Cleistogamous flowers are:

1.Mostly autogamous2.Invariably autogamous
3.Mostly xenogamous4.Invariably xenogamous

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Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below. 

Column I

(pollination)

Column II

(example)

I. Anemophily 1. Zostera
II. Hydrophily 2. Maize
III. Ornithophily 3. Kigelia
IV. Chirepterophily 4. Butea monosperma


Codes:

Options: I II III IV
1. 1     3     4
2. 2    1      4     3
3.  2   4
4. 1 2     3

             

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Flowers that have a single ovule in the ovary and are packed into inflorescence are usually pollinated by:

1. Water 2. Bee
3. Wind 4. Bat
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

1.

Cleistogamous flowers

Invariable autogamous

2.

Geitonogamy

Functionally cross-pollination

3.

Wind pollination

Common in grasses

4.

Pollination by water

Seen in all aquatic plants

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Geitonogamy involves:

1. Pollination of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant.
2. Pollination of a flower by the pollen from another same flower.
3. Pollination of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population.
4. Pollination of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population.

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Which of the following is not used by flowering plants as an outbreeding device?

1. Lack of synchronization between pollen release and stigma receptivity.
2. Anther and Stigma placed at different levels.
3. Self-incompatibility.
4. Production of bisexual flowers.
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Dioecy in flowering plants prevents:

1. Autogamy but not Geitonogamy
2. Geitonogamy but not Autogamy
3. Both Geitonogamy and Autogamy
4. Neither Geitonogamy nor Autogamy
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A particular species of the plant produces light, non-sticky pollen in large numbers and its stigmas are long and feathery. These
modifications facilitate pollination by:

1. Insects 2. Water
3. Wind 4. Animals
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Long filamentous threads protruding at the end of a young cob of maize are:

1. anthers 2. styles
3. ovaries 4. hairs

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In angiosperms:
1. Pollen grains are motile but the egg cell is non-motile.
2. Pollen grains are non-motile but the egg cell is motile.
3. Both pollen grain and egg cell are non-motile.
4. Both pollen grain and egg cell are motile.

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