Multiple Choice QuestionsThe coconut water from tender coconut represents
fleshy mesocarp
free-nuclear proembryo
free-nuclear endosperm
free-nuclear endosperm
Whic of the following statements is not correct?
Insects that consume pollen or nectar without bringing about pollination are called pollen nectar robbers
Pollen germination and pollen tube growth are regulated by chemical components of pollen interacting with those of the pistil
Some reptiles have also been reported as pollinators in some plant species
Some reptiles have also been reported as pollinators in some plant species
Seed formation without fertilisation in flowering plants involves the process of
budding
Somatic hybridisation
Apomixis
Apomixis
Read the following statements (IV) and answer the question which follows them
I. In liverworts, mosses and ferns gametophytes are free living.
II) Gymnosperms and some ferns are heterospores.
III) Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvox and Albugo is oogamous.
IV) The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses.
How many of the above statements are correct?
One
Two
Three
Three
C.
Three
The statement, I II and III are correct. In IV-sporophyte in mosses is more elaborate than in liverworts. V-Pinus is a monoecious plant, producing male and female cones every year.In Marchantia, plant body is strictly dioecious and isomorphic. Sex organs are found in specialised sexual receptacles called anthridiophore and archegoniophore.
Which one of the following statement is correct?
Hard outer layer of pollen is called intine
Sporogenous tissue is haploid
Endothecium produces the microspores
Endothecium produces the microspores
Product of sexual reproduction generally generates
longer viability of seeds
prolonged dormancy
new genetic combination leading to variation
new genetic combination leading to variation
Advantage of cleistogamy is
higher genetic variability
more vigorous offspring
no dependence on pollinators
no dependence on pollinators
Perisperm differs from endosperms in
being a haploid tissue
having no reserve food
being a diploid tissue
being a diploid tissue
Which one of the following is not the function of the placenta? It
facilitates the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the embryo
secretes oestrogen
facilitates removal of carbon dioxide and waste material from embryo
facilitates removal of carbon dioxide and waste material from embryo
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