REVISON TEST

Sexual Reproduction in flowering Plants

1. In a cereal grain, the single cotyledon of embryo is represented by

(a) coleoptile (c) scutellum
(b) coleorhiza (d) hypocotyl
2. In a typical complete, bisexual and hypogynous flower the arrangement of floral whorls
on the thalamus from the outermost to the innermost is
(a) calyx, corolla, androecium and gynoecium
(b) calyx, corolla, gynoecium and androecium
(c) gynoecium, androecium, corolla and calyx
(d) androecium, gynoecium, corolla and calyx
3. A dicotyledonous plant bears flowers but never produces fruits and seeds. The most
probable cause for the above situation is
(a) plant is dioecious and bears only pistillate flowers
(b) plant is dioecious and bears both pistillate and staminate flowers
(c) plant is monoecious
(d) plant is dioecious and bears only staminate flowers.
4. During microsporogenesis, meiosis occurs in
(a) endothecium (c) microspore tetrads
(b) microspore mother cells (d) pollen grains
5. Starting from the innermost part, the correct sequence of parts in an ovule are
(a) egg, nucellus, embryo sac, integument
(b) egg, embryo sac, nucellus, integument
(c) embryo sac, nucellus, integument, egg
(d) egg, integument, embryo sac, nucellus
6. From the statements given below choose the option that are true for a typical female
gametophyte of a flowering plant.
(i)It is 8-nucleate and 7-celled at maturity
(ii) It is free-nuclear during the development
(iii) It is situated inside the integument but outside the nucellus
(iv) It has an egg apparatus situated at the chalazal end
(a) (i) and (iv) (c) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii) (d) (ii) and (iv)
7. Autogamy can occur in a chasmogamous flower if
(a) pollen matures before maturity of ovule
(b) ovules mature before maturity of pollen
(c) both pollen and ovules mature simultaneously
(d) both anther and stigma are of equal lengths.
 8. Choose the correct statement from the following.
(a) Cleistogamous flowers always exhibit autogamy
(b) Chasmogamous flowers always exhibit geitonogamy
(c) Cleistogamous flowers exhibit both autogamy and geitonogamy
(d) Chasmogamous flowers never exhibit autogamy
9. A particular species of plant produces light, non-sticky pollen in large numbers and its
stigmas are long and feathery. These modifications facilitate pollination by
(a) insects (c) wind
(b) water (d) animal
10. From among the situations given below, choose the one that prevents both autogamy
and geitonogamy.
(a) Monoecious plant bearing unisexual flowers
(b) Dioecious plant bearing only male or female flowers
(c) Monoecious plant with bisexual flowers
(d) Dioecious plant with bisexual flowers
11. While planning for an artificial hybridization programme involving dioecious plants,
which of the following steps would not be relevant?
(a) Bagging of female flower
(b) Dusting of pollen on stigma
(c) Emasculation
(d) Collection of pollen
In the following questions a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason is
given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation
for assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are correct statements, but reason is not correct
explanation for assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct statement, but reason is wrong statement.
(d) Assertion is wrong statement, but reason is correct statement.
12. Assertion: The endosperm of angiosperms is generally triploid (3n).
Reason: It develops from primary endosperm nucleus formed by fusion of haploid male
gamete and diploid secondary nucleus.
13. Assertion: Megaspore mother cell undergoes meiosis to produce four megaspores.
Reason: Megaspore mother cell and megaspores are both haploid.
14. Assertion: A pollen grains can withstand harsh conditions.
Reason: The exine of pollen grains is made up of sporopollenin which is resistant to high
temperatures, strong acids or alkali as well as enzymatic degradation.
15. Assertion: In plants, apomixis is a type of asexual reproduction that mimics sexual
reproduction.
Reason: In apomixis seeds are produced without the fusion of gametes.
Case-based/Source-based Question
16. Fertilization is essential for production of seed, but in some angiosperms, seeds develop
without fertilization. [3]
a. Give an example of an angiosperm that produces seeds without fertilisation.
b. Name the process.
c. Explain the two ways by which seeds develop without fertilisation.
17. Observe the diagram of pollen grain with germ tube and two male gametes given below.
Answer the questions that follow: [3]

a. How many pollen grains and ovules are likely to be formed in the anther and the
ovary of an angiosperm bearing 25 microspore mother cells and 25 megaspore
mother cells respectively?
b. How do the pollen grains of Vallisneria protect themselves?
c. If the stamens are well exposed, usually which mode of pollination the plant is
expected to follow?
Short Answer Questions [2 marks]
18. Arrange the following terms in the correct developmental sequence: pollen grain,
sporogenous tissue, microspore tetrad, pollen mother cell, male gametes.
19. What are chasmogamous flowers? Can cross-pollination occur in cleistogamous flowers?
Give reasons for your answer.
20. In the T.S. of a mature anther given below, identify “a” and “b” and mention their
function.

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21. In a flowering plant a microspore mother cell produces four male gametophytes while a
megaspore mother cell form only one female gametophyte. Explain.
22. Gynoecium of a flower may be apocarpous or syncarpous. Explain with the help of an
example each.
 23. What is cleistogamy? Write one advantage and one disadvantage of it, to the plant.
24. Why should a bisexual flower be emasculated and bagged prior to artificial pollination?

Long Answer Questions–I [3 marks]

25. Name the organic material exine of the pollen grain is made up of. How is this material
advantageous to pollen grain?
(a) Still it is observed that it does not form a continuous layer around the pollen
grain. Give reason.
(b) How are ‘pollen banks’ useful?
26. Make a list of any three outbreeding devices that flowering plants have developed and
explain how they help to encourage cross-pollination.
27. Differentiate between geitonogamy and xenogamy in plants. Which one between the
two will lead to inbreeding depression and why?
28. Draw a diagram of L.S. of an anatropous ovule of an angiosperm and label the following
parts.
(a) Nucellus (ii) Integument (iii) Antipodal cells (iv) Secondary nucleus
29. (a) How are parthenocarpic fruits produced by some plants and apomictic seeds by
some others? Explain. (b) When do farmers prefer using apomictic seeds?