Biology · Science General
Botany and Plant Science
4,989 Questions
Botany and plant science delve into the biological study of plant life, covering structural anatomy, physiological processes, and reproductive mechanisms. Key topics include inflorescence patterns, root modifications, and seed development, which are vital for biology sections in medical entrance exams. This collection of practice questions helps solidify understanding of complex plant functions.
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Botany and Plant Science Questions
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Sieve tubes
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Companion cells
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Phloem parenchyma
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Phloem fibres
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None of these
D
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the correct option as phloem fibres are dead cells which possess narrow lumen. They provide mechanical strength to the tissue.
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Parenchyma acts as a primary support to the stem of herbaceous plants.
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Parenchyma stores and assimilates food.
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Transport of material occurs through cell walls of parenchyma cells.
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It is a mechanical tissue in young dicotyledonous stems and provide mechanical support and elasticity.
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The intercellular air spaces of parenchyma cells allow gaseous exchange.
D
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the correct option as this is not a function of parenchyma.
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epidermis
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suberin
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phelloderm
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cutin
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pectin
B
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the correct option. The walls of cork cells are heavily thickened with an organic substance called suberin. Suberin makes these cells impermeable to water and gases.
Match the following:
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| a. Apical meristems |
1. These are located at the base of leaves and internodes. |
| b. Lateral meristems |
2. These are found beneath the bark and in vascular bundles of dicot roots and stems. |
| c. Intercalary meristems |
3. These are situated at the growing tip of stems and roots. |
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a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
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a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
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a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
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a - 1, b - 3, c - 2
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a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Apical meristems - These are situated at the growing tip of stems and roots.
Lateral meristems - These are found beneath the bark and in vascular bundles of dicot roots and stems.
Intercalary meristems - These are located at the base of leaves and internodes.
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xylem
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phloem
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lignin
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aerenchyma
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epidermis
C
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the correct option. The cell walls of sclerenchyma are greatly thickened with lignin. Lignin is a complex polymer which acts as a cement and hardens the cell walls.
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Persistent synergid
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Egg cell
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Central cell
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Degenerated synergid
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Synergid cells are two specialized cells that lie adjacent to the egg cell in the female gametophyte of angiosperms and play an essential role in pollen tube guidance and function.
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synergids or antipodals in an embryo sac
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nucellus or integuments
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zygote
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accessory embryo sacs in the ovule
B
Correct answer
Explanation
In adventitious embryony (sporophytic apomixis), an embryo is formed directly (not from a gametophyte) from nucellus or integument tissue.Adventive embryony is important in several species of Citrus, in Garcinia, Euphorbia dulcis, Mangifera indica etc.
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Stem and root.
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All parts
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Shoot tips and root tips
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Flowers, fruits and leaves
D
Correct answer
Explanation
In a woody dicotyledonous tree,primary growth is tissue is present in Flowers, fruits and leaves because these are the active sites of growth.
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Gamopetalous angiosperms.
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Conifers.
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Polypetalous angiosperms.
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Cycads.
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Top-shaped multiciliate male gametes, and the mature seed which bears only one embryo with two cotyledons, are characteristic features of Cycads.In Cycas pollination is anemophilous (by wind). The 3-celled microspores liberate from mega-sporangia are blown away by wind. Finally microspores reach on ovules and get enlarged in the pollination drop (ooze) of micropyle. As the ooze dries up, the microspores are drawn into the pollen chamber.
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Nuclear genome.
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Chloroplast genome.
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Cytosol.
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Mitochondrial genome.
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Genes for cytoplasmic male sterility in plants are generally located in
Mitochondrial genome. Mitochondrial DNA is only a small portion of the DNA in a eukaryotic cell; most of the DNA can be found in the cell nucleus and, in plants, in the chloroplast.
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Roots
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Leaves
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Stem
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Flowers
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Bryophyllum reproduces vegetatively through adventitious buds that develop along the leaf margins (notches). These buds can grow into new complete plants when they fall on suitable soil or are planted. This is a classic example of vegetative propagation through leaves.
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sporangium
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capsule
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cyst
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bud
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Spores are reproductive cells produced in fungi, algae, and some plants. They are produced inside specialized structures called sporangia (singular: sporangium). The capsule is part of the sporangium structure in some organisms, but spores form within the sporangium itself.
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shoot tip
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internodes
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notches of leaf
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margin of leaf
C
Correct answer
Explanation
In Bryophyllum vegetative propagation, adventitious buds develop from the notches (indentations) along the leaf margins. These buds can grow into complete plantlets. The shoot tip and internodes are not involved in this specific type of leaf-based propagation.
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constrictions
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spores
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buds
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hyphae
D
Correct answer
Explanation
In fungi like Rhizopus, the sporangium (spore case) develops on specialized, thread-like structures called hyphae. These hyphae are erect and support the sporangium above the substrate. Spores are the reproductive cells (not the structures), constrictions are unrelated, and buds are a different reproductive mode.
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Female gametophyte
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Embryos
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Seed
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Fruit
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Ovaries
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Cotyledons develop from embryos.