In one plant, underground stems are modified to store food and in another plant, the stem tendrils develop from axillary buds to help plants climb. They are

• Ginger, Cucumber

• Carrot, Jasmine

• Sweet potato, Bougainvillea

• Opuntia, Eichhornia

• Opuntia, Eichhornia

Consider the following statements

(A) In leguminous plants, leaf base becomes swollen, called pulvinus

(B) The fleshy leaves of onion and garlic store food

(C) The buds in Australian Acacia tree become green and synthesise food

(D) In Alstonia, leaves show alternate phyllotaxy

Of the above statements

• (B) and (D) are correct

• (A) and (C) are correct

• (A) and (B) are correct

• (A) and (D) are correct

• (A) and (D) are correct

Select the wrong statement

• Indigofera is used as a dye

• Ashwagandha is a medicinal plant

• Seeds are non-endospermous in Fabaceae

• Leaves are alternate, simple and exstipulate in Solanaceae

• Leaves are alternate, simple and exstipulate in Solanaceae

Which of these is an example for a zygomorphic flower with diadelphous stamens and marginal placentation?

• Pea

• Lemon

• Brinjal

• Cucumber

• Cucumber

Match the modification in Column I with the part modified in Column II and choose the right option.

Column I	Column II
1. Pneumatophores in Rhizophora	A. Axillary buds
2. Tendrils in pea	B. Roots
3. Thorns in Citrus	C. Leaves

• 1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - C

• 1 - C; 2 - A; 3 - B

• 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - A

• 1 - B; 2 - C; 3 - A

• 1 - B; 2 - C; 3 - A

The modified supporting roots called prop roots and stilt roots are seen respectively in

(i) Banyan and maize

(ii) Banyan and sugarcane

(iii) maize and banyan

(iv) Sugarcane and maize

• (i) only

• (ii) only

• (ii) only

• (i) and (ii) only

• (i) and (ii) only

Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of Fabaceae?

• Fruit is a berry

• Sepals five, gamosepalous and imbricate aestivation

• Stamens ten

• Ovary superior, monocarpellary and unilocular with many ovules

• Ovary superior, monocarpellary and unilocular with many ovules

Which of these plants has pinnately compound leaf at a node?

• Alstonia

• Calotropis

• Guava

• Mustard

• Mustard

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The mango fruit is a drupe type in which are mesocarp is

• Fibrous

• Stony hard

• Thin and fleshy

• Fleshy and edible

• Fleshy and edible

Which of the these is not a part of the anther wall?

• Epidermis

• Middle layers

• Endothecium

• Nucellus

• Nucellus