In some plants, the female gamete develops into an embryo without fertilization. This phenomenon is known as:
| 1. | Parthenogenesis | 2. | Autogamy |
| 3. | Parthenocarpy | 4. | Syngamy |
What is the fate of the male gametes discharged in the synergid?
| 1. | One fuses with the egg and the other fuses with central cell nuclei |
| 2. | One fuses with the egg and the other(s) degenerate(s) in the synergid |
| 3. | All fuse with the egg |
| 4. | One fuses with the egg and the other(s) fuse(s) with a synergid nucleus |
Select the incorrect statement:
| 1. | Inbreeding helps in the accumulation of superior genes and the elimination of undesirable genes |
| 2. | Inbreeding increases homozygosity |
| 3. | Inbreeding is essential to evolve pure lines in any animal |
| 4. | Inbreeding selects harmful recessive genes that reduce fertility and productivity |
Which one of the following statements regarding post-fertilization development in flowering plants is incorrect?
| 1. | Ovules develop into an embryo sac |
| 2. | Ovary develops into fruit |
| 3. | Zygote develops into an embryo |
| 4. | Central cell develops into endosperm |
Persistent nucellus in the seed is known as:
| 1. | Tegmen | 2. | Chalaza |
| 3. | Perisperm | 4. | Hilum |
In a cereal grain, the single cotyledon of the embryo is represented by:
| 1. | coleorhiza | 2. | scutellum |
| 3. | prophyll | 4. | coleoptiles |
| 1. | it helps in the entry of pollen tube into the synergid |
| 2. | it prevents the entry of more than one pollen tube into the embryo sac |
| 3. | it brings about the opening of the pollen tube |
| 4. | it guides the pollen tube from the synergid to the egg |
1. autogamy, but not geitonogamy
2. Both geitonogamy and xenogamy
3. geitonogamy, but not xenogamy
4. autogamy and geitonogamy
Wind pollinated flowers are:
| 1. | small, brightly coloured, producing large number of pollen grains |
| 2. | small, producing large number of dry pollen grains |
| 3. | large, producing abundant nectar and pollen |
| 4. | small, producing nectar and dry pollen |