Multiple Choice Questions

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Pappus is modified

  • calyx

  • corolla

  • bracts

  • gynoecium


A.

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- egSonchus, Tagstes. Hence the mechanism is parachute mechanism.


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An obligate root parasite is

  • Rafflesia

  • Loranthus

  • Viscum

  • Striga


Botanical name of 'chana' is

  • Cicer arietinum

  • Phaseolus aureus

  • Lablab purpureus

  • Dolichos


Trimerous flower, superior ovary and axile placentation is characteristics of

  • Liliaceae

  • Cucurbitaceae

  • Solanaceae

  • Compositae


In which form does the food is transported in plants?

  • Sucrose

  • Fructose

  • Glucose

  • Lactose


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What differentiates leaf of dicots from monocots?

  • Parallel venation

  • Differentiation of palisade and spongy parenchyma

  • Stomata only on upper side

  • Stomata both on upper and lower sides


The edible dry fruit 'chigoza' is

  • fruit of Cycas

  • fruit of Pinus gerardiana

  • seed of Cycas

  • seed of Pinus gerardiana


Lady finger belongs to family

  • Malvaceae

  • Cucurbitaceae

  • Liliaceae

  • Brassiaceae


During meiotic division, the

  • homologous chromosomes are seperated

  • linkage is disturbed

  • homologous chromosomes do not segregate

  • All of the above


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Endoplasmic reticulum is in continuation with

  • Golgi body

  • nuclear wall

  • mitochondria

  • cell wall