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191.

The development ofsporangium in Pteridium is

  • a leptosporangiate type

  • an eusporangiate type

  • Both (a) and (b)

  • None of the above


192.

What type of sorus is present in Nephrolepsis?

  • Coenosorus

  • Simple

  • Mixed

  • None of these


193.

In a flowering plant, archesporium gives rise to

  • wall and tapetum

  • only tapetum and sporogenous cells

  • only wall of the sporangium

  • both wall and sporogenous cells


194.

The aleurone layer in maize grain is specially rich in

  • starch

  • lipids

  • protein

  • cellulose


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195.

The growth of pollen tube towards embryo sac is

  • geotropism

  • chemotaxis

  • thigmotaxis

  • phototaxis


B.

chemotaxis

The growth of pollen tube towards ovary is due to chemical stimulus and is called chemotropism or chemotaxis.

Geotropism is the growth of the parts of plants in response to the force of gravity. The upward growth of plant shoots is an instance of negative geotropism ; the downward growth of roots is positive geotropism.

Thigmotaxis is the motion or orientation of an organism in response to a touch stimulus.

Phototaxis is the bodily movement of a motile organism in response to light, either towards the source of light ( positive phototaxis ) or away from it ( negative phototaxis ).


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196.

A hyaline bisexual and self-fertilized flower that does not open at all is

  • chasmogamaus

  • apogamous

  • cleistogamous

  • polygamous


197.

Cleavage polyembryony occurs in

  • Pinus

  • Mini Cycas

  • Cycas

  • Ephedra


198.

Ruminate endosperm occurs in

  • Annonaceae/Areca nut

  • Compositae

  • Cruciferae

  • Euphorbiaceae


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199.

The edible part of apple/ pear is

  • cotyledons

  • thalamus/ receptacle

  • mesocarp

  • endocarp


200.

What is true about a gamo spermous apospory?

  • Formation of embryo from egg of embryo sac proliferated from a nucellar cell

  • Formation of embryo from egg of embryo sac formed directly from megaspore mother cell

  • Formation of embryo directly from nucellus

  • Formation of embryo directly from integument


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