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Name the protective wall of fruit​, whether it is perisperm or pericarp.

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Important Questions on Morphology of Flowering Plants

MEDIUM
Choose the correct statements.
A. The tip of embryonic axis emerges out first during seed germination is called rachis.
B. In Artocarpus integrifolia, the fruit type is syconus, where the edible part is succulent perianth.
C. In Pyrus malus, the edible part is false fruit.
D. Pepo fruit is developed from tricarpellary, unilocular inferior ovary. 
MEDIUM

Match the following

  List-I   List-II   List-III
(A) Mango (i) Dolichos lablab    (I) Hesperidium
(B) Orange (ii) Annona squamosa (II) Aggregate fruit
(C) Bean (iii) Citrus sinensis (III) Drupe
(D) Custard apple (iv) Mangifera indica (IV) Legume

The correct answer is

EASY
Which ONE of the following pairs gives rise to fruit and seed, respectively, in a typical angiosperm plant?
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Match the types of fruits presented in List-I with the name of the plants given in the List-II.

  List-I   List-II
(A) Schizocarpic fiuit (I) Mustard
(B) False fruit (II) Acacia
(C) Parthenocarpic fruit (III) Strawberry
(D) Dry fruit (IV) Banana
    (V) Cotton

The correct match is:

HARD

Match the following.

Column-A Column-B
1. Xanthium a. animals
2. Madar b. explosion
3. Mango c. water
4. Balsam d. spines
5. Coconut e. wind
EASY
Coconut fruits are dispersed by the agent of _____.
EASY
Name the agents of dispersal of seeds, giving two examples of plants whose seeds are dispersed by each.
HARD

Fill in the blank with the right word.

(carrot, hook, coconut, Ruellia tuberose)

The fruits of _____ explode when they come in contact with water.

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Seeds dispersed by wind generally possess hairy _____. [ingrowth/outgrowth]
MEDIUM
Name three agents of dispersal. In each case, give an example of a plant whose seeds are dispersed by the agent.
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Dry fruits dispersed by wind generally possess _____.