The wheat grain has an embryo with one large, shield-shaped coty

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61.

In China rose the flowers are

  • actinomorphic, hypogynous with twisted aestivation

  • actinomorphic, epigynous with valvate aestivation

  • zygomorphic, hypogynous with imbricate aestivation

  • zygomorphic, hypogynous with imbricate aestivation

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62.

Seed coat is not thin, membranous in

  • maize

  • coconut

  • groundnut

  • groundnut

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63.

Read the different components from I to IV in the list given below and tell the correct order of the components with reference to their arrangement from outer side to inner side in a woody dicot stem:
(a) Secondary cortex
(b) Wood
(c) Secondary phloem
(d) Phellem
The correct order is

  • (c), (d), (b), (a)

  • (a), (b), (d), (c)

  • (d), (a), (c), (b)

  • (d), (a), (c), (b)

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64.

The wheat grain has an embryo with one large, shield-shaped cotyledon known as

  • Epiblast

  • Coleorrhizia

  • Scutellum

  • Scutellum


C.

Scutellum

The grain of wheat, maize or rice is a caryopsis. The embryo in such grains lies laterally near the base of the grain. The embryo consists of an upper large, shield-shaped cotyledon known as scutellum. The scutellum is closely pressed against the endosperm and helps in the translocation of nutrients from endosperm to the growing embryo at the time of germination and seedling growth. 

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65.

Axile placentation is present in

  • Dianthus

  • Lemon

  • Pea

  • Pea

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66.

An example of edible underground stem is

  • carrot

  • groundnut

  • sweet potato

  • sweet potato

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67.

Among china rose, mustard, brinjal, potato, guava, cucumber, onion and tulip, how many plates have superior ovary?

  • Five

  • Six

  • Three

  • Three

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68.

Male gametophyte with least number of cell is present in

  • Pteris

  • Funaria

  • Lillium

  • Lillium

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69.

An aggregate fruit is one which develops from

  • multi carpellary syncarpous gynoecium

  • Multi carpellary apocarpus gynoecium

  • complete inflorescence

  • complete inflorescence

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70.

Placentation in tomato and lemon is

  • parietal

  • free central

  • marginal

  • marginal

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