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Practice Test 1 — Morphology of Flowering Plants

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Section A — MCQ (Single Correct)

Question 1

A fibrous root system is typically found in:

Solution: Monocots characteristically have fibrous roots.

Question 2

The corm is an underground modified stem of:

Solution: Colocasia has a corm; potato=tuber, ginger=rhizome, onion=bulb.

Question 3

Reticulate venation is generally seen in the leaves of:

Solution: Dicots like peepal have reticulate venation.

Question 4

Flowers borne in basipetal succession occur in a ___ inflorescence:

Solution: Cymose inflorescence shows basipetal succession.

Question 5

Parietal placentation is seen in:

Solution: Mustard (and Argemone) show parietal placentation.

Question 6

A flower with a half-inferior ovary is:

Solution: Perigynous flowers (rose, plum) have a half-inferior ovary.

Question 7

The fruit of Fabaceae is a:

Solution: Fabaceae bears a legume (pod).

Question 8

The coleoptile is found in the seed of:

Solution: The coleoptile (plumule sheath) occurs in the maize (monocot) seed.

Section B — Assertion & Reason

Question 9

A: The potato is a modified stem, not a root.
R: The 'eyes' of a potato are nodes bearing axillary buds.

Solution: Presence of nodes and buds is exactly what makes it a stem — R explains A.

Question 10

A: The apple is called a false fruit.
R: Its edible flesh develops mainly from the thalamus rather than the ovary.

Solution: A fruit formed largely from the thalamus is a false fruit — R explains A.

Question 11

A: A pea flower shows zygomorphic symmetry.
R: It can be divided into two equal halves by any vertical plane passing through the centre.

Solution: A is true, but R is false — only ONE plane gives equal halves (that is what zygomorphic means).

Question 12

A: A banana can be a seedless fruit.
R: It develops parthenocarpically, without fertilisation.

Solution: Parthenocarpic development (no fertilisation) is why it is seedless — R explains A.