Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants


1. The outermost whorl of a flower is

A) Corolla

B) Androecium

C) Calyx

D) Gynoecium

Ans: C

2. In anther, pollen grains are formed inside

A) Connective

B) Tapetum

C) Microsporangium

D) Endothecium

Ans: C

3. The nutritive layer of anther wall is

A) Epidermis

B) Endothecium

C) Middle layers

D) Tapetum

Ans: D

4. Functional megaspore in most angiosperms is

A) First

B) Second

C) Third

D) Chalazal one

Ans: D

5. Typical angiosperm embryo sac is

A) 7-celled, 8-nucleate

B) 8-celled, 7-nucleate

C) 7-celled, 7-nucleate

D) 8-celled, 8-nucleate

Ans: A

6. The synergids have

A) Filiform apparatus

B) Germ pore

C) Micropyle

D) Antipodals

Ans: A

7. Double fertilization was discovered by

A) Robert Brown

B) S. G. Nawaschin

C) Gregor Mendel

D) Louis Pasteur

Ans: B

8. Pollen tube enters ovule through micropyle in

A) Porogamy

B) Chalazogamy

C) Mesogamy

D) Apogamy

Ans: A

9. Fusion of male gamete with secondary nucleus is called

A) Syngamy

B) Triple fusion

C) Double fertilization

D) Apomixis

Ans: B

10. Endosperm in angiosperms is generally

A) Haploid

B) Diploid

C) Triploid

D) Tetraploid

Ans: C

11. The edible part of coconut is

A) Pericarp

B) Endosperm

C) Cotyledon

D) Testa

Ans: B

12. Cleistogamous flowers ensure

A) Cross pollination

B) Self pollination

C) No pollination

D) Wind pollination

Ans: B

13. Pollen viability in cereals is about

A) 1 month

B) 1 week

C) 30 minutes

D) 24 hours

Ans: C

14. The first cell of male gametophyte is

A) Microspore

B) Pollen grain

C) Vegetative cell

D) Generative cell

Ans: A

15. Structure connecting stigma and ovary is

A) Anther

B) Filament

C) Style

D) Placenta

Ans: C

16. The ovule is attached to placenta by

A) Funiculus

B) Micropyle

C) Chalaza

D) Hilum

Ans: A

17. Number of nuclei involved in triple fusion

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) 5

Ans: B

18. Pollen grains are preserved in

A) Liquid nitrogen (-196°C)

B) 0°C

C) 4°C

D) 100°C

Ans: A

19. The hard outer layer of pollen grain is

A) Intine

B) Exine

C) Sporopollenin

D) Tapetum

Ans: B

20. Sporopollenin is absent in

A) Germ pore

B) Exine

C) Intine

D) Tapetum

Ans: A

21. Pollination by water is called

A) Anemophily

B) Entomophily

C) Hydrophily

D) Zoophily

Ans: C

22. Autogamy requires

A) Unisexual flower

B) Bisexual flower

C) Dioecious plant

D) Wind

Ans: B

23. Polyembryony is seen in

A) Citrus

B) Wheat

C) Pea

D) Mustard

Ans: A

24. Development of embryo from synergid is

A) Apomixis

B) Parthenogenesis

C) Apogamy

D) Polyembryony

Ans: C

25. Pollen-pistil interaction determines

A) Fertilization

B) Incompatibility

C) Germination

D) Seed formation

Ans: B


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