APEEJAY SCHOOL, SAKET
CHAPTER 1
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS
1. State whether the following statements is true or false-
2. Androecium and gynoecium are fertile and considered as essential for reproductive
whorls.
3. Calyx is the second whorl of floral appendages in a typical flower.
4. Tapetum layer of anthracite help in dehiscence of anther to release pollen grain.
5. A typical angiospermic embryo sac at maturity consists of nuclei and seven cells.
6. Wheat, rice are cleistogamous flowers.
7. Cucuribita flower shows functionally a type of cross pollination but genetically it is
similar to autogamy.
8. When Pollen tube enters the ovule through chalaza it is called as chalazogamy.
9. The most resistant biological material of sporopollen is secreted by Pollen tube.
10. Resultant offspring by polyembryony are identical to each other but different from their
mother.
11. Banana is not a true fruit but it parthenocarpic fruit because ovary develops into fruit
without fertilization.
12. Coconut water from tender coconut is nothing but free nuclear endosperm.
13. Sporopollenin is absent on germ pores of pollen grain.
14. In over 60% of angiosperms pollen grains are shed at this two cell stage.
15. Both layers of pollen grain exam and in time are present in Pollen tube no please.
16. All pollen grains are rich in nutrients
17. Ploidy of the cells of nucleus mmc is haploid.
18. Filiform Apparatus plays an important role in guiding the Pollen tube into synergid.
19. Aquatic plants use water for pollination.
20. Anther sac of flower Has maximum number of haploid cells.
21. Most of the flowering plants embryo sac developed only from the functional megaspore.
22. Most of the angiospermic plant produces bilobed,dithecous anther.
23. Filament and anther the two parts of pollen grain.
24. Pollen grains are also responsible for causing respiratory disorders and allergies to some
people.
25. Mostly the entry of pollen tube occurs from the chalazal end.
26. Dispersal of seed is known as pollination.
27. Transfer of pollen grain from anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant is
known as Geitonogamy.
28. The corn cob the tassels are nothing but the stigma and style which wave in the wind.
29. Water hyacinth and water lily are insect pollinated flowers.
30. Kernel of coconut is cellular endosperm.
31. Protective covering of sporopollen is present in intine.
32. If we squeeze and orange seeds we can observe many embryos of different size and
shape.
33. Orobanche and striga produces large number of seeds.
34. Viability of seed varies from 30 minutes to 10000 years depending on environmental
conditions.
35. If the seeds of hybrids are collected and then on the characters in the progeny will
segregate and do not maintain.
36. There is no segregation of characters and aporictic hybrid seed progeny so farmers can
keep on using this process.
37. Pea and groundnut seed are the examples of albuminous seeds.
38. Synergids guides the entry of pollen tube to the egg cell in an angiosperm embryo sac.
39. Primary endosperm consists of three nucleus
40. Vegetative and generative cell of pollen grain contain male nucleus.
41. Contamination of unwanted can be done by bagging method.
2. Fill in the blanks
1. The innermost layer of a typical microsporangium is called _________.
2. The functional haploid megaspore is the first cell of female gametophyte, which
enlarges in size to form the female gametophyte called ______________-.
3. During double fertilization , the fusion of one male gamete with the egg cell to form
diploid zygote is called ___________.
4. The ploidy of endosperm in angiosperms is _____________.
5. Pollen grain exine has prominent apertures called ____________ where sporopollenin
is absent.
6. Removal of anther from the flower bud before the anther dehisces is called
_______________.
7. The residual persistent nucellus is called ____________.
8. Pollen grains can be stored for years in _______________ chemical at __________
temperature.
9. Enclosed within the integuments is a mass of cells which have abundant reserve food
material called ______________-.
10. In grass family the cotyledon in the seed is called ____________.
11. Outbreeding devices that ensure xenogamy are ______________ and
__________________.
12. The type of flowers that ensure autogamy are called ___________.
13 Embryos in _______________ seeds can be produced from nucellus, unfertilized egg
cells or synergids.
14 Apple is a false fruit as it develops from __________ part of a flower.
15 Pollen tube enters the embryo sac through _________ region of ovule where
integuments do not enclose the nucellus.
16. In a dicot seed the nourishment to the germinating seedling is provided by
________________________.
17. The outer integument and the inner integument of an ovule converts into
_____________ and _______________ during seed formation.
18. Water pollinated flowers have pollen grains covered by ___________ to prevent them
from wetting.
ONE MARK QUESTIONS
1. The microscopic pollen grains of the past are obtained as [Link] the characteristic
of the pollen grains that makes it happen.
2. Name the type of flower which favours cross pollination.
3. Why is bagging of the emasculated flowers essential during hybridization experiments?
4. The meiocyte of rice has 24 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are present in its
endosperm?
5. Why is a coconut plant referred to a monoecious?
6. A bilobed, dithecous anther has 100 microspore mother cells per microsporangium.
How many male gametophytes this anther can produce?
TWO MARKS QUESTIONS
7. The flower of brinjal is referred to as chasmogamous while that of beans is cleistogamous.
How are they different from each other?
8. Banana is a parthernocarpic fruit whereas oranges show [Link] are they
different from each other with respect to seeds .
9. Draw a vertical section of a maize grain and label i) pericarp ii) scutellum c) coleoptile and
iv) radicle.
10. How many haploid cells are present in a mature female gametophyte of a flowering plant?
Name them.
11. i) Write the characteristic features of anther, pollen and stigma of wind pollinated
flowers.
ii) How do flowers reward their insect pollinators? Explain.
THREE MARKS QUESTIONS
12.
a) Identify the figure.
b) Name the initial cell from which this structure has developed.
c) Draw the next mature stage and label the parts.
13. Draw a longitudinal section of post pollinated pistil showing entry of pollen tube into a
mature embro-sac. Label filiform apparatus, chalazal end, hilum, antipodals, male
gametes and secondary nucleus.
14. Mention any four strategies adopted by flowering plants to prevent self-
pollination.
Why is geitonogamy also referred to as genetical autogamy?