AP EAMCET Morphology of Flowering Plants — practice questions
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Practice AP EAMCET Morphology of Flowering Plants in the app →Direct elongation of the radicle in a germinating seed gives rise to which root?Which plant shows a tap root system?Which plant is a typical example of a fibrous root system?Roots arising from parts of a plant other than the radicle are called what?Which plant naturally bears adventitious roots?Which of these is NOT a function of the root system?The thimble-like covering at the apex of a root is known as what?What does the root cap protect as the root moves through soil?Which describes cells of the meristematic region of a root?Which root region is responsible for growth of the root in length?Root hairs arise from which region of the root?Root hairs are thread-like extensions of which cells?From which part of the embryo does the stem of a seedling develop?The region of the stem where leaves are born is called what?What are the portions of a stem lying between two nodes called?The buds borne on a stem may be of which kinds?Which substances does the stem conduct?In which order are leaves arranged as they arise from shoot apical meristems?Which vegetative organ is most important for photosynthesis?Which set gives the three main parts of a typical leaf?The two small lateral leaf-like structures at a leaf base are called what?In monocotyledons the leaf base expands into what?What is the swollen leaf base of some leguminous plants called?What is the prominent middle vein of a lamina called?Which venation do dicotyledonous leaves generally possess?Which venation is characteristic of most monocotyledons?When veinlets in a lamina form a network, the venation is termed what?A leaf is called simple when its lamina is what?Lamina incisions that reach the midrib and form leaflets make the leaf what?In a pinnately compound leaf, leaflets lie on a common axis called what?Neem bears which kind of leaf?Silk cotton has leaflets attached at a common point at the petiole tip. What type is this?A bud is absent in the axil of which part of a compound leaf?The pattern of arrangement of leaves on a stem or branch is called what?Which set lists the three usual types of phyllotaxy?A pair of leaves arising at each node, as in Calotropis, shows which phyllotaxy?Alstonia, with more than two leaves at a node, shows which phyllotaxy?A flower is best described as a modified what?When a flower forms, the shoot apical meristem changes into what?The arrangement of flowers on the floral axis is termed what?Which pair names the two major types of inflorescence?In which inflorescence does the main axis continue to grow?In what order are flowers borne in a racemose inflorescence?When a shoot tip transforms into a flower, the flower is always what?What is the reproductive unit of angiosperms?Which two whorls of a flower are accessory organs?The swollen end of the pedicel that bears floral whorls is called what?In lily, undifferentiated calyx and corolla are together called what?A flower having both stamens and carpels is described as what?A flower with radial symmetry is called what?Canna has flowers that cannot be divided into similar halves by any vertical plane. They are what?A flower whose appendages occur in multiples of 5 is called what?Flowers that bear bracts at the base of the pedicel are called what?In a hypogynous flower, which whorl occupies the highest position?Which plant has a hypogynous flower with a superior ovary?Which fruit crop has perigynous flowers?Guava and cucumber have epigynous flowers, so their ovary is what?What is the outermost whorl of a flower called?A calyx with free sepals is described as what?Why are petals usually brightly coloured?The mode of arrangement of sepals or petals in a floral bud is called what?Which aestivation occurs when sepals or petals just touch at the margins without overlapping?Twisted aestivation is found in which plant?Imbricate aestivation, with overlap but no fixed direction, occurs in which plant?Which aestivation is seen in pea and bean flowers?In vexillary aestivation, the largest petal is called what?A stamen consists of which two parts?Pollen grains are produced in which structures?A sterile stamen is called what?Stamens attached to the petals, as in brinjal, are called what?China rose has stamens united into one bundle. This condition is called what?Pea stamens fused into two bundles are described as what?Which are the three parts of a carpel?Which part of the carpel is the receptive surface for pollen grains?Ovules are attached to a cushion-like structure within the ovary called what?Which of these plants has an apocarpous gynoecium?Fused carpels, as in mustard and tomato, are called what?The arrangement of ovules within the ovary is known as what?Marginal placentation, with ovules in two rows along a ridge, occurs in which plant?Ovules on the inner ovary wall with a false septum show which placentation?Sunflower and marigold show which placentation, with a single basal ovule?A fruit is formed from which part after fertilisation?A fruit formed without fertilisation of the ovary is called what?Mango and coconut are examples of which fruit type?In a mango, which layer of the pericarp is the edible part?A seed consists of a seed coat and what?What are the two layers of a seed coat?The scar on a seed coat through which the seed was attached to the fruit is the what?Which seeds are non-endospermous at maturity?In a maize grain, the single shield-shaped cotyledon is called what?In a monocot seed, which sheath encloses the plumule?A proteinous layer separating the embryo from the endosperm in cereals is what?In a floral formula, which letter stands for the androecium?Which family is commonly called the potato family?Solanaceae flowers have what type of ovary?