Multiple Choice QuestionsDry indehiscent single-seeded fruit formed from bicarpellary syncarpous inferior ovary is
Caryopsis
cypsela
Adiantum
Adiantum
B.
cypsela
Cypsela is dry, indehiscent, single-seeded fruit develops from an unilocular, single ovulate inferior ovary of bicarpellary, syncarpous, gynoecium possessing basal placentation. The fruit wall develops from pericarp and thalamus and is thin and remains attached to the seed at one point, eg, Helianthus.
Caryopsis are dry, indehiscent, the small single-seeded fruit develops from unilocular single ovule, superior ovary of the multi carpellary gynoecium. It differs from typical achenes as their pericarp is completely fused with the seed coat or testa, eg, Poaceae.
Cremocarp is bilocular and two seeded schizocarpic fruits (small, dry) developed from the inferior ovary of bis carpellary, syncarpous gynoecium possessing persistent stylopodium, eg, Apiaceae.
Berry is fleshy, indehiscent, few to multi-seeded fruit derived from multi carpellary syncarpous gynoecium.The fleshy pericarp of berry consists of epicarp. Mesocarp and endocarp.
The fleshy receptacle of syconus of fig encloses a number of
achenes
samaras
berries
berries
Which one of the following scientist's name is correctly matched with the theory put forth by him?
Weissmann-Theory of continuity of germplasm
Pasteur - Inheritance of acquired characters
de Vries - Natural selection
de Vries - Natural selection
Which one of the following groups of three animals each is correctly matched with their one characteristic morphological feature?
Liver fluke, Sea anemone, Sea cucumber - Bilateral symmetry
Centipede, prawn, sea urchin - Jointed appendages
Scorpion, spider, cockroach - Ventral solid central nervous system
Scorpion, spider, cockroach - Ventral solid central nervous system
The fruit is chambered, developed from inferior ovary and has seeds with succulent testa in
pomegranate
orange
guava
guava
Opening of floral buds into flowers, is a type of
autonomic movement of locomotion
autonomic movement of variation
paratonic movement of growth
paratonic movement of growth
In which of the following fruits is the edible part the aril?
Custard apple
Pomegranate
Orange
Orange
What type of placentation is seen in sweet pea?
Basal
Axile
Free central
Free central
Pentamerous, actinomorphic flowers, bicarpillary ovary with oblique septa, and fruit a capsule or berry, are characteristic features of
Asteraceae
Brassicaceae
Solanaceae
Solanaceae
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