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
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Only a
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Only b
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Only c
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All of these
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Only a and b
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.
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Wind
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Water
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Humans
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Sunlight
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Explosion of fruits
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Sunlight is necessary for the growth of plants. It is not an agent of dispersal.
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Only a
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Only b
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Only c
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Only a and b
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Only b and c
D
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the correct answer. Coconut seed is dispersed through water. It has a thick fibrous covering around its seeds that help them to float. Hydrilla is a water plant and it uses water to disperse its seeds.
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Only a
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Only b
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Only c
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Only a and b
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All of these
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Both these statements are correct. Plants reproduce in different ways. A seed germinates under certain conditions. It needs water, warmth and air to germinate.
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Only a
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Only b
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Only c
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Only a and c
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All of these
E
Correct answer
Explanation
This is the correct answer because all of these are seeds.
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Winged seeds
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True fruits
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Pyrenoids
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Naked seeds
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Growth of child
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Germination of seed
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Bursting of crackers
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Cooking of food
C
Correct answer
Explanation
crackers bursting is so fast
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Gymnosperms are usually perennial and evergreen.
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Cotyledons emerge and become green when the seed germinates.
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Phanerogams are plants with hidden reproductive organs.
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Angiosperms are flowering plants.
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Cryptogams are plants with hidden reproductive organs.
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Spirogyra
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Cladophora
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Pinus
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Funaria
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Gymnosperms bear naked seeds. So, option (3) is correct.
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Anemochory
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Hydrophily
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Hydrochory
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Anemophily
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.
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Cotyledon
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Plumule
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Radicle
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Stamen
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Cotyledon stores food in germinating seed.Species with one cotyledon are called monocotyledonous ("monocots") and Plants with two embryonic leaves are termedas dicotyledonous.
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Pteridophyta
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Rhodophyta
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Bryophyta
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Pheophyta
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Bryophyta produces spores and embryo, but lacks vascular tissues and seeds. They are amphibians of plant kingdom.
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Pteridophytes
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Gymnosperms
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Ferns
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Mosses
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Gymnosperms are evergreen and woody plants. This plant group has seeds, but they lack flowers and fruits. Angiosperms are the flowering plants.
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Antipodal cell
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Central cell
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Megaspore mother cell
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The size of the cells varies from species to species and none of the above given can be treated as the largest
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.
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tube nucleus
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sperm nucleus
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generative nucleus
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None of these
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.