Neet Solved Paper 2013 Question 7
Question: Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, China rose, lupin, cucumber, sunnhemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, Petunia, tomato, rose, Withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip, how many plants have hypogynous flower?
Options:
A) Six
B) Ten
C) Fifteen
D) Eighteen
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
Flowers Hypogynous Perigynous Epigynous Gynoecium present above all other floral parts Ovary is superior Gynoecium present in the centre.
Other part almost at same level. Ovary half inferior, e.g.,
Plum rose Ovary enclosed by thalamus and gets fused with it Other parts above ovary Ovary inferior,
e.g., Guava, cucumber Plum, rose are perigynous and guava, cucumber are epigenous.
So, total remaining plants are hypogenous.
