Multiple choice

If pollens of a flower fall on the stigma of another flower belonging to the same plant, it is

  1. ecologically cross-pollination

  2. genetically and ecologically cross-pollination

  3. genetically self-pollination and ecologically cross-pollination

  4. none of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Since the pollen comes from the same plant, the genetic makeup is identical, making it genetically self-pollination. However, because it involves the transfer of pollen between two different flowers, it is ecologically cross-pollination (geitonogamy).

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