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Morphology of Flowering Plants

125 Questions
All Exams NEET AIIMS
2014 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2014
An example of edible underground steam is
A.
carrot
B.
groundnut
C.
sweet potato
D.
potato.
2014 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2014
When the margins of sepals or petals overlap one another without any particular direction, the condition is termed as
A.
vexillary
B.
imbricate
C.
twisted
D.
valvate.
2014 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2014
Placenta and pericarp are both edible portions in
A.
apple
B.
banana
C.
tomato
D.
potato
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
In a cymose inflorescence the main axis
A.
has unlimited growth
B.
bears a solitary flower
C.
has unlimited growth but lateral branches end in flowers
D.
terminates in a flower.
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
Among flowers of Calotropis, tulip, Sesbania, Asparagus, Colchicum, sweet pea, Petunia, Indigofera, mustard, soybean, tobaco and groundnut, how many plants have corolla with valvate aestivation?
A.
Six
B.
Seven
C.
Eight
D.
Five
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
Inflorescence is racemose in
A.
brinjal
B.
tulip
C.
aloe
D.
soybean.
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
How many plants among China rose, Ocimum, sunflower, mustard, Alstonia, guava, Calotropis and Nerium (oleander) have opposite phyllotaxy?
A.
Three
B.
Four
C.
Five
D.
Two
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013
Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, china rose, lupin, cucumber, sunhemp, gram, guava, beam, chilli, plum, petunia, tomato, rose, Withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip how many plants have hypogynous flower?
A.
Fifteen
B.
Eighteen
C.
Six
D.
Ten
2013 NEET MCQ
NEET 2013
In China rose the flowers are
A.
zygomorphic, hypogynous with imbricate aestivation
B.
zygomorphic, epigynous with twisted aestivation
C.
actinomorphic, hypogynous with twisted aestivation
D.
actinomorphic, epigynous with valvate aestivation
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Mains
How many plants in the list given below have marginal placentation?
Mustard, Gram, Tulip, Asparagus, Arhar, Sun hemp, Chilli, Colchicum, Onion, Moong, Pea, Tobacco, Lupin
A.
Four
B.
Five
C.
Six
D.
Three
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Mains
Which one of the following organisms is correctly matched with its three characteristic?
A.
Pea: C3 pathway, endospermic seed, vexillary aestivation
B.
Tomato : twisted aestivation, axile placentation, berry
C.
Onion : bulb, imbricate aestivation, axile placentation
D.
Maize : C3 pathway, closed vascular bundles, scutellum
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
Cymose inflorescence is present in
A.
Solanum
B.
Sesbania
C.
Trifolium
D.
Brassica
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
Phyllode is present in
A.
Asparagus
B.
Euphorbia
C.
Australian Acacia
D.
Opuntia.
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
Placentation in tomato and lemon is
A.
parietal
B.
free central
C.
marginal
D.
axile.
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
The gynoecium consists of many free pistils in flowers of
A.
Aloe
B.
tomato
C.
Papaver
D.
Michelia
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence?
Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry.
A.
Four
B.
Five
C.
Two
D.
Three
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
The coconut water and the edible part of coconut are equivalent to
A.
endosperm
B.
endocarp
C.
mesocarp
D.
embryo
2012 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
Vexillary aestivation is characteristic of the family
A.
Febaceae
B.
Asteraceae
C.
Solanaceae
D.
Brassicaceae.
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Mains
Whorled, simple leaves with reticulate venation are present in
A.
Calotropis
B.
neem
C.
China rose
D.
Alstonia.
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Mains
Which one of the following figures represents the placentation in Dianthus?
A.
AIPMT 2011 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 32 English Option 1
B.
AIPMT 2011 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 32 English Option 2
C.
AIPMT 2011 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 32 English Option 3
D.
AIPMT 2011 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 32 English Option 4
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Mains
Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched while the remaining three are correct?
A.
Penicillium          $-$    conidia
B.
Water hyacinth     $-$    runner
C.
Bryophyllum        $-$    leaf buds
D.
Agave                  $-$    bulbils
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Mains
Sweet potato is homologous to
A.
potato
B.
Colocasia
C.
ginger
D.
turnip.
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
The correct floral formula of chilli is
A.
AIPMT 2011 Prelims Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 36 English Option 1
B.
AIPMT 2011 Prelims Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 36 English Option 2
C.
AIPMT 2011 Prelims Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 36 English Option 3
D.
AIPMT 2011 Prelims Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 36 English Option 4
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
The ovary is half inferior in flowers of
A.
peach
B.
cucumber
C.
cotton
D.
guava.
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
Which one of the following statements is correct?
A.
In tomato, fruit is a capsule.
B.
Seeds of orchids have oil-rich endosperm.
C.
Placentation in primose is basal.
D.
Flower of tulip is a modified shoot.
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
What would be the number of chromosomes of the aleurone cells of a plant with 42 chromosomes in its root tip cells?
A.
42
B.
63
C.
84
D.
21
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
A drupe develops in
A.
mango
B.
wheat
C.
pea
D.
tomato.
2011 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
Flowers are zygomorphic in
A.
mustard
B.
gulmohur
C.
tomato
D.
Datura.
2010 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2010 Mains
Aestivation of petals in the flower of cotton is correctly shown in
A.
AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 31 English Option 1
B.
AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 31 English Option 2
C.
AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 31 English Option 3
D.
AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 31 English Option 4
2010 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2010 Mains
The correct floral formula of soyabean is
A.
AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 35 English Option 1
B.
AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 35 English Option 2
C.
AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 35 English Option 3
D.
AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 35 English Option 4
2010 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2010 Mains
Consider the following four statements (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) and select the right option for two correct statements.

Statements :
(i)  In vexillary aestivation, the large posterior petal is called-standard, two lateral ones are wings and two small anterior petals are termed keel.
(ii)  The floral formula for Liliaceae is
AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 34 English 1
(iii)  In pea flower the stamens are monadelphous.
(iv)  The floral formula for Solanaceae is
AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 34 English 2

The correct statements are
A.
(i) and (iii)
B.
(i) and (ii)
C.
(ii) and (iii)
D.
(iii) and (iv).
2010 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2010 Mains
Which one of the following is a xerophytic plant in which the stem is modified into the flat green and succulent structure?
A.
Opuntia
B.
Casuarina
C.
Hydrilla
D.
Acacia
2010 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
Ovary is half-inferior in the flowers of
A.
guava
B.
plum
C.
brinjal
D.
cucumber.
2010 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
Keel is characteristic of the flowers of
A.
gulmohur
B.
Cassia
C.
Calotropis
D.
bean
2010 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
The technical term used for the androecium in a flower of China rose (Hibiscus rosa sinensis) is
A.
monadelphous
B.
diadelphous
C.
polyandrous
D.
polyadelphous.
2010 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
The scutellum observed in a grain of wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons?
A.
Cotyledon
B.
Endosperm
C.
Aleurone layer
D.
Plumule
2009 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2009
A fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence is called
A.
sorosis
B.
syconus
C.
caryopsis
D.
hesperidium.
2009 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2009
Cotyledons and testa respectively are edible parts in
A.
walnut and tamarind
B.
french bean and coconut
C.
cashew nut and litchi
D.
groundnut and pomegranate.
2009 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2009
An example of axile placentation is
A.
Dianthus
B.
lemon
C.
marigold
D.
Argemone.
2009 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2009
An examples of a seed with endosperm, perisperm, and caruncle is
A.
coffee
B.
lily
C.
castor
D.
cotton.
2009 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2009
The floral formula
AIPMT 2009 Biology - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 33 English
is that of
A.
soybean
B.
sunhemp
C.
tobacco
D.
tulip
2008 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2008
Endosperm is consumed by developing embryo in the sead of
A.
pea
B.
maize
C.
coconut
D.
castor.
2008 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2008
The fruit is chambered, developed from inferior ovary and has seeds with succulent testa in
A.
guava
B.
cucumber
C.
pomegranate
D.
orange.
2008 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2008
Dry indehiscent single-seeded fruit formed from bicarpellary syncarpous inferior ovary is
A.
berry
B.
cremocarp
C.
caryopsis
D.
cypsella.
2008 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2008
Replum is present in the ovary of flower of
A.
sun flower
B.
pea
C.
lemon
D.
mustard
2008 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2008
The fleshy receptacle of syconus of fig encloses a number of
A.
berries
B.
mericarps
C.
achenes
D.
samaras.
2007 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2007
Which of the following is a flowering plant with nodules containing filamentous nitrogen-fixing micro-organism?
A.
Crotalaria juncea
B.
Cycas revoluta
C.
Cicer arietinum
D.
Casuarina equisetifolia
2006 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2006
Pineapple (ananas) fruit develops from
A.
a multilocular monocarpellary flower
B.
a unilocular polycarpellary flower
C.
a multipistillate syncarpous flower
D.
a cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axis.
2006 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2006
In which of the following fruits, the edible part is the aril ?
A.
Litchi
B.
Custard apple
C.
Promegranate
D.
Orange
2006 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2006
Pentamerous actinomorphic flowers, bicarpellary ovary with oblique septa, and fruit capsule or berry, are characteristic features of
A.
Liliaceae
B.
Asteraceae
C.
Brassicaceae
D.
Solanaceae