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Multiple choice botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

Which of the following can be related to the creepers?

  1. The stem is fragile

  2. They creep on the ground

  3. They have floating roots

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

  • Creeper is the type of plant that grows completely on the ground.
  • There stem is completely fragile and that is unable to stand erect and does not support the weight of the plant.
So the correct option is 'Both A and B'.

Multiple choice botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

Climbers are advanced than creepers. 

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Climbers are meant to be more advance than creepers as unlike them creepers evolve themselves and modify their parts to form special structure known as tendrils and climb up but creepers grow on ground and are not able to support their weight .

So the statement is True.

Multiple choice botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

Read the following matches.

(i) Lily Compound tunicated bulb
(ii) Potato Tuber
(iii) Allium cepa Simple tunicated bulb
(iv) Allium sativum Scaly bulb

Which of these are correct?

  1. (i), (ii) and (iii)

  2. (ii), (iii) and (iv)

  3. (ii) and (iii)

  4. (iii) and (iv)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
 Lily  Scaly bulb (in which tunic cover is absent)
 Potato  Tuber
 Allium cepa (Onion)  Simple tunicated bulb
Allium sativum (Garlic)   Compound tunicated bulb

The bulb is a modification of underground stem. The bulb is divided into two categories: 1) Tunicated 2) Scaly/Imbricate. 

Tunicated is further divided into 1) Simple tunicated Bulb and 2) Compound Tunicated Bulb. 

So the correct option is "ii, iii ".

Multiple choice botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

Which of the following parts of plants in garlic and onion are edible?

  1. Underground stem

  2. Fleshy scale leaves

  3. Tunic

  4. Adventitious root
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In both garlic and onion, the underground bulbs consist of a reduced stem and numerous fleshy scale leaves that store food and water. These fleshy scale leaves are the primary edible parts.

Multiple choice botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

Date Palm is?

  1. Caudex

  2. Excurrent

  3. Deliquescent

  4. Culm
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  1. The caudex is the axis of the plant of palm or fern that has a stem as well as root.
  2. The excurrent stem has the axis that is prolonged to form undivided main stem or trunk as in conifers.
  3. Deliquescent is the branching in which stem is not figured out as in deciduous trees.
  4. Culm is an aerial stem of grass.
So the correct option is 'Caudex'