1. | To protect seeds | 2. | To attract insects |
3. | To trap pollen grains | 4. | To disperse pollen grains |
1. | wind pollinated plants | 2. | insect pollinated plants |
3. | bird pollinated plants | 4. | bat pollinated plants |
1. | Geitonogamy | 2. | Xenogamy |
3. | Autogamy | 4. | Cleistogamy |
1. | Moths and butterflies are the most dominant pollinating agents among insects |
2. | Pollination by water is quite rare in flowering plants |
3. | Pollination by wind is more common amongst abiotic pollination |
4. | Flowers produce foul odours to attract flies and beetles to get pollinated |
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: | Cleistogamous flowers are invariably autogamous. |
Statement II: | Cleistogamy is disadvantageous as there is no chance for cross pollination. |
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
4. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
Bee-keeping helps to improve the yield of following crops Except ____________.
1. Jowar
2. Sunflower
3. Apple
4. Mustard
The term used for transfer of pollen grains from anthers of one plant to stigma of a different plant which during pollination, brings genetically different types of pollen grains to stigma, is:
1. | Chasmogamy | 2. | Cleistogamy |
3. | Xenogamy | 4. | Geitonogamy |
In water hyacinth and water lily, pollination takes place by:
1. Water currents only
2. Wind and water
3. Insects and water
4. Insects or wind
Which of the following is incorrect for wind-pollinated plants?
1. Well exposed stamens and stigma
2. Many ovules in each ovary
3. Flowers are small and not brightly colored
4. Pollen grains are light and non-sticky
What type of pollination takes place in Vallisneria?
1. | Pollination occurs in submerged conditions by water. |
2. | Flowers emerge above the surface of water and pollination occurs by insects. |
3. | Flowers emerge above the water surface and pollen is carried by the wind. |
4. | Male flowers are carried by water currents to female flowers at the surface of the water. |