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Plant Growth and Development (Class XI/XII)

Description: EMBRYOLOGY Plant Growth and Development
Number of Questions: 15
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More than one embryo occurs in

  1. citrus

  2. mirabilis

  3. hibiscus

  4. bacteria

  5. -


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Polyembryony is the phenomenon of two or more embryos developing from a single fertilised egg.

The formation of sporophyte directly from sporophyte tissue is called

  1. apogamy

  2. apospory

  3. ascocarp

  4. apomixis

  5. -


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Apospory is the development of diploid gametophytes.

Plants which flower only once in their life cycle are called

  1. polycarpic

  2. monocarpic

  3. pericarpic

  4. cleistocarpic

  5. -


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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When chalaza and micropyle are in opposite directions on a straight line, the ovule is called

  1. anatropous

  2. orthotropous

  3. circinotropous

  4. campyloptropous

  5. -


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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The endosperm of angiosperms is developed from

  1. antipodals

  2. synergids

  3. zygote

  4. secondary nucleus

  5. -


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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_______ is the development of embryo sac from any cell of the nucleus.

  1. Apogamy

  2. Apospory

  3. Parthenogenesis

  4. Embryogeny

  5. -


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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Pollen grain is a

  1. megaspore

  2. microspore

  3. microsporophyll

  4. microsporangium

  5. -


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

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The ovule of angiosperms can be called

  1. megasporangium

  2. megagametangium

  3. microgametangium

  4. integumented megasporangium

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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The term mesogamy is applied when the pollen tube enters the ovule through

  1. chalaza

  2. integument

  3. micropyle

  4. nucleus

  5. -


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is called mesogamy.

If the outermost layer of the integument becomes specialised as nutritive layer, it is called

  1. tapetum

  2. endothecium

  3. endothelium

  4. endosperm

  5. -


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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Honey, scent and odour are adapted for

  1. anemophily

  2. hydrophily

  3. zoophily

  4. entomophily

  5. -


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is the pollination carried out by insects.

If micropyle comes close to the funicle, the ovule is called

  1. orthotropus

  2. anatropus

  3. amphitropus

  4. campylotropus

  5. -


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The ovule turns at 180o angle.

The stalk of ovule is called

  1. pedicel

  2. petiole

  3. placenta

  4. funicle

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is a filamentous stalk attaching a seed or ovule to the placenta.

When gynoecium matures earlier than anther, the condition is called

  1. protogyny

  2. protandry

  3. herkogamy

  4. dichogamy

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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In cleistogamous flowers, the pollen grains are transferred by

  1. wind

  2. insects

  3. birds

  4. water

  5. None of these


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

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