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Morphology of Flowering Plants

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Ques. 1AIPMT 2012 (Prelims)

Vexillary aestivation is characteristic of the family

  1. Fabaceae
  2. Asteraceae
  3. Solanaceae
  4. Brassicaceae

Answer

(1) Fabaceae

Solution

In vexillary (papilionaceous) aestivation there are five petals: the largest (standard) overlaps the two lateral petals (wings), which in turn overlap the two smallest anterior petals (keel).

As per NCERT, this type of aestivation is found in pea and bean flowers ⇒ family Fabaceae.

Answer: (1)

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Ques. 2AIPMT 2011 (Mains)

Whorled, simple leaves with reticulate venation are present in

  1. Calotropis
  2. neem
  3. China rose
  4. Alstonia.
Ques. 3AIPMT 2011 (Mains)

Sweet potato is homologous to

  1. potato
  2. Colocasia
  3. ginger
  4. turnip.
Ques. 4AIPMT 2011 (Mains)

Which one of the following figures represents the placentation in Dianthus?

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
Ques. 5AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)

Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. In tomato, fruit is a capsule.
  2. Seeds of orchids have oil-rich endosperm.
  3. Placentation in primrose is basal.
  4. Flower of tulip is a modified shoot.
Ques. 6AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)

Flowers are zygomorphic in

  1. mustard
  2. gulmohur
  3. tomato
  4. Datura
Ques. 7AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)

The ovary is half inferior in flowers of

  1. peach
  2. cucumber
  3. cotton
  4. guava
Ques. 8AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)

A drupe develops in

  1. mango
  2. wheat
  3. pea
  4. tomato
Ques. 9AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)

The correct floral formula of chilli is

  1. [figure]
  2. [figure]
  3. [figure]
  4. [figure]
Ques. 10AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)

The "eyes" of the potato tuber are

  1. root buds
  2. flower buds
  3. shoot buds
  4. axillary buds.
Ques. 11AIPMT 2010 (Mains)

Which one of the following is a xerophytic plant in which the stem is modified into the flat green and succulent structure?

  1. Opuntia
  2. Casuarina
  3. Hydrilla
  4. Acacia

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