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Multiple Choice Questions

Assertion: Insects visit flowers to gather honey.

Reason: Attraction of flowers prevents the insects from damaging other parts of the plant.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


Pollen grains are able to withstand extremes of temperature and dessication because their exine is composed of

  • cutin

  • suberin

  • sporopollenin

  • callose


Assertion: Coconut tree is distributed in coastal areas over a large part of the world.

Reason: Coconut fruit can float and gel dispersed over thousands of kilometers before losing viability.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


Plants of which one of the following groups of genera arc pollinated by the same agency

  • Triticum, Cocos, Mangifera

  • Ficus, Kigelia, Casuarina

  • Salvia, Morus, Euphorbia

  • Bombax, Butea, Bauhinia


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For self pollination, flower must be

  • unisexual

  • bisexual

  • monosexual

  • asexual


Double fertilization involves

  • fertilization of the egg by two male gametes

  • fertilization of two eggs in the same embryo sac by two sperms brought by one pollen tube

  • fertilization of the egg and the central cell by two sperms brought by different pollen tubes

  • fertilization of the egg and the central cell by two sperms brought by the same pollen tube.


In which one of the following would you expect to find glyoxysomes?

  • Endosperm of wheat

  • Endosperm of castor

  • Palisade cells in leaf

  • Root hairs


When the pollen tube enters through the micropyle, it is termed as

  • chalazogamy

  • mesogamy

  • porogamy

  • none of these


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The pollen tube usually enters the embryo sac

  • through one of the synergids

  • by directly penetrating the egg

  • between one synergid and central cell

  • by knocking off the antipodal cells.


Assertion : Vegetable oils are fats which are present in plant cells in soluble form.

Reason : Vegetable oils occur only in cells of embryo.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


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