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

Subtopic:  Flower & Parts of Flower: I | Flower & Parts of Flower |
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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
Subtopic:  Anatomy of Root | Dicot Stem |
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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.
Subtopic:  Seed |
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Tracheids differ from the tracheary elements in:

1. Having casparian strips 2. Being imperforate
3. Lacking nucleus 4. Being lignified
Subtopic:  Complex Tissue: Xylem |
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Example of an edible underground stem is:

1. Carrot

2. Groundnut

3. Sweet potato 

4. Potato

Subtopic:  Morphology of Stems |
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Which of the following structures performs the function of mitochondria in a bacteria?

1. Nucleoid 2. Ribosomes
3. Cell wall 4. Mesosomes
Subtopic:  Details of Prokaryotic Cell Structure |
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Level 1: 80%+
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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

Subtopic:  Cytoskeleton |
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The osmotic expansion of a cell kept in water is chiefly regulated by:

1. Mitochondria

2. Vacuoles

3. Plastids

4. Ribosomes

Subtopic:  Vacuole |
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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
Subtopic:  Intro to Cell Cycle & Interphase |
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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

Subtopic:  Plastids | Mitochondria | Cilia & Flagella |
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