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Questions Related to pollination

Pollen grains of flower pollinated by wind or insects are not ............

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  1. Rough and sticky

  2. Large and showy

  3. Rough and dry

  4. Smooth and dry

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pollen grains to be carried by wind as well as by insects will not be heavy in weight or showy. This is because it causes the wind as well as insects tough to perform pollination. They prefer light weight as well as winged ones.

A very close relationship between flower and pollinating agent is best exhibited by 

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  1. Yucca

  2. Avena

  3. Salmalia

  4. Pisum

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A very close relationship between flower and pollinating agent is best exhibited by Yucca as there is a mutually rewarding relationship between Yucca plant and species of moth. They cannot complete their life cycle without each other. The moth lays egg in the locules of the ovary. The larva uses some of the seeds as food. In turn, the flowers are pollinated by the moth. 

So, the correct answer is option A.

In Salvia the pollination is affected by  

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  1. Water

  2. Air

  3. Animals

  4. Insects

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Nectar is produced in saliva to lure pollinators such as insects and the process of pollination continues from one flower to the other flower and so on.

So the correct option is 'Insects.'