NEET 2011 · Class 11

Morphology of Flowering Plants

40. Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. (A)In tomato, fruit is a capsule.
  2. (B)Seeds of orchids have oil-rich endosperm.
  3. (C)Placentation in primose is basal.
  4. (D)Flower of tulip is a modified shoot.

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

A flower is a modified shoot wherein the shoot apical meristem changes to floral meristem.

Chapter
Morphology of Flowering Plants
Section
5.4 THE INFLORESCENCE
Page
6
Words matched
15 of 15

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=0.9656, combined=0.9793). Verified: high — The span directly states 'A flower is a modified shoot', which is the exact biological fact that makes option D correct, and this statement alone distinguishes it from the other options.

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