The wheat grain has an embryo with one large, shield-shaped coty

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1.

Tricarpellary, syncarpous gynoecium is found in flowers of

  • Solanaceae

  • Fabaceae

  • Poaceae

  • Poaceae

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2.

Cotyledon of maize grain is called

  • coleorhiza

  • caleoptile

  • scutellum

  • scutellum

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3.

Which of the following is not a stem modification?

  • thorns of citrus

  • tendrils of cucumber

  • Flattened structures of Opuntia

  • Flattened structures of Opuntia

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4.

Stems modified into flat green organs performing the functions of leaves are known as

  • phyllodes

  • phylloclades

  • scales

  • scales

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5.

The standard petal of papilionaceae corola is also called

  • pappus

  • vexillum

  • corona

  • corona

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6.

Among bitter gourd mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, China rose, lupin, cucumber, sunn hemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, Petunia, potato tomato, rose, With potato, onion, aloe and tulip, how many plants have hypogynous flower?

  • Six

  • Ten

  • Fifteen

  • Fifteen

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7.

In China rose the flowers are

  • actinomorphic, hypogynous with twisted aestivation

  • actinomorphic, epigynous with valvate aestivation

  • zygomorphic, hypogynous with imbricate aestivation

  • zygomorphic, hypogynous with imbricate aestivation

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8.

Seed coat is not thin, membranous in

  • maize

  • coconut

  • groundnut

  • groundnut

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9.

Read the different components from I to IV in the list given below and tell the correct order of the components with reference to their arrangement from outer side to inner side in a woody dicot stem:
(a) Secondary cortex
(b) Wood
(c) Secondary phloem
(d) Phellem
The correct order is

  • (c), (d), (b), (a)

  • (a), (b), (d), (c)

  • (d), (a), (c), (b)

  • (d), (a), (c), (b)

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10.

The wheat grain has an embryo with one large, shield-shaped cotyledon known as

  • Epiblast

  • Coleorrhizia

  • Scutellum

  • Scutellum


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Scutellum

The grain of wheat, maize or rice is a caryopsis. The embryo in such grains lies laterally near the base of the grain. The embryo consists of an upper large, shield-shaped cotyledon known as scutellum. The scutellum is closely pressed against the endosperm and helps in the translocation of nutrients from endosperm to the growing embryo at the time of germination and seedling growth. 

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