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Embryology (Class XI/XII)

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The chromosome number is 'n' in which of the following cells?

  1. Sporogonium

  2. Oospore

  3. Spore mother cell

  4. Ovum

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

As ovum is formed after meiosis, it is haploid in nature.

Maturation of stamens and pistils at different times in the same flower is called

  1. heterostyly

  2. heterospory

  3. dichogamy

  4. dichotomy

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To avoid self pollination, maturation of stamens and pistils occurs at different times, which is called dichogamy.

Parachute mechanism of fruit and seed dispersal is due to the structure called

  1. pappus

  2. thorn

  3. corolla

  4. bracts

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The pappus is the modified calyx, the part of an individual floret that surrounds the base of the corolla tube in flower heads of the plant family Asteraceae. It helps in seed and fruit dispersal.

Double fertilisation occurs in

  1. bryophytes

  2. algae

  3. gymnosperms

  4. angiosperms

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is a complex fertilisation mechanism of flowering plants (angiosperms). This process involves the joining of a female gametophyte with two male gametes (sperms).

Which of the following is a false fruit?

  1. Apple

  2. Walnut

  3. Guava

  4. Cashew nut

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

False fruit is a fruit in which some of the flesh is derived not from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue exterior to the carpel. In apple, it is derived from thalamus.

The nature of secondary nucleus of an angiosperm after fertilisation is

  1. n

  2. 2n

  3. 3n

  4. 4n

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

After fertilisation, diploid secondary nucleus becomes triploid. Initially it is diploid, but it fuses with one of the male gametes which is haploid; so finally after fusion, it becomes triploid i.e. 3n. Hence, it is the correct answer.

The fruit of a coconut is a

  1. drupe

  2. berry

  3. nut

  4. capsule

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coconut is also a drupe, but the mesocarp is fibrous or dry (termed a husk); so this type of fruit is classified as a simple dry fruit, fibrous drupe.

The fleshy edible part of an apple is derived mainly from the part of the flower called

  1. pericarp

  2. mesocarp

  3. endocarp

  4. thalamus

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The receptacle or torus of a flower is called thalamus. Edible part of an apple is thalamus.

The edible part of a coconut is

  1. embryo

  2. endosperm

  3. seed coat

  4. epicarp

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The base of the embryo (cotyledon) swells into an absorbing organ. Endosperm forms a solid jelly-like substance that may be eaten with a spoon.

The edible part in a ripe mango is

  1. mesocarp

  2. endocarp

  3. epicarp

  4. endosperm

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mesocarp of mango is fleshy and is eaten.

Development and formation of pollen grain in anther of the stamen is called

  1. pollination

  2. fertilisation

  3. microsporogenesis

  4. megasporogenesis

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In a process called microsporogenesis, four haploid microspores are produced from each diploid sporogenous mother cells.

The number of chromosomes in the endosperm of a dicot having 12 chromosomes in the megaspore mother cell will be

  1. 12

  2. 18

  3. 24

  4. 36

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If a megaspore mother cell has 12 chromosomes, it suggests that haploid number will be 6. The zygote formed will contain 12 chromosomes and the endosperm being a triploid tissue will have 18 chromosomes.

Pollen grains represent

  1. male gametophytes

  2. male sporophytes

  3. female gametophytes

  4. female sporophytes

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pollen grains are the haploid structures which represent male or micro gametophytes.

The fruit that develops from hypanthodium inflorescence is called

  1. drupe

  2. sorosis

  3. syconus

  4. siliqua

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is formed by an enlarged, fleshy, hollow receptacle with multiple ovaries on the inside surface. In essence, it is really a fleshy stem with a number of flowers, so it is considered both a multiple and accessory fruit. It develops from hypanthodium inflorescence.

Microsporogenesis occurs in

  1. anther

  2. filament

  3. style

  4. stigma

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Microsporogenesis comprises the events which lead to the formation of the haploid unicellular microspores. It occurs in anther.

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