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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Phylloclade is a modification of:

  1. Stem
  2. Roots
  3. Leaf
  4. Flower
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Unbranched , erect , cylindrical axis with distinct nodes and internodes having a jointed appearence is called as

  1. Culm
  2. Caudex
  3. Runner
  4. Exccurrent
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which type of prostrate weak stem is present in 'doob grass'?

  1. Trailers
  2. Runners
  3. Stolon
  4. Offset
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The short , stout, thick and slender condensed prostrate weak stem with distinct nodes and internodes found in aquatic plants is called

  1. Trailers
  2. Runners
  3. Stolons
  4. Offset
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a climbing weak stem modification?

  1. Twiners
  2. Lianas
  3. Root climbers
  4. Rhizomes
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Tendrillar climbers are associated with

  1. Lathyrus
  2. Convolvulus
  3. Tinospora
  4. Pothos
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following plants are the suckers present?

  1. Mentha
  2. Ginger
  3. Curcuma
  4. Colocasia
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following weak stem modifications are the thorns, hooks, prickles and spines used for climbing?

  1. Twiners
  2. Lianas
  3. Tendrillars
  4. Scramblers
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of underground stem modification is present in ginger?

  1. Corm
  2. Rhizome
  3. Sucker
  4. Bulb
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following underground stem modifications is found in onion?

  1. Rhizome
  2. Corm
  3. Sucker
  4. Bulb
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Potato is an underground stem. Which type of modification is seen in it?

  1. Sucker
  2. Rhizome
  3. Bulb
  4. Tuber
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of bulb modification is seen in onion?

  1. Tunicated bulb
  2. Scaly bulb
  3. Stipuled bulb
  4. Tendrillar bulb
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of runners?

  1. Its internodes are short.
  2. Its colour is other than green.
  3. It is an underground stem.
  4. It does not serve for perrennation.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of sucker?

  1. It serves perennation
  2. It is photosynthetic
  3. Its internodes are long
  4. It has aerial stem
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of rhizome?

  1. It has circular nodes.
  2. It is generally perrenial.
  3. It is unbranched.
  4. It grows upright.
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a characteristic of corm?

  1. It grows upright
  2. It is usually unbranched
  3. Its roots arise only from base
  4. It has very long internodes
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following plants, underground fleshy structure is a stem?

  1. Potato
  2. Sweet potato
  3. Turnip
  4. Carrot
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Biennial is the plant which

  1. Completes its life cyle in a half year
  2. Flowers once in the life time
  3. Completes its life cycle in two years
  4. Flowers twice a year
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Thread like sensitive spirally coiled structures in plants are known as

  1. Trichomes
  2. Tendrils
  3. Prickles
  4. Thorns
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Longer form of runners is called as

  1. Trailers
  2. Stolons
  3. Offset
  4. Twiners
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of bulb in contrast to corm?

  1. It is an underground stem
  2. It has distinct nodes and internodes
  3. It has food stored in stem
  4. It generally possesses a tunic
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following plants is the phylloclade modification found?

  1. Opuntia
  2. Asparagus
  3. Ruscus
  4. Passiflora
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following plants has axillary bud tendrils?

  1. Passiflora
  2. Cucurbita
  3. Lagenaria
  4. Vitis
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a characteristic of cladode?

  1. Stem is modified to leaf like structure.
  2. Cladode has unlimited growth.
  3. Cladode have many nodes.
  4. Cladode has reduced leaves or spines.
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following plants are the axillary buds not modified to thorns for protection of plant?

  1. Durantia
  2. Citrus
  3. Bougainvillea
  4. Passiflora
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following plants does not have photosynthetic stem?

  1. Ruscus
  2. Opuntia
  3. Asparagus
  4. Bougainvillea
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