A dicot plant lacking cotyledons is

  • Cuscuta

  • Santalum

  • Lodoicea

  • none of these

Lady finger belongs to the family

  • solanaceae

  • malvaceae

  • cruciferaceae

  • leguminacae

In mangrove vegetation, plants possess

  • taproot

  • stilt root

  • pneumatophore

  • haustorial roots

In the diagram of types of placentation given above 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D' respectively represent

  • basal, axile, parietal and free central

  • free central, parietal, basal and axile

  • axile, basal, parietal and free central

  • parietal, axile, free central and basal

Which of the following has synandrous condition

  • Colocasia

  • Cucurbita

  • Mimosa

  • Ricinus

Following is not true of monocots

  • most of the food of the seed is stored in endosperm

  • have parallel veins in their leaves

  • flower parts occur in fours

  • flower parts occur in threes

Which floral family has (9) + 1 arrangement of anthers in the androecium?

  • Malvaceae

  • Rutaceae

  • Fabaceae

  • Caesal pinaceae

Clove is a

  • floral bud

  • modified root

  • auxillary bud

  • seed

Velamen is a specialized tissue found in

  • aerial roots of orchids

  • succulent leaves

  • pneumatophores

  • stilt roots

Coconut's husk fibre, coir of commerce is extracted from

  • epicarp

  • mesocarp

  • endocarp

  • all of these

When the filament runs throughout the length of anther, it is called

  • adnate

  • dorsi fixed

  • versatile

  • syngenesious

Which of the following is the largest root parasite?

  • Rafflesia

  • Areuthobium

  • Monotrapa

  • Pistia

The family containing mustard and its main characters are

  • Brassicaceae - Tetramerous flowers, six stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, siliqua type fruit.

  • Brassicaceae - Pentamerous flowers, many stamens, pentacarpellary gynoecium, capsule type fruit

  • Solanaceae - Pentamerous flowers, five stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, berry type fruit

  • Poaceae - Trimerous flowers, three stemens, monocarpellary gynoecium, caryopsis type of fruit

Velamen present in orchids helps in

  • absorption of nutrients from host plant

  • respiration

  • absorption of moisture from air

  • synthesising food

Which among the following is a rootless plant?

  • Nymphaea

  • Sagittaria

  • Ceratophyllum

  • Vallisneria

Composite fruit develops from

  • single ovary

  • inflorescence

  • apocaropous ovary

  • pericarp

Cocoa is the plant from which chocolate is made. Which part is used to extract it?

  • Flower

  • Fruit

  • Seeds

  • Bark

The cells of the quiescent centre are characterised by

  • having dense cytoplasm and prominent nuclei

  • having light cytoplasm and small nuclei

  • dividing regularly to add to the corpus

  • dividing regularly to add to tunica

Which of the following is true?

  • Umbel is a racemose inflorescence where all stalked flower aggregate on the flat receptacle.

  • Raceme is a racemose inflorescence having main axis shortened & flower born acropetally.

  • (c) Spadix is a racemose inflorescence having pendulous spike with main axis much flattened.

  • (d) Spike is a racemose inflorescence having sessile flowers

The given figure shows L.S of the seed of maize. What do A, B, C, and D represent?

(1)

A : endosperm

B : scutellum

 

C : plumule

D : coleoptile

A : scutellum

B : pericarp

 

C : radicle

D : coleoptile

A : endosperm

B : scutellum

 

C : radicle

D : coleorrhiza

(4)

 

A : scutellum

C : plumule

B : pericarp

D : coleorrhiza

  • 1
  • (2) 

  • (3) 

  • 4

Tap root system does not has

  • Primary root

  • Secondary root

  • Fibrous root

  • Tertiary root

In monocotyledonous plants, the primary root is short lived and is replaced by a large number of roots, such system is known as

  • Tap root system

  • Adventitious root system

  • Fibrous root system

  • Reproductive root system

The roots which arise from parts of the plant other than the radicle and are called

  • Tap root system

  • Adventitious root system

  • Fibrous root system

  • Reproductive root system

Given is the list, how many of the following have Tap root system.

Mustard, wheat, Grass, Monstera, Banyan.

  • One

  • Three

  • Four

  • Two

Given is the list, how many of the following have Adventitious root system.

Mustard, wheat, Grass, Monstera, Banyan.

  • One

  • Three

  • Four

  • Two

Identify the given figures A, B, C, D and E.

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

(1)

Marginal

Axile

Free Central

Parietal

Basal

(2)

Marginal

Parietal

Free central

Axile

Basal

(3)

Marginal

Axile

Parietal

Free central

Basal

(4)

Marginal

Axile

Parietal

Basal

 Free central

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Which of the following is correctly matched?

  • Monstera - Fibrous root

  • Dahlia - Fasciculated root

  • Azadirachta - Adventitious root

  • Basil - Prop roots

Plants with inferior ovary usually bear

  • pseudocarps

  • berries

  • aggregate fruits

  • seedless fruits

Plants having the above given floral diagram are 

  • leguminous

  • dicots

  • medicinal and perennial

  • having pinnately compound leaves

Match Column - I With Column - II and choose the correct option from below.

Column - I

Column - II

A.

Marginal placentation

(i)

Sunflower

B.

Axile placentation

(ii)

Mustard

C.

Parietal placentation

(iii)

Lemon

D.

Basal placentation

(iv)

 Pea

  • A - (iv), B - (iii), C - (ii), D- (i)

  • A - (iv), B - (iii), C - (i), D- (ii)

  • A - (iv), B - (i), C - (ii), D- (iii)

  • A - (iii), B - (iv), C - (ii), D- (i)

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