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Entomophilous flowers are related to

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  1. Honey bees

  2. Wind

  3. Water

  4. Hairy Mammals

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Entomophilous flowers are the flowers that are pollinated by insects. From all the options given in the question, honey bees are the insects. So, entomophilous flowers are related to honey bees as honey bees pollinate them.
So, the correct answer is A.

Which of the following features is/ are common to both wind and water pollinated flowers?
I. Pollen grains are long and ribbon-like
II. Stigma is large and feathery
III. Flowers are not colourful
IV. Flowers do not produce nectar.

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  1. III and IV

  2. II and III

  3. I and II

  4. II

  5. I

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Correct Option: A

Butterflies pollinate

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  1. Bluish flowers

  2. Violet flowers

  3. Reddish flowers

  4. Purple flowers

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Butterflies are attracted to the flowers that are scented, showy and bright in color. Butterflies can see the colors in ultra violet range and their most preferred color of flowers for pollination is blue. Hence, butterflies pollinate bluish flowers.
So, the correct answer is A.

"Pollen grains are protected by a mucilaginous covering and having a specific gravity". This is characteristic of which type of pollination.

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  1. Anemophily

  2. Entomophily

  3. Hydrophily

  4. Zoophily

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Correct Option: C

Select the plants pollinated by water.
(a) Water Hyacinth
(b) Zostera
(c) Amorphophallus
(d) Vallisneria
(e) Yucca.

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  1. a, d and e

  2. b and e

  3. b and d

  4. b, c, d

  5. a, b and d

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Correct Option: C

Insects visit flowers to help in pollination.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from a male part of a plant (anthers) to a female part of a plant (stigma), enabling later fertilisation and the production of seeds, most often by an animal or by the wind. Pollination is a very important part of the life cycle of plants. Entomophily or insect pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen of plants, is distributed by insects. A major role of the insect is that of pollinator, meaning they transfer pollen from plant to plant (or sometimes within the same plant), which results in the development of a seed.

So the given statement is true.

Which one is applicable to insect pollinated flowers?

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  1. Flowers are very small produced in large quantities

  2. Flowers are not prominent and without nectar

  3. Flowers are conspicuous and scented having nectar

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When the flowers are pollinated by insects, it is called entomophily. Such flowers has evolved mechanisms to make themselves more appealing or conspicuous to insects by having bright colors or scented flowers, nectar or appealing shapes and patterns.
Thus, the correct answer is option (C), 'Flowers are conspicuous and scented having nectar'.

The insect Blastophaga grossorum is associated with the pollination of

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  1. Mango

  2. Ficus

  3. Paddy

  4. Nelumbium

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
There is a tight mutual dependence between the Ficus species and an insect called Blastophaga grossorum that pollinates it. It is known as Coevolution. This relationship has developed and is persistent for millions of years now.
So, the correct answer is, 'Ficus'.

Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the given codes.

Column I Column II
A. Anemophily (i) Grasses, Date palm
B. Hydrophily (ii) Rose, Jasmine
C. Entomophily (iii) Butea, Bignonia
D. Omithophily (iv) Vallisneria, Ceratophylium
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  1. A-(i), B-(iv), C-(ii), D-(iii)

  2. A-(i), B-(iv), C-(iii), D-(ii)

  3. A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(iv)

  4. A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(iv)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Anemophily

It is a form of pollination when pollen grains are distributed by wind. Also, called the anemophilous flower.
Anemophilous pollen grains are light and non-sticky. So, that it can be transferred by air currents. Wind-pollinated flowers are inconspicuous and they not showy and also devoid of nectar etc. as seen in grass
Hydrophily
It is a form of pollination when the pollination takes place through the agency of water.
It is of two types :
Hydrophily: Plants which are pollinated inside the water. e.g. Zoster, Ceratophyllum
Epihydrophilly: Plants which are pollinated outside the water or on the surface of the water. e.g. Vallisneria
Entomophily 
It is a type of pollination, which takes py insect. Insect-pollinated flowers are made attractive in different ways and the pollens are sticky with a rough surface. So, that they may easily stick to insect limbs. e.g. Rose
Ornithophily 
It is the form of pollination when the pollination takes place by birds. e.g. Begonia, Bottlebrush, Butea
So, the correct option is 'C'

Which of the following is pollinated by water?

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  1. Viola

  2. Yucca

  3. Oxalis

  4. Commelina

  5. Zostera

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

  • Zostera is the marine seagrass which gets pollinated by water. Pollens are released in water and capture by stigmas.
  • In Viola, the flowers get pollinated by bees.
  • In Oxalis and Commelina, there is no need for pollinator as they are closed flowers. There is no chance of cross-pollination. 
  • In Yucca, the flowers are pollinated by yucca moth.
So, the correct option is 'Option E'.