Tag: botany

Questions Related to botany

Which of the following can be related to the creepers?

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  1. The stem is fragile

  2. They creep on the ground

  3. They have floating roots

  4. Both A and B

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Creeper is the type of plant that grows completely on the ground.
  • There stem is completely fragile and that is unable to stand erect and does not support the weight of the plant.
So the correct option is 'Both A and B'.

Stem tendrils occur in

botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

  1. Smilax

  2. Gloriosa

  3. Vitis

  4. Lathyrus

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Correct Option: C

Pea plant is a creeper.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pea plant is a climber that uses tendrils to climb the support as it has very weak stem and can not stand by its own so they either climb o another plant , wall or just stick to them by holding it.

So the given statement is False.

Climbers are advanced than creepers. 

botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Climbers are meant to be more advance than creepers as unlike them creepers evolve themselves and modify their parts to form special structure known as tendrils and climb up but creepers grow on ground and are not able to support their weight .

So the statement is True.

Culm is found in

botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

  1. Ginger

  2. Mango

  3. Bamboo

  4. Guava

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A culm is the aerial (above-ground) stem of a grass or sedge. It is derived from culmus, the Latin word for "stalk", and it originally referred to the stem of any type of plant. So bamboo have a culm.

so correct answer is C.

Read the following matches.

(i) Lily Compound tunicated bulb
(ii) Potato Tuber
(iii) Allium cepa Simple tunicated bulb
(iv) Allium sativum Scaly bulb

Which of these are correct?

botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

  1. (i), (ii) and (iii)

  2. (ii), (iii) and (iv)

  3. (ii) and (iii)

  4. (iii) and (iv)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
 Lily  Scaly bulb (in which tunic cover is absent)
 Potato  Tuber
 Allium cepa (Onion)  Simple tunicated bulb
Allium sativum (Garlic)   Compound tunicated bulb

The bulb is a modification of underground stem. The bulb is divided into two categories: 1) Tunicated 2) Scaly/Imbricate. 

Tunicated is further divided into 1) Simple tunicated Bulb and 2) Compound Tunicated Bulb. 

So the correct option is "ii, iii ".

Which of the following parts of plants in garlic and onion are edible?

botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

  1. Underground stem

  2. Fleshy scale leaves

  3. Tunic

  4. Adventitious root

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Correct Option: A

A weak stem which itself coils around the support is called 

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  1. Twiner

  2. Scrambler

  3. Liana

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A

Pisum sativum is a

botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

  1. Climber

  2. Tree

  3. Shrub

  4. Heterotroph

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pisum sativum is a climber because it has a weak stem which needs support for growing upright. It has a soft green pliable stem which when grown in farms are given enough support system.

so, the correct answer is 'Climber'.

Date Palm is?

botany stem - external morphology habit of plants plant classifications type of plants

  1. Caudex

  2. Excurrent

  3. Deliquescent

  4. Culm

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  1. The caudex is the axis of the plant of palm or fern that has a stem as well as root.
  2. The excurrent stem has the axis that is prolonged to form undivided main stem or trunk as in conifers.
  3. Deliquescent is the branching in which stem is not figured out as in deciduous trees.
  4. Culm is an aerial stem of grass.
So the correct option is 'Caudex'