Which one of the following may require pollinators, but is genetically similar to autogamy?

1. Geitonogamy 2. Xenogamy
3. Apogamy 4. Cleistogamy

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Which of the following are the important floral rewards to animal pollinators?

1. Colour and large size of the flower
2. Nectar and pollen grains
3. Floral fragrance and calcium crystals
4. Protein pellicle and stigmatic exudates
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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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Advantage of cleistogamy is:

1. More vigorous offspring

2. No dependence of pollinator

3. Vivipary

4. Higher genetic variability

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Animal vectors are required for pollination in:
1. Vallisneria
2. Mulberry
3. Cucumber
4. Maize
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NEET - 2013
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
1. Cleistogamous flowers are always autogamous
2. Xenogamy occurs only by wind pollination
3. Chasmogamous flowers do not open at all
4. Geitonogamy involves the pollen and stigma of flowers of different plants
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Both, autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented in:

1. Papaya

2. Cucumber

3. Castor

4. Maize

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Even in the absence of pollinating agents, seed-setting is assured in:

1. Commelina

2. Zostera

3. Salvia

4. Fig

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Plants with ovaries having only one or a few ovules are generally pollinated by: 

1. Butterflies 

2. Birds 

3. Wind 

4. Bees 

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Wind pollination is common:
1.  lilies
2.  grasses
3.  orchids
4.  legumes
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