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Vessels are absent in angiosperm

  1. Magnolia

  2. Drimys

  3. Dillenia

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Which series includes ranales, parietales and malvales?

  1. Calyciflorae

  2. Thalamiflorae

  3. Disciflorae

  4. Bicarpellatae

  5. Inferae


Correct Option: B

In prothallus of vascular crypogams, antherozoids and eggs mature at different times resulting in

  1. High degree of sterility

  2. Apomixis

  3. Prevention of self fertilisation

  4. No change in success rate of fertilization


Correct Option: C

Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in

  1. Funaria

  2. Lilium

  3. Pinus

  4. Pteris


Correct Option: B

A plant with bulb, trimerous flowers, $6$ stamens in two whorls belongs to a specific class in Bentham and Hooker's classification. The number of natural orders present in that class is

  1. $165$

  2. $202$

  3. $3$

  4. $34$


Correct Option: D

Trimerous flowers occur in

  1. Monocots

  2. Dicots

  3. Gymnosperms

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Trimerous flowers are those that have floral parts in the count of three. These flowers are characteristic features of monocots. 

A. Monocots have trimerous florets.
B. Dicots either have tetramerous or pentamerous flowers. 

C. Gymnosperms do not have the flowers. They produce the naked seeds.
Hence, the correct answer is 'Monocots'

Rolling grass is

  1. Agropyron

  2. Ammophila

  3. Poa

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The grasses, used in the making of lawns are called Rolling grass or Lawn grass. Agropyron, Ammophila, Poa are used in making lawns. So they are called Rolling grass.

So, the correct option is ‘All of the above’.

Wrong statement about angiospperm roots is?

  1. Apex is protected by root cap

  2. Vascular bundles are collateral

  3. Xylem is centripetal in young state

  4. Cuticle is absent in young state


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A. True - In Angiosperms, the root tip is covered by a protective layer called Root cap or Calyptra, to provide protection.

B. False - in the roots, xylem and phloem are present on the different radii. so they are called radial vascular bundles, not collateral vascular bundles.
C. True - in the roots, development of xylem proceeds from periphery to centre.  It is called centripetal development of xylem.
D. True - Roots are not covered externally by cuticle, it is waxy layer.
So, the correct option is ' Vascular bundles are collateral'.

A monocot showing secondary growth is

  1. Coconut

  2. Sugarcane

  3. Maize

  4. Yucca


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yucca is a monocot and a member of Liliaceae, shows anamolous secondary growth.

So, the correct answer is ‘Yucca’.

Greatest extent of adaptation to various environments is found in 

  1. Gymnosperms.

  2. Bryophytes.

  3. Ferns.

  4. Angiosperms.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Greatest extent of adaptation to various environments is found in angiosperms. Angiosperms grow on most of the places on earth. They grow in hot and cold deserts. They also grow in high altitude of Himalayas.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.