Biology : Morphology of Flowering Plants

Cotton belongs to family :

• Solanaceae

• Cucurbitaceae

• Leguminoseae

• Malvaceae

From which part of Cocos nucifera, coir is obtained :

• Endocarp

• Mesocarp

• Epicarp

• Any part of fruit

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

• Malvaceae

• Rutaceae

• Fabaceae

• Caesalpinaceae

Clove is a

• floral bud

• modified root

• auxillary bud

• seed

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

• epicarp

• mesocarp

• endocarp

• all of these

In one plant adventitious roots are modified for storage and in the other plant a lateral branch with short internodes and each node bearing a rosette of leaves and a tuft of roots is found. They are

• Sweet potato and Pistia

• Eichhornia and jasmine

• Carrot and mint

• Turnip and Chrysanthemum

• Turnip and Chrysanthemum

The type of placentation seen in Argemone and Primrose are respectively

• Axile and free-central

• Parietal and free-central

• Parietal and basal

• Marginal and free-central

• Marginal and free-central

Consider the following characters with respect to the gynoeciun of Fabaceae and choose the correct options given below.

(A) Ovary monocarpellary

(B) Many styles

(C) Placenta swollen

D) Superior ovary

(E) Axile placentation

• (A), (D) and (E) only

• (D) and (E) only

• (A) and (B) Only

• (A) and (D) only

• (A) and (D) only

Which of the followings are the characteristic features of Solanaceae?

(A) Exstipulate leaves

(B) Persistent calyx

(C) Racemose inflorescence

(D) Unilocular ovary

(E) Fruits are either berry or capsule

• (A), (B) and (E) are correct

• (A), (C) and (D) are correct

• (A) only is correct

• (B) only is correct

• (B) only is correct

Which of the following part of dicot root is made up of cells with suberin deposition in tangential as well as radial walls?

• Epidermis

• Endodermis

• Cortex

• Pericycle

• Pericycle