Which of the following plants is monoecious? 

1. Marchantia polymorpha

2. Cycas circinalis

3. Carica papaya

4. Chara

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Read the following statements A & B and choose the correct option :
Statement A: Asexual reproduction is a fast process.
Statement B: Progeny of sexually reproducing organisms shows variations due to crossing over.

1. Both statements A and B are correct
2. Both statements A and B are incorrect
3. Only statement A is correct
4. Only statement B is correct

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Examine the figure (A-D) given below and select the right option out of 1-4, in which all the four structures A, B, C, and D are identified correctly:

 

Options

A B C D
1. Runner  Archegoniophore    Synergid Antheridium
2. Offset  Antheridiophore  Antipodals   Oogonium
3. Sucker  Seta  Megaspore
mother cell   
Gamma cup
4. Rhizome Sporangiophore  Polar cell     Globule
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Vegetative propagule in Agave is:

1. Rhizome 2. Bulbil
3. Offset 4. Eye
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The sobriquet ‘terror of Bengal’ is given to water hyacinth because:
1. it reproduces asexually at a phenomenal rate making it an invasive species in water bodies.
2. it is very damaging competitor to the jute crop in West Bengal.
3. it produces secondary metabolites such as cardiac glycosides causing death of cattle feeding on it.
4. it flowers once in a decade and when it does it produces a lot of toxins in aquatic bodies.
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Both multiple fission and binary fission are seen in:
1. Escherechia coli
2. Plasmodium falciparum
3. Amoeba
4. Penicillum
 
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If the number of chromosomes in a meiocyte of apple is 34, what would be the number of chromosomes in its somatic cells?
1. 17
2. 34
3. 51
4. 68
 
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In some plants buds can grow where it normally would not. One such location may be in the margins of leaves. Name a plant where such buds are used as vegetative propagules:
1.    Eichhornia crassipes
2.    Bryophyllum
3.    Rhizophora
4.   Amorphophallus
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In diploid organisms, specialized cells called meiocytes undergo meiosis. At the end of meiosis:
1.    all gametes produced are genetically identical
2.    four gametes are always produced from a meiocyte in all organisms
3.    only one set of chromosomes gets incorporated into each gamete
4.    50 % of gametes will have odd number and 50 % of gametes will have even number of chromosomes
 
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Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Vegetative propagule Example
1. Eye Ginger
2. Bulbil Agave
3. Leaf buds Bryophyllum
4. Offset Water hyacinth
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