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    D 50558 (Pages : 2) Name.........................................

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    FIFTH SEMESTER (CBCSS—UG) DEGREE EXAMINATION
    NOVEMBER 2023

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    Botany

    BOT 5B 06—GYMNOSPERMS, PALAEOBOTANY, PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND


    EVOLUTION

    (2019 Admission onwards)

    Time : Two Hours Maximum : 60 Marks

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    Section A

    Answer all questions in two or three sentences.


    Each correct answer carries 2 marks.

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    (Ceiling 20 marks)

    1. What are spur shoots ?

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    2. Gnetum is considered as an advanced genus in gymnosperms. Comment.

    3. What is meant by genetic drift ?

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    4. Distinguish between manoxylic and pycnoxylic wood.

    5. What are petrified fossils ?

    6. Give an account of the vascular system in Rhynia.

    7. Comment on diploxylic condition in Cycas.

    8. Give an account of age and area hypothesis.

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    9. Write the major principles of Darwinism.

    10. What is meant by vicarism ?

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    11. Comment on the causes of glaciation.

    12. Distinguish between allopatric and sympatric species.

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    Answer all questions in a paragraph of about half a page to one page.
    Each correct answer carries a maximum of 5 marks.

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    (Ceiling 30 marks)

    13. Explain the structure of Pinus needle with diagrams.

    14. Give an account of the morphology of Lepidodendron.

    15. Explain the structure of ovule of Cycas.

    16. Write a short note on various phytogeographic zones of India.

    17. How genetic variability is created in organisms during organic evolution ?

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    18. Discuss the mechanism of speciation.

    19. Give an account of continental drift theory

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    Answer any one in about two pages.

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    The correct answer carries a maximum of 10 marks.

    20. Explain the economic importance of gymnosperms.

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    21. Explain the vegetative and reproductive features of Gnetum with diagrams.

    (1 × 10 = 10 marks)

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