Morphology of Flowering Plants QUESTION BANK
MORPHOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS QUESTION BANK FOR NEET AND AIIMS. PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION(AIPMT, NEET), LAST 18 YEARS, QUESTION BOOK FOR MCQ PRACTICE
MCQ:-
Q1) Plants, which produce characteristic pneumatophores & show vivipary belong to (NEET 2017)
- Mesophytes
- Halophytes
- Psammophytes
- Hydrophytes
Answer- Halophytes
Q2) In Bougainvillea thorns are the modifications of (NEET 2017)
Stipules
Adventitious root
Stem
Leaf
Answer- Stem
Q3) The morphological nature of the edible part of coconut is (NEET 2017)
Perisperm
Cotyledon
Endosperm
Pericarp
Answer Endosperm
Q4) The standard petal of a papilionaceous corolla is also called
(NEET 2016, PHASE I)
Pappus
Vexillum
Corona
Carina
Answer- Vexillum
Q5) Stems modified into flat green organs performing the functions of leaves are known as (NEET 2016, PHASE I)
Phyllodes
Phylloclades
Scales
Cladodes
Answer- Phylloclades
Q6) Which of the following is not a stem modification? (NEET 2016, PHASE I)
Thorns of Citrus
Tendrils of Cucumber
Flattened structures of Opuntia
Pitcher of Nepenthes
Answer- Pitcher of Nepenthes
Q7) Tricarpellary, syncarpous gynoecium is found in flowers of (NEET 2016, PHASE I)
Solanaceae
Fabaceae
Poaceae
Liliaceae
Answer- Liliaceae
Q8) Free-central placentation is found in (NEET 2016, PHASE II)
Dianthus
Argemone
Brassica
Citrus
Answer- Dianthus
Q9) Radial symmetry is found in the flowers of (NEET 2016, PHASE II)
Brassica
Trifolium
Pisum
Cassia
Answer- Brassica
Q10) How many plants among Indigofera, Sesbania, Salvia, Allium, Aloe, mustard, groundnut, radish, gram & turnip have stamens with different lengths in their flowers? (NEET 2016, PHASE II)
Three
Four
Five
Six
Answer- Four
Q11) The term ‘polyadelphous’ is related to (NEET 2016, PHASE II)
Gynoecium
Androecium
Corolla
Calyx
Answer- Androecium
Q12) Flowers are unisexual in (CBSE AIPMT 2015)
Pea
Cucumber
China rose
Onion
Answer- Cucumber
Q13) Roots play an insignificant role in the absorption of water in (CBSE AIPMT 2015)
Sunflower
Pistia
Pea
Wheat
Answer- Pistia
Q14) Axile placentation is present in (CBSE AIPMT 2015)
Dianthus
Lemon
Pea
Argemone
Answer- Lemon
Q15) Among China rose, mustard, brinjal, potato, guava, cucumber, onion, & tulip, How many plants have superior ovary? (CBSE AIPMT 2015)
Five
Six
Three
Four
Answer- Six
Q16) Placenta & pericarp are both edible portions in (CBSE AIPMT 2014)
Apple
Banana
Tomato
Potato
Answer- Tomato
Q17) When the margins of sepals or petals overlap one another without any particular direction, the condition is termed as (CBSE AIPMT 2014)
Vexillary
Imbricate
Twisted
Valvate
Answer- Imbricate
Q18) Which one of the following statements is correct? (CBSE AIPMT 2014)
The seed In grasses is not endospermic
Mango is a parthenocarpic fruit
A proteinaceous aleurone layer is present in maize grain
A sterile pistil is called a staminode
Answer- A proteinaceous aleurone layer is present in maize grain
Q19) An example of an edible underground stem is (CBSE AIPMT 2014)
Carrot
Groundnut
Sweet potato
Potato
Answer- Potato
Q20) An aggregate fruit is one which develops from (CBSE AIPMT 2014)
Multicarpellary syncarpous gynoecium
Multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium
Complete inflorescence
Multicarpellary superior ovary
Answer- Multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium
Q21) Non-albuminous seed is produced in (CBSE AIPMT 2014)
Maize
Castor
Wheat
Pea
Answer- Pea
Q22) Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, China rose, Lupin, cucumber, sunn hemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, Petunia, tomato, rose, Withania, potato, onion, aloe, & tulip, how many plants have a hypogynous flower? (NEET 2013)
Six
Ten
Fifteen
Eighteen
Answer- Fifteen
Q23) In China rose the flowers are (NEET 2013)
Actinomorphic, hypogynous with twisted aestivation
Actinomorphic, epigynous with valvate aestivation
Zygomorphic, hypogynous with imbricate aestivation
Zygomorphic, epigynous with twisted aestivation
Answer- Actinomorphic, hypogynous with twisted aestivation
Q24) Seed coat is not thin, membranous in (NEET 2013)
Maize
Coconut
Groundnut
Gram
Answer- Coconut
Q25) Perisperm differs from endosperm in (NEET 2013)
Being a haploid tissue
Having no reserve food
Being a diploid tissue
It’s formation by fusion of secondary nucleus with several sperms
Answer- Having no reserve food
Q26) Placentation in tomato & lemon is (CBSE AIPMT 2012)
Parietal
Free central
Marginal
Axile
Answer- Axile
Q27) Cymose inflorescence is present in (CBSE AIPMT 2012)
Solanum
Sesbania
Trifolium
Brassica
Answer- Brassica
Q28) The gynoecium consists of many free pistils in flowers of (CBSE AIPMT 2012)
Aloe
Tomato
Papaver
Michelia
Answer- Michelia
Q29) Which one of the following is correctly matched? (NEET AIPMT 2012)
Onion – Bulb
Ginger – Sucker
Chlamydomonas – Conidia
Yeast – Zoospores
Answer- Onion – Bulb
Q30) How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence?
Walnut, poppy, reddish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry (CBSE AIPMT 2012)
Four
Five
Two
Three
Answer- Three
Q31) The coconut water & the edible part of coconut are equivalent to (CBSE AIPMT 2012)
Endosperm
Endocarp
Mesocarp
Embryo
Answer- Endosperm
Q32) Vexillary aestivation is characteristic of the family (CBSE AIPMT 2012)
Fabaceae
Asteraceae
Solanaceae
Brassicaceae
Answer- Fabaceae
Q33) Phyllode is present in (CBSE AIPMT 2012)
Asparagus
Euphorbia
Australian Acacia
Opuntia
Answer- Australian Acacia
Q34) Which one of the following statements is correct? (CBSE AIPMT 2012)
Seeds of orchids have oil-rich endosperm
Placentation in primrose is basal
Flower of a tulip is a modified shoot
In tomato, fruit is a capsule
Answer- Flower of a tulip is a modified shoot
Q35) The ‘eyes’ of the potato tuber are (CBSE AIPMT 2011,01)
Flower buds
Shoot buds
Axillary buds
Root buds
Answer- Axillary buds
Q36) Flowers are zygomorphic in (CBSE AIPMT 2011)
Gulmohur
Tomato
Datura
Mustard
Answer- Gulmohur
Q37) A drupe develops in (CBSE AIPMT 2011,1994)
Wheat
Pea
Tomato
Mango
Answer- Mango
Q38) The ovary is half inferior in flowers of (CBSE AIPMT 2011)
Cucumber
Cotton
Guava
Peach
Answer- Peach
Q39) Keel is characteristic of the flowers of (CBSE AIPMT 2010)
Gulmohur
Cassia
Calotropis
Bean
Answer- Bean
Q40) In unilocular ovary with a single ovule, the placentation is (CBSE AIPMT 2010)
Marginal
Basal
Free central
Axile
Answer- Basal
Q41) The technical term used for the androecium in a flower of China rose (Hibiscus rosa sinensis) is (CBSE AIPMT 2010)
Monadelphous
Diadelphous
Polyandrous
Polyadelphous
Answer- Monadelphous
Q42) Vegetative propagation in mint occurs by (CBSE AIPMT 2009)
Runner
Offset
Rhizome
Sucker
Answer- Sucker
Q43) Cotyledons & testa are edible parts of (CBSE AIPMT 2009)
Groundnut & pomegranate
Walnut & tamarind
French bean & coconut
Cashew nut & litchi
Answer- Groundnut & pomegranate
Q44) An example of axile placentation is (CBSE AIPMT 2009)
Argemone
Dianthus
Lemon
Marigold
Answer- Lemon
Q45) A fruit developed from hypanthium inflorescence is called (CBSE AIPMT 2009)
Hesperidium
Sorosis
Syconus
Caryopsis
Answer- Syconus
Q46) An example of a seed with endosperm, perisperm & caruncle is (CBSE AIPMT 2009)
Cotton
Coffee
Lily
Castor
Answer- Castor
Q47) The fruit is chambered, developed from inferior ovary & has seeds with succulent testa in (CBSE AIPMT 2008)
Pomegranate
Orange
Guava
Cucumber
Answer- Pomegranate
Q48) The fleshy receptacle of synchronous of fig encloses a number of (CBSE AIPMT 2008)
Achenes
Samaras
Berries
Mericarps
Answer- Achenes
Q49) Dry indehiscent single-seeded fruit formed from bicarpellary syncarpous inferior ovary is (CBSE AIPMT 2008)
Caryopsis
Crypsela
Berry
Cremocarp
Answer- Crypsela
Q50) What type of placentation is seen in sweet pea? (CBSE AIPMT 2006)
Axile
Free central
Marginal
Basal
Answer- Marginal
Q51) Pineapple (ananas) fruit develops from (CBSE AIPMT 2006)
A multipistillate syncarpous flower
A cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axis
A multilocular monocarpellary flower
A unilocular polycarpellary flower
Answer- A cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axis
Q52) In a cereal grain the single cotyledon of an embryo is represented by (CBSE AIPMT 2006)
Scutellum
Prophyll
Coleoptile
Coleorhiza
Answer- Scutellum
Q53) Long filamentous threads protruding at the end of the young cob of maize are (CBSE AIPMT 2006)
Styles
Ovaries
Hairs
Anthers
Answer- Styles
Q54) Juicy hair – like structures observed in the lemon fruit develop from (CBSE AIPMT 2003)
Mesocarp & endocarp
Exocarp
Mesocarp
Endocarp
Answer- Endocarp
Q55) Which of the following is a correct pair? (CBSE AIPMT 2002)
Cuscuta – Parasite
Dischidia – Insectivorous
Opuntia – Predator
Capsella – Hydrophyte
Answer- Cuscuta – Parasite
Q56) Edible part in mango is (CBSE AIPMT 2002,04)
Mesocarp
Epicarp
Endocarp
Epidermis
Answer- Mesocarp
Q57) Geocarpic fruit is (CBSE AIPMT 2002)
Potato
Groundnut
Onion
Garlic
Answer- Groundnut
Q58) Bicarpellary gynoecium & oblique ovary occurs in (CBSE AIPMT 2001)
Mustard
Banana
Pisum
Brinjal
Answer- Brinjal
Q59) Roots of which plant contains an oxidising agent? (CBSE AIPMT 2001)
Carrot
Soyabean
Mustard
Radish
Answer- Soyabean
Q60) Which is a correct pair for an edible part? (CBSE AIPMT 2001)
Tomato – Thalamus
Maize – Cotyledons
Guava – Mesocarp
Date palm – Pericarp
Answer- Date palm – Pericarp
Q61) Edible part of banana is (CBSE AIPMT 2001)
Epicarp
Mesocarp & less developed endocarp
Endocarp & less developed mesocarp
Epicarp & mesocarp
Answer- Mesocarp & less developed endocarp
Q62) Match the following & indicate which is correct? (CBSE AIPMT 2000)
Cucurbitaceae – Orange
Malvaceae – Cotton
Brassicaceae – Wheat
Leguminosae – Sunflower
Answer- Malvaceae – Cotton
Q63) Edible part in litchi is (CBSE AIPMT 1999,2005,06)
Mesocarp
Fleshy aril
Endosperm
Pericarp
Answer- Fleshy aril
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