When the margins of sepals or petals overlap one another without any particular direction, the condition is termed as:
| 1. | Vexillary | 2. | Imbricate |
| 3. | Twisted | 4. | Valvate |
You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and a dicot root. Which of the following anatomical structures will you use to distinguish between the two?
| 1. | Secondary xylem | 2. | Secondary phloem |
| 3. | Protoxylem | 4. | Cortical cells |
Which one of the following statements is correct?
| 1. | The seed in grasses is not endospermic |
| 2. | Mango is a parthenocarpic fruit |
| 3. | A proteinaceous aleurone layer is present in maize grain. |
| 4. | A sterile pistil is called a staminode. |
Tracheids differ from the tracheary elements in:
| 1. | Having casparian strips | 2. | Being imperforate |
| 3. | Lacking nucleus | 4. | Being lignified |
Example of an edible underground stem is:
1. Carrot
2. Groundnut
3. Sweet potato
4. Potato
Which of the following structures performs the function of mitochondria in a bacteria?
| 1. | Nucleoid | 2. | Ribosomes |
| 3. | Cell wall | 4. | Mesosomes |
The solid linear cytoskeletal elements having a diameter of 6 nm and made up of a single type of monomer are known as:
1. Microtubules
2. Microfilaments
3. Intermediate filaments
4. Lamins
The osmotic expansion of a cell kept in water is chiefly regulated by:
1. Mitochondria
2. Vacuoles
3. Plastids
4. Ribosomes
During which phase(s) of the cell cycle, amount of DNA in a cell remains at 4 C level if the initial amount is denoted as 2C:
| 1. | G0 and G1 | 2. | G1 and S |
| 3. | Only G2 | 4. | G2 and M |
Match the following and select the correct answer:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Centriole | (i) | Infoldings in mitochondria |
| (b) | Chlorophyll | (ii) | Thylakoids |
| (c) | Cristae | (iii) | Nucleic acids |
| (d) | Ribozymes | (iv) | Basal body of cilia or flagella |
1. A-iv, B-ii, C-i, D-iii
2. A-i, B-ii, C-iv, D-iii
3. A-i, B-iii, C-ii, D-iv
4. A-iv, B-iii, C-i, D-ii