The inflorescence — NEET Biology Questions

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MCQ
What is the key difference between racemose and cymose inflorescence?
  • A. Presence of leaves
  • B. Position of flower buds
  • C. Type of flower symmetry.
  • D. Growth of the main axis
✅ Correct Answer: D
Racemose has unlimited growth; cymose has limited growth due to terminal flowering.
MCQ
Eliminate the incorrect trait for racemose inflorescence:
  • A. Main axis shows indefinite growth
  • B. Terminal flower is always the oldest
  • C. Acropetal succession
  • D. Flowers borne laterally
✅ Correct Answer: B
Racemose has youngest flowers at the top (apex), not oldest.
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MCQ
What happens instead of leaf formation in a flower?
  • A. Floral appendages are formed
  • B. Roots are formed.
  • C. Fruits develop
  • D. Buds form at the node
✅ Correct Answer: A
The apex produces different floral parts instead of leaves.
MCQ
In cymose inflorescence, the flowers are borne in which order?
  • A. Acropetal
  • B. Centripetal
  • C. Basipetal
  • D. Mixed
✅ Correct Answer: C
In cymose, the terminal flower is the oldest, and subsequent flowers develop below it.
MCQ
Assertion (A): In racemose inflorescence, the youngest flower is at the apex. Reason (R): Racemose inflorescence shows basipetal arrangement of flowers.
  • A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  • B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • C. A is true, but R is false
  • D. A is false, but R is true
✅ Correct Answer: C
Racemose inflorescence has acropetal succession (youngest at apex), but R is wrong as it mentions basipetal, which is for cymose.

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