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- Which parts are common to all higher plants despite their diversity in appearance?
a) Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits ✅
b) Only roots and stems
c) Flowers and fruits only
d) Seeds and spores - What is the part of the plant that grows underground called?
a) Shoot system
b) Root system ✅
c) Stem system
d) Leaf system - Which part of the plant grows above the ground?
a) Root system
b) Shoot system ✅
c) Flower system
d) Fruit system - Morphology is the study of which of the following?
a) Internal cellular structure
b) External form, structure, and appearance of plants ✅
c) Photosynthesis and respiration
d) Soil and nutrient absorption - The word ‘morphology’ is derived from which languages?
a) Latin words meaning ‘plant study’
b) Greek words meaning ‘form’ and ‘study’ ✅
c) Sanskrit words meaning ‘shape’ and ‘life’
d) French words meaning ‘appearance’ and ‘biology’ - Morphology helps us understand:
a) Only the color of plants
b) How each plant part contributes to function and survival ✅
c) The taste of fruits
d) Soil requirements for plants - Why is morphology important in biology and taxonomy?
a) To study soil nutrients
b) To identify plants and classify them ✅
c) To calculate plant age
d) To grow plants faster - Which family is mentioned as an example where morphology helps in identification?
a) Solanaceae
b) Fabaceae ✅
c) Poaceae
d) Lamiaceae - What unique feature helps identify the Fabaceae family?
a) Parallel leaf venation
b) Papilionaceous corolla (flower structure) ✅
c) Compound roots
d) Thorny stems - Morphology includes the study of which plant parts?
a) Only roots and leaves
b) Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds ✅
c) Soil and water absorption
d) Photosynthesis process
11. What do root and shoot systems together help the plant do?
a) Only reproduce
b) Survive, grow, and reproduce efficiently ✅
c) Only produce flowers
d) Only absorb sunlight
12. Why do plant parts often show variations?
a) Because of random growth
b) As adaptations to their environment ✅
c) Due to soil color
d) To increase seed size
13. Which of the following is NOT a function of studying morphology?
a) Identification of plants
b) Plant classification
c) Understanding soil pH ✅
d) Supporting taxonomy
14. Observing leaf type, root system, and flower symmetry helps in:
a) Measuring photosynthesis
b) Guessing plant family or species ✅
c) Calculating plant age
d) Determining soil nutrients
15. What is the Greek meaning of ‘morpho’?
a) Study
b) Form ✅
c) Plant
d) Flower
16. What is the Greek meaning of ‘logy’?
a) Form
b) Life
c) Study ✅
d) Plant
17. Morphology is primarily concerned with:
a) External features of living organisms ✅
b) Internal anatomy of cells
c) Photosynthesis
d) Plant hormones
18. Which part of the plant is sometimes underground, sometimes above?
a) Roots
b) Leaves
c) Flowers and fruits ✅
d) Stems
19. Which of the following best describes a shoot system?
a) Grows underground
b) Grows above the ground ✅
c) Only absorbs water
d) Only stores food
20. The study of morphology is essential for:
a) Astronomy
b) Taxonomy ✅
c) Physics
d) Soil testing
21. Which plant example is mentioned to illustrate root, stem, and leaf presence?
a) Common tree
b) Any common weed ✅
c) Rare orchid
d) Grass only
22. Plant adaptations can be for which of the following purposes?
a) Habitat adjustment ✅
b) Soil color
c) Temperature regulation only
d) None of the above
23. Morphology also studies the arrangement of plant parts, such as:
a) How roots, stems, leaves are arranged ✅
b) How soil particles mix
c) How animals pollinate
d) How plants breathe
24. Morphology helps in understanding how each part contributes to:
a) Soil erosion
b) Function and survival ✅
c) Water pollution
d) Animal behavior
25. In plant classification, morphological characters are used to divide plants into:
a) Kingdom and domains
b) Families, genera, and species ✅
c) Soil types
d) Climate zones
26. Papilionaceous corolla is a feature of which plant family?
a) Solanaceae
b) Fabaceae ✅
c) Poaceae
d) Rosaceae
27. Why is morphology extremely useful in agriculture?
a) Helps improve plant identification and selection ✅
b) Determines rainfall
c) Measures soil color
d) Predicts earthquakes
28. Which parts of the plant are studied under morphology for appearance and variation?
a) Only roots
b) Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds ✅
c) Soil and water only
d) Only flowers
29. Studying plant morphology helps field biologists to:
a) Identify plants in the field ✅
b) Measure plant age
c) Count number of seeds only
d) Study animal behavior
30. Why is it important to know standard technical terms and definitions in plant study?
a) To properly classify plants ✅
b) To increase flower size
c) To measure soil water
d) To count leaves
31. What is the first root to grow from a seed in dicotyledonous plants called?
a) Secondary root
b) Radicle ✅
c) Adventitious root
d) Tertiary root
32. The primary root and all its branches together form:
a) Fibrous root system
b) Tap root system ✅
c) Adventitious root system
d) Stilt root system
33. Which plant is an example of a tap root system?
a) Wheat
b) Mustard ✅
c) Grass
d) Monstera

34. In monocotyledonous plants, the primary root is:
a) Long-lived and forms tap roots
b) Short-lived and replaced by fibrous roots ✅
c) Absent
d) Only adventitious
35. Which plant shows a fibrous root system?
a) Mustard
b) Wheat ✅
c) Carrot
d) Banyan
36. Roots that develop from parts of the plant other than the radicle are called:
a) Tap roots
b) Adventitious roots ✅
c) Fibrous roots
d) Pneumatophores
37. Which of the following is NOT a function of roots?
a) Absorbing water and minerals
b) Providing firm anchorage
c) Producing flowers ✅
d) Storing reserve food materials
38. The tip of a root is covered by which structure?
a) Root hairs
b) Root cap ✅
c) Meristematic zone
d) Elongation zone
39. The region just above the root cap where cells divide continuously is called:
a) Region of elongation
b) Region of maturation
c) Meristematic region ✅
d) Root hair zone
40. Which region of the root is responsible for increase in length?
a) Region of maturation
b) Region of elongation ✅
c) Root cap
d) Adventitious root
41. The tiny, thread-like structures developing from epidermal cells in the mature region are called:
a) Stilt roots
b) Root hairs ✅
c) Pneumatophores
d) Tap roots
42. Root hairs primarily help in:
a) Storing food
b) Absorbing water and minerals ✅
c) Supporting plant
d) Producing oxygen
43. Roots that become swollen to store food are seen in:
a) Banyan
b) Carrot and turnip ✅
c) Maize
d) Rhizophora
44. Which roots help in supporting heavy branches in banyan tree?
a) Tap roots
b) Prop roots ✅
c) Stilt roots
d) Fibrous roots
45. Stilt roots are found in which type of plants?
a) Carrot
b) Maize and sugarcane ✅
c) Mustard
d) Wheat
46. Pneumatophores help plants to:
a) Store water
b) Absorb minerals
c) Get oxygen in waterlogged conditions ✅
d) Anchor plant firmly
47. Pneumatophores are vertically growing roots from:
a) Stem
b) Soil ✅
c) Leaf
d) Flower
48. Adventitious roots of sweet potato are modified for:
a) Respiration
b) Storage of food ✅
c) Anchorage
d) Photosynthesis
49. Fibrous root system primarily replaces which root in monocots?
a) Adventitious roots
b) Primary root ✅
c) Prop roots
d) Pneumatophores
50. Which region of the root contains small, thin-walled cells filled with dense protoplasm?
a) Region of maturation
b) Region of elongation
c) Meristematic region ✅
d) Root cap
- Which part of the plant axis bears branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits?
a) Root
b) Stem ✅
c) Leaf
d) Flower - From which part of the embryo does the stem develop?
a) Radicle
b) Plumule ✅
c) Cotyledon
d) Seed coat - Regions on the stem where leaves grow are called:
a) Internodes
b) Nodes ✅
c) Buds
d) Shoots - Portions between two nodes are called:
a) Internodes ✅
b) Nodes
c) Roots
d) Petioles - Buds present on the stem can be:
a) Terminal or axillary ✅
b) Lateral only
c) Adventitious only
d) Underground only - Young stems are usually ______, while mature stems often become ______.
a) Brown; green
b) Green; woody and dark brown ✅
c) Woody; green
d) Fleshy; brown - Which of the following is NOT a main function of stems?
a) Supporting branches
b) Conducting water, minerals, and photosynthates
c) Photosynthesis ✅
d) Spreading leaves, flowers, and fruits - Stems modified to store food and act as organs of perennation include:
a) Potato, ginger, turmeric, Colocasia ✅
b) Opuntia, Euphorbia
c) Cucumber, pumpkin
d) Citrus, Bougainvillea - Tendrils are modified stems that help plants to:
a) Store food
b) Climb ✅
c) Protect from animals
d) Perform photosynthesis - Examples of plants with tendrils include:
a) Potato and ginger
b) Cucumber, pumpkin, watermelon, grapevine ✅
c) Opuntia and Euphorbia
d) Citrus and Bougainvillea - Thorns are modified stems that provide:
a) Storage
b) Photosynthesis
c) Protection from grazing animals ✅
d) Climbing - Examples of plants with thorns include:
a) Opuntia and Euphorbia
b) Citrus and Bougainvillea ✅
c) Potato and ginger
d) Cucumber and pumpkin - Stems modified into flattened or fleshy cylindrical forms for photosynthesis are seen in:
a) Potato and turmeric
b) Opuntia and Euphorbia ✅
c) Cucumber and watermelon
d) Banana and pineapple - Horizontal underground stems that help produce new plants include:
a) Potato and ginger
b) Grass and strawberry ✅
c) Mint and jasmine
d) Opuntia and Euphorbia - A slender lateral branch that grows from the base, arches down, and touches the soil is seen in:
a) Pistia and Eichhornia
b) Mint and jasmine ✅
c) Banana and pineapple
d) Cucumber and grapevine - Lateral branches arising from basal underground stems to form new leafy shoots are seen in:
a) Potato and Colocasia
b) Banana, pineapple, Chrysanthemum ✅
c) Opuntia and Euphorbia
d) Mint and jasmine - Which stems contain chlorophyll and carry out photosynthesis?
a) Underground tubers
b) Flattened or fleshy cylindrical stems like Opuntia and Euphorbia ✅
c) Woody stems
d) Stilt roots - Lateral branches in aquatic plants like Pistia and Eichhornia develop:
a) Underground tubers
b) Rosette of leaves and a tuft of roots ✅
c) Stilt roots
d) Thorns
69. A leaf is usually a lateral structure that grows on the stem at a:
a) Internode
b) Node ✅
c) Bud
d) Root
70. Leaves develop from which part of the plant?
a) Shoot apical meristem ✅
b) Root cap
c) Leaf base
d) Stem node
71. The three main parts of a typical leaf are:
a) Lamina, petiole, root
b) Leaf base, petiole, lamina ✅
c) Node, internode, lamina
d) Stipule, midrib, petiole
72. The leaf base in monocotyledons often expands into a:
a) Petiole
b) Sheath ✅
c) Lamina
d) Pulvinus
73. A swollen leaf base in some leguminous plants is called:
a) Pulvinus ✅
b) Stipule
c) Midrib
d) Lamina
74. The part of the leaf that holds the lamina in the light is called:
a) Lamina
b) Petiole ✅
c) Midrib
d) Stipule
75. The green, expanded part of the leaf with veins is called:
a) Petiole
b) Lamina ✅
c) Stipule
d) Pulvinus
76. Which prominent central vein is present in most leaves?
a) Midrib ✅
b) Rachis
c) Veinlet
d) Petiole
77. Leaf venation where veinlets form a network is called:
a) Parallel venation
b) Reticulate venation ✅
c) Pinnate venation
d) Palmately compound
78. Most dicotyledonous plants exhibit:
a) Parallel venation
b) Reticulate venation ✅
c) No venation
d) Palmately compound leaves
79. Most monocotyledonous plants exhibit:
a) Reticulate venation
b) Parallel venation ✅
c) Compound leaves
d) Pinnate venation
80. Phyllotaxy refers to:
a) Leaf venation patterns
b) Arrangement of leaves on a stem or branch ✅
c) Type of leaf base
d) Leaf modifications
81. Which type of phyllotaxy has a single leaf at each node?
a) Opposite
b) Alternate ✅
c) Whorled
d) Compound
82. Plants like guava exhibit which phyllotaxy?
a) Alternate
b) Opposite ✅
c) Whorled
d) Pinnate
83. Plants like Alstonia, where more than two leaves arise at a node, show:
a) Alternate phyllotaxy
b) Opposite phyllotaxy
c) Whorled phyllotaxy ✅
d) Reticulate phyllotaxy
84. A leaf whose lamina is entire and incisions do not reach the midrib is called:
a) Compound leaf
b) Simple leaf ✅
c) Pinnate leaf
d) Palmately compound leaf
85. A leaf where incisions go all the way to the midrib, breaking it into leaflets is called:
a) Simple leaf
b) Compound leaf ✅
c) Pinnate leaf
d) Pulvinus leaf
86. In pinnately compound leaves, leaflets are arranged along:
a) Petiole
b) Common axis called rachis ✅
c) Midrib of each leaflet
d) Lamina margin
87. An example of pinnately compound leaf is:
a) Silk cotton
b) Neem ✅
c) Mustard
d) Pea
88. In palmately compound leaves, leaflets are attached at:
a) Different nodes
b) A common point, usually tip of petiole ✅
c) Base of stem
d) Leaf margins
89. An example of palmately compound leaf is:
a) Neem
b) Silk cotton ✅
c) Pea
d) Mustard
90. Leaves modified into tendrils help plants:
a) Store food
b) Climb ✅
c) Photosynthesize
d) Trap insects
91. Leaves modified into spines serve the function of:
a) Protection ✅
b) Photosynthesis
c) Storage
d) Climbing
92. Fleshy leaves like in onion and garlic are modified for:
a) Climbing
b) Storage of food ✅
c) Photosynthesis
d) Protection
93. In Australian acacia, which part of the leaf takes over photosynthesis?
a) Lamina
b) Expanded petiole ✅
c) Stipule
d) Midrib
94. In insectivorous plants like pitcher plant and Venus flytrap, leaves are modified to:
a) Store water
b) Trap and digest insects ✅
c) Protect plant
d) Climb
- A flower is a modified:
a) Leaf
b) Shoot ✅
c) Root
d) Bud - The shoot apical meristem transforms into which meristem to form a flower?
a) Leaf meristem
b) Floral meristem ✅
c) Root meristem
d) Axillary meristem - Why does the axis of a flower become condensed?
a) Internodes elongate rapidly
b) Internodes do not elongate ✅
c) Nodes disappear
d) Leaves grow at apex - Instead of leaves, what does the apex of a flower produce?
a) Lateral shoots
b) Floral appendages ✅
c) Roots
d) Tendrils - A solitary flower usually develops from:
a) Leaf tip
b) Shoot tip ✅
c) Node of stem
d) Root apex - The arrangement of flowers on the floral axis is called:
a) Phyllotaxy
b) Venation
c) Inflorescence ✅
d) Pollination - Which type of inflorescence has the main axis that keeps growing?
a) Cymose
b) Racemose ✅
c) Solitary
d) Axillary - In racemose inflorescence, flowers develop in which order?
a) Basipetal
b) Acropetal ✅
c) Random
d) Alternate - In cymose inflorescence, the main axis:
a) Keeps growing indefinitely
b) Ends in a flower ✅
c) Produces leaves only
d) Produces roots - In cymose inflorescence, flowers develop in which order?
a) Acropetal
b) Basipetal ✅
c) Random
d) Alternate - Which inflorescence type ensures that the youngest flowers are at the top?
a) Racemose ✅
b) Cymose
c) Solitary
d) Whorled - Which inflorescence type ensures that the older flowers are at the top?
a) Racemose
b) Cymose ✅
c) Alternate
d) Solitary
107. The reproductive unit of angiosperms is:
a) Leaf
b) Flower ✅
c) Stem
d) Fruit
108. The swollen tip of the stalk on which floral whorls are arranged is called:
a) Pedicel
b) Thalamus or receptacle ✅
c) Petiole
d) Rachis
109. Which are the four whorls of a typical flower?
a) Calyx, corolla, androecium, gynoecium ✅
b) Sepal, petiole, filament, stigma
c) Node, internode, lamina, petiole
d) Pedicel, rachis, midrib, ovary
110. Which whorls are considered accessory organs?
a) Androecium and gynoecium
b) Calyx and corolla ✅
c) Sepal and petiole
d) Filament and stigma
111. A flower with both androecium and gynoecium is called:
a) Unisexual
b) Bisexual ✅
c) Zygomorphic
d) Trimerous
112. Flowers with only stamens or only carpels are called:
a) Bisexual
b) Unisexual ✅
c) Actinomorphic
d) Pentamerous
113. Flowers that can be divided into two equal halves along any radial plane are:
a) Zygomorphic
b) Actinomorphic ✅
c) Asymmetric
d) Pentamerous
114. Flowers divisible into two similar halves along only one vertical plane are:
a) Zygomorphic ✅
b) Actinomorphic
c) Asymmetric
d) Trimerous
115. Flowers that cannot be divided into two similar halves along any plane are:
a) Zygomorphic
b) Actinomorphic
c) Asymmetric ✅
d) Tetramerous
116. Trimerous, tetramerous, and pentamerous flowers have floral parts in multiples of:
a) 2, 3, 4
b) 3, 4, 5 ✅
c) 1, 2, 3
d) 4, 5, 6
117. Flowers with bracts are called:
a) Ebracteate
b) Bracteate ✅
c) Actinomorphic
d) Hypogynous
118. In hypogynous flowers, the ovary is:
a) Superior ✅
b) Half-inferior
c) Inferior
d) Lateral
119. Example of hypogynous flower is:
a) Guava
b) Mustard ✅
c) Plum
d) Sunflower ray florets
120. In perigynous flowers, the ovary is:
a) Superior
b) Half-inferior ✅
c) Inferior
d) Terminal
121. Example of perigynous flower is:
a) Rose ✅
b) Mustard
c) Guava
d) Sunflower
122. In epigynous flowers, the ovary is:
a) Superior
b) Half-inferior
c) Inferior ✅
d) Terminal
123. Example of epigynous flower is:
a) Cucumber ✅
b) China rose
c) Mustard
d) Plum
124. The outermost whorl of a flower is:
a) Corolla
b) Calyx ✅
c) Androecium
d) Gynoecium
125. The parts of the calyx are called:
a) Petals
b) Sepals ✅
c) Stigma
d) Carpels
126. Calyx can be free or fused, called:
a) Polypetalous or gamopetalous
b) Polysepalous or gamosepalous ✅
c) Epipetalous or epiphyllous
d) Monadelphous or diadelphous
127. The corolla is made up of:
a) Sepals
b) Petals ✅
c) Stamens
d) Carpels
128. Arrangement of sepals or petals in a bud is called:
a) Phyllotaxy
b) Aestivation ✅
c) Venation
d) Placentation
129. In valvate aestivation, petals or sepals:
a) Overlap in twisted manner
b) Just touch margins without overlapping ✅
c) Overlap in imbricate pattern
d) Are vexillary
130. In vexillary or papilionaceous aestivation, which petal overlaps others?
a) Keel
b) Wings
c) Standard ✅
d) Sepals
131. The male reproductive whorl of a flower is:
a) Gynoecium
b) Androecium ✅
c) Corolla
d) Calyx
132. Each stamen consists of:
a) Filament and anther ✅
b) Style and stigma
c) Petiole and lamina
d) Sepal and petal
133. Stamens attached to petals are called:
a) Epipetalous ✅
b) Epiphyllous
c) Monadelphous
d) Polyadelphous
134. Stamens forming one bundle are called:
a) Diadelphous
b) Monadelphous ✅
c) Polyadelphous
d) Epipetalous
135. The female reproductive whorl of a flower is:
a) Androecium
b) Gynoecium ✅
c) Corolla
d) Calyx
136. Carpel has three main parts:
a) Filament, anther, pollen
b) Stigma, style, ovary ✅
c) Petiole, lamina, stipule
d) Node, internode, rachis
137. Ovules are attached to a cushion-like structure called:
a) Stigma
b) Style
c) Placenta ✅
d) Ovary
138. Carpels free from each other are called:
a) Syncarpous
b) Apocarpous ✅
c) Epipetalous
d) Polyadelphous
139. Carpels fused together are called:
a) Apocarpous
b) Syncarpous ✅
c) Epiphyllous
d) Diadelphous
140. Placentation where ovules grow along the ventral suture forming two rows is:
a) Axile
b) Parietal
c) Marginal ✅
d) Free central
141. Placentation in multilocular ovary with ovules on central axis is:
a) Marginal
b) Axile ✅
c) Parietal
d) Basal
142. Placentation with ovules on inner wall of ovary forming false septum is:
a) Marginal
b) Parietal ✅
c) Axile
d) Free central
143. Placentation with ovules on central axis without septa is:
a) Axile
b) Free central ✅
c) Parietal
d) Marginal
144. Placentation with single ovule attached at base of ovary is:
a) Basal ✅
b) Axile
c) Marginal
d) Parietal
- A fruit is basically a mature:
a) Seed
b) Ovary ✅
c) Flower
d) Leaf - Fruits that develop without fertilization are called:
a) Parthenocarpic ✅
b) Drupe
c) Endospermic
d) Monocarpellary - The wall of a fruit is called:
a) Epicarp
b) Pericarp ✅
c) Mesocarp
d) Endocarp - Which layer of a fleshy pericarp is the outermost?
a) Epicarp ✅
b) Mesocarp
c) Endocarp
d) Seed coat - Which layer of pericarp is fleshy and edible in mango?
a) Epicarp
b) Mesocarp ✅
c) Endocarp
d) Testa - Which layer of pericarp is hard and stony in mango?
a) Epicarp
b) Mesocarp
c) Endocarp ✅
d) Seed coat - Mango and coconut are examples of which type of fruit?
a) Capsule
b) Drupe ✅
c) Berry
d) Nut - Seeds develop from:
a) Flowers
b) Ovules ✅
c) Stamens
d) Carpels - The protective outer layer of a seed is called:
a) Embryo
b) Cotyledon
c) Seed coat ✅
d) Endosperm - The young plant inside a seed is called:
a) Radicle
b) Embryo ✅
c) Cotyledon
d) Plumule - Radicle in a seed develops into:
a) Stem
b) Leaf
c) Root ✅
d) Cotyledon - Cotyledons in a seed primarily store:
a) Water
b) Food ✅
c) Minerals
d) Oxygen - Seeds with one cotyledon are called:
a) Dicotyledonous
b) Monocotyledonous ✅
c) Endospermic
d) Non-endospermic - Seeds with two cotyledons are called:
a) Monocotyledonous
b) Dicotyledonous ✅
c) Endospermic
d) Non-endospermic - Outer layer of dicot seed coat is called:
a) Tegmen
b) Testa ✅
c) Hilum
d) Micropyle - Inner layer of dicot seed coat is called:
a) Testa
b) Tegmen ✅
c) Epicarp
d) Endosperm - Small scar on seed showing point of attachment to fruit is called:
a) Micropyle
b) Hilum ✅
c) Plumule
d) Radicle - Tiny opening above hilum allowing water entry during germination is:
a) Radicle
b) Micropyle ✅
c) Plumule
d) Coleoptile - Special tissue in some seeds storing food after double fertilization is:
a) Cotyledon
b) Endosperm ✅
c) Plumule
d) Radicle - Seeds of bean, gram, and pea are:
a) Endospermic
b) Non-endospermic ✅
c) Monocot
d) Drupe - In monocot seeds like maize, the main food reserve is:
a) Cotyledon
b) Endosperm ✅
c) Plumule
d) Radicle - Embryo in monocot seed has one large cotyledon called:
a) Testa
b) Scutellum ✅
c) Coleoptile
d) Cotyledonary axis - Protective sheath of plumule in monocot seed is called:
a) Coleoptile ✅
b) Coleorhiza
c) Scutellum
d) Endosperm - Protective sheath of radicle in monocot seed is called:
a) Coleoptile
b) Coleorhiza ✅
c) Scutellum
d) Tegmen
169. When describing a flowering plant scientifically, the sequence usually starts with:
a) Flower parts
b) Habit of the plant ✅
c) Floral formula
d) Roots
170. After vegetative characters, which features are described next in a plant description?
a) Stem modifications
b) Floral characters ✅
c) Leaf venation
d) Root types
171. The floral formula uses symbols to represent different parts. Which symbol represents calyx?
a) C
b) K ✅
c) P
d) A
172. In floral formula, which symbol stands for androecium?
a) G
b) P
c) A ✅
d) K
173. Which symbol in floral formula represents gynoecium?
a) G ✅
b) A
c) C
d) Br
174. Br in a floral formula represents:
a) Bract ✅
b) Bristle
c) Branch
d) Bud
175. ⊕ symbol in a floral formula indicates:
a) Bilateral symmetry
b) Radial symmetry (actinomorphic) ✅
c) Hypogynous ovary
d) Epigynous ovary
176. Fusion of similar parts in a floral formula is shown by:
a) Brackets ✅
b) Line above symbols
c) Dot at the top
d) Asterisk
177. Adhesion between different whorls in floral formula is shown by:
a) Brackets
b) Line above symbols ✅
c) Dot at center
d) Curved arrow
178. Floral diagram shows:
a) Only number of flowers
b) Arrangement and relation of flower parts ✅
c) Only ovary position
d) Only leaf arrangement
179. In a floral diagram, the mother axis is represented by:
a) A circle
b) A square
c) A dot at the top ✅
d) A line at the base
180. Order of whorls in a floral diagram from outside to center is:
a) Androecium → Gynoecium → Corolla → Calyx
b) Calyx → Corolla → Androecium → Gynoecium ✅
c) Gynoecium → Androecium → Corolla → Calyx
d) Corolla → Calyx → Androecium → Gynoecium
181. Floral formula and diagram help in understanding:
a) Only ovary type
b) Only number of leaves
c) Cohesion and adhesion of floral parts ✅
d) Only root system
182. In Brassicaceae family, both floral formula and diagram clearly show:
a) Leaf venation
b) Cohesion and adhesion of flower parts ✅
c) Root modifications
d) Stem types
183. Liliaceae family is monocotyledonous:
a) True ✅
b) False
c) Sometimes
d) Rarely
184. Inflorescence in Liliaceae is usually:
a) Racemose
b) Cymose or umbellate ✅
c) Spike
d) Panicle
185. Floral formula of Liliaceae is:
a) ⊕ K(5) C(5) A5 G(2)
b) Br ⊕ P(3+3) A3+3 G(3) ✅
c) % K(5) C1+2+(2) A(9)+1 G1
d) ⊕ K(4) C(4) A4 G(2)
186. Liliaceae flowers are generally:
a) Unisexual
b) Bisexual ✅
c) Male only
d) Female only
187. Androecium arrangement in Liliaceae is:
a) Epipetalous
b) Epitepalous ✅
c) Monadelphous
d) Diadelphous
188. Ovary of Liliaceae is:
a) Inferior
b) Superior ✅
c) Half-inferior
d) None
189. Liliaceae fruits are mostly:
a) Capsule ✅
b) Drupe
c) Berry
d) Legume
190. Liliaceae leaves are without:
a) Stipules ✅
b) Midrib
c) Veins
d) Lamina
191. Economic use of Aloe (Liliaceae) is:
a) Fodder
b) Timber
c) Medicinal ✅
d) Fuel
192. Colchicine from Liliaceae is used in:
a) Agriculture and research ✅
b) Furniture making
c) Food processing
d) Textile industry
193. Flowers in Liliaceae exhibit symmetry:
a) Actinomorphic ✅
b) Zygomorphic
c) Asymmetric
d) Bilateral
194. Seeds of Liliaceae plants are:
a) Non-endospermic
b) Endospermic ✅
c) Single per fruit
d) Winged
195. Perianth in Liliaceae often forms:
a) Tube ✅
b) Flat lamina
c) Leaf-like structure
d) Cone
196. Liliaceae stem modifications include:
a) Bulbs, corms, rhizomes ✅
b) Tendrils
c) Stilt roots
d) Prop roots
197. Liliaceae family is important for:
a) Agriculture only
b) Ornamental, medicinal, and vegetables ✅
c) Timber only
d) Spices only
198. Flower arrangement in Liliaceae inflorescence is usually:
a) Acropetal
b) Basipetal
c) In clusters like umbel ✅
d) Solitary only
199. Number of carpels in Liliaceae gynoecium:
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3 ✅
d) 4
200. Liliaceae ovary is:
a) Unilocular
b) Bilocular
c) Trilocular ✅
d) Multilocular
201. Placenta in Liliaceae ovary:
a) Marginal
b) Axile ✅
c) Parietal
d) Basal
202. Liliaceae petals are fused or free?
a) Free
b) Fused ✅
c) Both
d) None
203. Liliaceae plants are mostly:
a) Annual herbs
b) Perennial herbs ✅
c) Trees
d) Climbers
204. Flowers in Liliaceae are:
a) Solitary only
b) Solitary or in cymose/umbellate clusters ✅
c) Racemose only
d) Spike only
205. Liliaceae leaves arrangement is:
a) Alternate ✅
b) Opposite
c) Whorled
d) Rosette
206. Leaf venation in Liliaceae is:
a) Reticulate
b) Parallel ✅
c) Dichotomous
d) Netted
207. Aestivation in Liliaceae perianth:
a) Twisted
b) Valvate ✅
c) Imbricate
d) Vexillary
208. Stamens in Liliaceae:
a) 3+3 ✅
b) 5
c) 6 free
d) 10
209. Economic importance of Liliaceae includes:
a) Fodder only
b) Ornamental, medicinal, vegetables, colchicine ✅
c) Timber only
d) Spices only
210. Plants like tulip belong to:
a) Fabaceae
b) Solanaceae
c) Liliaceae ✅
d) Brassicaceae
211. Which family is commonly called the “Potato family”?
a) Fabaceae
b) Solanaceae ✅
c) Liliaceae
d) Brassicaceae
212. Fabaceae family was earlier known as:
a) Solanaceae
b) Papilionoideae ✅
c) Liliaceae
d) Cucurbitaceae
213. Liliaceae is a typical example of:
a) Dicotyledonous plants
b) Monocotyledonous plants ✅
c) Gymnosperms
d) Pteridophytes
214. Flowers of Solanaceae are generally:
a) Zygomorphic
b) Actinomorphic ✅
c) Asymmetric
d) Bilateral
215. Flowers of Fabaceae are:
a) Actinomorphic
b) Zygomorphic ✅
c) Asymmetric
d) Radially symmetrical
216. Flowers of Liliaceae are:
a) Bisexual ✅
b) Unisexual
c) Male only
d) Female only
217. The ovary of Solanaceae flowers is:
a) Superior ✅
b) Inferior
c) Half-inferior
d) None
218. The ovary of Fabaceae flowers is:
a) Superior, monocarpellary, unilocular ✅
b) Superior, bicarpellary, bilocular
c) Inferior, monocarpellary
d) Inferior, multicarpellary
219. The ovary of Liliaceae flowers is:
a) Superior, trilocular ✅
b) Inferior, unilocular
c) Half-inferior, bilocular
d) Superior, unilocular
220. Stamen arrangement in Solanaceae is:
a) Epipetalous ✅
b) Epitepalous
c) Monadelphous
d) Diadelphous
221. Stamen arrangement in Fabaceae is:
a) Epipetalous
b) Monadelphous
c) Diadelphous ✅
d) Epitepalous
222. Stamen arrangement in Liliaceae is:
a) Epipetalous
b) Epitepalous ✅
c) Monadelphous
d) Diadelphous
223. Leaf venation in Fabaceae is:
a) Parallel
b) Reticulate ✅
c) Dichotomous
d) None
224. Leaf venation in Liliaceae is:
a) Reticulate
b) Parallel ✅
c) Dichotomous
d) None
225. Fruits in Solanaceae are mostly:
a) Legumes
b) Capsule or berries ✅
c) Drupe
d) Nut
226. Fruits in Fabaceae are:
a) Capsule
b) Berry
c) Legume ✅
d) Drupe
227. Fruits in Liliaceae are mostly:
a) Capsule ✅
b) Berry
c) Legume
d) Drupe
228. Seeds of Solanaceae are:
a) Endospermic and numerous ✅
b) Non-endospermic
c) Single
d) Winged
229. Seeds of Fabaceae are:
a) Endospermic
b) Non-endospermic, one to many ✅
c) Single, endospermic
d) Winged
230. Seeds of Liliaceae are:
a) Non-endospermic
b) Endospermic ✅
c) Single per fruit
d) Winged
231. Economic importance of Solanaceae does NOT include:
a) Food
b) Medicine
c) Ornamentals
d) Timber ✅
232. Economic importance of Fabaceae includes:
a) Pulses, edible oils, fibers, fodder, medicinal ✅
b) Timber only
c) Spices only
d) Ornamentals only
233. Economic importance of Liliaceae includes:
a) Ornamentals, medicinal, vegetables, colchicine ✅
b) Timber only
c) Fuel only
d) Spices only
234. Plants like tomato and brinjal belong to:
a) Fabaceae
b) Solanaceae ✅
c) Liliaceae
d) Brassicaceae
235. Plants like gram and pea belong to:
a) Fabaceae ✅
b) Solanaceae
c) Liliaceae
d) Brassicaceae
236. Plants like tulip and Aloe belong to:
a) Fabaceae
b) Solanaceae
c) Liliaceae ✅
d) Brassicaceae
237. Symmetry of flowers is:
a) Solanaceae – Actinomorphic ✅
b) Fabaceae – Zygomorphic ✅
c) Liliaceae – Actinomorphic ✅
d) All of the above
238. Type of placentation in Solanaceae flowers is:
a) Marginal
b) Axile ✅
c) Parietal
d) Basal
239. Type of placentation in Fabaceae flowers is:
a) Marginal ✅
b) Axile
c) Parietal
d) Basal
240. Type of placentation in Liliaceae flowers is:
a) Axile ✅
b) Marginal
c) Parietal
d) Basal
