Multiple Choice Questions

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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.


A.

through one of the synergids

The pollen tube arrives in the micropyle of the integument of the ovule, and enters the embryo sac.

The synergids of the embryo sac literally put their energies together to burst the end of the pollen tube. Meanwhile, the generative cell has followed the pathway digested by the tube cell. Along the way it has divided to produce two sperm cells. The two sperm cells exit the pollen tube through the burst end.

One sperm cell unites with the egg. This process is called syngamy (union of gametes) or [gag] fertilization. I much prefer syngamy to fertilization (see below). The product of the union of egg and sperm is called a zygote, and it has two sets of master plans, one from each gamete. The zygote will divide and grow and differentiate to become a new embryonic plant with root, stem, and leaf. Ultimately it will become an adult plant.


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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


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

  • cutin

  • suberin

  • sporopollenin

  • callose


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

  • Endosperm of wheat

  • Endosperm of castor

  • Palisade cells in leaf

  • Root hairs


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

  • chalazogamy

  • mesogamy

  • porogamy

  • none of these


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.


For self pollination, flower must be

  • unisexual

  • bisexual

  • monosexual

  • asexual


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.


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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.


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