Morphology of Flowering Plants

In the seeds of cereals, the outer covering of endosperm separates the embryo by a protein-rich layer called:

1. Integument
2. Aleurone layer
3. Coleoptile
4. Coleorhiza

Identify the part of the seed from the given figure which is destined to form root when the seed germinates. [Figure]

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

Coconut fruit is a

1. berry
2. nut
3. capsule
4. drupe

Cotyledon of maize grain is called

1. coleoptile
2. scutellum
3. plumule
4. coleorhiza.

The hilum is a scar on the

1. seed, where funicle was attached
2. fruit, where style was present
3. fruit, where it was attached to pedicel
4. seed, where micropyle was present

Placenta and pericarp are both edible portions in

1. apple
2. banana
3. tomato
4. potato

Which one of the following statements is correct?

1. The seed in grasses is not endospermic.
2. Mango is a parthenocarpic fruit.
3. A proteinaceous aleurone layer is present in maize grain.
4. A sterile pistil is called a staminode.

An aggregate fruit is one which develops from

1. multicarpellary syncarpous gynoecium
2. multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium
3. complete inflorescence
4. multicarpellary superior ovary.

Seed coat is not thin, membranous in

1. groundnut
2. gram
3. maize
4. coconut.

How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence? Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry.

1. Four
2. Five
3. Two
4. Three

The coconut water and the edible part of coconut are equivalent to

1. endosperm
2. endocarp
3. mesocarp
4. embryo

A drupe develops in

1. mango
2. wheat
3. pea
4. tomato

The scutellum observed in a grain of wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons?

1. Cotyledon
2. Endosperm
3. Aleurone layer
4. Plumule

A fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence is called

1. sorosis
2. syconus
3. caryopsis
4. hesperidium

Cotyledons and testa respectively are edible parts in

1. walnut and tamarind
2. french bean and coconut
3. cashew nut and litchi
4. groundnut and pomegranate

An example of a seed with endosperm, perisperm, and caruncle is

1. coffee
2. lily
3. castor
4. cotton

The fleshy receptacle of syconus of fig encloses a number of

1. berries
2. mericarps
3. achenes
4. samaras

Dry indehiscent single-seeded fruit formed from bicarpellary syncarpous inferior ovary is

1. berry
2. cremocarp
3. caryopsis
4. cypsella

The fruit is chambered, developed from inferior ovary and has seeds with succulent testa in

1. guava
2. cucumber
3. pomegranate
4. orange

Endosperm is consumed by developing embryo in the seed of

1. pea
2. maize
3. coconut
4. castor

Pineapple (ananas) fruit develops from

1. a multilocular monocarpellary flower
2. a unilocular polycarpellary flower
3. a multipistillate syncarpous flower
4. a cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axis

In which of the following fruits, the edible part is the aril?

1. Litchi
2. Custard apple
3. Pomegranate
4. Orange

Which of the following represents the edible part of the fruit of litchi?

1. Mesocarp
2. Endocarp
3. Pericarp
4. Juicy aril

Edible part of mango is

1. endocarp
2. receptacle
3. epicarp
4. mesocarp

Juicy hair-like structures observed in the lemon fruit develop from

1. exocarp
2. mesocarp
3. endocarp
4. mesocarp and endocarp.

The aleurone layer in maize grain is specially rich in :-

1. Lipids
2. Proteins
3. Auxins
4. Starch

Geocarpic fruit is

1. potato
2. peanut
3. onion
4. garlic.

Edible part in mango is

1. mesocarp
2. epicarp
3. endocarp
4. epidermis

Edible part of banana is

1. epicarp
2. mesocarp and less developed endocarp
3. endocarp and less developed mesocarp
4. epicarp and mesocarp

Which is correct pair for edible part?

1. Tomato-thalamus
2. Maize-cotyledons
3. Guava-mesocarp
4. Date palm-mesocarp