Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following statements is correct?

  • The seed in grasses is not endospermic

  • Mango is a parthenocarpic fruit

  • A proteinaceous aleurone layer is present in maize grain

  • A proteinaceous aleurone layer is present in maize grain


C.

A proteinaceous aleurone layer is present in maize grain

A proteinaceous aleurone protein layer of maize start developing approximately 10-15 day after pollination in the stack that takes 40 days for the aleurone to mature completely. Thus is the correct statement. Correct sentence for other options are

a) Seed in grasses are endospermic
b) Banana is a parthenocarpic fruit
c) Sterile pistil is called pistillode

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When the margins of sepals or petals overlap one another without any particular direction, the condition is termed as

  • vexillary

  • imbricate

  • twisted

  • twisted

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The osmotic expansion of a cell kept in water is chiefly regulated by

  • mitochondria

  • vacuoles

  • plastids 

  • plastids 

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Placenta and pericarp are both edible portions in 

  • apple 

  • banana

  • tomato

  • tomato

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You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and a dicot root. Which of the following anatomical structure will you use to distinguish between the two?

  • Secondary xylem

  • Secondary phloem

  • Protoxylem

  • Protoxylem

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Which one of the following shows isogamy with non-flagellated gametes?

  • Sargassum

  • Ectocarpus

  • Ulothrix

  • Ulothrix

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Deficiency symptoms of nitrogen and potassium are visible first in

  • senescent leaves

  • young leaves

  • roots

  • roots

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Which one of the following fungi contains hallucinogens?

  • Morchella esculenta

  • Amanita muscaria

  • Neurospora sp.

  • Neurospora sp.

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In which one of the following processes CO2 is not released?

  • Aerobic respiration in plants

  • Aerobic respiration in animals

  • Alcoholic fermentation

  • Alcoholic fermentation

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Which one of the following is wrong about Chara?

  • upper oogonium and lower round antheridium

  • Globule and nucule present on the same plant

  • Upper antheridium and lower oogonium

  • Upper antheridium and lower oogonium

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