| 1. | having no reserve food |
| 2. | being a diploid tissue |
| 3. | its formation by fusion of secondary nucleus with several sperms |
| 4. | being a haploid tissue |
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 |
Which one of the following statements is not true?
| 1. | Pollen grains are rich in nutrients and they are used in the form of tablets and syrups |
| 2. | Pollen grains of some plants cause severe allergies and bronchial afflictions in some people |
| 3. | The flowers pollinated by flies and beetles secrete foul odour to attract them |
| 4. | Honey is made by bees by digesting pollen collected from flowers |
| 1. | budding | 2. | somatic hybridization |
| 3. | apomixis | 4. | sporulation |
A dioecious flowering plant prevents both:
1. Autogamy and geitonogamy
2. Geitonogamy and xenogamy
3. Cleistogamy and xenogamy
4. Autogamy and xenogamy
| 1. | Fusion of two male gametes of a pollen tube with two different eggs |
| 2. | Fusion of one male gamete with two polar nuclei |
| 3. | Fusion of two male gametes with one egg |
| 4. | Syngamy and triple fusion |
In which one of the following, both autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented?
1. Wheat
2. Papaya
3. Castor
4. Maize
The plant parts which consist of two generations, one within the other, are:
| (a) | Pollen grains inside the anther |
| (b) | Germinated pollen grain with two male gametes |
| (c) | Seed inside the fruit |
| (d) | Embryo sac inside the ovule |
1. (a), (b) and (c)
2. (c) and (d)
3. (a) and (d)
4. (a) only
Which one of the following statements is wrong?
| 1. | Vegetative cell is larger than generative cell |
| 2. | Pollen grains in some plants remain viable for months |
| 3. | Intine is made up of cellulose and pectin |
| 4. | When pollen is shed at a two-celled stage, double fertilization does not take place |