In a multicarpellary syncarpous ovary:

1.  There is more than one pistil that is fused with the other
2.  There is more than one pistil that is free from each other
3.  There is one pistil that is fused with the stamen
4.  There is more than one pistil that is fused with the stamen

Subtopic:  Pistil: Ovule | Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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Match the structure in Column-I with the description in Column-II and choose your answer from the codes given below:

Column-I Column-II
A. Stigma   a. Landing platform for pollen grains
B. Ovary  b. Basal bulged part of the pistil
C. Placenta  c. Part of the ovary where funiculus attaches
D. Ovule  d. Megasporangium

Codes

A B C D
1. a b c d
2. a c b d
3. b a d c
4. d c b a
Subtopic:  Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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From among the sets of terms given below, identify those that are associated with the gynoecium.

1.  Stigma, ovule, embryo sac, placenta
2.  Thalamus, pistil, style, ovule
3.  Ovule, ovary, embryo sac, tapetum
4.  Ovule, stamen, ovary, embryo sac

Subtopic:  Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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Starting from the innermost part, the correct sequence of parts in an ovule are:

1. egg, nucellus, embryo sac, integument
2. egg, embryo sac, nucellus, integument
3. embryo sac, nucellus, integument, egg
4. egg, integument, embryo sac, nucellus
Subtopic:  Pistil: Ovule | Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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Match each item in Table I with one in Table II and select the correct match from the codes given:
Table I:
A. B. C.
 
Table II
P. A dissected flower of Hibiscus showing pistil where other floral parts have been removed
Q. Multicarpellary, syncarpous pistil of Papaver
R. Multicarpellary, apocarpous gynoecium of Michelia

Codes:
A B C
1. P Q R
2. P R Q
3. Q R P
4. R P Q
Subtopic:  Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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The number of cycles of mitotic cell divisions the megaspore goes through, before the embryo sac is fully formed is:

1.12.2
3.34.4

Subtopic:  Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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In angiosperms, the mature female gametophyte is represented by:

1. Nucellus 2. Megaspore
3. MMC 4. Embryosac
Subtopic:  Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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From the statements given below, choose the option that is true for a typical female gametophyte of a flowering plant:

I: It is 8-nucleate and 7-celled at maturity
II: It is free-nuclear during the development
III: It is situated inside the integument but outside the nucellus
IV: It has an egg apparatus situated at the chalazal end
 
1. I and IV 2. II and III
3. I and II 4. II and IV
Subtopic:  Pistil: Ovule | Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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Regarding the mature monosporic female gametophyte of angiosperms:
 

1.  The egg apparatus is at the chalazal end and the antipodals at the micropylar end.
2.  The central cell has a diploid polar nucleus.
3.  The structure is 8-celled and 7-nucleate.
4.  Three sequential mitotic divisions lead to its formation.
Subtopic:  Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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