Genetic self-incompatibility tends to increase
(1) pollen dispersal
(2) inbreeding
(3) pollination
(4) outcrossing
A fertilized embryo sac of an angiosperm contains:
I. Haploid cells
II. Diploid cells
III. Triploid cells
(1) I and II only
(2) I and II only
(3) II and III only
(4) I, II and III
The embryo of a grass seed is enclosed by two protective sheaths, a(n) _________, which covers the young shoot, and a(n) __________, which covers the young root.
(1) plumule; radical
(2) hypocotyl; picotyls
(3) coleoptile; coleorhiza
(4) scutellum; replum
The intine of the pollen grain is a:
1. Thick and discontinuous layer made of sporopollenin
2. Thick and continuous layer made of sporopollenin
3. Thin and discontinuous layer made of cellulose and pectin
4. Thin and continuous layer made of cellulose and pectin
In the monosporic embryo sac of a flowering plant, the number of nuclei that get surrounded by cell walls and thus are organized into cells is:
1. 5
2. 6
3. 7
4. 8
Female flowers remain submerged in water and the pollen grains are released inside the water in:
1. Sea grasses
2. Vallisneria
3. Water lily
4. Water hyacinth
Seeds offer several advantages to angiosperms. Seed formation is more dependable because:
1. Seeds have better adaptive strategies for dispersal
2. Reproductive processes become independent of water
3. Hard seed coat provides protection to the young embryos
4. They generate new genetic combinations leading to variations
The asexual production of seeds is called as:
1. Adventition
2. Fragmentation
3. Self-fertilization
4. Apomixis
The following diagram shows:
1. | Multicarpellary, syncarpus pistil of Papaver |
2. | Multicarpellary, apocarpus pistil of Papaver |
3. | Multicarpellary, apocarpous gynoecium of Michelia |
4. | Multicarpellary, syncarpous gynoecium of Michelia |