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Angiosperms (Medical Entrance)

Description: TAXONOMY ANGIOSPERMS SystematicsAspects of TaxonomyFive kingdom ClassificationNomenclature of SpeciesMorphology of Flowering PlantsTaxonomic AidsTaxonomical AidsSemi Technical Description of Flowering PlantsFruitFlowerFlower
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'Genera Plantarum' is written by

  1. De Candolle

  2. John Lindley

  3. Bentham and Hooker

  4. Henri Baillon

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

These together published a joint system of classification containing 202 orders of monumental work "Genera Plantarum".

Who among the following gave the phylogenetic system of classification?

  1. Linnaeus

  2. Bentham and Hooker

  3. Hutchinson

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Phyletic classifications are natural classifications that try to identify the evolutionary history of natural groups. Hutchinson's classification was a phylogenetic classification.

Pulses are a group of plants belonging to the family

  1. Leguminoseae(Papillionate)

  2. Cruciferae

  3. Compositae

  4. Solanaceae

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pulses belong to the subgroup of the family Papillionate of the main family Leguminoseae.

Which of the following options about Compositae family is incorrect?

  1. Presence of head inflorescence

  2. Hypogynous flowers

  3. Syngenesious anthers

  4. Fruit called 'cypsela'

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Hypogynous flowers are not present in Compositae. In epigynous flowers, the hypanthium is fused to the gynoecium and the free parts of the sepals, petals and stamens appear to be attached to the top of the gynoecium as in Compositae family.

Which of the following is the characteristic fruit of family cucurbitaceae?

  1. Nut

  2. Achene

  3. Capsule

  4. Pepo

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It has a hard or leathery rind with numerous seeds. It is the characteristic feature of cucurbitaceae.

The best example of 3n tissue is the

  1. endosperm of sunflower

  2. endosperm of pinus

  3. protonema of funaria

  4. sporangium of fern

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sunflower being an angiosperm has triploid or 3n endosperm.

'Families of flowering plants' was written by

  1. Bentham And Hooker

  2. John Hutchinson

  3. Engler and Prantl

  4. Linnaeus

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Families of flowering plants' was written by John Hutchinson.

The condition of androecium in Cucurbitaceae is

  1. syngenesious

  2. synandrous

  3. diadelphous

  4. free stamens

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here both the anthers and filaments are united Cucurbitaceae.

The dispersal of seeds by water takes place in

  1. coconuts

  2. mangoes

  3. oranges

  4. bananas

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The dispersal of seeds by water takes place in coconuts.

How is PARTHENOCARPY best described?

  1. Fruits formed without fertilisation

  2. Fruits formed without pollination

  3. Seed without fertilisation

  4. Only seeds and no fruits

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Parthenocarpy (literally meaning virgin fruit) is the natural or artificially induced production of fruit without fertilisation of ovules. Therefore, the fruit is seedless.

What kind of a plant is Avicennia?

  1. Mesophyte

  2. Epiphyte

  3. Hydrophyte

  4. Mangrove

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mangroves are various large and extensive types of trees with medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats. Avicennia is called black mangrove.

Which of the following structures is/are formed by the spore mother cell?

  1. A pollen sac

  2. An ovule

  3. Pollen grains

  4. Embryo sac

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Pollen grains or microspores are haploid structures formed by meiosis occurring in the microspore mother cell.

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Mango - drupe

  2. Sunflower - cypsela

  3. Tomato - berry

  4. Fig - syconium

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fig trees (Ficus) produce an edible multiple fruit called a syconium.

The botanical name of chilly is

  1. Solanum tuberosum

  2. Lycopersicon esculentum

  3. Capsicum frutescens

  4. Nicandra physaloides

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Capsicum frutescens is a species of chili pepper.

Which of the following characters among the angiosperms is the most important taxonomically to differentiate it from the gymnosperms?

  1. Triploid endosperm

  2. Seed enclosed in a fruit

  3. Attractive petals

  4. Presence of vessels in xylem

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In angiosperms only, the seed is formed enclosed in a fruit. This character is not present in gymnosperms where the seed is said to be naked.

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