Practice Test

Q1) The endosperms of angiosperm is developed from Show Answer

Q2) In angiosperms, endosperm is formed by Show Answer

Q3) Seed coat develops from Show Answer

Q4) Mistletoes, Viscum album plants having yellowish flowers and white berries is: Show Answer

Q5) Even after killing the generative cell with a laser beam, the pollen grains of tobacco germinate and issue a normal pollen tube because: Show Answer

Q6) The entry of pollen tube into embryo sac through the integuments is termed as: Show Answer

Q7) 512 microspores will be formed following meiosis of how many spores? Show Answer

Q8) An example of triploid tissue is: Show Answer

Q9) After fertilization synergids and antipodal cells form: Show Answer

Q10) Pollen grain in angiosperm develops from: Show Answer

Q11) The nucellus of the ovule is: Show Answer

Q12) In case of angiosperms, embryo sac represents: Show Answer

Q13) The anther wall consists of four wall layers where: Show Answer

Q14) How many pollen grain mother cells should undergo meiotic division to produce 64 pollen grains? Show Answer

Q15) Pollen is produced in the: Show Answer

Q16) In a fully developed male gametophyte the number of nuclei is: Show Answer

Q17) The mature anther wall comprises an epidermis followed by a layer of radially elongated cells with fibrous bands of callose called endothecium whose function is: Show Answer

Q18) The innermost layer of anther is tapetum whose function is: Show Answer

Q19) Ovule represents: Show Answer

Q20) Stalk of the ovule is called as: Show Answer

Q21) Mature ovules are classified based on the funiculus. If micropyle comes to lie close to the funiculus the ovule is termed as: Show Answer

Q22) Translators are found in: Show Answer

Q23) Simultaneous meiotic division of microspore mother cells leads to: Show Answer

Q24) When micropyle, chalaza and hilum lie in a straight line, the ovule is said to be: Show Answer

Q25) Double fertilization was first described by: Show Answer

Q26) Secondary nucleus after fusing with one of the male gametes develops into: Show Answer

Q27) The fusion of male gamete with secondary nucleus of embryo sac is process of: Show Answer

Q28) The fertilization occurs in the: Show Answer

Q29) Study of formation, growth and development of a new individual generally from an oospore is known as: Show Answer

Q30) If an endosperm cell of an angiosperm contains 24 chromosomes, the number of chromosome in each cell of the root will be: Show Answer

Q31) In ovule meiosis occurs in: Show Answer

Q32) The female gametophyte of a typical dicot at the time of fertilization is: Show Answer

Q33) Development of embryo sac from any cell of nucellus is called: Show Answer

Q34) The method of fertilization (in an angiosperm) in which the pollen tube enters the ovule by way of micropyle is known as: Show Answer

Q35) Simple fruit develops from: Show Answer

Q36) Parthenocarpic fruit is: Show Answer

Q37) After fertilization ovary is converted into: Show Answer

Q38) Perisperm in angiospermic seed is derived from: Show Answer

Q39) The entry of pollen tube into the embryo sacs through the chalaza is called: Show Answer

Q40) Ovule is ategenic in: Show Answer

Q41) Polyembryony commonly occurs in: Show Answer

Q42) The main embryo develops from the structure formed as a result of fusion of: Show Answer

Q43) Function of obturator for any ovular structure is to: Show Answer

Q44) The term xenia denotes the effect of the: Show Answer

Q45) Polygonum type of embryo sac is: Show Answer

Q46) 256 microspores will be formed as a result of reduction division in how many microspore mother cells: Show Answer

Q47) Perisperm is: Show Answer

Q48) Which of the following statement is true for the pollen tube: Show Answer

Q49) In Angiosperms free nuclear division occurs during: Show Answer

Q50) In Albuminous seeds, food is stored in: Show Answer

Q51) The seed coat develops from the: Show Answer

Q52) Which of the following is required for germination of seeds? Show Answer

Q53) Fusion of egg with male gamete is called: Show Answer

Q54) In angiosperms the oospore on development produces: Show Answer

Q55) For the formation of 50 zygotes in a tobacco plant, the minimal number of meiosis involved would be: Show Answer

Q56) A female gametophyte would be found in the: Show Answer

Q57) Pollen grain gets nutrition from: Show Answer

Q58) In case of angiosperms, pollen grain produces: Show Answer

Q59) Sexual reproduction in which morphologically and physiologically similar gametes fuse is termed as: Show Answer

Q60) A normal plant suddenly started reproducing parthenogenetically. The number of chromosomes of the second generation as compared to parent plant will be: Show Answer

Q61) If cotyledons remains below soil during germination, it is: Show Answer

Q62) Seed are dispersed by: Show Answer

Q63) Micropyle of ovule allows entry of: Show Answer

Q64) Cotyledons form the first pair of leaves in: Show Answer

Q65) Protective covering of seeds is called: Show Answer

Q66) The number of germ pores in dicot plants is generally: Show Answer

Q67) When seeds develop without meiosis and syngamy, the phenomenon is: Show Answer

Q68) The inner integument of majority of the dicot seed is: Show Answer

Q69) Epigeal seed germination is found in: Show Answer

Q70) Which of the following statements is correct? Show Answer

Q71) Monosporic, 8 nucleate embryo sac is called: Show Answer

Q72) An example of triploid tissue is: Show Answer

Q73) If soaked pea seeds are kept in four separate flasks, best germination will be in the flask having: Show Answer

Q74) Which of the following plants are likely to have wider range of distribution? Show Answer

Q75) During seed germination: Show Answer

Q76) In albuminous seeds the food is stored mostly in: Show Answer

Q77) Wind dispersed seeds have: Show Answer

Q78) Seed germination is hypogeal in: Show Answer

Q79) In angiosperms normally after fertilization: Show Answer

Q80) The bisporic type of embryo sac development is characterised by the: Show Answer

Q81) Hypanthodium occurs in: Show Answer

Q82) A plant with both male and female flowers is: Show Answer

Q83) Thalamus is: Show Answer

Q84) Heaping of earth around base of stem in Potato is meant for: Show Answer

Q85) Embryo sac is: Show Answer

Q86) 8-nucleate embryo sac is: Show Answer

Q87) A mature male gametophyte is formed from pollen mother cell by: Show Answer

Q88) Passage of pollen tube through micropyle while reaching the embryo sac is: Show Answer

Q89) Tapetum occurs in: Show Answer

Q90) Which one is produced as a result of double fertilization? Show Answer

Q91) A component of female reproductive system is: Show Answer

Q92) Pollen grains are non-green due to: Show Answer

Q93) Pollen grain of tetraploid plant brings about fertilization in a diploid plant. The endosperm of seed will be: Show Answer

Q94) Multinucleate condition is present in: Show Answer

Q95) If meiosis occurs inside pollen grain and egg nuclei, it will be: Show Answer

Q96) Formation of embryo from vegetative cells derived from zygote is called: Show Answer

Q97) Formation of an organisation from a single, male gamete without fusion with egg is an example of: Show Answer

Q98) Adventive embryony in Citrus is due to: Show Answer

Q99) In grasses what happens in microspore mother cell for the formation of mature pollen grains: Show Answer

Q100) Double fertilization was given by: Show Answer

Q101) Number of nuclei present in common embryo sac are: Show Answer

Q102) In a flowering plant, archesporium gives rise to: Show Answer

Q103) Pollen grains are able to tolerate extremes of temperature and desiccation because their exine consists of: Show Answer

Q104) Plant part having two generations, one within the other is: Show Answer

Q105) Pollen tube usually enters the embryo sac: Show Answer

Q106) A plant root has 16 cells thus: Show Answer

Q107) Anthesis is a phenomenon which refers to: Show Answer

Q108) A diploid female plant is crossed with tetraploid male. The ploidy of endosperm will be: Show Answer

Q109) Which of the following represents the edible part of the fruit of Litchi? Show Answer

Q110) Which one of the following represents an ovule, where the embryo sac becomes horse-shoe shaped and the funiculus and mircopyle are close to each other? Show Answer

Q111) Why is vivipary an undesirable character for annual crop plants? Show Answer

Q112) In a type of apomixis known as adventive embryony, embryos develop directly from the: Show Answer

Q113) Double fertilization involves: Show Answer

Q114) In some plants anthers and stigma grow and mature at same time. This phenomenon is called: Show Answer

Q115) In the angiosperm ovule central cell of the embryo sac, prior to the entry of pollen tube, contains: Show Answer

Q116) Xenia refer to: Show Answer

Q117) Male gemetes in angiosperms are formed by the division of: Show Answer

Q118) Eight nucleate embryo sacs are: Show Answer

Q119) Double fertilization (or triple fusion) leading to initiation of endosperm in angiosperms, requires: Show Answer

Q120) Many scientists consider viruses as living entities because these: Show Answer

Q121) The mode of asexual reproduction in bacteria are: Show Answer

Q122) Study of pollen grain is called: Show Answer

Q123) Filiform apparatus is a characterisitic feature of: Show Answer

Q124) What would be the number of chromosomes of aleurone cells of a plant with 42 chromosomes in its root tip cells? Show Answer

Q125) Which is the only method for compensation of loss of life due to death? Show Answer

Q126) Which of the following is not involved in development? Show Answer

Q127) The mature anther dehisces by means of slits. The pollen grain is: Show Answer

Q128) Which of the following is first cell of male gametophyte? Show Answer

Q129) Inside the ovary there is one or more: Show Answer

Q130) Suspensor helps in pushing the embryo deep into endosperm. Suspensor formation in Sagittatia occurs at celled stage: Show Answer

Q131) Xenia is due to the effect of second male gamete fusing with secondary nucleus. Term 'Xenia was coined by: Show Answer

Q132) Microscopic structure in a flower that contains the polar nuclei is: Show Answer

Q133) Embryo sac is: Show Answer

Q134) Sporophytic budding occurs in orange, mango, opuntia and onion. It occura in: Show Answer

Q135) The epibasal cell divides repeatedly to produce a row of ... cell durying development in a dicot plant: Show Answer

Q136) Double fertilization is: Show Answer

Q137) Which of the following statements is correct? Show Answer

Q138) How many divisions of functional megaspore undergo to form mature embryo sac? Show Answer

Q139) What you think is the correct sequence of the development of the embryo sac? Show Answer

Q140) Phenomenon of opening of flower buds is called: Show Answer

Q141) Diversity of structures of the inflorescences, flower and floral parts - Show Answer

Q142) Which of the following is false ? Show Answer

Q143) Microsoparangium is generally surrounded by 4 wall layers. Which of the following 3 wall layers perform the function of protection and help the dehiscence of anther to release the pollen ? Show Answer

Q144) Each cell of sporogenous tissue in anther is - Show Answer

Q145) Which of the following sequences is correct for microsporogenesis ? Show Answer

Q146) As the anthers mature and dehydrate, the ___ separate dissociate from each other and develop into Show Answer

Q147) Pollen grains of different species show characteristic difference in - Show Answer

Q148) Pollen grain ___ has prominent apertures called ___ where sporopollenin is ___. Show Answer

Q149) Which of the following points is incorrect about sporopollenin ? Show Answer

Q150) The inner wall of pollen grain - Show Answer

Q151) The first division in a pollen grain results in formation of - Show Answer

Q152) In angiosperms pollination occurs when pollen grains are in - Show Answer

Q153) Which of the following statements is false ?
(I) Pollen grains represents immatured male gametophyte
(II) In angiosperms partially developed male gametophytes are pollinated
(III) Generative cell is siponogenous while vegetative cell is spermatogenous
(IV) Formation and differentiation of pollen grains is called microsporogenesis
(V) Hay fever is a pollen allergy
(VI) Pollen grains of some plants produce severe allergy and respiratory or bronchial diseases
(VII) Pollen grains are poor in nutrients. Show Answer

Q154) Which of the following is correct about Parthenium (Carrot grass) ? Show Answer

Q155) It has become a fashion in recent years to use ___ tablets as food supplements. In western countries, a large number of ___ products in the form of tablets and syrups are available in the market. ___ consumption has been claimed to increase the performance of athletes and race horses - Show Answer

Q156) Pollen grains can be stored in liquid nitrogen at - Show Answer

Q157) The viability of pollen grains depends upon - Show Answer

Q158) Which of the following has the least pollen viability ? Show Answer

Q159) Micropyle is found in - Show Answer

Q160) Which of the following sequences of development of embryo sac / female gametophyte is correct ? Show Answer

Q161) An ovule has generally how many embryo sac ? Show Answer

Q162) For the formation of embryo sac, the megaspore mother cell undergoes - Show Answer

Q163) In typical embryo sac, the nuclei are arranged as - Show Answer

Q164) The female gametophyte / embryo sac of typical dicot (Polygonum) or monosporic embryo sac is - Show Answer

Q165) Embryo sac is monosporic when it develops from - Show Answer

Q166) Egg apparatus of an embryo sac consists of - Show Answer

Q167) The largest cell in an embryo sac is - Show Answer

Q168) During the formation of embryo sac from megaspore miotic divisions occurs. These divisions are - Show Answer

Q169) Which of the following statements is false about filiform apparatus ? Show Answer

Q170) The ploidy levels of the cells of the nucellus, MMC, the functional megaspore and female gametophyte - Show Answer

Q171) In nature, allogamy is met within ___ surely - Show Answer

Q172) Long silky hair coming out of the cob maize are - Show Answer

Q173) In Tapegrass (Vallisneria) - Show Answer

Q174) Which of the following is the tallest flower? Show Answer

Q175) What is the genetic importance of outcrossing ? Show Answer

Q176) Which of the following would not have an effect on flowering of a particular plant species ? Show Answer

Q177) Majority of flowering plants - Show Answer

Q178) In which part of a flower do both meiosis and fertilization occur ? Show Answer

Q179) Which of the following options is correct ? Show Answer

Q180) The ability of the pistil to recognise the pollen followed by its acceptance or rejection is the result of a continuous dialogue between pollen grain and the pistil.
This dialogue is mediated by chemical components of the pollen interacting with those of the pistil. Which of the following chemicals mainly takes part in the interaction - Show Answer

Q181) Which of the following is correct ? Show Answer

Q182) Fertilization is depicted by the condition - Show Answer

Q183) Pollen tube enters the embryo sac usually - Show Answer

Q184) In double fertilization total number of male nuclei and total number of female nuclei involved are - Show Answer

Q185) One meiosis produces how many male gametes - Show Answer

Q186) Following components are haploid, diploid or triploid
A = Oosphere
B = Microspore
C = Synergids
D = Antipodal cell
E = Oospore
F = Nucellus
G = Placenta
H = Chalaza
I = Endosperm
J = Tapetum
Which of following groups show the correct sequence of the ascending order of ploidy in ovule /seed ? Show Answer

Q187) The number of chromosomes in radicle is 16.What will be the number of chromosomes in tube nucleus, antipodal cells,definitive nucleus and endosperm respectively ? Show Answer

Q188) Female plant is diploid and male plant is tetraploid. Find out the correct match. Show Answer

Q189) A homogamous tall pistillate plant (TT) is crossed with homogamous dwarf st. What is the genotype of endosperm ? Show Answer

Q190) The cells of endosperm have 24 chromosomes. What will be the number of chromosomes in the gametes - Show Answer

Q191) The male gamete is x and egg is 3x. The ploidy level in embryo and endosperm will be - Show Answer

Q192) After triple fusion central cell changes into - Show Answer

Q193) The study of formation, growth and development of new individual from an egg is called - Show Answer

Q194) Father of Indian embryology is - Show Answer

Q195) Endosperm in angiosperm is formed from secondary nucleus- Show Answer

Q196) Which of the following is false ?
(I) Endosperm formation starts prior to first division of zygote
(II) Angiospermic endosperm is mostly 3N while gymnospermic one is N
(III) The most common type of endosperm is nuclear.
(IV) Coconut has both liquid nuclear (multinucleate) and cellular endosperm
(V) Milky water of green tender coconut is liquid female gametophyte. Show Answer

Q197) In a fertilized ovule, n, 2n and 3n conditions occur respectively in - Show Answer

Q198) In coconut liquid nuclear endosperm is surrounded by white kernel which is - Show Answer

Q199) Nuclear or cellular nature of endosperm can be known at a - Show Answer

Q200) Endosperm is completely consumed by developing embryo before seed maturation or exalbuminous / non-endospermic seeds are found in - Show Answer

Q201) Albuminous / endospermic seeds are - Show Answer

Q202) Which of the sequences is correct for embryogenesis in dicots? Show Answer

Q203) Embryos of monocotyledons possess only one __(A)__. In the grass family the cotyledon is called __(B)__ that is situated towards one side (lateral) of the embroynal axis. At its lower end, the embryonal axis has the radical and root cap enclosed in an undifferentiated sheath called __(C)__.
The portion of the embryonal axis above the level of attachment of scutellum is the __(D)__ which has a shoot and apex enclosed in a foilar structure called __(E)__. Show Answer

Q204) (I) No endosperm
(II) Endosperm present
(III) Cotyledons - thin
(IV) Cotyledons - thick
(V) Food is stored in cotyledons
(VI) Food is stored in endosperms
Sort out correct points (from I to VI) for (A) - Albuminous and (B) - Exalbuminous seeds. Show Answer

Q205) In some seeds like black pepper and beet, remnants of nucellus are present. This residual, persistent nucellus is called - Show Answer

Q206) Aleurone layer takes part in - Show Answer

Q207) During germination, micropyle of seed takes part in - Show Answer

Q208) Which are the external conditions required for seed germination - Show Answer

Q209) An example of a seed with endosperm, perisperm and caruncle is - Show Answer

Q210) Study of pollen grains is - Show Answer

Q211) Secondary nucleus is formed by - Show Answer

Q212) Which plant part has two generations, one within the other - Show Answer

Q213) Which of the following is false ? Show Answer

Q214) Which of the following is not correct ? Show Answer

Q215) Which of the following will lost its economic value if fruits are produced through parthenocarphy. Show Answer

Q216) In most plants; the fruit develops from the ovary, other parts degenerate and fall off such fruits are called - Show Answer

Q217) False fruits (thalamus also contributes to fruit formation) are found in - Show Answer

Q218) Which of the following statements is correct ? Show Answer

Q219) Which of the following is crucial for storage of seeds to be used as food throughout the year and to raise crops in the next season ? Show Answer

Q220) The role of tapetum in the formation of pollen grain wall includes all except - Show Answer

Q221) Seeds are adaptively important because - Show Answer

Q222) The world's oldest viable seed, excavated from Arotic Tundra is of - Show Answer

Q223) Which of the following statements is false ? Show Answer

Q224) Which of the following statements is false ? Show Answer

Q225) Hybrid seeds have to be produced every year because - Show Answer

Q226) Active research is going on in many laborateries around the world to understand the genetics of apomixis.
What is the purpose of such active research ? Show Answer

Q227) In citrus, a seed has 10 embryos. Out of 10 embryos - Show Answer

Q228) What would be number of chromosomes of aleurone cells of plant with 42 chrosome in its root tip cells ? Show Answer

Q229) What is common between vegetative reproduction and Apomixis ? Show Answer

Q230) What is the function of germ pore ? Show Answer

Q231) Which one of the following statements is wrong ? Show Answer

Q232) An organic substance that can withstand environmental extremes and cannot be degraded by any enzyme is : Show Answer

Q233) Megasporangium is equivalent to : Show Answer

Q234) Which one of the following statements is correct ? Show Answer

Q235) Product of sexual reproduction generally generates : Show Answer

Q236) Perisperm differs from endosperm in Show Answer

Q237) The innermost wall layer of microsporangium nourishing the developing pollen grains is known as Show Answer

Q238) Number of male gamete formed by 16 microspore mother cell is Show Answer

Q239) Pollen tablets are available in the market for : Show Answer

Q240) An immature male gametophyte differs from a mature male gametophyte in that it Show Answer

Q241) Which of the following finds application in hybrid seed industry ? Show Answer

Q242) How many and which type of male gametes are produced by the male gametophyte of angiosperm ? Show Answer

Q243) 'Seeds are the basis of our agriculture and offer several advantages to angiosperms'. Find the odd statement among the following ? Show Answer

Q244) Pollen tube, after reaching the ovary, does not show following event. Show Answer

Q245) Find odd one with the respect to the stage which occurs after most vital event of sexual life cycle of angiosperms. Show Answer

Q246) Pollen tube releases the two male gamete into the Show Answer

Q247) In a majority of flowering plants : Show Answer

Q248) Find one word for the following statements and choose the correct option.
(I) Residual, persistent nucellus in seed - A
(II) Microspores arranged in a cluster of four cells - B
(III) Special cellular thickening at the micropylar end of embryo sac - C
(IV) Development of seeds without fertilisation - D Show Answer

Q249) Consider the following statements with respect to flowering plants.
A : The pollen grains represent the male gametes.
B : The functional megaspore develops into the embryo sac represent the female gamete
C : Transfer of pollen grains from anther to the stigma of different plant is known as Xenogamy
D : Transfer of pollen grains from anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant is known as geitonogamy.
Of the above statements
Show Answer

Q250) Which of the following is false in angiosperms ? Show Answer

Q251) Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.
A : The ovule is attached to the placenta by means of a stalk called filament.
B : The ovule fuses with the stalk in the region called hilum.
C : The two protective envelopes of ovule are called integuments.
D : The small opening in the tip of ovule is called germ pore.
Of the above statements Show Answer

Q252) If there are 1280 microspores in a tetralocular anther, how many microspore mother cells will be there in its each pollen chamber ? Show Answer

Q253) Egg in female gametophyte is accompanied by Show Answer

Q254) The hilum is a scar on the Show Answer

Q255) Which one of the following statements is not true ? Show Answer

Q256) The wheat grain has an embryo with one large, shield shaped cotyledon known as Show Answer

Q257) In angiosperms, microsporogenesis and megasporogenesis Show Answer

Q258) Male gametophyte in angiosperms produces Show Answer

Q259) Coconut water from a tender coconut is Show Answer

Q260) In the given list how many plants have unisexual flowers on the same plant.
Cucurbits, Papaya, Castor, Coconut, Date palm, Maize Show Answer

Q261) In the given list of plants how many have albuminous seeds ?
Pea, Wheat, Groundnut, Maize, Barley, Castor Show Answer

Q262) The coconut water from tender coconut represents - Show Answer

Q263) Seed formation without fertilizaton in flowering plants involves the process of - Show Answer

Q264) Cotyledon of maize grain is called - Show Answer

Q265) Which one of the following statements is not true ? Show Answer

Q266) In majority of angiosperms : Show Answer

Q267) The ovule of an angiosperm is technically equivalent to : Show Answer

Q268) In embryo sac double fertilization means :
(I) Formation of double zygote.
(II) Fusion between egg and male gamete.
(III) Formation of perisperm
(IV) Fusion between secondary nucleus and male gamete. Show Answer

Q269) _______ cell of the pollen grain divides to form two male gametes.
Show Answer

Q270) Growth of pollen tube towards embryo sac is Show Answer

Q271) What is the function of filiform apparatus in an angiospermic embryo sac? Show Answer

Q272) The three cells found in a pollen grain when it is shed at 3-celled stage are Show Answer

Q273) In a fully developed male gametophyte the number of nuclei is Show Answer

Q274) Polygonum type of embryo sac is Show Answer

Q275) One of the most resistant biological material present in the exine of pollen grain is Show Answer

Q276) How many meiotic divisions are required for the formation of 100 pollen grains? Show Answer

Q277) During the process of fertilization the pollen tube of the pollen grain usually enters the embryo sac through Show Answer

Q278) Which of the following statements about sporopollenin is incorrect? Show Answer

Q279) Study of pollen grains is called Show Answer

Q280) Pollen grains is a Show Answer

Q281) Double fertilisation involves Show Answer

Q282) Angiospermic plants are characterised by
I. double fertilisation
II. triploid endosperm
III. Diploid endosperm
Choose the correct option from the following regarding above statements Show Answer

Q283) Egg apparatus of angiosperms consist of Show Answer

Q284) Identify the wrong statements Show Answer

Q285) In angiosperms, the pollen grains and ovules are produced in special structure called Show Answer

Q286) In the angiosperm ovule, central cell of the embryo sac prior to the triple fusion, contains Show Answer

Q287) In angiosperms endosperm is Show Answer

Q288) Anther produces Show Answer

Q289) In angiospermic plant pollen grain reaches to embryo sac after its germination on …A… and through …B… .
Here A and B refer to Show Answer

Q290) Embryo sac consists of Show Answer

Q291) Triple fusion in angiosperms is the fusion of second male gamete with Show Answer

Q292) Pollen tube carries Show Answer

Q293) In angiospermic fertilisation, one male gamete fuses with egg to form …A… , this event is called …B… .
Identify A and B and choose the correct option Show Answer

Q294) Double fertilisation occurs among Show Answer

Q295) Double fertilisation is characteristic feature of Show Answer

Q296) After fertilisation the ovaries develop into Show Answer

Q297) A typical of angiospermic embryo sac is usually Show Answer

Q298) Eight nucleated female gametophyte is found in Show Answer

Q299) Read carefully the following statements about angiospermic sexual fertilisation
I. Pollen tube carries the male gamete towards archegonia and discharge contents in the mouth of
archegonium
II. Male gamete fuses with egg to give rise zygote
III. Zygote develops into embryo and embryo into seeds
IV. Seeds are naked
Which of the statement given above are correct? Show Answer

Q300) Which of the following is incorrect with respect to angiosperms? Show Answer

Q301) After fertilisation the ovules develop into Show Answer

Q302) One male gamete fuses with egg to form zygote
This event is called syngamy Show Answer

Q303) Which type of endosperm will be formed on hybridization of diploid female plant and tetraploid male
plant? Show Answer

Q304) The triploid number of chromosomes of the first taxon in 10 times more than the haploid number of
chromosomes of the second taxon, while the diploid number of the third taxon is six time more than the
haploid number of the fourth taxon. Which one of the following shows the ascending order of the number
of chromosomes in their respective endosperm? Show Answer

Q305) In a flowering plant, archesporium gives rise to Show Answer

Q306) Which of the following have double fertilization? Show Answer

Q307) Endosperm is the result of Show Answer

Q308) Double fertilization occurs among Show Answer

Q309) Rarely among angiosperms, the pollen grains influenced the endosperm. This is called as Show Answer

Q310) An Angiospermic plant has 24 chromosomes in ‘microspore mother cells’. The number of chromosome in
its endosperm will be Show Answer

Q311) Parthenocarpic fruit Show Answer

Q312) Seed is Show Answer

Q313) Find out the correct statement Show Answer

Q314) Vegetative fertilization leading to the formation of endosperm refers to Show Answer

Q315) Which of the following is the result of double fertilization? Show Answer

Q316) Perisprem is found in Show Answer

Q317) The ‘eyes’ of the potato tuber are Show Answer

Q318) True fruit is directly derived from Show Answer

Q319) Intine is made up of Show Answer

Q320) The arrangement of the nuclei in a normal embryo sac in the dicot plants, is Show Answer

Q321) Pericarp is Show Answer

Q322) The function innermost layer of pollen sac, tapetum is Show Answer

Q323) The movement of pollen tube is called Show Answer

Q324) Which of the following statements is wrong?
Show Answer

Q325) Triple fusion in angiosperm is the fusion of second sperm with Show Answer

Q326) ‘Mircrospores arranged in a cluster of four cells called megaspore tetrad’.
The above statement is Show Answer

Q327) The fusion of male and female pronuclei of the gametes is called Show Answer

Q328) A scion is grafted to a stock. The quality of fruits produced will be determined by the genotype of Show Answer

Q329) False fruit is a fruit in which Show Answer

Q330) Synergid’s filiform apparatus Show Answer

Q331) Double fertilization occurs among Show Answer

Q332) Scutellum is Show Answer

Q333) Sporopollenin is chemically Show Answer

Q334) How many cells are found in female gametophyte? Show Answer

Q335) Identify the wrong statements regarding post-fertilization development. Show Answer

Q336) Two nuclei with one cell are found in Show Answer

Q337) 8-nucleated embryo sac are Show Answer

Q338) Microspore develops into ova. This sentence is Show Answer

Q339) During the formation of embryo sac, the functional megaspore undergoes Show Answer

Q340) What would be the number of chromosomes in the cells of the aleurone layer in a plant species with 8 chromosomes in its synergids? Show Answer

Q341) In a type of apomixes known as adventive embryony, embryos develop directly from the Show Answer

Q342) Male gametes wheather 2 celled or 3-celled are identical in genetic make up because Show Answer

Q343) Apomixis arises due to Show Answer

Q344) Endosperm is consumed by developing embryo in the seed of Show Answer

Q345) The number of female nuclei involved in double fertilization is Show Answer

Q346) A micropyle is a Show Answer

Q347) PEC (Primary Endosperm Cell) is formed Show Answer

Q348) In ovule protective covering (integuments) are generally _______ in number Show Answer

Q349) These processes are necessary for the complete development of male gametophyte from pollen mother cell. Show Answer

Q350) Sexual reproduction leads to Show Answer

Q351) Fruit and seed develops Show Answer

Q352) Which is most crucial for seed storage? Show Answer

Q353) Entry of pollen tube with two male gametes and tube nucleus through micropyle, is Show Answer

Q354) Syngamy is the process in which Show Answer

Q355) Pollen grains of different plants, differ in Show Answer

Q356) Selaginella and Salvinia considered to represent a significant step towards evolution of seed habit because Show Answer

Q357) Zygote is always Show Answer

Q358) Occurrence of more than four spores from a spore mother cell is called Show Answer

Q359) Pollens have two prominent walls which are … A … and … B …. Here A and B refers to Show Answer

Q360) If there are four cells in a anther, what will be the number of pollen grains? Show Answer

Q361) Identify the characters with reference to the plant in which eight nucleated embryo sac was first studied by strasburger.
I.Micropyle, chalaza and funiculus are arranged in the same vertical line In the ovule.
II. presence of both unisexual and bisexual flowers in the same plant.
III.Filiform apparatus helps in conduction of food materials from Endosperm to egg apparatus.
IV. Long funiculus coils like a watch spring around the ovule.
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Q362) Chalazal pole is present Show Answer

Q363) Vegetative fertilization is also called Show Answer

Q364) Vegetative/Asexual reproduction and apomixis are common in Show Answer

Q365) Xenia refers to Show Answer

Q366) Long silky hairs on cob of maize are Show Answer

Q367) The endosperm in angiosperm develops from Show Answer

Q368) What is pollen grain? Show Answer

Q369) Type of cell division takes place in apomixes is Show Answer

Q370) Out of the following choose the post-fertilisation events Show Answer

Q371) Apomixis is like Show Answer

Q372) Parthenium or carrot grass is imported with Show Answer

Q373) The wall of pollen tube is made of Show Answer

Q374) Flower is a Show Answer

Q375) ‘Cells at the chalazal end are called synergid cells’. The above statement is Show Answer

Q376) Orthotropous ovule belongs to Show Answer

Q377) Center of each microsporangium is occupied by Show Answer

Q378) Which of the following plant products is the hardest? Show Answer

Q379) Functional megaspore develops into …A… also called …B… A and B in the above sentence is Show Answer

Q380) Syngamy and triple fusion is called …A… . The central cell becomes …B… develops into …C… and zygote develops into …D…
A, B, C, D in the above statement are Show Answer

Q381) Dicot embryo consists of Show Answer

Q382) First three layers of microsporangium which does the function of protection are Show Answer

Q383) Nucellar polyembryony is reported in species of Show Answer

Q384) Nucellus forms which of the following parts of fruit? Show Answer

Q385) Mesogamy is Show Answer

Q386) Identify the correct statement. Show Answer

Q387) Which of the following perform microsporogenesis? Show Answer

Q388) Tapetum is found in Show Answer

Q389) Double fertilization was discovered by Show Answer

Q390) Microsporangium produces Show Answer

Q391) Megaspore mother cell is found near the region of Show Answer

Q392) Ovule integument gets transformed into Show Answer

Q393) Which one of the following pairs of plants structures has haploid number of chromosomes? Show Answer

Q394) How many number of nuclei are involved in fertilization? Show Answer

Q395) Ovules contain many embryo in Show Answer

Q396) Maximum viability of rice and wheat is Show Answer

Q397) For a gene if AA = male plant, BB = female plant. Find out the genotype of endosperm and embryo Show Answer

Q398) Micropyle helps in Show Answer

Q399) The ovary after fertilization is converted into Show Answer

Q400) ‘In coconut the cellular endosperm surrounds the nuclear endosperm’.
The above statement is Show Answer

Q401) Hermaphrodite flower have Show Answer

Q402) Stalk with which ovules attached to the placenta is called Show Answer

Q403) Meiotic cell division takes place during Show Answer

Q404) The outermost layer of maize endosperm is known as Show Answer

Q405) Why sometimes, even diploid offspring is produced through parthenogenesis? Show Answer

Q406) The process in which haploid embryo is formed from haploid egg without fertilization is called Show Answer

Q407) Which of the following floral parts forms pericarp after fertilization? Show Answer

Q408) Tapetal cells are characterized by Show Answer

Q409) Pollen grains can cause Show Answer

Q410) Non-albuminous seed Show Answer

Q411) Development of an embryo without fertilization Is called as Show Answer

Q412) Non-endospermic seeds are seen in Show Answer

Q413) The cylindrical portion below the cotyledons is …A… that terminates to …B… and tip called …C… A, B and C here refers to Show Answer

Q414) Fertilization of egg takes place inside Show Answer

Q415) If the number of chromosomes in egg cell is 8, then what is the number of chromosomes on endosperm? Show Answer

Q416) Find out right statement (s)
I. Most common endosperm is of nuclear type
II. Coconut water is male gametophyte
III. Coconut has both nucellar and cellular type of endosperm Show Answer

Q417) Number of seeds is equals to the Show Answer

Q418) Nuclear polyembryony is reported in Show Answer

Q419) I. Antipodal cell
II. Egg cell
III. Synergid cell
IV. Polar nuclei
V. Male gamete
VI. Nuclear cell
IV. Chalazal cell
Out of the seven names given above, find out haploid cells
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Q420) There are 10 flowers in one individual plant of crotalaria. In each microsporangium of every stamen of all the flowers, there are 30 microspore mother cells. How many pollen grains are formed from that plant? Show Answer

Q421) Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from Show Answer

Q422) Micropyle is formed by Show Answer

Q423) In a flowering plants, megaspore develops into an embryo sac, which contains Show Answer

Q424) What does the filiform apparatus do at the entrance into ovule? Show Answer

Q425) Function of aleurone layer is to Show Answer

Q426) Which cell is bigger and have abundant food reserve material during microsporogenesis? Show Answer

Q427) In some plants, anthers and stigmas grow and mature at same time. This phenomenon is called Show Answer

Q428) Double fertilization is fusion of Show Answer

Q429) How many nuclei are found in female gametophyte? Show Answer

Q430) An ovule is a Show Answer

Q431) Nuclear endosperm has Show Answer

Q432) A typical angiosperm embryo sac at maturity, is Show Answer

Q433) Occurrence of more than one embryo is called Show Answer

Q434) What is the ratio of equational divisions that take place in Cycas and angiosperms respectively leading to the formation to male gametes from pollen grains? Show Answer

Q435) Pollen grains are shed at Show Answer

Q436) Which of these cells is the largest cell of the ovule? Show Answer

Q437) In orthotropous ovule, the micropyle and chalaza are Show Answer

Q438) The onagrad type embroyo, development is found in Show Answer

Q439) Male gametes in angiosperms are formed by the division of Show Answer

Q440) In the fully organized Polygonum type of embryo sac, what is the ratio of haploid, diploid and triploid nuclei? Show Answer

Q441) Megasporogenesis is Show Answer

Q442) Fibrous thickenings of hygroscopic nature are found in which part of the anther wall? Show Answer

Q443) Which one of following represents an ovule, where the embryo sac becomes horse-shoe shaped and the funiculus and micropyle are close to each other Show Answer

Q444) In angiosperm functional megaspore develops into Show Answer

Q445) Raphe is Show Answer

Q446) The pollens are liberated in cassytha by Show Answer

Q447) Pollen kit material is secreted by Show Answer

Q448) Microsporangia develops in to Show Answer

Q449) Pollen grains have ability to tolerate extreme temperatures because of the presence of Show Answer

Q450) Pollens outer layer is called …A… . This is made up of …B… . This is absent on the …C… . Fill in the blanks A,B and C Show Answer

Q451) “In Western countries a large number of …… Product in the form of tablets and ……. are available in market. Pollen consumption claimed to increase the …… of athelete”. The words to fill blanks in sequential order are Show Answer

Q452) Tapetum is Show Answer

Q453) Formation of diploid embryo sac from diploid vegetative structure, eg, nucellus or integument, etc, without meiosis is called Show Answer

Q454) Generally pollen tube enters through Show Answer

Q455) Endospermic seeds are seen in Show Answer

Q456) Parthenogenesis is a type of Show Answer

Q457) Banana fruits are seedless, because Show Answer

Q458) Which of the following is not true for double fertilization? Show Answer

Q459) Mature male gametophyte is derived from a ‘pollen mother cell’ by Show Answer

Q460) Embryo sac is also known as Show Answer

Q461) Albuminous seed Show Answer

Q462) How many nuclei take part in double fertilization of flowering plants? Show Answer

Q463) A typical dicotyledonous embryo consist of an …A… axis and …B… cotyledons.
The portion of embryonal axis above the level of cotyledons is …C… which terminates with the …D… or stem tip.
A, B, C, D in the above statement are Show Answer

Q464) Which one of the following statements is not true? Show Answer

Q465) In embryo sac the number of → synergid → egg cell → central cell → antipodal cell follows the order Show Answer

Q466) Which one of the following would not lead to formation of clones? Show Answer

Q467) Apomixis is seen in Show Answer

Q468) Ovary develops into Show Answer

Q469) Approximate diameter of pollen grain is Show Answer

Q470) In porogamy, pollen tube enters the ovule through the Show Answer

Q471) A seed matures if water content is reduced to …’A’ ….. . If the general metabolism …B…. . The embryo enter a state called … C … .
Choose correct option for A,B and C Show Answer

Q472) What will be the gametic chromosome number of a cell, if somatic cell have 40 chromosomes? Show Answer

Q473) Stem cutting are commonly used for the propagation of Show Answer

Q474) The fertilization in which male gametes are carried through pollen tube, is known as Show Answer

Q475) If endosperm has 36 number of chromosomes then find out the chromosome number of male and female gamete Show Answer

Q476) For the formation of tetrasporic embryo sac, how many megaspore mother cells are required? Show Answer

Q477) The phenomenon in which, anther and stigma grow and mature at same time is called Show Answer

Q478) Testa of a seed is produced from Show Answer

Q479) Thalamus contributes in the fruit formation in Show Answer

Q480) Most oldest viable seed is of Show Answer

Q481) Which one of the following was observed for the first time by Trenb? Show Answer

Q482) In embryo sac, n, 2n, 3n, conditions are found respectively in Show Answer

Q483) Which one of the following is resistant to enzyme action? Show Answer

Q484) Pollens are considered as well preserved fossils due to the presence of Show Answer

Q485) Double fertilization involves Show Answer

Q486) Seed germination requires
I. Ligh
II. Temp suitable
III. Moisture
IV. Oxygen
Select correct option Show Answer

Q487) In which one pair, both the plants can be vegetatively propagated by leaf pieces? Show Answer

Q488) Larger nucleus in a pollen grain is Show Answer

Q489) Tallest flower is Amorphophallus. It is Show Answer

Q490) Anthesis is Show Answer

Q491) Single megasporic development is called Show Answer

Q492) Micropyle exists in Show Answer

Q493) Which one of the following is surrounded by a callose wall? Show Answer

Q494) Which of the following is incorrect in angiosperm? Show Answer

Q495) Aleurone layer is found in Show Answer

Q496) Advantage of seed is/are Show Answer

Q497) Epicotyle is the upper part of embryonal axis in Show Answer

Q498) Ruminate endosperm is found in the seeds of family Show Answer

Q499) The process of embryo formation without fertilization, is known as Show Answer

Q500) Micropyle is useful for the entry of Show Answer

Q501) Find out the odd one. Show Answer

Q502) The outermost and inner most wall layers of microporangium in anther are (respectively) Show Answer

Q503) Microsporogenesis is Show Answer

Q504) Function of micropyle is Show Answer

Q505) If root of flowering plant has 24 chromosomes then its gamete has how many chromosomes? Show Answer

Q506) If stock contains 58 chromosomes and scion contains 30 chromosomes,Then how many chromosomes are present in root and egg cell of resultant plant respectively? Show Answer

Q507) In some organisms, karyokinesis is not followed by cytokinesis as a result of which, multinucleate condition arises leading to the formation of syncytium. The perfect example for this is Show Answer

Q508) The process of formation of microspore from the microspore mother cell is called megasporogenesis. The above statement is Show Answer

Q509) From which cells of embryo, plumule is produced? Show Answer

Q510) Triploid tissue in angiosperms, is Show Answer

Q511) … A… egg cell, …B… zygote, …C… endosperm. Find out the correct ploidy nature of A, B and C Show Answer

Q512) The ovule attached to the placenta of ovary wall by Show Answer

Q513) Apomixis is the development of Show Answer

Q514) The plant part which consists of two generations one within the other, is Show Answer

Q515) Find out right statement (s)
I. Endosperm formation is the prior event than zyote formation.
II. Angiospermic endosperm is 3n.
III. Gymnospermic endosperm is n.
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Q516) After fertilization, the outer integument forms Show Answer

Q517) Pollens are be stored at which temperature Show Answer

Q518) The total number of nuclei involved in double fertilization in angiosperms are Show Answer

Q519) In a flowering plant, the pollen tube first arrives in Show Answer

Q520) Filiform apparatus are Show Answer

Q521) What would be the number of chromosomes of the aleurone cell of a plant with 42 chromosomes in its root tip cells? Show Answer

Q522) Filiform apparatus is a characteristic feature of Show Answer

Q523) An angiospermic leaf carries 16 chromosomes. The number of chromosomes in its endosperm will be Show Answer

Q524) Embryo developed from the somatic cells are called Show Answer

Q525) The endosperm in angiosperms develops from Show Answer

Q526) ‘Cells in the micropylar region are called antipodal cell’ Show Answer

Q527) Sporopollenin is made up of organic material’. The above statement is Show Answer

Q528) Viability of date palm seed is Show Answer

Q529) Coleorhiza is Show Answer

Q530) Sugarcane is cultivated through Show Answer

Q531) ‘Sporopollenin is absent at the germpore’. The above statement is Show Answer

Q532) One of the most resistant known biological material is Show Answer

Q533) It is process of embryo sac formation from cell of nucellus, without undergoing meiosis. Show Answer

Q534) Study the following statements and choose the correct option.
I – Tapetum nourishes the developing pollen grains.
II- Hilum represents the junction between ovule and funicle
III– In aquatic plants such as water hyacinth and water lily, pollination is by water. IV- The primary endosperm nucleus is tripoid. Show Answer

Q535) Mass of cells enclosed by integuments is called Show Answer

Q536) Which of the following statements about sporopollenin is false? Show Answer

Q537) Genotype of endosperm is ZZA, find out the genotype of male and female plant respectively Show Answer

Q538) An ovule which becomes curved so that the nucellus and embryo sac lie at right angles to the funicle is Show Answer

Q539) Polar nuclei are located in Show Answer

Q540) A typical angiosperm anther is Show Answer

Q541) Study the following and find correct option
I. Tapetum nurishes the developing pollen grain
II. Hilum represents the junction between ovule and funicle
III. In aquatic plants such as water hyacinth and lilly pollination is by water
IV. The primary endosperm nucleus is triploid Show Answer

Q542) Apogamy is Show Answer

Q543) Number of microsporangia in an angiospermic anther is Show Answer

Q544) Which of the following statement is/are true
I. Endothecium lies behind epidermis
II. Fusion of egg with male gamete is called apogamy.
III. Synergids are haploid
IV. The point at which funicle touches the ovule is raphe. Show Answer

Q545) Egg apparatus of angiosperms consist of Show Answer

Q546) Pollen tube enters through Show Answer

Q547) Function of tapetum is to provide Show Answer

Q548) Root has 42 chromosome then find out the chromosomal number of synergid Show Answer

Q549) The nutritive layer of microsporangia of cypsella Show Answer

Q550) A longitudinal groove runs lengthwise separating the theca. This groove is called line of dehiscence. The above sentence is Show Answer

Q551) For good growth of pollen tube, necessary element is Show Answer

Q552) In the angiosperm ovule, central cell of the embryo sac, prior to the entry of pollen tube, contains Show Answer

Q553) Polyembryony is a type of Show Answer

Q554) Viability of lupine seed is Show Answer

Q555) Perisprem is Show Answer

Q556) In an angiosperm, male plant is diploid and female plant is tetraploid then endosperm will be Show Answer

Q557) Through which cell of the embryo sac, does the pollen tube enter the embryo sac? Show Answer

Q558) Milky water of tender coconut is Show Answer

Q559) The ovule in which the funicle, chalaza and micropyle lie in one vertical plane, is called Show Answer

Q560) Pericarp is formed of Show Answer

Q561) Ubisch bodies are secreted by Show Answer

Q562) Which of the following parts in angiosperms are diploid and triploid, respectively? Show Answer

Q563) Male gamete in angiosperm is produced by Show Answer

Q564) Synergids are Show Answer

Q565) Exine of pollen grain is made up of Show Answer

Q566) The process of formation of microspores
I. From pollen mother cell through …A… formed …B…
II. Microspore are arranged in …C…
III. Microspore changes into the …D…
A to D in the above statements are Show Answer

Q567) Viability of pollen grains depends on Show Answer

Q568) 60% of the angiosperms shed their pollens at the Show Answer

Q569) The inner most layer of microsporangium is Show Answer

Q570) Male gametophyte of angiosperms is reduced to Show Answer

Q571) Given below are two statements one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Cells of the tapetum possess dense cytoplasm and generally have more than one nucleus.
Reason (R): Presence of more than one nucleus in the tapetum increases the efficiency of nourishing the developing microspore mother cells.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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Q572) How many meiotic and mitotic divisions need to occur for the development of a mature female gametophyte from the megaspore mother cell in an angiosperm plant?
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Q573) Which of the following has proved helpful in preserving pollen as
fossils? Show Answer

Q574) Which one of the following is a triploid cell?
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