BOTANY
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS
1. Select the correct statement w.r.t. gemmae
a. These are specialised reproductive structures in members of
thallophytes and bryophytes
b. These are green, unicellular & asexual buds
c. These are formed in small receptacles located on thalli
d. Single gemma forms two new individuals after germination
e. These are chlorophyllous and multicellular structures f. They germinate
and make monoecious thallus of Marchantia
a) a, d, e and f b) b, c, d and f c) c, d and e d) b, c and f
2. Select the correct statement w.r.t. phases in organism’s life
a) Most of the perennial plants are monocarpic
b) Neelakuranji is perennial, polycarpic plant, native to North India
c) Very few perennial plants bear flowers throughout the year
d) External fertilization is present in all aquatic algae and bryophytes
3. Endothecium layer of anther wall is also called as fibrous layer due to the
presence of
a) -cellulosic thickening on inner tangential wall
b) Non-hygroscopic thickening on outer tangential wall
c) -cellulose thickening on outer tangential wall
d) Ligno-suberin on inner tangential and radial wall
4. Most abundant/common type of pollen tetrad is and it is formed due to
cytokinesis.
a) Tetrahedral, successive b) Tetrahedral, simultaneous
c) Isobilateral, successive d) Isobilateral, simultaneous
5. Allergic pollen grains belong to a group of plant species which are mostly
a) Entomophilous b) Anemophilous
c) Ornithophilous d) Hydrophilous
6. The most important pollen characteristics used as taxonomic tool in
classification is
a) Chemical nature of exine and intine
b) Shape and size of pollen grain
c) Ridges, tubercles, spines etc. on the surface of pollen grains provided
by tectum
d) Sculpturing over the surface of pollen grains provided by endexine
7. Co-operative cells have
a) Filiform apparatus at the micropylar tip
b) Filiform apparatus in the entire wall
c) Micropylar vacuole and central nucleus
d) Non-vacuolated cytoplasm without cell wall
8. When the ovule is curved more or less at right angle to funicle and
mycropylar end is bend down slightly the type of ovule is
a) Anatropous b) Campylotropous
c) Hemianatropous d) Circinotropous
9. What is not true for the plant given below?
a) It is monoecious b) It is protogynous
c) It performs oogamy d) It is a green alga
10. Functional megaspore develops into Polygonum type of female
gametophyte by
a) One meiotic and two successive mitotic divisions
b) Three successive mitotic divisions
c) One meiotic and one mitotic divisions
d) Two meiotic and one mitotic divisions
11. Juvenile phase or vegetative phase is related with all, except
a) It is pre-reproductive phase in the life cycle of an individual
b) It is the period of growth
c) It is of different durations in different organisms
d) It involves appearance of flowers in higher plants
12. In anemophilous flowers
a) Stigmas are usually unbranched and sticky
b) Stigmas are exerted
c) Pollen grains are heavier and sticky
d) Odour is commonly present
13. Coleorhiza is
a) Part of embryonal axis in between cotyledonary node and radicle
b) Part of embryonal axis in between cotyledonary node and plumule
c) Covering around plumule
d) Covering around radicle
14. Which of the given is not related to wind pollination?
a) Flowers are nectarless, odourless and colourless
b) Versatile stamens in grasses
c) Dry, unbranched short stigma
d) Winged pollens in Pinus
15. Find the ploidy level of central cell at maturity, perisperm cell and
endosperm cell for sunflower
a) 2n, 2n, 3n b) n, 2n, 3n c) 2n, 3n, 3n d) n, n, 3n
16. Ovule as well as embryo sac is curved like horse shoe in
a) Lemna
b) Alisma
c) Ranunculus
d) More than one option is correct
17. Find out the correct order (w.r.t. development of male gametophyte)
a) D A C B b) D B A C
c) D C B A d) A B C D
18. Egg apparatus consists of
a) Central cell + egg cell
b) Synergids + polar nuclei + egg cell
c) Synergids + oosphere
d) Antipodal cells + synergids + egg
19. A typical angiospermic anther
a) Is monothecous and bisporangiate
b) Shows the two pollen sacs in an anther lobe which are separated
internally by strip of fertile tissue
c) Dithecous and tetrasporangiate
d) Is a mass of homogeneous meristematic cells in mature stage
20. What is correct statement for the pollination in Zostera plant?
a) Pollinated by fresh water
b) Pollen grains are long and ribbon like
c) Pollen grains are released on to the surface of marine water
d) Female flowers reach the surface of water by the long and coiled stalk
21. What is the most common shape and size of pollen grain in angiospermic
plants?
a) Spindle shaped, 25-50 m b) Spherical, 2-5 m
c) Spherical, 25-50 m d) Spindle shaped, 2-5 m
22. Hydrophilous flowers are similar to anemophilous flowers in
a) Presence of nectar b) Absence of odour
c) Presence of bright colour d) Absence of versatile anther
23. The outer layer of pollen grain in non-archegoniate spermatophytes is
made up of sporopollenin. This chemical
a) Is one of the most resistant inorganic material
b) Is temperature and enzyme resistant
c) Is resistant for strong acids, not for alkali
d) Is resistant for strong alkali, not for acids
24. Mark the incorrect one
a) Pollen consumption has been claimed to increase the performance of
athletes and race horses
b) Viability of pollen grain depends upon temperature, not humidity
c) Pollen grains of a large number of species can be stored in liquid
nitrogen for years
d) Pollen grains of rice and wheat lose viability within the half an hour
25. Mark the incorrect match
a) Bitegmic – Solanaceae
b) Ategmic – Loranthaceae
c) Unitegmic – Asteraceae
d) Tritegmic – Inga dulce
26. Find out the ploidy level of structures (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) in the given
diagram
a) Diploid = (a), (b), (c), (d) ; haploid = (e)
b) Haploid = (a), (b), (c) ; diploid = (d) ; triploid = (e)
c) Haploid = (a), (b), (c), (d) ; triploid = (e)
d) Haploid = (a), (b); diploid = (c), (d); triploid = (e)
27. In a typical dicotyledonous embryo, the cylindrical portion below the
level of cotyledons is ________ that terminates at its lower end in the
________
a) Epicotyl, plumule b) Epicotyl, radicle
c) Hypocotyl, radicle d) Hypocotyl, plumule
28. Pollination by water is
a) Limited to about 30 families of dicots
b) Very common in flowering plants
c) More common in monocots than dicots
d) More common abiotic method of pollination
29. Mark the odd one (w.r.t. advantage of cross pollination)
a) Increases resistance to diseases
b) Good characters of a race can be diluted
c) Enhances adaptability of the offspring to change in the environment
d) Introduces variations due to genetic recombination
30. Ubisch bodies are made by pro-ubisch bodies after the coating of
a) Pollenkitt b) Pectin and cellulose
c) Sporopollenin d) Starch and callase
ANSWER KEY
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