Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in:
1. Pteris
2. Funaria
3. Lilium
4. Pinus

Subtopic:  Stamen: Male Gametophyte |
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 2014
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Perisperm differs from endosperm in:
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
Subtopic:  Seed |
 64%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2013
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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

Subtopic:  Double Fertilization |
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NEET - 2019
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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

Subtopic:  Stamen: Male Gametophyte |
 79%
Level 2: 60%+
NEET - 2015
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Seed formation without fertilization in flowering plants involves the process of?
1. budding 2. somatic hybridization
3. apomixis 4. sporulation
Subtopic:  Apomixis & Polyembryony |
 96%
Level 1: 80%+
NEET - 2016
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A dioecious flowering plant prevents both:

1. Autogamy and geitonogamy

2. Geitonogamy and xenogamy

3. Cleistogamy and xenogamy

4. Autogamy and xenogamy

Subtopic:  Pollination & Outbreeding Devices |
 87%
Level 1: 80%+
NEET - 2017
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Double fertilization is:
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
Subtopic:  Double Fertilization |
 83%
Level 1: 80%+
NEET - 2018
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In which one of the following, both autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented?

1. Wheat

2. Papaya

3. Castor

4. Maize

Subtopic:  Pollination & Outbreeding Devices |
 84%
Level 1: 80%+
NEET - 2019
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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 

Subtopic:  Pre-fertilisation: Structures and Events |
Level 3: 35%-60%
NEET - 2020
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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
Subtopic:  Pre-fertilisation: Structures and Events |
 92%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2012
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