Biology · Environmental Studies

Plant Reproduction and Germination

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Plant reproduction and germination involve seed structure, cotyledon function, and dispersal mechanisms. These core botany concepts frequently appear in general science sections. Practice these questions to ensure better retention.

Seed germination typesSeed dispersal mechanismsCotyledons and albuminous seedsCryptogamic plantsPhanerogams reproduction

Plant Reproduction and Germination Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Only a

  2. Only b

  3. Only c

  4. All of these

  5. Only a and b

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. The outer hard cover of a seed is called seed coat. Beneath the seed coat, there are the seed leaves called cotyledones. The food required to keep the embryo alive is in the cotyledon. The seed carries an embryo inside. It  carries the basic parts, which are the plumule and the radicle.

Multiple choice
  1. Gymnosperms are usually perennial and evergreen.

  2. Cotyledons emerge and become green when the seed germinates.

  3. Phanerogams are plants with hidden reproductive organs.

  4. Angiosperms are flowering plants.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 Cryptogams are plants with hidden reproductive organs.

Multiple choice
  1. Anemochory

  2. Hydrophily

  3. Hydrochory

  4. Anemophily

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The pollination of anther through water is called hydrophily.It can occur in one of two ways. Either the pollen grains themselves are carried on or under the surface of the water, or the male flowers break off and float along until they come into contact with a female flower.

Multiple choice
  1. Antipodal cell

  2. Central cell

  3. Megaspore mother cell

  4. The size of the cells varies from species to species and none of the above given can be treated as the largest

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Central cell is the largest cell of embryo sac and is the mother cell of endosperm. The enlargement of the embryo sac after the last nuclear division is largely due to inflation of the large central vacuole of central cell.

Multiple choice
  1. tube nucleus

  2. sperm nucleus

  3. generative nucleus

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Pollen grain is the mother cell of male gametophyte. Development of male gametophyte begins inside themicro sporangium. The microspore nucleus divide mitotically to form a smaller generative cell and a much larger, vegetative cell (tube cell). The generative cell produces two male gametes, whereas, the vegetative cell form pollen tube after pollination. Pollen grain contains two cells, i.e., tube cell and generative cell at the time of pollination.