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Morphology of Flowering Plants

Multiple Choice Questions

71.

Chicory powder which is mixed with coffee powder is obtained from

root
leaf
stem
seeds

72.

Stem cuttings are commonly used for the proprogation of

banana
rose
mango
cotton

73.

Edible part in 'sorosis', a composite fruit, is

cotyledons
endosperm
perianth and peduncle
fleshy thalamus

74.

Which of the following is a true nut?

Walnut
Cashewnut
Groundnut
Pistachio

75.

Botanical name of 'chana' is

Cicer arietinum
Phaseolus aureus
Lablab purpureus
Dolichos

76.

An obligate root parasite is

Rafflesia
Loranthus
Viscum
Striga

77.

Lady finger belongs to family

Malvaceae
Cucurbitaceae
Liliaceae
Brassiaceae

78.
Pappus is modified

calyx

corolla

bracts

gynoecium

calyx

The pappus is the modifed calyx, the part of an individual floret that surrounds the base of the corolla tube in flower heads of the plant Asteraceae. It basically functions as a parachute for the dispersal of- eg, Sonchus, Tagstes. Hence the mechanism is parachute mechanism.