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If a pollen of a flower falls on the stigma of another flower belonging to the same plant, it is

  1. ecologically self-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

Geitonogamy is the transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower on the same plant. Genetically, it is self-pollination (same genotype), but ecologically, it is cross-pollination (requires a pollinating agent).

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