Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 30

30. In a cymose inflorescence the main axis

[NEET Kar. 2013]

(a) Terminates in a flower

(b) Has unlimited growth

(c) Bears a solitary flower

(d) Has unlimited growth but lateral branches end in flowers

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Answer : a

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(a) In cymose inflorescence, the growth of the main axis is definite because the growing point of peduncle is used up in the formation of a flower. Further growth of flowering axis is continued by one or more lateral branches which also end in flower.