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Classroom Discussion Assignment

BOTANY
Topic : Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

1. Which one of the following plant does not show dioecious condition?
(a) Marchantia
(b) Papaya
(c) Date palm
(d) Coconut

2. All are post-fertilisation events, except

(a) Proliferation of ovary wall into pericarp
(b) Ovule matures into seed
(c) Development of embryo sac
(d) Integuments of ovule become seed coat

3. Which one of the following can be considered as genetically self but functionally cross
pollination?
(a) Autogamy
(b) Geitonogamy
(c) Xenogamy
(d) Both (a) and (c)

4. In a typical angiospermic ovule

(a) Body is curved like horse shoe
(b) The body rotates by 180°
(c) Both body and embryo sac are curved
(d) Funicle is long and coiled around body

5. Find odd one w.r.t. plants pollinated by biotic agents

(a) Ophrys, Yucca
(b) Sunflower, Mango
(c) Rose, Cotton
(d) Vallisneria, Zostera

6. As the seeds mature, its water content decreases and reaches to _______ percent moisture
by mass.
(a) 10-15
(b) 15-25
(c) 25-30
(d) 1-5

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7. Very old and viable seeds are recorded in
(a) Phoenix dactylifera
(b) Lupinus arcticus
(c) Nelumbo
(d) Oxalis

8. The central cell after triple fusion becomes the

(a) PEN
(b) PEC
(c) Secondary nucleus
(d) All of these

9. In majority of the flowering plants, entry of pollen tube in ovule is

(a) Porogamy
(b) Chalazogamy
(c) Mesogamy
(d) Basogamy

10. Assured seed set even in absence of pollinators may occur in

(a) Amorphophallus
(b) Commelina
(c) Ficus
(d) Vallisneria

11. Pollen grains lose viability within 30 minutes of their release in

(a) Rice and wheat
(b) Rosaceae and grasses
(c) Leguminous plants
(d) Members of Poaceae and Solanaceae

12. To form four fully developed Polygonum type of embryo sacs in angiosperms total
number of meiosis and mitosis divisions generations required are
(a) 4, 12
(b) 1, 3
(c) 4, 4
(d) 1, 12

13. Largest cell in embryo sac

(a) Has two polar nuclei
(b) Contributes precursor of triple fusion and generative fertilization both
(c) Also consists synergids at chalazal end
(d) Is involved in syngamy

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14. In which layer of anther wall, cells possess dense cytoplasm and generally more than one
nucleus?
(a) Epidermis
(b) Endothecium
(c) Middle layer
(d) Tapetum

15. Pollen tube enters the ovule through chalaza is observed in

(a) Cucurbita
(b) Pistacia
(c) Casuarina
(d) Lily

16. Select correct statement w.r.t. the release of pollen grains in cereals
(a) After single mitosis in microspore
(b) At 3 celled stage
(c) At 2 celled stage
(d) More than one option is correct

17. If wrong type of pollen lands on stigma, pistil rejects the pollen by
(a) Preventing pollen germination on stigma
(b) Inhibiting mitosis in generative cell
(c) Inhibiting pollen tube growth in style
(d) More than one option is correct

18. Pollen tube content is discharged in

(a) Central cell
(b) Egg cell
(c) Persistent synergid
(d) Degenerated synergid

19. Remains of nucellus in seeds is _________ and is found in _________.

(a) Perisperm, Beet
(b) Endosperm, Black pepper
(c) Tegmen, Annona
(d) Integument, Agave

20. Endosperm is completely consumed during embryo development in seeds of

(a) Castor
(b) Coconut
(c) Beans
(d) Wheat

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21. Find the odd one out w.r.t. false fruit
(a) Apple
(b) Strawberry
(c) Cashew
(d) Mango

22. Syngamy is
(a) Formation of PEN
(b) Fusion of egg with one of the male gametes
(c) Development of zygote into embryo
(d) Development of PEC into the endosperm

23. Endosperm persist in the seeds of

(a) Castor
(b) Groundnut
(c) Pea
(d) Beans

24. In the majority of flowering plants, the ________ megaspore is functional while the other
three degenerate.
(a) Micropylar
(b) Chalazal
(c) Middle
(d) All of these

25. Well exposed stamens, large feathery stigma, single ovule in each ovary and numerous
flowers packed into inflorescence is characteristic feature of
(a) Entomophily
(b) Anemophily
(c) Ornithophily
(d) Zoophily

26. The type of pollination which is considered as functionally cross-pollination but

genetically self-pollination is
(a) Xenogamy
(b) Autogamy
(c) Allogamy
(d) Geitonogamy

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27. All plants given below produce many seeded fruits, except
(a) Orchids
(b) Orobanche
(c) Striga
(d) Mango

28. The flowers of all these plants show assured seed – set even in the absence of pollinators,
except in
(a) Sunflower
(b) Common pansy
(c) Oxalis
(d) Commelina

29. Read the following features

Colourful, Nectarless, Fragrant, Ribbon like pollen, Feathery stigma
How many of the given features are correct for bee pollinated flowers ?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) One

30. Wind pollination requires that the pollen grains are

(a) Light and non-sticky
(b) Heavy and sticky
(c) Light and sticky
(d) Heavy and non-sticky

31. Among the followings who are the dominant biotic pollinating agents ?
(a) Bees
(b) Moths
(c) Birds
(d) Butterflies

32. Which larger animals have not been reported as pollinators in some species?
(a) Tree-dwelling rodents
(b) Some primates (lemurs)
(c) Gecko lizard and garden lizard
(d) Shrews

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33. Yucca is pollinated by
(a) bees
(b) beetles
(c) moth
(d) flies

34. In Yucca the pollinator deposits its eggs

(a) in the ovules
(b) in the locule of the ovary
(c) on the stigma
(d) in the style of carpel

35. Pollen tube, after reaching the ovary generally enters the ovule through the
(a) nucellus
(b) integument
(c) chalaza
(d) micropyle

36. In embryosacs filiform apparatus is present at the

(a) micropylar part of the synergids
(b) micropylar part of the egg
(c) chalazal part of the synergids
(d) chalazal part of the egg

37. In angiosperms since two types of fusions, syngamy and triple fusion take place in
_______ the phenomenon is termed double fertilisation.
(a) embryosac
(b) ovary
(c) ovule
(d) seed

38. The central cell after triple fusion

(a) degenerates
(b) becomes the primary endosperm cell (PEC)
(c) develops into an embryo
(d) are filled with reserve food materials

39. The vegetative cell has abundant food reserve and a __________ nucleus.
(a) large oval
(b) large, irregularly shaped
(c) a small
(d) small, irregularly shaped

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40. After the ________ nucleate stage cell walls are laid down leading to the organisation of
the typical female gametophyte
(a) two
(b) four
(c) six
(d) eight

41. In western countries, a large number of pollen products in the form of ________ are
available in the market
(a) lotions and gels
(b) tablets and syrups
(c) capsules and tonics
(d) dry sachets

42. In flowering plants both types of gametes are

(a) Non-motile
(b) Motile
(c) Male is motile and female nonmotile
(d) Female motile and male nonmotile

43. Wind-pollination is quite common

(a) in grasses
(b) in lilies
(c) in orchids
(d) in tropical forests

44. Embryo development is present in

(a) All archegoniates
(b) Spermatophytes only
(c) All vascular plants and some avascular plants
(d) Vascular plants only

45. Chemotropic agent for the growth of pollen tube in angiospermic plants is
(a) Citric acid
(b) Malic acid
(c) K+ and protein
(d) B–Ca-inositol sugar complex

46. Which of the following, pollen grains maintain their viability for months?
(a) Wheat, maize
(b) Rice, wheat
(c) Maize, rice

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(d) Tomato, bean

47. The ploidy level of nucellus and MMC in Ficus ovule will be respectively
(a) 2n and n
(b) n and 2n
(c) n and n
(d) 2n and 2n

48. In which of the following aquatic plant pollination does not occur by water?
(a) Vallisneria
(b) Hydrilla
(c) Water hyacinth
(d) Zostera

49. Two types of flowers are produced by

(a) Viola
(b) Oxalis
(c) Commelina
(d) All of these

50. Orchid seeds are

(a) Dumble seeds
(b) Longest seeds
(c) Dust seeds
(d) Reduced seeds

51. How many meiotic division are required to form 100 zygotes in family Cyperaceae?
(a) 50
(b) 300
(c) 200
(d) 100

52. What will be ploidy of definitive nucleus if the cross is made between 12n female plant
and 10n male plant ?
(a) 17n
(b) 22n
(c) 11n
(d) 12n

53. In angiosperms, polygonum type of female gametophyte develops after

(a) 1 meiosis, 2 mitosis
(b) 2 meiosis, 3 mitosis

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(c) 1 meiosis, 3 mitosis
(d) 3 meiosis, 3 mitosis

54. Hydrophily is found in

(a) Potamogeton
(b) Myriophyllum
(c) Nymphaea
(d) Zostera

55. Select an incorrect statement regarding male gametophyte in angiosperms

(a) Absence of antheridia
(b) Highly reduced
(c) Presence of sperm
(d) Exosporic nature

56. Germpores in pollen grains in spermatophytes are

(a) Thin area in intine
(b) Thin area in exine
(c) Thick area in exine
(d) Site of pollen tube entry

57. In anther wall, which of the following constitutes third layer from outside?
(a) Endothecium
(b) Endothelium
(c) Aleurone layer
(d) Middle layers

58. Aril is found in which of the following ?

(a) Litchi
(b) Castor
(c) Nutmeg
(d) Both (a) and (c)

59. An ovule with well developed nucellus is called as

(a) Crassinucellate
(b) Tenuinucellate
(c) Pseudonucellate
(d) Anucellate

60. In which of the following plant, pollination occurs by the act of pseudocopulation?
(a) Salvia
(b) Opuntia

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(c) Ophrys
(d) Aristolochia

61. Which of the following is regarded as best contrivances for self pollination?
(a) Homogamy
(b) Cleistogamy
(c) Pollen prepotency
(d) Dicliny

62. The function of pollen tube is

(a) To support nucellus development
(b) To carry tube nuclei for nutrition
(c) To carry sperm
(d) It is vestigial organ

63. Total nuclei involved in double fertilisation are

(a) Five
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) Four

64. Which of the following does not show protogyny?

(a) Polyalthia
(b) Aristolochia
(c) Rose
(d) Sunflower

65. Pollination by snails is termed as

(a) Cheiropteriphily
(b) Malacophily
(c) Myrmecophily
(d) Zoophily

66. In anther wall, which of the following constitutes the layer from outside?
(a) Endothecium
(b) Endothelium
(c) Aleurone layer
(d) Middle layers

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67. Aril is found in which of the following?
(a) Litchi
(b) Castor
(c) Nutmeg
(d) Both (a) and (c)

68. S. G. Nawaschin (1898) discovered double fertilisation in which of the following plants?
(a) Fritillaria
(b) Lilium
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Arceuthobium

69. Select incorrect statement for male gametophyte in angiosperms?

(a) Pollen tube is formed by tube cell
(b) Male gametes are non motile
(c) Tube nucleus divides to form sperms
(d) Generative cell is smaller than tube cell

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