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Junior Inter Botany: 2 Marks Questions
Junior Inter Botany: 2 Marks Questions
Junior Inter Botany: 2 Marks Questions
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2 Marks Questions
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Name a plant that has single fruit developing from the entire inflorescence.
What is such a fruit called?
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What is the type of fruit found in mango? How does it differ from that of
coconut?
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A: Drupe.
The mesocarp in mango is fleshy, juicy and edible whereas the mesocarp in
coconut is fibrous.
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A: Swollen leaf base which stores water is called pulvinous leaf base. It is found in
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A: The germination of seed while still attached to the mother plant is called
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A: Production of two types of spores from a plant is termed as heterospory. The two
types of spores developed in angiosperms are microspores and megaspores.
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Name the parts of pistil which develop into fruit and seeds.
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What are the three cells found in the pollen grain when it is shed at the three
celled stage?
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A: The single cotyledon present towards lateral side of the embryonal axis in a
monocot seed is called scutellum. It is found in the seeds of grass family
(monocot seeds).
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11. What is Natural system of plant classification? Name the scientists who
followed it.
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12. What is geocarpy? Name the plant which exhibits this phenomenon.
A: The fruit which develops inside the soil is called geocarpy. Arachis hypogea.
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Sexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction
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15. Discuss the various types of pollen tube entry into ovary with the help of
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A: The pollen tube travels through the style and enters the ovary. Different types of
pollen tube entry into the ovary are:
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Porogamy: The pollen tube enters the ovary through the micropyle.
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Chalazogamy: The pollen tube enters the ovary through the chalaza.
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Mesogamy: The pollen tube enters the ovary through the integuments.
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A-Porogamy
B-Chalazogamy
C-Mesogamy
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16. Give economic importance of plants belonging to Fabaceae.
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Pods of beans, seeds of peas, leaves of Methi are used as vegetables and green
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Blue dye is obtained from Indigofera tinctoria and yellow dye from Butea
monosperma.
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Phaseolus and other species are used as fodder. Sesbania and Tephrosia are
used as green manure.
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