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The family containing mustard and its main characters are
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Correct option: A
Brassicaceae - Tetramerous flowers, six stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, siliqua type fruit
Option A (Brassicaceae - Tetramerous flowers, six stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, siliqua type fruit) is correct because these are the defining characteristics of the Brassicaceae family, which includes mustard.
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Fruits are formed in
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Correct option: A
Brassica
Option A (Brassica) is correct because Brassica is an angiosperm, which produces fruits, while the others are non-flowering plants.
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Inflorescence of Pisum consists of 20 flowers. Each another lobe consists 80 pollen grains. Calculate the total number of pollen grains formed in large staminal bundles of flower in that plant
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Correct option: A
32000
The correct answer is 32000 because Pisum has diadelphous stamens (9+1), so 10 anthers per flower * 80 pollen grains/anther * 20 flowers = 16000 pollen grains from the single stamen and 14400 from the 9 fused stamens, totaling 32000.
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Which of the following plant parts can respire even in the absence of oxygen?
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Correct option: B
Roots
Option A (Seeds) is correct. Seeds can respire anaerobically, especially during germination, when oxygen supply may be limited.
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
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Correct option: C
Flower of tulip is a modified shoot
Option C (Flower of tulip is a modified shoot) is correct because a flower is considered a modified shoot.
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Find odd one out
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Correct option: A
Stamen
The correct answer is A (Stamen) because Stamen is the male reproductive part, while Stigma, Style, and Ovary are parts of the female reproductive part (pistil).
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The scutellum observed in a grain of wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons?
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Correct option: A
Cotyledon
Option A (Cotyledon) is correct because the scutellum in wheat and maize is the single cotyledon, modified for absorption of nutrients from the endosperm.
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Which plant will lose its economic value if its
are produced by induced parthenocarpy?
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Correct option: D
Pomegranate
Option D (Pomegranate) is correct because the edible part of a pomegranate is the fleshy seed coat (aril). Parthenocarpy would result in seedless fruits, thus eliminating the edible portion.
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Assertion: In hypogynous flower ovary is always inferior.

Reason: Parts of flower in hypogynous condition arises above ovary.
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Correct option: D
Both Assertion and Reason are false statements
The correct answer is D (Both Assertion and Reason are false statements) because in a hypogynous flower, the ovary is superior, and the floral parts arise below the ovary.
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In the flowers of a plant, the ovarian part is fused, but styles and stigmas are free. Its ovary becomes unilocular due to breakdown of partition wall and the ovules are attached to a central axis. Identify the plant.
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Correct option: A
Dianthus
Option A (Dianthus) is correct because Dianthus exhibits free central placentation with a unilocular ovary due to the breakdown of the partition wall.
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A teacher was explaining about a plant, whose
venation pattern is basically similar of
eryngium. Fruit is berry and stem show sign of
perennation.
He was trying to arrive at one of the following.
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Correct option: A
Musa
Option A (Musa) is correct because Musa (banana) exhibits a venation pattern similar to Eryngium, has a berry-like fruit, and a stem that shows signs of perennation (ability to live for several years).
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Which of the following have double fertilization?
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Correct option: D
Angiosperms
Option D (Angiosperms) is correct because double fertilization is a unique characteristic of angiosperms.
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Caryopsis is found in
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Correct option: B
Maize
Option B (Maize) is correct because caryopsis is a type of fruit characteristic of grasses like maize.
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Assertion : Coconut tree is distributed in coastal areas over a large part of the world.

Reason: Coconut fruit can float and get dispersed over thousands of kilometers before losing viability.
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Correct option: B
both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explanation of assertion
Option B (both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explanation of assertion) is correct because while both the assertion (coconut distribution) and the reason (coconut fruit floatation) are true, the reason doesn't fully explain the assertion as other factors also contribute to the wide distribution.
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When axillary buds or terminal buds of stem gets modified into woody straight and pointed structure, it is known as
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Correct option: A
Thorns
Option A (Thorns) is correct because thorns are modified axillary or terminal buds that become woody, straight, and pointed.
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Four plants (A,B,C,D) are observed. 'A' has
cartilagenous endocarp in the fruit and fleshy
thalamus as chief edible part 'B' has caryopsis
fruit with endosperm as the chief edible part.
In 'C' each carpel of apocarpous gynoecium
develops into a fruitlet and its mesocarp and
endocarp are the chief edible parts 'D' has
syconus fruit with edible fleshy peduncle. To
which families A, B, C, and D belong
respectively?
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Correct option: A
Rosaceae, Poaceae, Announces, Moraceae
Option A (Rosaceae, Poaceae, Annonaceae, Moraceae) is correct because the descriptions match the fruit characteristics of these families: A (apple - Rosaceae), B (grain - Poaceae), C (Annona - Annonaceae), D (fig - Moraceae).
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How many of the given plants have actinomorphic and zygomorphic flowers, respectively? Mustard, Gulmohur, Canna, Cassia, Datura, Pea
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Correct option: A
2 and 3
Option D (4 and 2) is correct because Mustard, Datura, Canna and Pea are actinomorphic, while Gulmohur and Cassia are zygomorphic.
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Stilt roots originate from the nodal part of
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Correct option: A
Stem
Option A (Stem) is correct because stilt roots originate from the nodes of the stem, providing support to the plant.
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The morphological nature of the organ, which helps in climbing in Cardiospermum, is
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Correct option: A
Inflorescence axis
Option A (Inflorescence axis) is correct because in Cardiospermum, the tendrils that help in climbing are modified inflorescence axes.
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Thorn is a modified branch because
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Correct option: C
It arises in the axil of a leaf
Option C is correct because thorns, being modified branches, arise from the axil of a leaf.
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A raceme inflorescence of Tamarindus bears 15 flowers. Each fertile anther lobe of its flower contains 215 pollen grains. What would be the total number of pollen grains produced by the inflorescence?
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Correct option: C
19350
Option C (19350) is correct because it is the product of the number of flowers, anther lobes, and pollen grains per lobe, considering that each flower has 3 fertile anther lobes.
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The floral formula is of Br.⊕O↗+P(3+3)A3+3G(3−)Br. \oplus {O^ \nearrow }_ + P{(_3}{ + _3}){A_3}{ + _3}G({3_ - })belongs to plant
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Correct option: A
Allium cepa
Option A (Allium cepa) is correct because the floral formula matches the characteristics of Allium cepa (onion), which belongs to the Liliaceae family.
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Select incorrectly matched pair
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Correct option: B
Aestivation with unequal petals– cotton sized petals
Option B (Aestivation with unequal petals– cotton sized petals) is correct because cotton petals are of equal size, and the aestivation is twisted, not with unequal petals.
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Select the characters, which are not applicable to the family-Solanaceae? I. Epipetalous and syngenesious anthers. II.Bicarpellary and syncarpous ovary. III.Oblique ovary with axile placentation. IV.Stamens six, arranged in two whorls. V.Bicarpellary, syncarpous and inferior ovary.
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Correct option: B
I, IV and V only
Option B (I, IV and V only) is correct because Solanaceae typically has epipetalous and syngenesious anthers, stamens arranged in two whorls, and an inferior ovary.
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Which is correct to saprophytic angiosperm?
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Correct option: A
They secrets enzyme outside the body and absorb nutrients
Option A (They secrets enzyme outside the body and absorb nutrients) is correct because saprophytic angiosperms obtain nutrients by secreting enzymes and absorbing the digested material.
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Which of the following two are the resultant of stipule modifications? I.Spines in Ziziphus. II.Tendrils in Smilax. III.Tendrils in Nepenthes. IV.Spines in Argemone. V.Thorns in Bougainvellea.
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Correct option: B
I and II
The correct answer is B (I and II) because spines in Ziziphus and tendrils in Smilax are both resultant of stipule modifications.
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Natural system of classification were based upon
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Correct option: D
All of the above
Option D (All of the above) is correct because natural systems of classification consider various factors, including structural embryology, phytochemistry, and anatomy, to establish relationships between organisms.
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Colchicum autumnale belongs to
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Correct option: C
Liliaceae
Option C (Liliaceae) is correct because Colchicum autumnale, commonly known as autumn crocus, belongs to the Liliaceae family.
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Fibrous root system is mostly found in
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Correct option: A
Monocot plants
Option A (Monocot plants) is correct because fibrous root systems are commonly found in monocot plants.
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Hypogynous flowers are seen in
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Correct option: C
Pea
Option C (Pea) is correct because hypogynous flowers have the ovary positioned superior to other floral parts, which is characteristic of pea flowers.
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