The Great Banyan Tree is over 250 years old and covers about 14,500 square meters of land (3.5 acres) in the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden near Kolkata (Calcutta), making it the widest tree in the world. From a distance, the tree has the appearance of a forest, but what appear to be individual trees are actually aerial roots- around 3,000 of them. These aerial roots are called:

1. Haustoria
2. Pneumatophores
3. Prop roots
4. Climbing roots

Subtopic:  Modification of Roots |
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The flower shown in the picture is actinomorphic, with 3+3 tepals, 3+3 stamens and a superior ovary consisting of three fused carpels. This flower belongs to the family:

1. Liliaceae
2. Fabaceae
3. Solanaceae
4. Brassicaceae
Subtopic:  Families of Flowering Plant |
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The pointed structures seen emerging from ground in the given picture are called:

1. Pneumatophores
2. Haustoria
3. Assimilatory roots
4. Stilt roots

Subtopic:  Modification of Roots |
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The stem thorns seen in the picture can belong to:

1. Opuntia
2. Argemone
3. Agave
4. Lemon

Subtopic:   Modifications of Stem |
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What types of leaves are respectively shown in the given picture?

1. Palmate and Pinnate 2. Pinnate and Palmate
3. Pentapinnate and Heptapinnate 4. Heptapinnate and Pentapinnate
Subtopic:  Morphology of Leaf |
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The phyllotaxy shown in the given picture is:

1. Alternate 2. Opposite
3. Whorled 4. Random
Subtopic:  Venation, Types of Leaves & Phyllotaxy |
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The floral features shown in the given figure characterizes the members of Family:

1. Fabaceae 2. Solanaceae
3. Liliaceae 4. Brassicaceae
Subtopic:  Families of Flowering Plant |
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Consider the given four statements:
I. Aggregate fruits develop from polycarpellary, apocarpous ovaries
II. Composite fruit develops from inflorescence
III. Parthenogenetic fruits develop from unfertilized ovaries
IV. In false fruits, some of the flesh is not derived from the ovary, but from some adjacent tissue exterior to the carpel
1. Only I, II and III are correct
2. Only I, III and IV are correct
3. Only I, II and IV are correct
4. Only II, III and IV are correct

Subtopic:  Fruits & their Types |

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The given picture shows the stem modification in Asparagus racemosus. This is called as:

1. Phylloclade
2. Cladode
3. Phyllode
4. Bulbil
Subtopic:  Inflorescence |

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Identify the inflorescence:

1. Raceme
2. Spike
3. Spikelet
4. Catkin

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