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Androecium and gynoecium - class-XI

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When the filament of anther is fixed at a point about the middle of the connective and the movement is free in the sac is called as ______

  1. Versatile

  2. Basifixed

  3. Adnate

  4. Dorsifixed


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In most grasses, the attachment is versatile where the filament is attached merely at a point about the middle of the connective so that the anthers can swing on it freely.

Which one of the following does not have a polycarpellary ovary?

  1. Guava

  2. Apple

  3. Coconut

  4. Fig


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fig is a composite fruit which develops from a unicarpellary ovary which forms the fruitlets. Several fruitlets in a hypanthodium inflorescence form the actual fruit.

Guava is a false berry which develops from an inferior polycarpellary ovary.
Apple is a pome in which the fleshy part is the thalamus and inside it the actual fruit develops from a polycarpellary ovary.
Coconut is a type of drupe which develops from either a bicarpellary or a tetracarpellary ovary.
So, the correct answer is 'Fig'.

Hesperidium develops from an ovary which is

  1. Polycarpellary, superior and syncarpous

  2. Polycarpellary, inferior and syncarpous

  3. Polycarpellary, superior and apocarpous

  4. Bicarpellary, superior and syncarpous


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Hesperidium is a type of berry in which the epicarp and mesocarp fuse and form a leathery covering which can be removed and the endosperm forms the fibrous septa. It develops from a polycarpellary, superior and syncarpous ovary. So, the correct answer is 'Polycarpellary, superior and syncarpous'.

Vexillum, area and keel are

  1. Androecium

  2. Gynoecium

  3. Corolla

  4. Calyx


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Odd petal largest  posterior and outer most called vexillum (standard). It covers two wings (Alae) which in turn covers two small, fused petals called keel (carinae.)

Flowers showing basipetal succession are observed in

  1. Caesalpinia and Clerodendron

  2. Jasmine and Gold mohar

  3. Gold mohar and Caesalpinia

  4. Clerodendron and Jasmine


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Floral succession can be racemose, cymose, special type or mixed type. In racemose inflorescence, flowers are arranged in acropetal succession. in which the younger flowers are at the apex and the older flowers are at the base. In cymose inflorescence, flowers are arranged in basipetal succession in which the younger flowers are at the base and the older flowers are at the apex. Clerodendron and Jasmine show basipetal succession
So, the correct answer is 'Clerodendron and Jasmine'

When anthers have two chambers, they are described as.

  1. Dioecious

  2. Dithecous

  3. Diadelphous

  4. Dimorphic


Correct Option: B

Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Rule of Priority in plant nomenclature commenced from $1853$
2. Binomial nomenclature was introduced by Linnaeus in $1753$
3. The orchid fruit contains five distinct seeds
4. Gynobasic style is found in Lamiaceae
Select the correct answer using the codes given.

  1. $1$ and $2$

  2. $2$ and $4$

  3. $1$ and $3$

  4. $2$ and $3$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  1. The first rule commence for botanical nomenclature is in the year 1867 in Paris by A.P.de Candolle.
  2. Binomial nomenclature was given by Linnaeus in 1753.
  3. Orchids have the smallest seed in the world and produces millions in numbers.
  4. When style arises from the cavity from the centre of ovary or from thalamus is gynobasic style and it is the characteristic of Lamiaceae family.
So the correct statemnts are "2and 4".

Long filamentous threads protruding at the end of a young cob of maize are-

  1. Anthers

  2. Styles

  3. Ovaries

  4. Hairs


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
In a cob of maize, each ovary has a long silky (hairy) style, called as corn silk. Collectively these styles protrude at the end of a young cob. The grains are formed on the cob which remains covered by the leafy bracts.

So, the correct answer is 'Styles'.

Which of the following wall layer of anthers shows fibrous thickening (of callose)?

  1. Epidermis

  2. Tapetum

  3. Middle layer

  4. Endothecium


Correct Option: D

The statements given below describe certain features that are observed in the pistil of flowers.
I. Pistil may have many carpels.
II. Each carpel may have more than one ovule.
III. Each carpel has only one ovule.
IV. Pistil have only one carpel.
Choose the statements that are true from the option below.

  1. I and II

  2. I and III

  3. II and IV

  4. III and IV


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Each pistil is constructed of from one to many enrolled leaflike structures, or carpels, each of which encloses one or more ovules. The carpel is a single megasporophyll, or modified seed-bearing leaf. A pistil then may be composed of one carpel (simple pistil), as in the sweet pea, or of two or more carpels (compound pistil) partially or completely joined, as in the mustard (two carpels) or lily (three carpels). A carpel has three parts: stigma, ovary, and style. The stigma is responsible for pollination and is the top-most part of the carpel. The ovary is responsible for determining the number of carpels in a plant and is the bottom-most part of a carpel. Lastly, the style is responsible for connecting the stigma and ovary together, helping with the transfer of pollen through the carpel for pollination.


So, the correct option is 'Option A'.

Gynoecium having a number of free carpels is

  1. Syncarpous

  2. Apocarpous

  3. Polycarpellary

  4. Syngenesious


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gynoecium having a number of free carpels is called apocarpous.

A. Syncarpous gynoecium has fused carpels.
B. Apocarpous gynoecium has free carpels.
C. Polycarpellary gynoecium has multiple carpels.
D. Syngenesious is the condition of stamens where anthers are fused but filaments are free.
Hence, the correct answer is 'Apocarpous'.

A flower with five unequal petals has largest posterior petal, two lateral slightly small petals and two anterior petals partially fused to form a boat-shaed structure. Which is not correct for such a flower?

  1. Descending imbricate aestivation

  2. Odd sepal anterior

  3. Piston mechanism of pollination

  4. Many carpels


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The flowers belonging to the Papilionaceae family has vexillary type of aestivation in which, there is one large posteriorly placed petal called vexillum that overlaps the lateral petals called wings. These wings overlap the anterior petals that are fused to form a boat like structure called keel or carina. This type of aestivation is also called descending imbricate. These flowers also have an odd anterior sepal. They show piston mechanism of pollination. Their gynoecium is one carpel, it is monocarpellary, superior, unilocular with marginal placentation. For example, Pea, Dalbergia etc.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Many carpels'

Gynobasic style is found in _________.

  1. Labiatae$/$ Lamiaceae

  2. Liliaceae

  3. Gramineae$/$ Poaceae

  4. Compositae$/$ Asteraceae


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When ovary is lobed and the style emerges from the depressions of the lobes of the ovary, it is called gynobasic style. It is seen in the family Lamiaceae or Labiatae. 

Hence, the correct answer is 'Lamiaceae or Labiatae' 

Match the lists.

I II
(a) Bicarpellary, unilocular (i)

Hyoscyamus

| | (b) | Bicarpellary, bilocular | (ii) |

Ulex

| | (c) | Multicarpellary, multilocular | (iii) |

Scilla

| | (d) | Monocarpellary, unilocular | (iv) | Citrus | | | | (v) | Capsicum |

  1. a-(iii), b-(v), c-(iv), d-(i)

  2. a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(v)

  3. a-(v), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(iii)

  4. a-(v), b-(iii), c-(i), d-(ii)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
   Column I    Column II
 (a)  Bicarpellary, unilocular (iii)  Scilla 
 (b)  Bicarpellary, bilocular (v)  Capsicum 
 (c) Multicarpellary, multilocular   (iv)  Citrus
 (d)  Monocarpellary, unilocular (i)  Hyoscyamus 

(a) Scilla belongs to the family Liliaceae. It shows bicarpellary gynoecium with the unilocular ovary having two ovules arranged in the axile placentation.

(b) Capsicum belongs to the family Solanaceae. The gynoecium is bicarpellary with bilocular ovary showing the axile placentation.
(c) Citrus belongs to the family Rutaceae. The gynoecium is multicarpellary (5 carpels) with multilocular ovary showing axile placentation.
(d) Hyoscyamus belongs to the family Solanaceae but it shows the monocarpellary gynoecium with the unilocular ovary.
Hence, the correct answer is 'a-(iii), b-(v), c-(iv), d-(i)'.

Gynoecium with fused carpels is

  1. Syncarpous

  2. Syngenesious

  3. Sympatric

  4. Cleistocarpic


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gynoecium with fused carpels is called syncarpous. Gynoecium with free carpels is called apocarpous.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Syncarpous'

The seed coat is formed from which of the following structure(s)

  1. Integuments

  2. Endosperm

  3. Ovary

  4. Residues of sepals


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering. The formation of the seed is part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiosperm plants. The maturing ovule undergoes marked changes in the integuments, generally a reduction and disorganisation but occasionally a thickening. The seed coat formed from the two integuments or outer layers of cells of the ovule, which derive from tissue from the mother plant, the inner integument forms the tegmen and the outer forms the testa

So, the correct answer is 'integuments'

A is a closed vessel that contains an ovary in which eggs develop, fertilization occurs, and seeds mature

  1. Pollen sac

  2. Receptacle

  3. Microsporophyll

  4. Carpel


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Carpel is the female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an ovary, a stigma, and usually a style. A carpel is the female reproductive part of the flower, interpreted as modified leaves bearing structures called ovules, inside which the egg cells ultimately form. It may occur singly or as one of a group. Fertilization of an egg within a carpel by a pollen grain from another flower results in seed development within the carpel

So, the correct answer is 'carpel'

Part of the gynoecium which receives the pollen is called.

  1. Style

  2. Stigma

  3. Ovule

  4. Ovary


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Transfer of pollen grains to the stigma of a pistil is called pollination. Stigma is large and feathery so that it can trap air-borne pollen grains. 

So, the correct option is 'Stigma'.

The statements given described certain features that are observed in the pistil of flowers.
I. Pistil may produce more than one seed
II. Each carpel may have more than one ovule
III. Each carpel has only one ovule
IV. Pistil have only one carpel
Choose the statements that are true from the options given.

  1. i and ii

  2. i and iii

  3. ii and iv

  4. iii and iv


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The pistils of flowers are composed of carpels which contain many ovules that have seeds inside of them. Hence, a single pistil is capable of producing more than one ovule. 

So, the correct answer  is 'i and ii'.

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