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Pollination and Fertilization

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Some bisexual flowers remain closed all their life so that the pollen can easily pollinate the stigma of the flower. What is this condition called?

  1. Homogamy

  2. Heterogamy

  3. Cleistogamy

  4. Dichtyogamy

  5. Protogyny


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cleistogamy is found in flowers of Commelina species, which remains underground and closed all their life.

Which of the following statements is not true for self pollination?

  1. It preserves the parental characters indefinitely.

  2. It leads to loss of vigour and vitality.

  3. It leads to new varieties.

  4. The genetic defects of the plant variety cannot be eliminated.

  5. The flowers need not produce nectar and scent.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

New varieties cannot be obtained by self pollination.

If the timing of maturation of androecium and gynoecium is different, the condition is called ____________.

  1. homogamy

  2. cleistogamy

  3. herkogamy

  4. dichogamy

  5. heterogamy


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Dichogamy is the condition in which the timing of maturation of andorecium and gynoecium are different.

Which of the following is not correct about cross pollination?

  1. The process is economical.

  2. It is uncertain.

  3. It occurs in unisexual and bisexual flowers.

  4. Seeds produced are viable and healthier.

  5. It is a source of variation in offsprings.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cross pollination is not economical because the flowers have to adapt themselves to attract pollinating agents.

If anthers of a flower mature earlier than stigma, the condition is called ________________.

  1. protandry

  2. protogyny

  3. cleistogamy

  4. herkogamy

  5. homogamy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In some plants (such as sweet pea, salvia), anthers of the flower mature earlier than the stigma. This condition is known as protandry.

Which of the following plants shows protogany?

  1. Lady's finger

  2. Sweet pea

  3. Salvia

  4. Peepal

  5. Commelina


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In peepal plant, stigma matures earlier than the anther. This condition is known as protogany.

Which of the following plants shows hydrophily?

  1. Grass

  2. Vallisneria

  3. Hazel

  4. Millow

  5. Maize


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In vallisneria, the pollination occurs through water.

In which of the following plants do the pollen grains fail to fertilise the flower of the same plant but fertilise the stigma of the flower borne by another plant of the same species?

  1. Peepal

  2. Lady's finger

  3. Sweet pea

  4. Salvia

  5. Apple


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

In some plants like apples and grapes, pollen grains of a flower fail to fertilise the flower of the same plant, but fertilise the stigma of the flower borne by another plant of the same species.

In which of the following conditions are anther and stigma so placed in a flower that the pollen grains are unable to reach the stigma?

  1. Karyogamy

  2. Herkogamy

  3. Dichogamy

  4. Cleistogamy

  5. Protogyny


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In herkogamy, anther and stigma are so placed in a flower that the pollen grains are unable to reach the stigma in the same flower.

Which of the following is not a unisexual plant?

  1. Maize

  2. Castor

  3. Cucumber

  4. Salvia

  5. Palm


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Salvia is a bisexual flower.

In which of the following conditions are the length of the style and position of anthers different?

  1. Herkogamy

  2. Heterostyly

  3. Dichogamy

  4. Protogyny

  5. Heterokamy


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In heterostyly, the length of style and the position of anthers are different in a flower.

Which of the following plants shows herkogamy?

  1. Gloriosa

  2. Apple

  3. Grapes

  4. Salvia

  5. Castor


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gloriosa shows herkogamy as in this plant, the pollen grains are liberated towards outside of the flower for preventing them from reaching the stigma of the same flower.

Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of flowers pollinated by water?

  1. Pollen grains are produced in a large number.

  2. Flowers are light in weight.

  3. Flowers are small and inconspicuous.

  4. Plants are monoecious.

  5. Pollen grains have specific gravity equal to water.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Plants are dioecious, i.e. male and female flowers borne on separate plants.

Which of the following is/are the agents of pollination in entomophily?

  1. Water

  2. Wind

  3. Insects

  4. Bats

  5. Birds


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Entomophily is the pollination of flowers by insects.

The food-storing tissue of flowers, which is formed by the fusion of male gamete and polar nuclei is called

  1. endosperm

  2. placenta

  3. synergid

  4. gametophyte

  5. micropyle


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Endosperm is a food-storing tissue, which is formed by the fusion of the male gamete and two polar nuclei.

Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of insect pollinated flowers?

  1. Petals are small and white coloured.

  2. They produce copious amount of nectar.

  3. Pollen grains are produced in small quantity.

  4. Nectar guides are present.

  5. Anthers with short filaments are present.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Petals are large and brightly coloured to attract the insects for pollination.

Which of the following is not an insect pollinated flower?

  1. Salvia

  2. Petunia

  3. Butter cup

  4. Pine

  5. Dandelion


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Pine is usually pollinated by wind.

An endosperm in plants is

  1. 1n

  2. 2n

  3. 3n

  4. 4n

  5. 5n


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Endosperm in plants is 3n as it is formed by the fusion of male gamete (1n) and secondary nucleus (2n).

Which of the following is not true about ovule?

  1. It is a small structure contained in the ovary.

  2. It is surrounded by integuments.

  3. It has an opening to one side called micropyle.

  4. It contains single polar nuclei.

  5. It also contains two synergids and three antipodal cells.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The embryo sac contains an egg and two polar nuclei.

How many male gametes are present in a pollen tube?

  1. One

  2. Two

  3. Three

  4. Four

  5. Five


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Two male gametes are present in a pollen tube. One fuses with the egg and the other fuses with two polar nuclei to form endosperm.

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