Objective Questions

Leaf arrangement with one leaf per node is _______; with two leaves per node is…

The four whorls of a flower, from outside to inside, are: calyx (sepals), corol…

When sepals and petals are not clearly differentiated (as in many monocots), th…

A fruit is the matured, ripened _______ of a flower, developing after fertilisa…

Development of a fruit without fertilisation is called _______, producing seedl…

The fruit wall, developed from the ovary wall, is called the _______, different…

The outermost skin of the pericarp is the _______ (exocarp); the middle, often …

Fruits developing from a single ovary of a single flower are called _______ fru…

A simple fleshy fruit with the entire pericarp fleshy, containing seeds embedde…

A simple fleshy fruit with a fleshy mesocarp and hard, stony endocarp (e.g., ma…

A false fruit where the edible part develops mainly from the receptacle surroun…

A berry-like fruit with a hard, thick rind, typical of the cucurbit family (e.g…

A berry with a leathery rind containing oil glands, typical of citrus (e.g., or…

Dry fruits that split open at maturity are described as _______; those that do …

A dry fruit that splits along two sutures (e.g., beans, groundnut pod) is calle…

A dry fruit that splits in various ways to release many seeds (e.g., cotton, ok…

A small, single-seeded, indehiscent fruit where the seed is not fused to the pe…

A single-seeded fruit with the seed coat fused to the pericarp, characteristic …

A single-seeded fruit with a hard, woody pericarp (e.g., cashew nut) is called …

Fruits developing from numerous separate carpels of a single flower that fuse t…

In strawberry, the fleshy part is actually the enlarged _______, bearing the tr…

Fruits developing from the ovaries of many separate flowers on a single inflore…

The protective outer covering of a seed, developed from the integument, is call…

The scar on a seed marking its point of attachment to the fruit wall is the ___…

The embryo of a seed comprises the plumule (embryonic _______), radicle (embryo…

Seed dispersal by wind is called _______; adaptations include wings (e.g., Term…

Seed dispersal by water is called _______; an example adaptation is the buoyant…

Seed dispersal by animals is called _______; adaptations include fleshy/edible …

Self-dispersal via explosive or dehiscent pods is called _______; examples incl…

Biological drawings should be made with a sharp _______ pencil on plain, ______…

Drawings should show only what is _______ in the specimen - never copied from a…

Lines in biological drawings should be clean and _______ - avoid sketchy or 'ha…

Diagrams should never be _______; different densities may be represented by ___…

Label lines must be drawn with a _______, must not cross one another, and shoul…

Every drawing must have a _______, stating what is drawn, and where relevant, t…

Diagrams showing only the outline and distribution of main tissues, without cel…

Drawings showing a small part of a specimen in cellular detail are called _____…

The lens closest to the eye in a compound microscope is the _______ (ocular len…

The set of lenses mounted on a rotating nosepiece that provide the primary magn…

The lens system beneath the stage that focuses light onto the specimen is calle…

The part that regulates the amount of light passing through the specimen is the…

Total magnification = eyepiece magnification x _______ magnification; a x10 eye…

The knob used for rapid, large focusing movements is the _______ adjustment kno…

To prepare a wet mount, a drop of water or stain (e.g., _______ or safranin) is…

What are vascular bundles composed of?

Phloem is responsible for transporting:

In monocot stems, vascular bundles are:

Which of the following plant tissues is part of the vascular bundle?

Which type of vascular bundle has xylem and phloem arranged on different radii?

The xylem in vascular bundles typically contains:

Phloem is primarily made of:

The vascular tissue responsible for translocation of sugars is:

Prokaryotic cells are characterized by:

In a prokaryotic cell, DNA is:

Cell wall is found around the:

Chemical energy of foodstuffs is converted into biologically useful forms by:

Sun radiant energy is converted into chemical energy of organic compound by:

Which structure is present only in animal cells?

Single envelope system is characteristic of:

Prokaryotes and eukaryotes have the following in common:

Unicellular microscopic organisms were first studied by:

In seeds, the food reserve is found in the:

The loss of water vapour through stomata is called:

The transfer of pollen grains to the stigma is known as:

Which type of plant has parallel leaf veins?

Which division of plants do ferns belong?

Which plant group produces naked seeds?

The leaf venation in a dicot plant is typically:

Epiphytes are plants found growing on:

The plant body of an angiosperm, or a flowering plant, primarily consists of an…

One of the following is the main function of the root system:

The shoot systems consists of one of the following:

Depending upon the life span, angiospermic plants are classified into:

In biennial plants, flowering usually occurs in the:

Which of the following is a spice crop?

Which is NOT an example of a root/tuber crop?

In perennials, senescence usually results in:

The five-kingdom classification of living organisms was proposed by?

One of the following is a characteristic of Archaea:

Eubacteria may be:

One of the following kingdoms contains both autotrophic and heterotrophic organ…

The plant kingdom is primarily made up of organisms that are:

Cryptogams reproduce through:

Which group is referred to as non-seed bearing plants?

Thallophyta includes all the following EXCEPT:

_______ are known as the simplest land plants.

In Bryophytes, the male reproductive organ is called:

A rhizome in ferns is _______.

Plants that complete their life cycle in a single growing season are known as:

Which of the following plants is classified as an annual?

One of the following does not define a botanical drawing:

One of the following cannot be used to make botanical drawings:

We can see botanical drawings on all of the following except:

Two-dimensional representations of botanical works are:

Three-dimensional representations of botanical works are:

Spermatophytes are characterized by the presence of:

One of these is a characteristic of Gymnosperms?

The leaves of many gymnosperms are:

Angiosperms differ from gymnosperms in having:

Two key characteristics of botanical drawings are: