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Morphology of Flowering Plants

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Ques. 1AIPMT 2009

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

Answer

(4) groundnut and pomegranate

Solution

In groundnut, the edible part of the seed is the pair of fleshy cotyledons.

⇒ In pomegranate, the edible part is the juicy outer seed coat (fleshy testa) of each seed.

∵ Coconut's edible part is endosperm, litchi's is the aril and tamarind's is the pulpy mesocarp,

∴ cotyledons and testa respectively are edible in groundnut and pomegranate.

Answer: (4)

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Ques. 2AIPMT 2009

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

  1. coffee
  2. lily
  3. castor
  4. cotton
Ques. 3AIPMT 2009

The floral formula [figure] is that of

  1. soybean
  2. sunhemp
  3. tobacco
  4. tulip
Ques. 4AIPMT 2009

Vegetative propagation in mint occurs by

  1. offset
  2. rhizome
  3. sucker
  4. runner.
Ques. 5AIPMT 2008

The fleshy receptacle of syconus of fig encloses a number of

  1. berries
  2. mericarps
  3. achenes
  4. samaras
Ques. 6AIPMT 2008

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

  1. berry
  2. cremocarp
  3. caryopsis
  4. cypsella
Ques. 7AIPMT 2008

Replum is present in the ovary of flower of

  1. sunflower
  2. pea
  3. lemon
  4. mustard
Ques. 8AIPMT 2008

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

  1. guava
  2. cucumber
  3. pomegranate
  4. orange
Ques. 9AIPMT 2008

Endosperm is consumed by developing embryo in the seed of

  1. pea
  2. maize
  3. coconut
  4. castor
Ques. 10AIPMT 2006

Pentamerous actinomorphic flowers, bicarpellary ovary with oblique septa, and fruit capsule or berry, are characteristic features of

  1. Liliaceae
  2. Asteraceae
  3. Brassicaceae
  4. Solanaceae
Ques. 11AIPMT 2006

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

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