Male gametophyte in angiosperms produces
1. two sperms and a vegetative cell
2. single sperm and a vegetative cell
3. single sperm and two vegetative cells
4. three sperms
Which one of the following statements is not true?
1. Pollen grains are rich in nutrients and they are used in the form of tablets and syrups
2. Pollen grains of some plants cause severe allergies and bronchial afflictions in some
people
3. The flowers pollinated by flies and beetles secrete foul odour to attract them
4. Honey is made by bees by digesting pollen collected from flowers
Perisperm differs from endosperm in
1. being a haploid tissue
2. having no reserve food
3. being a diploid tissue
4. its formation by fusion of secondary nucleus with several sperms
Identify the different parts of a typical dicot embryo labeled as A, B and C and select the correct option.
A | B | C | |
(1) |
Plumule |
Cotyledons |
Radicle |
(2) |
Radicle |
Cotyledons |
Plumule |
(3) |
Cotyledons |
Plumule |
Radicle |
(4) |
Cotyledons |
Radicle |
Plumule |
Pollen grains are shed at which stage?
(1) 2 celled
(2) 3 celled
(3) Usually at 2-celled, but sometimes 3-celled
(4) Single celled stage
Which of these is a diploid structure ?
(1) Pollen grains
(2) Egg
(3) Megaspore
(4) MMC
False fruit in an apple is formed from
(1) receptacle
(2) thalamus
(3) peduncle
(4) petals.
Cross pollination in true genetic sense is
(1) allogamy
(2) cleistogamy
(3) geitonogamy
(4) autogamy
Seed of castor is
(1) non-endospermic, exalbuminous
(2) endospermic albuminous
(3) endospermic exalbuminous
(4) non-endospermic albuminous.
Ubisch bodies are secreted from
(1) ovule
(2) tapetum
(3) both of these
(4) none of these