In angiosperms:
1. Pollen grains are motile but the egg cell is non-motile.
2. Pollen grains are non-motile but the egg cell is motile.
3. Both pollen grain and egg cell are non-motile.
4. Both pollen grain and egg cell are motile.
Yucca plant is pollinated by:
1. | Gecko lizard | 2. | Honey bees |
3. | Pronuba moth | 4. | Wind |
The body of the ovule fuses with the funicle in the region called:
1. | Chalaza |
2. | Micropyle |
3. | Hilum |
4. | Nucellus |
Division of functional megaspore can be described as:
1. | Three free nuclear mitotic divisions. |
2. | One meiotic and two mitotic divisions, all free nuclear. |
3. | Three cytoplasmic mitotic divisions. |
4. | One meiotic and two mitotic divisions, meiotic being cytoplasmic and mitotic being free nuclear. |
Pollen tube, after reaching the ovary, enters the ovule through _______ and then enters one of the _____________ through filiform apparatus.
1. | Chalaza; Synergids | 2. | Micropyle; Antipodals |
3. | Micropyle; Synergids | 4. | Chalaza; Antipodals |
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
Cell | Ploidy | |
1. | Cells of nucellus | Diploid |
2. | Megaspore mother cell | Haploid |
3. | Functional megaspore | Haploid |
4. | Cells of female gametophyte | haploid |
The correct sequence of layers in the wall of an anther from outside to inside is:
1. | Tapetum – Middle Layers – Endothecium – Epidermis |
2. | Epidermis – Endothecium – Tapetum – Middle layers |
3. | Epidermis – Endothecium – Middle layers – Tapetum |
4. | Tapetum – Endothecium – Middle layers – Epidermis |
Dioecy in flowering plants prevents:
1. | Autogamy but not Geitonogamy |
2. | Geitonogamy but not Autogamy |
3. | Both Geitonogamy and Autogamy |
4. | Neither Geitonogamy nor Autogamy |
Identify the plant pollinated by insects that, in many species, emit a scent of decaying flesh from the inflorescence, in order to attract insects:
1. | Yucca | 2. | Amorphophallus |
3. | Zostera | 4. | Vallisneria |
Filiform apparatus is associated with _____ and helps in _____________.
1. Syngergids; Nourishment of egg cells
2. Synergids; Guiding the pollen tube
3. Antipodals; Nourishment of egg cells
4. Antipodals; Guiding the pollen tube