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BIOLOGY – ASSIGNMENT – 1 Marks 30.

Reproduction in lower and higher plants
Section A
Q.1. Multiple choice questions: 4 Marks
1) The ploidy level is NOT the same in ......
a. Integuments and nucellus b. Root tip and shoot tip
c. Secondary nucleus and endosperm d. Antipodals and synergids
2) In ovule, meiosis occurs in ..........
a. Integument b. Nucellusc. Megaspore d. Megaspore mother cell
3) If diploid chromosome number in a flowering plant is 12, then which one of the following
will have 6 chromosomes?
a. Endosperm b. Leaf cells. c. Cotyledons d. Synergids
4) Polyembryony was first noticed by ..........
a. Noll (1902) b. Leeuwenhoek (1719). c. Nawaschin (1902). d. None.
Q.2 Answer in one sentence: 6 Marks
1) which sugar induces in pollen germination and tubegrowthinvitro?
2) what kind of pollen grains are found in hydrophilous flower ?
3) Define prepotency with example.
4) What is the function of filiform apparatus ?
5) Name the part of gynoecium that determines the compatible nature of pollen grain.
6) Name the layer which supplies nourishment to the developing pollen grains.
Section B
Answer in short: any 2 (4 MKS)
Q.3. Name the parts of pistil which develop into fruits and seeds. Are pollination and
fertilization necessary in apomixis ?
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Q.4. Identify the seed, draw and label it.

Q.5. What are adaptations of anemophilous flower.
Section C
Answer in brief: any 2. 6 Marks
Q.6. Explain the stages involved in the maturation of microspore into male gametophyte.
Q.7. Draw a labelled diagram of the L.S. of anatropous ovule. Give significance of double
fertilization.
Q.8. Describe three devices by which cross pollination is encouraged in Angiosperms by
avoiding self pollination.
Section D
Answer briefly: any 2 10 Marks
Q.9. Fill in the blanks:
..............is the development of more than one embryos, inside the seed. It was first noticed by
Leeuwenhoek (1719) in the seeds of ............ genus. It is the occurrence of more than one ..............
in a seed which consequently results in the emergence of multiple seedlings. The additional
embryos result from the differentiation and development of various ........and ............. tissues
associated with the ovule of seed. .......... may be trueor false depending upon whether many
embryos arise in the same ..............or in different .............. in the same ovule. In ...............
polyembryony, an embryo develop directly from the ............ cell of nucellus and integuments as
in Citrus. In ............... polyembryony, zygote proembryo sometimes divides (cleaves) into many
parts or units. Each unit then developes into an ........... Polyembryony ............ the chances of
survival of the new plants. ....................polyembryony is of great significance in horticulture.

Q.10. “Incompatibility is a natural barrier in the fusion of gametes.” How will you explain this
statement?
Q.11. Describe development of an embryo.
Q.12. Comment on pollination.

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