Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Morphology of Flowering Plants, Exercise 1: AIPMT - 25th July 2015

Identify the correct set of statements :
(a) The leaflets are modified into pointed hard thorns in Citrus and Bougainvillea
(b) Axillary buds form slender and spirally coiled tendrils in cucumber and pumpkin
(c) Stem is flattened and fleshy in Opuntia and modified to perform the function of leaves
(d) Rhizophora shows vertically upward growing roots that help to get oxygen for respiration
(e) Subaerially growing stems in grasses and strawberry help in vegetative propagation
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which one of the following plants shows vexillary aestivation and diadelphous stamens?

The flowers are zygomorphic in:

(a) Mustard

(b) Gulmohar

(c) Cassia

(d) Datura

(e) Chili

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Diadelphous stamens are found in:

Match Column - I with Column - II.

Column-I		Column-II
(a)		(i)	Brassicaceae
(b)		(ii)	Liliaceae
(c)		(iii)	Fabaceae
(d)		(iv)	Solanaceae

Correct position of floral parts over thalamus in mustard plant is:

Which of the following is the correct floral formula of Liliaceae?

Identify the correct features of mango and coconut fruits.
(i) In both fruit is a drupe.
(ii) Endocarp is edible in both.
(iii) Mesocarp in coconut is fibrous, and in mango it is fleshy.
(iv) In both, fruit develops from monocarpellary ovary.

Select the correct option from below: