Question Bank No: 1

1. A polygonum-type of embryosac is

 a)7-celled and 8-nucleate
 b)7-celled and 7-nuclete
 c)8-celled and 7-nuclete
 d)8-celled and 8-nuclete

2. Banana plant develops from

 a)Rhizome
 b)Seed
 c)Sucker
 d)Stolon

3. A clone is a group of individuals obtained through

 a)Self-pollination
 b)Cross-pollination
 c)Hybridization
 d)Vegetative propagation

4. What would be the number of chromosomes of the aleuronecells of a plant with 42 chromosomes in its root tip cells?

 a)21
 b)42
 c)63
 d)84

5. Cailiflory is flowers produced

 a)on old dormant bud
 b)on young bud
 c)on the axil
 d)on the branch

6. 8-nucleate embryosacs are

 a)monosporic only
 b)bisporic only
 c)tetrasporic only
 d)Any of these

7. Axillary buds are used to raise crop of

 a)Wheat
 b)Rice
 c)Groundnut
 d)Sugarcane

8. If any Somatic cell of sporophyte produces gametophyte without reduction division, it is

 a)Parthenogenesis
 b)Apogamy
 c)Apospory
 d)Amphimixis

9. Fusion of two dissimilar gametes is known as

 a)Fertilisation
 b)Autogamy
 c)Allogamy
 d)Dichogamy

10. Fertilisation in which male gametes are carried through pollen tube is known as

 a)Porogamy
 b)Syngamy
 c)Siphonogamy
 d)Chalazogamy

11. Nucellar polyembryony is reported in species of

 a)Brassica
 b)Citrus
 c)Gossypium
 d)Triticum

12. The aleurone layer in maize grain is specially rich in

 a)Lipids
 b)Starch
 c)Proteins
 d)Auxins

13. In which one of the following, male and female gametophytes do not have free living independent existence?

 a)Funaria
 b)Pteris
 c)Cedrus
 d)Polytrichum

14. Both, autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented in

 a)Castor
 b)Maize
 c)Papaya
 d)Cucumber

15. In Angiosperms, pollen tube liberate their male gametes into the

 a)Egg cell
 b)Antipodal cells
 c)Central cell
 d)Synergids

16. Male gametes in angiosperms are formed by the division of

 a)Generative cell
 b)Microspore
 c)Microspore mother cell
 d)Vegetative cell

17. Which type of association is found in between entomophilous flower and pollinating agent?

 a)Cooperation
 b)Commensalism
 c)Mutualism
 d)Co-evolution

18. In anatropous ovule,what is the direction of micropyle?

 a)Right
 b)Downward
 c)Upward
 d)Left

19. Even in absence of pollinating agents seed-setting is assured in

 a)Salvia
 b)Fig
 c)Commelina
 d)Zostera

20. The coconut water and the edible part of coconut are equivalent to

 a)Mesocarp
 b)Embryo
 c)Endosperm
 d)Endocarp

21. An organic substance that can withstand environmental exitremes and cannot be degraded by any enzyme is

 a)Liginin
 b)Cellulose
 c)Cuticle
 d)Sporopollenin

22. Double fertilization involves

 a)Fusion of secondary nucleus with both male gametes
 b)Fusion of secondary nucleus with one male gamete
 c)Fusion of one polar nucleus with one male gamete
 d)Any of above, depending on species

23. Anthesis is

 a)opening of flower bud
 b)Pollen mother cells undergoing meiosis
 c)Dehiscence of anthers
 d)Stigma becoming receptive

24. An orthotropous ovule is one in which micropyle and chalza are

 a)in straight line of funicle
 b)parallel along with funicle
 c)at right angles to funicle
 d)parallel along with ovule

25. In which one of the following pollination is autogamous?

 a)Cleistogamy
 b)Geitonogamy
 c)Xenogamy
 d)Chasmogamy

26. In a flowering plant, archesporium gives rise to

 a)Only the wall of the sporanguim
 b)both wall and the sporogenous cells
 c)wall and the tapetum
 d)only tapetum and sporogenous cells

27. Amonocarpic plant is one which

 a)has only one carpel
 b)flowers and fruits only once in life time
 c)produces only one seed
 d)none of these

28. In an angiosperm, male plant is diploid and female plant tetraploid, endosperm will be

 a)Haploid(n)
 b)Triploid(3n)
 c)Tetraploid(4n)
 d)Pertaploid(5n)

29. In Agave, Vegetative propagation is carried out through

 a)Bulbils
 b)Rhizome
 c)Stolon
 d)Sucker

30. How many microspore mother cells will produce 1600 microspores?

 a)160
 b)400
 c)800
 d)1600

31. Germ pore is the region where the exine is

 a)Thin
 b)Uniform
 c)Thick and Uniform
 d)Absent

32. Embryosac is found in

 a)Endosperm
 b)Embryo
 c)Ovule
 d)Seed

33. Double fertilization was first discovered by Nawaschin (1898) in

 a)Lilium and Fritillaria
 b)Mango and Sugarcane
 c)Papaya and Pea
 d)Brassica and Candytuft

34. Wind pollination is common in

 a)Orchids
 b)Legumes
 c)Lillies
 d)Grasses

35. Apomixis is a type of reproduction that results in the development of a /an

 a)New organism without the fusion of gametes
 b)New organism from fusion product of gametes
 c)Embryo from endosperm
 d)Embryo from nucellus