Multiple Choice Questions

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A monocarpic plant is one, which

  • has only one carpel

  • Flowers once in a life-time

  • Produces only one seed

  • Produces only one fruit


B.

Flowers once in a life-time

On the basis of the frequency of flowering or fruiting in the lifetime, plants may be either monocarpic or polycarpic. Monocarpic plants are those, in which flowering and fruiting occur only once in their life, e.g., all annual and biennial plants and some perennial plants like bamboo and Agave. In contrast, polycarpic plants bear flowers and fruits repeatedly after attaining maturity, e.g., mango, Acacia, Eucalyptus, etc.


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Which of the following cell organelles is associated with photorespiration?

  • Mitochondria

  • Peroxysome

  • Chloroplast

  • All of these


Which of the following tissues consist of living cells?

  • Vessels

  • Tracheids

  • Companion cell

  • Sclerenchyma


Which of the following plant cells is not surrounded by a cell wall?

  • Root hair cell

  • Stem hair cell

  • Gamete cell

  • Bacterial cell


Which is a useful product of epidermal origin?

  • Saffron

  • Cotton Fibres

  • Clove

  • Jute


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Calyptra develops from

  • Venter wall of archegonium

  • Outgrowth of gametophyte

  • Neck wall of archegonium

  • Paraphysis of the archegonial branch


 Protonema is the stage in the life cycle of

  • Cycas

  • Funaria

  • Selaginella

  • Mucor


 Fern spores are usually

  • Haploid

  • Diploid

  • Triploid

  • Tetraploid


Nucleotides are formed by

  • purine, sugar and phosphate

  • purine, pyrimidine and phosphate

  • purine, pyrimidine sugar and phosphate

  • pyrimidine, sugar and phosphate


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Which of the following cell organelles stores hydrolytic enzymes?

  • Centriole

  • Lysosome

  • Chromoplast

  • Chloroplast