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1
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Plants with 1 ovule

A

Mango, rice, wheat

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2
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Which plant has Edible integument and what is it called?

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Lichi, Aril

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3
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What is androphore?

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Elongated internode between corolla and androecium.

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4
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Which plant has Caruncle and what is it’s utility

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Castor, attracts insects for dispersal

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5
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Junction between ovule and funicle

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Hilum

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6
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Part of Funicle fused with ovule is called

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Raphe

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7
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Outgrowth from funicle or placenta that guides pollen tube

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Obturator

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8
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Plants with syncarpous gynoecium

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Hibiscus, papavar/poppy

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9
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Free carpels are called

And their examples are?

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Apocarpous

Lotus, rose, michella

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10
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Layers that are intact in a mature anther

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Epidermis and endothecium

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11
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Shape of generative cell

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Spindle/ fusiform shaped

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12
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Generative cell divides into?

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2 non-motile male gametes

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13
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In 60•/. Plants families pollen grain is released in the ____ stage

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2- celled stage

Vegetative/tube cell and generative/germ cell

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14
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Female gametophyte

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Embryo sac

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15
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Microsporophyll

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Androecium

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16
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Microsporophyll

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Androecium

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17
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Example of Orthrotropus

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Polygonum

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18
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Most common type of ovule in angiosperms

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Anatropus

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19
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1 megaspore mother cell forms how many megaspores. How many meiosis/mitosis take place in the process?

A 
1 MMC forms 1 megaspore tetrad linear.
1 meiosis (meiosis 1+ meiosis 2) takes place
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20
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In a megaspore tetrad linear which end gives the functional megaspore

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Chalazal end

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21
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Monosporic development in plants like

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Polygonum and capsella

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22
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Type of ovule in capsella

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Campylotropus

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23
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Number of meiosis/mitosis to form mature female gametophyte from a functional megaspore

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3 mitosis

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24
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Number of cells in a mature megagametophyte?

Number of nucleus?

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7 celled

8 nucleated

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25
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Haploid polar nuclei fuse to form?

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Diploid secondary nucleus just before fertilisation

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26
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Egg aparatus is made up of

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Haploid Egg cell + halpoid synergids

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27
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Filliform appartus is found in

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Synergids

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28
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Egg appartus present at which end of embryo sac

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Micropyle

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29
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Type of pollination in which the plant is genetically self pollinated but functionally and ecologically cross pollinated

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Geitonogamy

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30
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Types of pollination that cause inbredding depression

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Autogamy, geitonogamy

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31
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Type of pollination where flowers are from different plants

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Xenogamy

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32
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What is Cleistogamous and what type of pollination occurs in it?

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Flowers that dont open

Autogamy

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33
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Plants in which autogamy is rare

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Chasmogamous (flowers that open)

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34
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Pollination of a flower by a different flower in the same plant is known as

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Geitonogamy

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35
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Meiosis and mitosis required for 50 megagametophyte

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50 meiosis + 150 mitosis

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36
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In a mature embryo sac, cell wall formation occurs for how many nuclei?

A

6

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37
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Antipodals are present at which end

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Chalazal end

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38
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Type of ovule in which ovule is surrounded by funicle by 360⁰

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Circinotropus

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39
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Type of ovule where the embryo sac is horse shoe shaped

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Amphitropus

40
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Type of ovule where the ovule body is at 90⁰ to the funicle

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Hemitropus/horizontal

41
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Nucellus from which end of ovule differenciate to form megaspore mother cell

A

Microphyle

42
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Formation of megaspore(n) from megaspore mother cell (2n)

A

Megasporogenesis

43
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Ploidy of nucellus

44
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Examples of plants with peripsperm

A

Beetroot, castor, black pepper

45
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Plants with both cleistogamous as well as chasmogamous flowers

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Viola (common pansy) , Commelina, Oxalis

46
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Dominant biotic pollinator

47
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Floral rewards given to animals to aid in pollination

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Pollen grain, nector, safe place to lay eggs

48
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Flower that provides safe place to lay eggs as a floral reward

A

Amorphophallus (6 ft in height)

49
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Insects that consume pollen/nector but without bringing about pollination are known as

A

Pollen/nector robbers

50
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Adaptations for insect pollinated flowers

A

Large, colorful, fragrant, rich in nector

51
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Pollen grains of water pollinated species are protected from wetting by a

A

Mucilaginous covering

52
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Both Wind and water pollinated flowers are not very colorful and do not produce nector.
T/F ?

53
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How many genere of plants are water pollinated

54
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Examples of water pollinated plants

A

Vallisneria, Hydrilla, Zostera

55
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Plant with Longest pollen grain

A

Zostera (ribbon-like)

56
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Not all aquatic plants use water for pollination

T/F ?

57
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Aquatic plants that are not water pollinated

A

Water lily, Water Hyacinth

58
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Water lily is pollinated by?

A

Insects or wind

59
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Most common abiotic agent of pollination

A

Wind (Anaemophily)

60
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Most common biotic agent of pollination

A

Insects (Antemophily)

61
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Examples of Larger animals that act as pollinators

A

Primates (lemurs), reptiles (gecko lizards, garden lizards), arboreal rodents

62
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Adaptation of a plant which is pollinated by beetles or flies

A

Secreation of foul odours

63
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Wind pollination is most common in ?

64
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Examples of plants that are wind pollinated

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Corn, grasses family (poaceae, graminae)

65
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Adaptations of pollen grain in wind pollinated plants

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Light and non sticky

66
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Only type of pollination which during pollination brings genetically different types of pollen grains to stigma

67
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Type of Pollination which is functionally cross pollinated, involving a pollinating agent but genetically similar to autogamy

A

Geitonogamy

68
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Seed setting is assured in

A

Cleistogamous

69
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Flowers that are invariably autogamous

A

Cleistogamous

70
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Flowers in which autogamy is rare

A

Chasmogamous

71
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Pollination by bats is known as

A

Chiropterophily

72
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Pollination by-
Birds
Ants & termites
Snakes
Snails
Animals
A 
Orthnithophilly
Myermicrophilly
Ophiophilly
Malacophilly
Zoophilly
73
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Adaptations for self pollination

A
  • Monocliny (bisexual/ hermaphrodite)
  • Homogamy
  • Cleistogamous flower
74
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Examples of monoecious plants

A

Maize, wheat, coconut, castor, cucurbits

75
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Plants which have male and female flowers in separate plants are known as

76
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Examples of dioecious plants

A

Papaya, Date palm

77
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Type of pollination that can place in self sterile plants

78
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Outbredding devices

A
  • Dicliny (unisexual flower)
  • Chasmogamous
  • Heterostyly
  • Dichogamy
  • self incompatibility/ self sterility
79
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Condition when anther devolops before stigma

A

Protoandry

80
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Condition where the stigma becomes receptive first

81
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Type of devolopment megaspore in angiosperms

A

Monosporic devolopment

82
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Ovule of angiosperm is equivalent to

A

Megasporangium

83
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Proximal end of filament is attached to

A

Thalamus , petal or tepals

84
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Floriculture is ?

A

The breeding, cultivating and marketing of flowers

85
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Plants that are monocarpic and perennial

A

Bamboo -50 to 100 yrs

Strobilanthus kunthiana- 12 yrs

86
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Advertising flag

A

Massaenda plant

87
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Pollen structure with sculpturing design

88
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Due to which chemical deposition pollen grains are well preserved as fossils

A

Sporopollenin

89
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Ploidy of cells of a tetrad

90
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A multicarpellary, apocarpous gynoecium is found in

A

A Lo R Mi (lotus, rose and michella

91
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Chemical essential for growth of pollen tube is

92
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Pollen tube shows ___ growth

93
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Pollen tube shows ___ movement towards ____

A

Chemotropic/ chemotactic, synergids

94
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Characteristics of orthnithophillus flowers

A
  • Charming color (yellow)
  • large flower
  • nector
  • no fragrance
95
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Characteristics of chirepterophillous flowers

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  • strong fragrance
  • dull flowers
  • rich in nectar

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