and the flowers (florets) are sessile this represents ....... inflorescence
  • Spadix
  • Umbel
  • Capitulum
  • Hypanthodium
In Triticum aestivum, the inflorescence found is 
  • Spike
  • Panicle
  • Spike of spikelet
  • Corymb
Lemmas are found in ........., in its inflorescence.
  • Pea
  • Ficus
  • Maize
  • Ixora
A giant spadix is formed in a species of
  • Colocasia
  • Caladium
  • Amorphophallous
  • Pathos
In mulberry, the inflorescence is
  • Catkin
  • Capitulum
  • Spadix
  • Cyathium.
Dichasial cyme is characteristically found in
  • Gossypium
  • Calotropis
  • Alocasia
  • Dianthus
In Musaceae, the type of inflorescence found is
  • Head
  • Thyrus
  • Spadix
  • Spike
Cyathium inflorescence shows the presence of 
  • Similar type of flowers
  • One central male flower surrounded by a few female flowers
  • Few female flowers surrounded by a few male flowers
  • Achlamydeous flowers
The zigzag development of axis is an example of
  • Umbel
  • Nelicoid cyme
  • Scorpioid cyme
  • Verticillaster
In a plant if all the lateral branches and subsequently the flowers lie in the same plane as the main axis with scorpioid monochasial cyme the inflorescence is
  • Helical
  • Rhipidium
  • Cincinnus
  • None of the above
In cyathium lnforescence, the ratio between male and female flowers is
  • One: many
  • Many: one
  • One: one
  • Many: many
A head inflorescence is subtended by
  • Many members of epicalyx
  • An involucre
  • Numerous sepals
  • Petaloid bracts
In Begonia and Gossypium, cymose inflorescence is found which is 
  • Polychasial
  • Monochasial
  • Dichasial
  • Thyrse
If in an inflorescence two lateral branches develop on either side of the terminal flower which again branch is known as
  • Monochasial cyme
  • Scorpiold cyme
  • Helicoid cyme
  • Dichasial cyme
Compound bead inflorescence is found in
  • Echinops
  • Pyrus malus
  • Sphaeranthus
  • Both (A) and (c)
In which one of the following the inflorescence starts as a dichasial cyme but ends in monochasial cymes?
  • Musa
  • Crotalaria
  • Caccus
  • None of the above
In Allium cepa, inflorescence is
  • Raceme
  • Anabel
  • Umbellate cyme
  • Head
Cyathium inflorescence is found in 
  • Euphorbia pulcherrima
  • Poinciania regia
  • Both (A) and (B)
  • Ocimum sanctum
The main axis forms a cup-shaped receptacle with a narrow terminal opening. Flowers are arranged in cymose within the cup. The description refers to
  • Syconus
  • Cyathium
  • Hypanthodium
  • Verticillaster
Select the correct combination of inflorescence from the following.
  • Simple raceme, spadix, spike, catkin
  • Simple raceme, eorymb, umbel, simple cyme
  • Capitulum, globose head, verticillaster, catkin
  • Cyathium, verticillaster, hypanthodium, catkin
What type of inflorescence is found in Ficus?
  • Cyathium
  • Umbel
  • Hypanthodium
  • Racemose
Identify the figure.
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  • Cyathium inflorescence of Euphorbiaceae.
  • Bracteate inflorescence of Euphorbiaceae.
  • Catkin inflorescence of Euphorbiaceae.
  • Spadix inflorescence of Euphorbiaceae.
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