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Biology: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Biology: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants 101 Questions
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The term used for transfer of pollen grains from anthers of one plant to stigma of a different plant which, during pollination, brings genetically different types of pollen grains to stigma is
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Diadelphous stamens are found in
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A typical angiosperm embryo sac at maturity is
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In some members of which of the following pairs of families, pollen grains retain their viability for months after release?
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Which of the following is incorrect for wind pollinated plants?
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In water hyacinth and water lily, pollination takes place by
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The plant part which consists of two generations, one within the other I. Pollen grains inside the anther. II. Germinated pollen grain with two male gametes. III. Seed inside the fruit. IV. Embryo sac inside the ovule.
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What type of pollination takes place in Vallisneria?
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In which of the following, both autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented?
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Pollen grains can be stored for several years in liquid nitrogen having temperature of
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Which of the following has proved helpful in preserving pollen as fossils?
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Winged pollen grains are present in
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Attractants and rewards are required for
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A dioecious flowering plant prevents both
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Functional megaspore in an angiosperm develops into
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Which one of the following statements is not true?
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Proximal end of the filament of stamen is attached to the
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Which of the following statements is not correct?
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In majority of angiosperms
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Pollination in water hyacinth and water lily is brought about by the agency of
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The ovule of an angiosperm is technically equivalent to
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Male gametophyte in angiosperms produces
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Filiform apparatus is characteristic feature of
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In angiosperms, microsporogenesis and megasporogenesis
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Geitonogamy involves
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Pollen tablets are available in the market for
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Function of filiform apparatus is to
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Megasporangium is equivalent to
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Which one of the following statement is correct?
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Advantage of cleistogamy is
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Both, autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented in
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An organic substance that can withstand environmental extremes and cannot be degraded by any enzyme is
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Even in absence of pollinating agents seed-setting is assured in
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Filiform apparatus is a characteristic feature of
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Wind pollination is common in
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In which one of the following pollination is autogamous?
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Wind pollinated flowers are
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Which one of the following plants is monoecious?
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Which one of the following is resistant to enzyme action?
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Unisexuality of flowers prevents
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Which one of the following pairs of plant structures has haploid number of chromosomes?
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Male gametes in angiosperms are formed by the division of
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Which one of the following is surrounded by a callose wall?
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The arrangement of the nuclei in a normal embryo sac in the dicot plants is
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What would be the number of chromosomes in the cells of the aleuron layer in a plant species with 8 chromosomes in its synergids?
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Which one of the following represents an ovule, where the embryo sac becomes horse shoe-shaped and the funiculus and micropyle are close to each other?
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Anthesis is a phenomenon which refers to
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An ovule which becomes curved so that the nucellus and embryo sac lie at right angles to the funicle is
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In a flowering plant, archesporium gives rise to
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Which type of association is found in between entomophilous flower and pollinating agent?
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In angiosperms all the four microspores of tetrad are covered by a layer which is formed by
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What is the direction of micropyle in anatropous ovule?
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Anemophily type of pollination is found in
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Eight nucleate embryo sacs are
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Flowers showing ornithophily show few characteristic like
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How many pollen grains will be formed after meiotic division in 10 microspore mother cells?
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In an angiosperm, how many microspore mother cells are required to produce 100 pollen grains?
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Chief pollinators of agricultural crops are
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Ovule is straight with funiculus, embryo sac, chalaza and micropyle lying on one straight line. It is
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Number of meiotic divisions required to produce 200/400 seeds of pea would be
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Meiosis is best observed in dividing
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Point out the odd one
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Pollination occurs in
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Embryo sac occurs in
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Female gametophyte of angiosperms is represented by
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Male gametophyte of angiosperms/monocots is
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Male gametophyte of angiosperms is shed as
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Double fertilisation is
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Double fertilisation is exhibited by
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Through which cell of the embryo sac, does the pollen tube enter the embryo sac
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In angiosperms pollen tubes liberate their male gametes into the
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Double fertilisation leading to initiation of endosperm in angiosperms require
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Fertilisation involving carrying of male gametes by pollen tube is
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Double fertilisation and triple fusion were discovered by
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Double fertilisation is fusion of
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Entry of pollen tube through micropyle is
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Generative cell was destroyed by laser but a normal pollen tube was still formed because
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Total number of meiotic divisions required for forming 100 zygotes/100 grains of wheat are
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In some plants thalamus contributes to fruit formation. Such fruits are termed as
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Which one of the following statements regarding post-fertilisation development in flowering plants is incorrect?
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Seed formation without fertilisation in flowering plants involves the process of
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The coconut water from tender coconut represents
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Cotyledon of maize grain is called
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The wheat grain has an embryo with one large, shield-shaped cotyledon known as
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Coconut water from a tender coconut is
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Non-albuminous seed is produced in
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Nucellar polyembryony is reported in species of
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Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from
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Endosperm is consumed by developing embryo in the seed of
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The scutellum observed in a grain of wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons?
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In angiosperms, triple fusion is required for the formation of
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Study of formation, growth and development of new individual from an egg is
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Nucellus embryo is
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In some plants, the female gamete develops into embryo without fertilisation. This phenomenon is known as
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Which one of the following fruits is parthenocarpic? [
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In a type of apomixis known as adventive embryony, embryos develop directly from the
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Adventive embryony in Citrus is due to
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Formation of gametophyte directly from sporophyte without meiosis is
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Prothallus (gametophyte) gives rise to fern plant (sporophyte) without fertilisation. It is
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Development of an organism from female gamete/egg without involving fertilisation is
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