BIOLOGY: SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS

01. The term used for transfer of pollen grains from anthers of one plant to stigma of a different plant which,
during pollination, brings genetically different types of pollen grains to stigma is

- (a) xenogamy (b) geitonogamy (c) chasmogamy (d) cleistogamy

02. Diadelphous stamens are found in

- (a) China rose (b) Citrus (c) Pea (d) China rose and Citrus

03. A typical angiosperm embryo sac at maturity is

- (a) 8-nucleate and 7-celled (b) 7-nucleate and 8-celled (c) 7-nucleate and 7-celled (d) 8-nucleate and 8-celled

04. In some members of which of the following pairs of families, pollen grains retain their viability for months
after release?

- (a) Poaceae; Rosaceae (b) Poaceae: Leguminosae (c) Poaceae: Solanaceae (d) Rosaceae : Leguminosae

05. Which of the following is incorrect for wind-pollinated plants?

- (a) Well exposed stamens and stigma (b) Many ovules in each ovary (c) Flowers are small and not brightly
coloured (d) Pollen grains are light and non-sticky

06. In water hyacinth and water lily, pollination takes place by

- (a) water currents only (b) wind and water (c) insects and water (d) insects or wind

07. The plant part which consists of two generations, one within the other

- (a) Pollen grains inside the anther (b) Embryo sac inside the ovule (c) Seeds inside the fruit (d) Germinated
pollen grain with two male gametes

08. What type of pollination takes place in Vallisneria?

- (a) Pollination occurs in submerged condition by water (b) Flowers emerge above surface of water and
pollination occurs by insects (c) Flowers emerge above water surface and pollen is carried by wind (d) Male
flowers are carried by water currents to female flowers at the surface of water

09. In which of the following, both autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented?

- (a) Papaya (b) Maize (c) Mango (d) Mustard

10. Pollen grains can be stored for several years in liquid nitrogen having temperature of

- (a) − °196 C (b) − °80 C (c) − °120 C (d) − °160 C

11. In some plants, the female gamete - (c) parthenogenesis

develops into embryo without fertilisation. - (d) autogamy
This phenomenon is known as
- (a) parthenocarpy
12. Which one of the following fruits is
- (b) syngamy
parthenocarpic?
 - (a) Brinjal
- (b) Apple
19. Double fertilisation is exhibited by
- (c) Jackfruit
- (a) gymnosperms
- (d) Banana
- (b) algae
- (c) fungi
13. In a type of apomixis known as - (d) angiosperms
adventive embryony, embryos develop
directly from the
20. Through which cell of the embryo sac
- (a) nucellus or integuments
does the pollen tube enter the embryo sac?
- (b) zygote
- (a) egg cell
- (c) synergids or antipodals in an embryo
- (b) persistent synergid
sac
- (c) degenerated synergid
- (d) accessory embryo sac in the ovule
- (d) central cell

14. Adventive embryony in Citrus is due to 21. In angiosperms, pollen tubes liberate
- (a) nucellus their male gametes into the
- (b) integuments - (a) central cell
- (c) zygotic embryo - (b) antipodal cell
- (d) fertilised egg - (c) egg cell
- (d) synergid
15. Formation of gametophyte directly
22. Double fertilisation leading to initiation
from sporophyte without meiosis is
of endosperm in angiosperms requires
- (a) apospory
- (a) fusion of one polar nucleus and the
- (b) apogamy
second male gamete only
- (c) parthenogenesis
- (b) fusion of two polar nuclei and the
- (d) amphimixis
second male gamete
- (c) fusion of four or more polar nuclei
16. Prothallus (gametophyte) gives rise to and the second male gamete only
fern plant (sporophyte) without fertilisation. - (d) all of the above
It is
- (a) apospory 23. In plants, the transfer of pollen grains
- (b) apogamy from the anther to the stigma of the same
- (c) parthenocarpy flower is termed as
- (d) parthenogenesis - (a) xenogamy
- (b) autogamy
17. Development of an organism from - (c) chasmogamy
female gamete/egg without involving - (d) allogamy
fertilisation is
- (a) adventitive embryony 24. Flowers with both male and female
- (b) polyembryony reproductive organs are termed as
- (c) parthenocarpy - (a) unisexual
- (d) parthenogenesis - (b) bisexual
- (c) hermaphrodite
- (d) dioecious
18. Double fertilisation is
- (a) fusion of two male gametes with one 25. The process by which fruits develop
egg without fertilisation is called
- (b) fusion of one male gamete with two - (a) apomixis
polar nuclei - (b) cleistogamy
- (c) fusion of two male gametes of pollen - (c) parthenocarpy
tube with two different eggs - (d) anemophily
- (d) syngamy and triple fusion
26. Which of the following is a - (a) anther
characteristic feature of wind-pollinated - (b) ovary
flowers? - (c) stigma
- (a) Brightly colored petals - (d) pollen tube
- (b) Large nectar glands
- (c) Small, inconspicuous flowers 29. The process of fusion of the male
- (d) Strong fragrance gamete with the egg cell is known as
- (a) pollination
27. Pollen grains of which plant family are - (b) fertilisation
characterized by being sticky and heavy, - (c) germination
adapted for insect pollination? - (d) meiosis
- (a) Fabaceae
- (b) Asteraceae 30. Which structure of the ovule gives rise
- (c) Lamiaceae to the seed after fertilisation?
- (d) Rosaceae - (a) Integument
- (b) Nucellus
28. The male gametes of angiosperms are - (c) Micropyle
formed within the - (d) Embryo sac

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