Morphology of Flowering Plants

Q1. Vegetative reproduction of Agave occurs through:

1. Rhizome.
2. Stolon.
3. Bulbils.
4. Sucker.

Q2. Juicy hair-like structures observed in the lemon fruit develop from:

1. Mesocarp and endocarp.
2. Exocarp.
3. Mesocarp.
4. Endocarp.

Q3. Monocarpellary ovary with marginal placentation and diadelphous stamens are characteristic of the family:

1. Solanaceae.
2. Liliaceae.
3. Fabaceae.
4. Brassicaceae.

Q4. Which one of the following is a true fruit?

1. Cashew nut.
2. Coconut.
3. Apple.
4. None of these.

Q5. The axillary buds arise:

1. Endogenously from the pericycle.
2. Exogenously from the tissues of the shoot apex.
3. Endogenously from the cambium tissues.
4. Exogenously from the innermost layers of cortex.

Q6. The edible part in mango is:

1. Epicarp.
2. Tegmen.
3. Mesocarp.
4. Endocarp.

Q7. Roots developed from parts of the plant other than radicle are called.

1. Taproots.
2. Fibrous roots.
3. Adventitious roots.
4. Nodular roots

Q8. Fruit of Mangifera indica is:

1. Berry.
2. Drupe.
3. Capsule.
4. Siliqua.

Q9. Which of the following plants is used to extract the blue dye?

1. Trifolium.
2. Indigofera.
3. Lupin.
4. Cassia.

Q10. In a cereal grain the single cotyledon of embryo is represented by:

1. Coleoptile.
2. Prophyll.
3. Scutellum.
4. Coleorrhiza.

Q11. Botanical name of cauliflower is:

1. Brassica oleracea var. capitata.
2. Brassica campestris.
3. Brassica oleracea var. botrytis.
4. Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera.

Q12. Endosperm, a product of double fertilization in angiosperms is absent in the seeds of.

1. Coconut.
2. Orchids.
3. Maize.
4. Castor

Q13. In onion, food is stored in:

1. Discoidal stem.
2. Fleshy scale leaves.
3. Adventitious roots.
4. Scape type of stem.

Q14. The embryo in sunflower has:

1. One cotyledon.
2. Two cotyledons.
3. Many cotyledons.
4. No cotyledon.

Q15. A family delimited by type of inflorescence is:

1. Fabaceae.
2. Asteraceae.
3. Solanaceae.
4. Liliaceae

Q16. Srem modified to perform the function of a leaf and having many internodes is called as:

1. Phylloclade.
2. Cladode.
3. Offset.
4. Phyllode.

Q17. In which of the following plants stems do not store the food material:

1. Potato.
2. Ginger.
3. Onion.
4. Colocasia.

Q18. The tendrils in Pisum are modified:

1. Leaflets.
2. Terminal buds.
3. Stipules.
4. Axillary buds.

Q19. Male and female gametophytes are independent and free-living in:

1. Mustard.
2. Castor.
3. Pinus.
4. Sphagnum.

Q20. Milky water of green coconut is:

1. Liquid nucellus.
2. Liquid of female gametophyte.
3. Liquid endosperm.
4. Liquid embryo.