Plant Growth and Development (Class XI/XII)

Embryology, pollination, and reproductive structures in plants

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

More than one embryo occurs in

  1. citrus
  2. mirabilis
  3. hibiscus
  4. bacteria
  5. -
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The formation of sporophyte directly from sporophyte tissue is called

  1. apogamy
  2. apospory
  3. ascocarp
  4. apomixis
  5. -
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Plants which flower only once in their life cycle are called

  1. polycarpic
  2. monocarpic
  3. pericarpic
  4. cleistocarpic
  5. -
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When chalaza and micropyle are in opposite directions on a straight line, the ovule is called

  1. anatropous
  2. orthotropous
  3. circinotropous
  4. campyloptropous
  5. -
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The endosperm of angiosperms is developed from

  1. antipodals
  2. synergids
  3. zygote
  4. secondary nucleus
  5. -
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_______ is the development of embryo sac from any cell of the nucleus.

  1. Apogamy
  2. Apospory
  3. Parthenogenesis
  4. Embryogeny
  5. -
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pollen grain is a

  1. megaspore
  2. microspore
  3. microsporophyll
  4. microsporangium
  5. -
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ovule of angiosperms can be called

  1. megasporangium
  2. megagametangium
  3. microgametangium
  4. integumented megasporangium
  5. -
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The term mesogamy is applied when the pollen tube enters the ovule through

  1. chalaza
  2. integument
  3. micropyle
  4. nucleus
  5. -
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the outermost layer of the integument becomes specialised as nutritive layer, it is called

  1. tapetum
  2. endothecium
  3. endothelium
  4. endosperm
  5. -
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Honey, scent and odour are adapted for

  1. anemophily
  2. hydrophily
  3. zoophily
  4. entomophily
  5. -
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If micropyle comes close to the funicle, the ovule is called

  1. orthotropus
  2. anatropus
  3. amphitropus
  4. campylotropus
  5. -
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The stalk of ovule is called

  1. pedicel
  2. petiole
  3. placenta
  4. funicle
  5. -
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When gynoecium matures earlier than anther, the condition is called

  1. protogyny
  2. protandry
  3. herkogamy
  4. dichogamy
  5. -
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In cleistogamous flowers, the pollen grains are transferred by

  1. wind
  2. insects
  3. birds
  4. water
  5. None of these