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271.

Sporopollenin is chemically

  • homopolysaccharide

  • fatty substance

  • protein

  • heteropolysaccharide


272.

During replication of DNA, Okazaki fragments are formed in the direction of

  • 3' ➔ 5'

  • 5' ➔ 3'

  • 5'➔5'

  • 3' ➔ 3'


273.

If you want to develop hybrid seeds within a bisexual flower, the following part needs to be removed from the same flower

  • stigma

  • ovary

  • anther

  • oviduct


274.

Xenogamy is essentially a type of

  • cleistogamy

  • allogamy

  • autogamy

  • homogamy


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275.

Megasporangium is equivalent to

  • embryo sac

  • fruit

  • nucellus

  • ovule


D.

ovule

An ovule or megasporangium generally has a single embryo sac formed from a megaspore through reduction division. It is a small structure attached to the placenta by means of a stalk called funicle.

Ovule  Megaspore Mother Cell (MMC) by meiosis  Megaspore

Each has one or two protective envelopes called integuments. Nucellus is a mass of cells enclosed with the integuments. Fruits develop from the ovary of flower, other floral parts degenerate and fall off.


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276.

Seed coat is not thin, membranous in

  • maize

  • coconut

  • groundnut

  • gram


277.

Which one of the following statement is correct?

  • Hard outer layer of pollen is called intine

  • Sporogenous tissue is haploid

  • Endothecium produces the microspores

  • Tapetum nourishes the developing pollen


278.

Advantage of cleistogamy is

  • higher genetic variability

  • more vigorous offspring

  • no dependence on pollinators

  • vivipary


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279.

Monoecious plant of Chara shows occurrence of

  • antheridiophore and archegoniophore on the same plant

  • stamen and carpel on the same plant

  • upper antheridium and lower oogonium on the same plant

  • upper oogonium and lower antheridium on the same plant


280.

Perisperm differs from endosperm in

  • being a haploid tissue

  • having no reserve food

  • being a diploid tissue

  • its formation by fusion of secondary nucleus with several sperms


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