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  • Dicots typically have:

    {“lesson_id”:0,”category_id”:91,”topic”:”01. Flowering Plants”,”choices”:[“Spores instead of seeds”,”No flowers”,”Two cotyledons and net-veined leaves”,”One cotyledon and fibrous roots only”],”correct”:2,”type”:”mcq”,”explain”:”Most trees and beans are dicots (eudicots) with two cotyledons.”}

  • Monocots typically have:

    {“lesson_id”:0,”category_id”:91,”topic”:”01. Flowering Plants”,”choices”:[“No seeds”,”Naked seeds on cones”,”Two cotyledons and net venation”,”One cotyledon and parallel venation”],”correct”:3,”type”:”mcq”,”explain”:”Grasses and lilies are monocots: one seed leaf, parallel veins, floral parts in threes.”}

  • Double fertilisation in angiosperms produces:

    {“lesson_id”:0,”category_id”:91,”topic”:”01. Flowering Plants”,”choices”:[“A zygote and endosperm”,”Only a fruit wall”,”Only pollen tubes”,”Two embryos and no endosperm”],”correct”:0,”type”:”mcq”,”explain”:”One sperm fuses with the egg (zygote); the other with polar nuclei (endosperm).”}

  • After fertilisation the ovary of a flower typically becomes a:

    {“lesson_id”:0,”category_id”:91,”topic”:”01. Flowering Plants”,”choices”:[“Anther”,”Fruit”,”Root hair”,”Leaf”],”correct”:1,”type”:”mcq”,”explain”:”The ovary wall develops into the fruit that surrounds the seeds.”}

  • Flowering plants belong to the group:

    {“lesson_id”:0,”category_id”:91,”topic”:”01. Flowering Plants”,”choices”:[“Bryophytes”,”Algae”,”Gymnosperms only”,”Angiosperms”],”correct”:3,”type”:”mcq”,”explain”:”Angiosperms produce flowers and seeds enclosed in fruits.”}

  • True or false: Plant cells generally have a large central vacuole.

    {“lesson_id”:0,”category_id”:60,”topic”:”Introduction To Plant”,”choices”:[“True”,”False”],”correct”:0,”type”:”true_false”,”explain”:”The vacuole stores water and solutes and helps keep cells turgid.”}

  • Plants store most carbohydrate as:

    {“lesson_id”:0,”category_id”:60,”topic”:”Introduction To Plant”,”choices”:[“Starch”,”Glycogen in liver”,”Chitin granules”,”Urea”],”correct”:0,”type”:”mcq”,”explain”:”Starch in plastids is the usual plant storage polysaccharide.”}

  • Vascular plants are distinguished by:

    {“lesson_id”:0,”category_id”:60,”topic”:”Introduction To Plant”,”choices”:[“Having no embryos”,”Xylem and phloem for long-distance transport”,”Living only in boiling springs”,”Complete absence of chlorophyll”],”correct”:1,”type”:”mcq”,”explain”:”Vascular tissues allow large body size on land.”}

  • The two multicellular phases in a typical plant life cycle are:

    {“lesson_id”:0,”category_id”:60,”topic”:”Introduction To Plant”,”choices”:[“Larva and pupa”,”Egg and sperm only”,”Sporophyte and gametophyte”,”Polyp and medusa”],”correct”:2,”type”:”mcq”,”explain”:”Plants show alternation of generations: a diploid sporophyte and a haploid gametophyte.”}

  • Unlike most animals, plants typically:

    {“lesson_id”:0,”category_id”:60,”topic”:”Introduction To Plant”,”choices”:[“Are sessile and grow throughout life at meristems”,”Lack cell walls”,”Have no DNA”,”Cannot reproduce”],”correct”:0,”type”:”mcq”,”explain”:”Modular, indeterminate growth from meristems is a plant hallmark.”}

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