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1.

Aestivation of petals in the flower of cotton is correctly shown in:

1.		2.
3.		4.

2. In Calotropis, aestivation is:

1.	Valvate	2.	Vexillary
3.	Imbricate	4.	Twisted

3.

Which of the following plant family has marginal placentation?
1. Solanaceae
2. Fabaceae
3. Liliaceae
4. Brassicaceae

4. Although a root system performs many functions, a fibrous root system may especially be excellent for:

1.	storage of food
2.	absorbing water from the deeper layers of soil
3.	nitrogen fixation
4.	providing good anchorage to the plant

5.

Identify the incorrect comparison between monocots and dicots in general:

	Character	Monocots	Dicots
1.	Leaves	Parallel venation	Reticulate venation
2.	Roots	Primary root of short duration, replaced by adventitial roots forming fibrous or fleshy root systems	Develops from the radicle. Primary root often persists forming strong tap roots and secondary roots
3.	Plant stem: Vascular bundles	Ring of primary bundles with cambium, differentiated into cortex and stele	Numerous scattered bundles in ground parenchyma, cambium mostly absent, no differentiation between cortical and stelar regions
4.	Flowers	Parts in threes (trimerous) or multiples of three	Fours (tetramerous) or fives (pentamerous)

6.

Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below.

Column I (Phyllotaxy)	Column II  (Example)
I. Alternate II. Opposite III. Whorled	1. Calotropis 2. Mustard 3. Alstonia

Codes:
                I            II            III
1.             1            2             3 
2.             3            1             2
3.             2            1             3
4.             1            3             2

7. In China rose:

I:	Phyllotaxy is whorled.
II:	Flower is hypogynous.

1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect

8.

Which of the following shows whorled phyllotaxy?

1.	Mustard	2.	China rose
3.	Alstonia	4.	Calotropis

9. The parallel venation in monocot leaves is reflected in the:

1.	near similar sizes of vascular bundles, including main veins, as seen in vertical sections of the leaves.
2.	near similar sizes of vascular bundles, except in main veins, as seen in vertical sections of the leaves.
3.	large sizes of vascular bundles in mid rib and smaller in veins, as seen in vertical sections of the leaves.
4.	smaller sizes of vascular bundles in mid rib and larger in veins, as seen in vertical sections of the leaves.

10.

Select the correct statements related to the activity of cork cambium: 

1.	The outer cells differentiate into phelloderm.
2.	The cork differentiated from cork cambium, is impervious to water due to deposition of tannins and resins.
3.	Cuts the cells only on the outer side.
4.	Cuts the cells on inner as well as outer side.

11.

Which of the following statements about cork cambium is incorrect?

1.	It forms a secondary cortex on its outside
2.	It forms a part of periderm
3.	It is responsible for the formation of lenticels
4.	It is a couple of layers thick

12. Identify the correct statements:

A:	Lenticels are the lens-shaped openings permitting the exchange of gases.
B:	Bark formed early in the season is called hard bark.
C:	Bark is a technical term that refers to all tissues exterior to vascular cambium.
D:	Bark refers to periderm and secondary phloem.
E:	Phellogen is single- layered in thickness.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1.	B and C only	2.	B, C and E only
3.	A and D only	4.	A, B and D only

13. Which of the following statements about cork cambium is/are correct?

I:	It usually develops in the cortex region and is a couple of layers thick.
II:	It cuts off cells on both sides where the inner cells differentiate into cork and the outer cells differentiate into secondary cortex.

1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II

14.

Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

1.	Dicot root	Parenchymatous conjunctive tissue between xylem and phloem
2.	Monocot root	Polyarch xylem bundles and well-developed pith
3.	Isobilateral leaf	Palisade and spongy parenchyma in mesophyll
4.	Dorsiventral leaf	Bulliform cells are absent

15. Gymnosperms 

a.	Lack vessels
b.	have sieve tube elements
c.	Have elongated tube like highly lignified main water transporting tissue
d.	Lack lateral meristem

The correct one is/are 
1. a and b only 
2. a and c only 
3. d only 
4. a, b and d only 

16. The flower shown in the given figure represents the members of Family:

1.	Leguminosae	2.	Malvaceae
3.	Cruciferae	4.	Compositae

17.

Phloem fibres  are

1.	also known as bast fibres
2.	made up of sclerenchymatous cells
3.	absent in primary phloem
4.	All of these

18.

In a longitudinal section of a root, starting from the tip upward, the four zones occur in the following order:

1.	Root cap, cell division, cell maturation, cell enlargement
2.	Cell division, cell enlargement, cell maturation, root cap
3.	Cell division, cell maturation, cell enlargement, root cap
4.	Root cap, cell division, cell enlargement, cell maturation

19.

The diagram given below belongs to -

1.	Dicot stem having conjoint and collateral vascular bundles
2.	Monocot stem having conjoint and collateral vascular bundles
3.	Dicot root with polyarch condition
4.	Monocot root with radial vascular bundles

20. The given diagram describes:

1. a hypogynous flower with superior ovary
2. an epigynous flower with inferior ovary
3. a perigynous flower with half-inferior ovary
4. a hypogynous flower with inferior ovary