Choose the correct statement from the following:

1.  Cleistogamous flowers always exhibit autogamy
2.  Chasmogamous flowers always exhibit geitonogamy
3.  Cleistogamous flowers exhibit both autogamy and geitonogamy
4.  Chasmogamous flowers never exhibit autogamy

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A particular species of the plant produces light, non-sticky pollen in large numbers and its stigmas are long and feathery. These
modifications facilitate pollination by:

1. Insects 2. Water
3. Wind 4. Animals
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From among the situations given below, choose the one that prevents both autogamy and geitonogamy.

1.  Monoecious plant bearing unisexual flowers
2.  Dioecious plant bearing only male or female flowers
3.  Monoecious plant with bisexual flowers
4.  Dioecious plant with bisexual flowers
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In a fertilised embryo sac, the haploid, diploid, and triploid structures are:

1. Synergid, zygote, and primary endosperm nucleus
2. Synergid, antipodal and polar nuclei
3. Antipodal, synergid, and primary endosperm nucleus
4. Synergid, polar nuclei and zygote.
Subtopic:  Double Fertilization |
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In an embryo sac, the cells that degenerate after fertilisation are:
1. Synergids and primary endosperm cell
2. Synergids and antipodals
3. Antipodals and primary endosperm cell
4. Egg and antipodals

Subtopic:  Pollen - Pistil Interaction |
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While planning for an artificial hybridization programme involving dioecious plants, which of the following steps would not be relevant?
1. Bagging of the female flower
2. Dusting of pollen on the stigma
3. Emasculation
4. Collection of pollen

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In the embryos of a typical dicot and a grass, true homologous structures are:

1.Coleorhiza and coleoptile2.Coleoptile and scutellum
3.Cotyledons and scutellum4.Hypocotyl and radical

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The phenomenon observed in some plants wherein parts of the sexual apparatus are used for forming embryos without fertilisation is called

1. Parthenocarpy 2. Apomixis
3. Vegetative propagation 4. Sexual reproduction
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In a flower, if the megaspore mother cell forms megaspores without undergoing meiosis and if one of the megaspores develops into an embryo sac, its nuclei would be:
1. Haploid
2. Diploid
3. A few haploid and a few diploid
4. With varying ploidy

Subtopic:  Stamen: Male Gametophyte | Pistil: Female Gametophyte |
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The phenomenon wherein, the ovary develops into a fruit without fertilisation is called:

1.Parthenocarpy2.Apomixis
3.Asexual reproduction4.Sexual reproduction

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