Home
Current Affairs January 2024

What is the correct answer?

4

The character of flower which is represented by floral formula but not by floral diagram is

A. aestivation

B. placentation

C. position of gynoecium

D. adhesion of stamen

Correct Answer :

C. position of gynoecium


The character of flower which is represented by floral formula but not by the floral diagram is the position of gynoecium.

Related Questions

What is the correct answer?

4

A sterile stamen is known as

A. staminode

B. anther

C. pollen grain

D. filament

What is the correct answer?

4

Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Imbricate aestivation is found in papilionaceous family.

B. Generally sepals are green, leaf like and protect the flowers in the bud stage.

C. In cymose type of inflorescence, the main axis terminates in a flower, hence is limitless in growth.

D. In axile placentation ovary is one chambered but it becomes two cambered due to formation of the false septum.

What is the correct answer?

4

Main function of leaf is

A. exchange of gases

B. increase the beauty of a tree

C. manufacturing of food

D. nerve impulse induction

What is the correct answer?

4

Pneumatophores are found in

A. the vegetation which is found in marshy and saline lake.

B. the vegetation which found in saline soil.

C. xerophytic condition.

D. hydrophytic condition.

What is the correct answer?

4

Which of the following statements are correct?
  1. From the region of elongation, some of the epidermal cells form root hairs.
  2. Pneumatophores are seen in Rhizophora.
  3. Adventitious roots are seen in the banyan tree.
  4. Maize and sugarcane have prop roots.

A. (i) and (iv)

B. (i), (iii) and (iv)

C. (iii) and (iv)

D. (ii) and (iii)

What is the correct answer?

4

It is a proteinous layer and the outer covering of endosperm which separates the embryo. Identify the layer.

A. Tegmen

B. Scutellum

C. Hyaline layer

D. Aleurone layer

What is the correct answer?

4

The mature seeds of plants such as gram and peas, possess no endosperm, because

A. these plants are not angiosperms.

B. there is no double fertilization in them.

C. endosperm is not formed in them.

D. endosperm gets used up by the developing embryo during seed development.

What is the correct answer?

4

The region of the root-tip whose cells undergo rapid elongation and enlargement and are responsible for the growth of the root in length is called the

A. region of maturation.

B. region of elongation.

C. region of meristematic activity.

D. root-hairs.

What is the correct answer?

4

In which of the following plants, a slender lateral branch arises from the base of the main axis and after growing aerially arch downwards to touch the ground?

A. Mint and jasmine

B. Banana and pineapple

C. Grass and stawberry

D. Pistia and Eichhornia

What is the correct answer?

4

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about venation?
(i) The arrangement of veins and the veinlets in the lamina of leaf is called venation.
(ii) Reticulate venation is the characteristic of monocots.
(iii) When the veinlets form a network, the venation is termed as reticulate venation.
(iv) When the veins run parallel to each other, within a lamina, the venation is termed as parallel venation.

A. Only (i)

B. Both (i) and (ii)

C. (i), (iii) and (iv)

D. All of these

What is the correct answer?

4

Stilt roots occur in __________ .

A. groundnut

B. rice

C. sugarcane

D. wheat

What is the correct answer?

4

Study the following statements and select the correct option
  1. Buds are present in axil of leaflets of the compound leaf.
  2. Pulvinus leaf-base is present in some leguminous plants.
  3. In Alstonia, the petioles expand, become green and synthesize food.
  4. Opposite phyllotaxy is seen in guava.

A. (ii) and (iv) are correct but (i) and (iii) are incorrect.

B. (i) and (iii) are correct but (ii) and (iv) are incorrect.

C. (i) and (iv) are correct but (ii) and (iii) are incorrect.

D. (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct but (i) is incorrect.

What is the correct answer?

4

Statement 1 : A simple leaf has undivided lamina.
Statement 2 : Leaves showing pinnate and palmate venations have various type of incisions.

A. Statement-1 and statement-2 are true and statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement -1.

B. Statement -1 and statement -2 are true but statement-2 is not a correct explanation for statement-1.

C. Statement-1 is true and statement-2 is false.

D. Both the statements are false.

What is the correct answer?

4

Which of the following statement(s) is /are correct?
  1. Many plants belong to family fabaceae are good ornamentals (Tulip, Gloriosa), source of medicine (Aloe) and vegetables (Asparagus).
  2. The plumule and radicle are enclosed in sheaths which are called coleorhiza and coleoptile respectively.
  3. A flower having either only stamens or only carpels is unisexual.
  4. Basal, alternate, linear, exstipulate with parallel venation types of leaves is found in the family liliaceae.

A. Only (i)

B. Both (i) and (ii)

C. Both (iii) and (iv)

D. All of these

What is the correct answer?

4

Which is not a stem modification ?

A. Rhizome of ginger

B. Corm of Colocasia

C. Pitcher of Nepenthes

D. Tuber of potato

What is the correct answer?

4

Read the following statements and answer the questions.
  1. Gynoecium is situated in the centre and other parts of the flower are located on the rim of the thalamus almost at the same level.
  2. Ovary is half-inferior.
  3. Examples are plum, rose and peach.

Which condition of flowers is being described by the above statements ?

A. hypogyny

B. perigyny

C. epigyny

D. none of these

What is the correct answer?

4

Match the following stem modifications given in column I with their examples given in column II and select the correct combination from the options given below.
(Stem Modifications)(Found in)
A. Underground stemI. Euphorbia
B. Stem tendrilII. Opuntia
C. Stem thornsIII. Potato
D. Flattened stemIV. Citrus
E. Fleshy cylindrical stemV. Cucumber

A. A I, B II, C III, D V, E IV

B. A II, B III, C IV, D V, E I

C. A III, B IV, C V, D I, E II

D. A III, B V, C IV, D II, E I

What is the correct answer?

4

During the post-fertilization period, the ovules develops into ___A____ and the ovary matures into a ___B ____.

A. A - seeds; B - fruit

B. A - fruit; B - seeds

C. A - flower; B - seed

D. A - seeds; B - flower

What is the correct answer?

4

Which of the following is the green expanded part of leaf with vein and veinlets?

A. Petiole

B. Node

C. Stipule

D. Lamina

What is the correct answer?

4

The main purpose of phyllotaxy for the leaves is to provide sufficient_______.

A. soil

B. air

C. water

D. light

What is the correct answer?

4

Identify the kind of phyllotaxy shown in the given figures A, B, and C. 
q9

A. A-Alternate, B - Opposite, C - Whorled

B. A- Whorled, B - Opposite, C -Alternate

C. A-Alternate, B - Whorled, C - Opposite

D. A-Whorled, B -Alternate, C - Opposite

What is the correct answer?

4

Read the following statements and answer the question.
  1. It is the pattern of arrangement of leaves on the stem or branch.
  2. It is usually of three types - alternate, opposite and whorled.
  3. It is meant for getting maximum amount of light. statements?

A. Phyllotaxy

B. Venation

C. Inflorescencew

D. Aestivation

What is the correct answer?

4

Which of the following is an example of pinnately compound leaf ?

A. Cucumber

B. Papaya

C. Cucurbita

D. Neem

What is the correct answer?

4

The given figure shows the parts of flowering plant. Which parts of the given figure were involved in the following functions:

  1. Storing reserve food material

  2. Synthesis of plant growth regulators.

  3. Absorption of water and minerals from the soil.

  4. Providing a proper anchorage to the plant parts


q16

A. 5 and 6

B. 1, 2 and 6

C. 1, 2, 3 and 4

D. 2, 4, 5 and 6

What is the correct answer?

4

The X is small and situated in a groove at one end of the endosperm. It consists of one large and shield shaped cotyledon known as Y and a short axis with a plumule and a Z. Identify X, Y and Z.

A. X - Scutellum, Y - Embryo, Z - Radicle

B. X - Embryo, Y - Scutellum, Z - Radicle

C. X - Scutellum, Y - Radicle, Z - Embryo

D. X - Radicle, Y - Embryo, Z - Scutellum

What is the correct answer?

4

Most prominent function of inflorescence is

A. dispersal of seeds.

B. formation of more fruits.

C. formation of pollen grains.

D. dispersal of pollens.

What is the correct answer?

4

Which of the following statement (s) is/are not correct?
  1. Calyx and corolla are reproductive organs of a flower.
  2. Zygomorphic flower can be divided into two equal radial halves in any radial plane.
  3. Flowers without bracts are termed as bracteate.
  4. Parthenocarpic fruit is formed after fertilization of the ovary.
  5. In legumes, seed is non-endospermic.
  6. Radical buds develop on roots.

A. (i) , (ii), (iii) and (iv)

B. (i), (ii) and (v)

C. (iii), (iv) and (vi)

D. (iv), (v) and (i)

What is the correct answer?

4

Which of the following groups of plants have underground stems?

A. Potato, ginger, turmeric, Euphorbia, zaminkand

B. Potato, ginger, turmeric, zaminkand, Colocasia

C. Potato, Citrus, Opuntia, zaminkand, Colocasia

D. Potato, cucumber, watermelon, zaminkand, Colocasia

What is the correct answer?

4

Match column-I with column-II and choose the option which shows their correct combination.
Column-IColumn-II
A. GamosepalousI. Flower of lily
B. PolysepalousII. Sterile anther
C. GamopetalousIII. Free petals
D. PolypetalousIV. Free sepals
E. EpiphyllousV. Fused petals
F. StaminodeVI. Fused sepals

A. A IV, B V, C III, D I, E VI, F II

B. A IV, B III, C V, D I, E II, F VI

C. A VI, B IV, C III, D V, E I, F II

D. A VI, B IV, C V, D III, E II, F I

What is the correct answer?

4

Alternate type of phyllotaxy is found in

A. china rose

B. mustard

C. sunflower

D. all of these