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Sexual reproduction in flowering plants - class-X

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Which of the following statements is correct for the pollen tube 

  1. It shows chemotactic movement

  2. It shows only tip growth

  3. It is composed of three non-cellular zones

  4. It shows radial cytoplasmic streaming


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The movement of pollen tube towards embryosac though style is chemotactic as it secrets pectinases and other hydrolytic enzymes to create a passage for its entry into style .

If the diploid number of an angiospermic plant  is 24, the number of chromosomes in the pollen grain, endosperm and integument will be 

  1. 12, 36, 12

  2. 12, 24, 36

  3. 12, 12, 36

  4. 12, 36, 24


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

12, 36, 24; because pollen grains are haploid while endosperm has triploid chromosome number and integument is diploid in nature.

After penetrating stigmatic and styler tissues, the pollen tube usually grow down towards the egg because 

  1. The egg cell attracts the pollen tube as they have dissimilar electric charge

  2. The filiform apparatus of synergids is believed to attract the pollen tube

  3. It has no other passage to follow

  4. It grows under control of nucleus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In porogamy, filiform apparatus of synergids secretes, some chemotropically active sunstances, which direct the pollen tube towards micropyle of ovule.

In amoeboid type of tapetum.

  1. The cells remain in situ

  2. The cells secrete chemicals for degeneration of middle layers

  3. The cells pass in between the middle layers

  4. The cells form plasmodium that passes in between pollen grain mother cells


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This type of tapetum can be seen easily in Alisma, Butomus, Tradescantia, and Typha, etc. The tapetal cells fuse among themselves for forming a tapetal plasmodium. The protoplast of the fused tapetal cells then moves into the locule, where they surround the pollen mother cells or pollen grains. This protoplast movement into the locule is taking place during meiotic prophase. 

Thus the correct answer is option D.

Wall of a mature pollen grain consists of.

  1. Ektexine and endexine

  2. Tapetum and endothecium

  3. Exine and intine

  4. Foot and baculate layer


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The pollen wall actually is the multi-layered structure that includes an intine, which is composed mainly of polysaccharide, and an exine, which consists mainly of sporopollenin. The exine can be further divided into the sexine and nexine. Sexine is the single layer of bacula which is covered by a layer of the tectum.

So the correct answer is C.

Abundant occurrence of fossilised pollen grains is due to resistant.

  1. Lignocellulose

  2. Sporopollenin

  3. Pectocellulose

  4. Pectolignin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Abundant occurrence and preservation of the fossil pollen grains result from the extremely resistant nature of the outer wall of the pollen grains. This wall is the exine and composed of a compound commonly known as sporopollenin. It originates from the polymerization of carotenoids and carotenoid esters.

Thus the correct answer is B. 

Which of the following pair has haploid structures?

  1. Nucellus and antipodal cells

  2. Antipodal cells and egg cell

  3. Antipodal cells and megaspore mother cell

  4. Nucellus and primary endosperm nucleus


Correct Option: B

Exine of pollen grain is formed of.

  1. Callose

  2. Pecto-cellulose

  3. Ligno-cellulose

  4. Sporopollenin


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The pollen is having two layers. The tough outer layer is referred to as the exine. This sophisticated and complex outer layer is having a compound known as sporopollenin. It is waterproof, resistant to the deterioration and very stiff as well. This shell is actually one of nature's most advanced polymers. It ensures that the tender cells must have a strong chance of survival.

Thus the correct answer is option D.

Ovule is curved and the embryo sac is horseshoe shaped. Micropyle, chalaza and funicle occur near one another. The ovule is?

  1. Campylotropous

  2. Amphitropous

  3. Orthotropous

  4. Anatropous


Correct Option: B

Match the columns with correct combination of endosperm chromosomes.

Column I Column II
(a) Pisum sativum (i) $72$
(b) Oryza sativa (ii) $24$
(c) Nicotiaba tabacum (iii) $60$
(d) Allium cepa (iv) $36$
$21$
  1. a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-v

  2. a-i, b-ii, c-v, d-iv

  3. a-ii, b-v, c-iii, d-i

  4. a-v, b-iv, c-i, d-ii


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements is not correct?

  1. Some reptiles have also been reported as pollinators in some plant species

  2. Pollen grains of many species can germinate on the stigma of a flower but only one pollen tube of the same species grows into the style

  3. Insects that consume pollen or nectar without brining about pollination are called pollen/ nectar robbers

  4. Pollen germination and pollen tube growth are regulated by chemical components of pollen interacting with those of pistil


Correct Option: B

Which is not properly matched?

  1. Exine of pollen grain - Sporopollenin

  2. Tapetum - Ubisch bodies

  3. Male gametophyte pf angiosperms - No prothalial cells

  4. Most common type of ovule - Orthotropous


Correct Option: D

During the process of fertilisation the pollen tube of the pollen grains usually enters the embryo sac through.

  1. Integument

  2. Nucellus

  3. Chalaza

  4. Micropyle


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

After arriving at the wall of the ovary, the pollen tube enters the ovule either through the micropyle or by some other route. The entrance of the pollen tube through the micropyle is the normal condition and is known as porogamy. In some cases the pollen tube enters the ovule through the chalaza(chalazogamy e.g., Casuarina), or through integuments (mesogamy e.g. Cucurbita).

Refer to the given figure of egg apparatus showing entry of pollen tube into a synergid. Identify any two of the labelled parts and select the correct option.

  1. A-Central cell, G-Egg nucleus

  2. C-Plamsa membrane, D-Vegetative nucleus

  3. B-Egg nucleus, F-Male gametes

  4. B-Central cell, E-Filiform apparatus


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the given figure A-central cell, B-egg nucleus, C-plasma membrane, D-synergid, E-filiform apparatus, F-male gametes, G-vegetative nucleus.

Select the correct option regarding the ploidy level of different structures of an angiospermous ovule.

  1. Nucellus-n, MMC-$2$n, Functional megaspore-$2$n

  2. Nucellus-$2$n, MMC-n, Fundamental megaspore-n

  3. Nucellus-$2$n, MMC-$2$n, Functional megaspore-n

  4. Nucellus-n, MMC-$2$n, Functional megaspore-n


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The body of the ovule consists of a mass of parenchymatous cells named nucellus. It is equivalent to megasporangium $(2n)$. Megaspore mother cell or megasporocyte is a diploid$(2n)$ cell which undergoes meiosis to form a linear tetrad of four haploid megaspores (n). Normally, the chalazal megaspore is the functional megaspore while the other three degenerate.

Study the following statements and select the correct option.
(i) Tapetum nourishes the developing pollen grains.
(ii) Hilum represents the junction between ovule and funicle.
(iii) In aquatic plants such as water hyacinth and water lily, pollination is by water.
(iv) The primary endosperm nucleus is triploid.

  1. (i) and (ii) are correct but (iii) and (iv) are incorrect

  2. (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct but (iii) is incorrect

  3. (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct but (i) is incorrect

  4. (i) and (iv) are correct but (ii) and (iii) are incorrect


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In many aquatic plants with emergent flowers, pollination occurs by wind or insects, e.g., lotus, water lily, water hyacinth.

To produce $500$ pollen grains, how many microspore mother cells are required?

  1. $500$

  2. $125$

  3. $250$

  4. $1000$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

One Microspore mother cell after meiosis produce 4 pollen grains.

Therefore by the unitary method, 500 pollen grains are produced by 125 microspore mother cell.
= 500/4
= 125
So the correct option is "125".

A callose covering is present over

  1. egg

  2. pollen grain

  3. male gamete

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The microspore or pollen grain is the first cell of male gametophyte. The microspore starts dividing and it is known as precocious. 

Microspore may be best defined is specially developed male gametes. Microspore nucleus divides mitotically to form a smaller generative cell near the larger vegetative cell. A callose layer is developed around the generative cell. Regenerative cell loses its contact with the wall of microspore and becomes free in the cytoplasm. The callus layer then dissolves. The pollen grains are shed from the answer at this bicelled stage.
So, the correct option is 'male gamete'.

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