Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, China rose, lupin, cucumber, sunnhemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, Petunia, tomato, rose, Withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip, how many plants have hypogynous flower?
Six
Ten
Fifteen
Eighteen
C.
Fifteen
| Hypogynous flower | Perigynous flower | Epigynous flower |
| Gynoecium present above all other floral parts | Gynoecium present in the centre | Ovary enclosed by thalamus and gets fused with it |
| Ovary is superior | Other part almost at same level | Other parts above ovary |
| Ovary half inferior eg, Plum, rose | Ovary inferior eg, Guava, cucumber |
Select the wrong statement.
Isogametes are similar in structure, function and behaviour
Anisogametes differ either in structure, function and behaviour
In oomycetes female gamete is smaller and motile, while male gamete is larger and non-motile
Chlamydomonas exhibits both isogamy and anisogamy and Fucus shows oogamy
Which one of the following is not a correct statement?
Herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens
Botanical gardens have collection of living plants for reference
A museum has collection of photographs of plants and animals
Key is a taxonomic aid for identification of specimens
Read the following statements (IV) and answer the question which follows them
I. In liverworts, mosses and ferns gametophytes are free living.
II. Gymnosperms and some ferns are heterospores.
III. Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvox and Albugo is oogamous.
IV. The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses.
How many of the above statements are correct?
One
Two
Three
Four
In China rose the flowers are
actinomorphic, hypogynous with twisted aestivation
actinomorphic, epigynous with valvate aestivation
zygomorphic, hypogynous with imbricate aestivation
zygomorphic, epigynous with twisted aestivation
Besides paddy fields, cyanobacteria are also found inside vegetative part of
Pinus
Cycas
Equisetum
Psilotum
Interfascicular cambium develops from the cells of
medullary rays
xylem parenchyma
endodermis
pericycle
Age of a tree can be estimated by
its height and girth
biomass
number of annual rings
diameter of its heartwood
