How NEET Tests 'Morphology of Flowering Plants'
This is one of the highest-yield chapters (about 3-4 questions/year), and it is pure recall/identification. From the previous-year papers, the reliably tested areas are:
- Placentation (marginal / axile / parietal / free central / basal) and aestivation (valvate / twisted / imbricate / vexillary) - usually as match-the-column.
- The floral families - Fabaceae vs Solanaceae vs Liliaceae floral characters (symmetry, stamens, placentation).
- Root/stem/leaf modifications and the classic traps (pea tendril = leaf; grape tendril = stem).
- Flower symmetry (actinomorphic vs zygomorphic) and ovary position (hypogynous / perigynous / epigynous).
- Stamen cohesion (mono-/di-/polyadelphous) and the floral formula symbols.
Below are genuine NEET previous-year questions from this chapter, followed by exam-pattern practice in the same styles.