In Bougainvillea thorns are the modifications of:
1. Adventitious root
2. Stem
3. Leaf
4. Stipules
Choose the mismatched pair of leaf character with its example:
1. Palmately compound - Alstonia
2. Alternate Phyllotaxy - China-rose
3. Leaf tendril - Pea
4. Opposite phyllotaxy - Calotropis
| Assertion (A): | A flower is defined as a modified shoot wherein the shoot apical meristem changes to floral meristem. |
| Reason (R): | Internode of the shoot gets condensed to produce different floral appendages laterally at successive nodes instead of leaves. |
| 1. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| List-I | List-II | ||
| A. | Vexillary aestivation | I. | Brinjal |
| B. | Epipetalous stamens | II. | Peach |
| C. | Epiphyllous stamens | III. | Pea |
| D. | Perigynous flower | IV. | Lily |
| 1. | A- III, B-I, C-IV, D-II | 2. | A- III, B-IV, C-I, D-II |
| 3. | A- III, B-II, C-I, D-IV | 4. | A- II, B-I, C-IV, D-III |
| A. | In cymose inflorescence, the flowers are borne in an acropetalous succession. |
| B. | In gulmohar, the flowers are actinomorphic. |
| C. | In the flowers of cucumber, the margin of the thalamus grows upward enclosing the ovary completely and getting fused with it, the other parts of flowers arise above the ovary. |
| D. | Bracts are reduced leaves found at the base of the pedicle. |
| E. | The flowers are hypogynous in mustard. |
| 1. | A, B, C only | 2. | B, D, E only |
| 3. | A, C, D only | 4. | C, D, E only |
Identify the correct statements related to the androecium in the flower.
| (a) | The sterile stamens are called staminodes |
| (b) | When stamens are attached to petals they are called epipetalous |
| (c) | Monadelphy is seen in China-rose |
| (d) | Polyadelphy is seen in Pea |
| (e) | Variation in the length of anther filaments is seen in Mustard |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. (a), (c), (d) and (e) only
2. (a) , (b), (c) and (e) only
3. (a) , (b) and (c) only
4. (b) , (c) and (d) only