What is the function of germ pores?
1. Absorption of water for seed germination
2. Initiation of pollen tube
3. Release of male gametes
4. The emergence of radicle

Subtopic:  Pollen - Pistil Interaction |
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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:  Stamen: Male Gametophyte |
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What is common between vegetative reproduction and Apomixis?
1. Both produce progeny identical to the parent
2. Both are applicable to only dicot plants
3. Both bypass the flowering phase
4. Both occur round the year

Subtopic:  Apomixis & Polyembryony |
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In angiosperms, functional megaspore develops into:
1. Pollen sac
2. Embryo sac
3. Ovule
4. Endosperm

Subtopic:  Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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Endosperm is formed during double fertilization by:

1. Two polar nuclei & one male gamete

2. One polar nucleus & one male gamete

3. Ovum and male gamete

4. Two polar nuclei & two male gametes

Subtopic:  Double Fertilization |
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In Angiosperms, pollen tubes liberate their male gametes into the:

1. Central cell

2. Antipodal cells

3. Egg cell

4. Synergids

Subtopic:  Pollen - Pistil Interaction |
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Dioecy in flowering plants prevents:
1. autogamy but not geitonogamy
2. geitonogamy but not autogamy
3. both autogamy and geitonogamy
4. neither autogamy nor geitonogamy

Subtopic:  Pollination & Outbreeding Devices |
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Which of the following can be expected if scientists succeed in introducing apomictic gene into hybrid varieties of crops ?
1. Polyembryony will be seen and each seed will produce many plantlets
2. Seeds of hybrid plants will show longer dormancy
3. Farmers can keep on using the seeds produced by the hybrids to raise new crop year after year
4. There will be segregation of the desired characters only in the progeny
Subtopic:  Apomixis & Polyembryony |
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To ensure that only the desired pollens fall on the stigma in artificial hybridization process :
(a) the female flower buds of plant producing unisexual flower need not be bagged.
(b) there is no need to emasculate unisexual flowers of selected female parent
(c) emasculated flowers are to be bagged immediately after cross pollination
(d) emasculated flowers are to be bagged after removal of anthers
(e) bisexual flowers, showing protogyny are never selected for cross
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. (a), (b) and (c) only 2. (b), (c) and (d) only
3. (b), (c) and (e) only 4. (a), (d) and (e) only
Subtopic:  Pollination & Outbreeding Devices | Post Pollination Events |
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Which is the most common type of embryo sac in angiosperms?

1. Tetrasporic with one mitotic stage of division

2. Monosporic with three sequential mitotic divisions

3. Monosporic with two sequential mitotic divisions

4. Bisporic with two sequential mitotic divisions

Subtopic:  Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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