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ASSIGNMENT BIOLOGY CLASS - XII CBSE

TOPIC : SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS

SECTION - A
SINGLE CORRECT QUESTIONS [01 Mark Each]

1. Most reduced size gametophyte is of 8. Tegmen of the seed develops from

(a) Bryophytes (b) Pteridophyte (a) Perisperm (b) Funiculum
(c) Gymnosperm (d) Angiosperm (c) Inner integument (d) Outer integument
2. Ubisch bodies are associated with the develop- 9. The most simple and most common type of em-
ment of bryo sac was discovered by
(a) Embryo (b) Pollen grains (a) Nawaschin (b) Strasburger
(c) Endosperm (d) Embryo sac (c) Schleiden (d) Amici
3. Which of the following is the wrong statement? 10. ‘Callase’ enzyme which dissolves callose of tet-
(a) Monothecous anthers are found in rad of microspores to separate four microspores
Malvaceae family is provided by
(b) Middle layer is ephemeral (a) Pollen grains (b) Middle layer
(c) Amoeboid tapetum releases Ubisch bodies (c) Tapetum (d) Endothecium
(d) Bamboo is a monocarpic plant 11. Protandry is the situation when
4. Horizontally oriented ovule in Angiosperm is (a) Anther matures later than the stigma of
called flower
(a) Amphitropous (b) Hemitropous (b) Anther matures earlier than the stigma of
(c) Campylotropous (d) Circinotropous flower
5. The type of cells undergoing meiosis in the flow- (c) Anther and stigma mature at the same time
ers are (d) All of the above
(a) Micro spore mother cell and mega spore 12. The anterior end of pollen tube bursts by the
mother cell process of _____ in embryosac.
(b) Ovule and stamen (a) Imbibitions (b) Exo-osmosis
(c) Tapetal cells (c) Enzymatic action (d) Endo-osomosis
(d) Placental cell 13. In Capsella the pollen tube enters through the
6. Polysiphonous pollen grains occur in micropyle, therefore fertilization is
(a) Malvaceae (b) Cucurbitaceae (a) Porogamous (b) Chalazogamous
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these (c) Mesogamous (d) Basigamous
7. Movement of pollen tube is 14. When a diploid female plant is crossed with a
(a) Tactic (b) Tropic tetraploid male plant, the endosperm will be
(c) Nastic (d) Autonomous (a) Diploid (b) Triploid
(c) Tetraploid (d) Pentaploid

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 SECTION - B
Very Short Answer type Question: [02 Marks Each]

1. Give one example for each : (a) Seed without residual endosperm. (b) Seed which retains a part of
endosperm.
2. Give the ploidy of following with respect to angiosperms :
Syngamy
Malegamete  Female gamete   Zygote
(A) (n) (B)

(D)
Polar nuclei  Malegamete  Endosperm
(C) (n) (E)

3. What is unique about the relationship between Moth and Yucca plant in terms of pollination.
4. Continued self pollination leads to inbreeding depression. List three devices which floweringplants
have developed to discourage self pollination.
5. The meiocyte of rice has 24 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are present in its endosperm?
6. Mention one application of pollen bank. How are pollens stored in a bank?
7. Mention the pollinating agent of an inflorescence of small dull coloured flowers with well exposed
stamens and large feathery stigma. Give anyone characteristic of pollen grains produced by such
flowers.
SECTION - C
Long Answer type Question: [03 Marks Each]
1. Draw a neat diagram of L.S. Maize grain and label any six parts.
2. What will be the fate of following structures in the angiospermic plant : Ovary wall, ovule, zygote,
outer integument inner integument and primary endospern nucleus.
3. With the help of labelled diagrams, depict the stages of microspore maturing into a pollen grain.
4. How do the male gametes that are present in the pollen grains reach in the pollen grains reach
double fertilisation.the ovule and cause
5. What is self-incompatibility? Why does self- pollination not lead to seed formation in self- incompat-
ible species?
6. What is bagging technique? How is it useful in a plant breeding programme?
7. What is triple fusion? Where and how does it take place? Name the nuclei involved in triple fusion.
8. Why is apple called a false fruit? Which part(s) of the flower forms the fruit?
9. What is meant by emasculation? When and why does a plant breeder employ this technique?

SECTION - D
Very Long Answer Type Questions : [04 Mark Each]
1. State the significance of pollination. List any four differences between wind pollinated and animal
pollinated flowers.
2. Fertilisation is essential for production of seed, but in some angiosperms, seeds develop without
fertilisation.
(i) Give an example of an angiosperm that produces seeds without fertilisation. Name the process.
(ii) Explain the two ways by which seeds develop without fertilisation.
3. Give reasons why :
(i) Most zygotes in angiosperms divide only after certain amount of endosperm is formed.
(ii) Groundnut seeds are exalbuminous and castor seeds are albuminous.
(iii) Micropyle remains as a small pore in the seed coat of a seed.
(iv) Integuments of an ovule harden and the water content is highly reduced, as the seed matures.
(v) Apple and cashew are not called true fruits.
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