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Biology
Total Questions : 50 Total Marks : 50
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24-Mar-2020
XII - A Div 10:00 AM To 12:00 PM
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Reproduction in Plants

1) Ruminate endosperm is commonly found in

A) Sunflower B) Coconut
seeds of

C) Groundnut D) Wheat
A) Cruciferae
6) Product of sexual reproduction generally
B) Compositae generates

C) Euphorbiaceae A) longer viability of seeds

D) Annonaceae (Areca nut) B) prolonged dormancy

2) Indirect pollination occurs in :

C) new genetic combination leading to
variation
A) Gymnosperms B) Angiosperms
D) large biomass
C) Pteridophytes D) Bryophytes
7) Double fertilization is a characteristic of
3) How many meiotic divisions are required to
produce 100 pollen grains?
A) Gymnosperms B) Bryophytes
A) 25 B) 50 C) 100 D) 125
C) Angiosperms D) Pteridophytes
4) Number of nuclei taking part in double
8) Cross-pollination does not occur in
fertilization is

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5

5) Which one of the following is a non-

endospermic seed?
 15) Self pollination which involves two different
A) allogamous flowers
flowers of the same plant, is called

B) geitonogamous flowers
A) autogamy B) geitonogamy

C) cleistogamous flowers
C) xenogamy D) hybridisation

D) chasmogamous flowers 16) If the diploid number of an angiospermic plant

is 24, the number of chromosomes in the pollen
9) Large stout, nocturnal flowers producing grain, endosperm and integument will be
copious nectar and emitting fermenting fruity
odour, are the adaptations for
A) 12, 36, 12 B) 12, 24, 36

A) entomophily B) ornihophily
C) 12, 12, 36 D) 12, 36, 24

C) chciropterophily D) anemophily 17) The endosperm of Brassica is

10) How many meiotic divisions are required to

A) Haploid B) Diploid
produce 400 seeds in a pea plant?
C) Triploid D) Tetraploid
A) 400 B) 600 C) 500 D) 800
18) Presence of many embryos (Polyembryony) is a
11) Perianth in the spikelet of jowar is represented
characteristic feature of
by
A) Citrus B) Mango
A) lodicules B) sepals and petals
C) Banana D) None of these
C) glumes D) lemma and palea
19) During grafting all buds are removed from:
12) The ground nut seeds are
A) Scion B) Stock C) Stolon D) Stem
A) geocarpic B) photocarpic
20) An angiospermic plant has 24 chromosomes in
C) amphicarpic D) hydrocarpic microspore mother cells. The number of
chromosomes in its endosperm will be
13) In angiosperms, the oospore on development
produces
A) 12 B) 24 C) 36 D) 48

A) Seed B) Embryo 21) A pollen tube grows down the style because

C) Protonema D) Endosperm A) It helps in fertilization

14) The endosperm in angiosperms is formed

B) It takes nutrients from the style

A) after fertilisation
C) Filiform apparatus of synergids attracts the
pollen tube
B) before fertilisation
D) Of chemical attraction
C) along with fertilisation
22) Double fertilisation was first described by
D) before pollen discharge
 A) Nawaschin B) de Condolle A) ginger B) sweet potato

C) Robert Brown D) Strasburger C) Dahlia D) Bryophyllum

23) Synergids of the Polygonum type embryo sac 29) Seedless fruit in banana is produced because
are of

A) haploid B) diploid A) Asexual reproduction

C) triploid D) polyploid B) Parthenogenesis

24) The endosperm in angiosperms develops from

C) Triploid

A) Micropylar polar nucleus

D) Cross pollination

B) Chalazal polar nucleus 30) After penetrating stigmatic and styler tissues,
the pollen tube usually grow down towards the
C) Secondary nucleus egg because

D) Zygote A) The egg cell attracts the pollen tube as they

have dissimilar electric charge
25) Which of the following is without exception in
angiosperms B) The filiform apparatus of synergids is
believed to attract the pollen tube
A) Secondary growth
C) It has no other passage to follow
B) Presence of vessel
D) It grows under control of nucleus
C) Double fertilization
31) The endosperm found in angiospermic seed is
D) Autotrophic nutrition different from that of gymnosperms in the
sense that, in the former
26) For pollinated ovary which is correct
A) It is formed before fertilization while in the
A) Accessory cells are diploid latter it is formed after fertilization

B) Antipodal cells are haploid B) It is formed after fertilization while in the

latter it is formed before fertilization
C) Egg cell is diploid
C) It is cellular while in the latter it is nuclear
D) Ovule cell is haploid
D) It is nutritive while in the latter it is
27) How many megaspore mother cells are required
protective
to produce tetrasporic embryo sac?
32) Angiosperms are:
A) 4 B) 2 C) 1 D) 3

28) Propagation occurs by roots in

 38) Which one is an example of triploid tissue
A) Haploid and Homosporous
A) Onion root
B) Haploid and Heterosporous
B) Fern prothallus
C) Diploid and Heterosporous
C) Maize and lily endosperm
D) Diploid and Homosporous

33) Which one of the following is an example of D) None of the above

cleistogamy?
39) Female gametophyte of angiosperm is
generally
A) Sunflower B) Vallisneria
A) 7-celled and 7-nucleate
C) Commelina D) Calotropis

34) When pollen grains are not transferred from B) 8-celled and 8-nucleate
anthers to stigma in a flower due to the barrier,
it is called C) 7-celled and 8-nucleate

A) herkogamy B) heterogamy D) 8-celled and 7-nucleate

C) cleistogamy D) dichogamy 40) Egg apparatus consists of

35) Growth of pollen tube towards embryo sac is A) egg and B) polar nuclei
antipodals
A) Geotropism B) Thigmotaxis
C) egg and synergids D) eggs
C) Chemotaxis D) Phototaxis
41) Zygotic meiosis is found in
36) The reproduction through stem, root or leaves
is called A) Fern B) Marchantia

A) sexual reproduction C) Chlamydomonas D) Cuscuta

B) vegetative reproduction 42) Which one of the following plants DOES NOT
help in vegetative propagation by leaves?
C) Both (a) and (b)
A) Begonia B) Kalanchoe
D) None of these
C) Bryophyllum D) Oxalis
37) During oogenesis, the small structure
43) Germination of pollen grain on the stigma is
separated from egg is

A) Autogamy
A) polar bodies

B) In vivo germination
B) secondary endosperm

C) In vitro germination
C) Herring bodies

D) None of these
D) Hela cells
44) Nuclear endosperm has
A) Anther B) Stigma
A) Every nuclear division followed by wall
C) Pollen tube D) Embryo sac
formation

B) Initially free-nuclear divisions followed by

wall formation

C) First division followed by wall formation and

other free nuclear

D) None of the above

45) The outermost proteinaceous layer of

endosperm of maize grain is called

A) Epidermis B) Tunica

C) Aleurone D) Pericarp

46) When pollen tube enters by integuments, then

the process is called

A) Mesogamy B) Porogamy

C) Chalazogamy D) Pseudogamy

47) Forerunner of male gamete is

A) megasporangium

B) embryo sac

C) microspore mother cell

D) antipodal cell

48) The embryo in sunflower has

A) No cotyledon B) One cotyledon

C) Two cotyledons D) Many cotyledons

49) Pollen tube discharge its gametes in

A) Synergids B) Antipodals

C) Central cell D) None of these

50) Fertilization of egg takes place inside

 Answer Sheet

Biology : Reproduction in Plants

Total Questions : 50 Total Marks : 50

1 D 2 B 3 A 4 D 5 C 6 C 7 C 8 C 9 A 10 C 11 A 12 A
13 B 14 A 15 B 16 D 17 C 18 A 19 B 20 C 21 C 22 A 23 A 24 C
25 C 26 B 27 C 28 B 29 B 30 B 31 B 32 C 33 C 34 A 35 C 36 B
37 A 38 C 39 C 40 C 41 C 42 D 43 B 44 B 45 C 46 A 47 C 48 C
49 A 50 D
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Biology : Reproduction in Plants

Total Questions : 50 Total Marks : 50

1) The endosperm that shows irregular or uneven 9) The entomophilous flowers (insect pollinate (d))
surface are usually large, conspicuous, brightly
contour is called ruminate endosperm. coloured
Ruminate or and showy in order to attract the insects. Small
convoluted endosperm occurs in Areca flowers bunch/condense together.
(Batelnut) and The flowers are known to bloom at specific
Passiflora time,
mostly past sunset when insects are more
2) Pollen grains are deposited on stigma and not
active.
directly in ovule, hence indirect
pollination. 10) For production of 400 seeds, we need 400 eggs
and 400 pollens. 400 pollens will be produced
3) Pollen mother cell after reproduction division
by
forms 4 pollen grains. Hence to
100 meiosis and 400 eggs by 400 meiosis.
from 100 pollen grains – 100/4 = 25 meiotic
Thus,
division.
total 500 (400 +100) meiosis are required.
4) i.e., 2 sperm nuclei, 2 pollen nuclei and one egg
11) Lodicules are two scale-like structures
nucleus.
that lie at the base of the ovary of a
5) Non-endospermic seeds are those which grass flower including jowar.
completely
12) Geocarpic means ripening of underground
utilises their endosperm during seed
fruits.
development so
The young fruits are pushed into the soil by a
that endosperm is completely absent in mature
post
seed.
fertilisation curvature of stalk, e.g. ground nut
E.g. Groundnut, pea, gram, etc.
seeds.
6) Sexual reproduction generates to new genetic
13) Embryogeny is the development of mature
combination which leads to variation in new
embryo
products
from zygote or oospore.
7) Because in gymnosperms, bryophytes and
14) In angiosperms, the endosperm develops
pteridophytes single fertilization is found.
from triploid (3n) primary endosperm nucleus
8) Cleistogamous flowers are those flowers which which is formed as a result of vegetative
never open up and the anthers in these flowers fertilisation, triple fusion or fusion of a male
are dehisce inside them. Thus, they have gamete with secondary nucleus of the
invariably central cell.
out organs (self-pollinating) as there is no
chance
of cross-pollination in them.
15) The fertilisation process occurring in a flower 24) Secondary nucleus forms endosperm in
by pollen grains from another flower of the angiosperms.
genetically similar or same plant is called After double fertilization secondary nucleus
geitonogamy. become
Autogamy is transfer of pollen grains from triploid and this triploid cell forms endosperm
anther to stigma of the same flower.
25) Double fertilization is found only in
Xenogamy is pollination between genetically
angiosperms. In
different flowers.
which secondary nucleus form triploid cell and
Hybridisation is process of animal and plant
egg
breeding with individuals from another species.
convert into diploid zygote. Triploid cell to form
16) 12, 36, 24; because pollen grains are haploid endosperm and diploid zygote to form embryo
while
26) Embryo sac have four types of cell, Synergid
endosperm has triploid chromosome number
cells are
and
haploid. Antipodal (haploid) and egg is also
integument is diploid in nature.
haploid
17) Brassica is an angiosperm plant. Hence another s_ecQndary nucleus is diploid before
endosperm is fertilization.
triploid. So we can say that antipodal cells are haploid.
18) In angiosperms, citrus have two or more that 27) In Tetrasporic Embryo sac one 2n Megaspore
two mother cell undergo R.D. and form 4
embryos in one seed. It is called polyembryony megaspores. Embryo sac develops from four
megaspores.
19) Stock is for its strong root system and scion is
for its superior qualities 28) Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is the most
hence buds are removed of stock and not scion. important plant propagated by root. In sweet
potato, adventitious roots grow from the nodes
20) The endosperm in angiosperms formed by
of running stem, which become swollen due to
triple fusion is a triploid (3n) tissue whereas
storage of food and form the edible root tubers.
microspore mother cells are diploid (2n).
Thus, the number of chromosomes in 29) Banana is natural parthenocarpy fruit formed
endosperm tissue (2n + n = 3n) would be without
24 + 12 = 36. fertilization of ova.
21) Filiform apparatus of synergids secretes some 30) In porogamy, filiform apparatus of synergids
chemical secretes,
substance which is polysaccharide in nature some chemotropically active substances, which
which direct
attract pollen tube. the pollen tube towards micropyle of ovule
22) Double fertilisation is a characteristic 31) The endosperm in gymnosperm is
feature of angiosperms and was discovered pre-fertilization tissue
by Nawaschin (1898) in Fritillaria and Lilium and haploid in nature but in angiosperms it is
and later by Guignard (1899). postfertilization
tissue and is generally triploid in nature.
23) Synergids of Polygonum type embryo
sac are always haploid. The cells of 32) In Angiosperms 2n sporophytic generation is
embryo sac whether egg cell or synergids dominant and produces two type of
or antipodals are haploid, formed by the spores i.e Microspores and Megaspores hence
mitotic division in the megaspore (haploid). angiosperms are diploid and
Heterosporous.
33) In cleistogamy, bisexual flowers never open, 40) In embryo sac of flowering plant, egg apparatus
therefore, the pollen grains may only pollinate consists of three haploid cells towards
the stigma of the same flower, e.g. Commelina micropylar
bengalensis. end. Out of these, one is egg cell and two are
the
34) Herkogamy refers to a situation when a natural
synergids.
barrier develops between anther and stigma in
a bisexual flower to check the self pollination, 41) In Chlamydomonas, haploid gametes are
e.g. members of Caryophyllaceae family. produced
because diploid zygote which undergoes
35) Growth of pollen tube towards the embryo sac
meiosis
is
(zygotic meiosis) followed by mitotic division to
chemotaxis because this movement is induced
form haploid adult.
by
chemicals like auxin hormone and 42) Oxalis is usually vegetatively propagated by
carbohydrate. planting of whole tubers not leaves.
Tubers are the underground modification of
36) Vegetative reproduction is the process of
the stem which can give rise to complete new
multiplication
plants. Bryophyllum, Begonia and Kalanchoe
in which a vegetative part of the plant develops
are all vegetatively propagated by leaves.
into
new individual. It occurs by binary fission, 43) Germination of pollen grains completes on
budding, stigma
fragmentation, while in higher plants by roots, i.e., in vivo. It means in natural conditions or
shoot, within
leaves, etc. the cell.
37) Gametogenesis is the process by which male 44) During the development of nuclear endosperm,
and female gametes form in the gonads. The the
gametogenesis of ova is termed "oogenesis". primary endosperm nucleus divides repeatedly
The small structure separated from egg is without
polar bodies. wall formation i.e., produce large number of
free nuclei.
38) Because maize and lily are angiosperm plants,
The multinucleate cytoplasm undergo cleavage
in
and
which endosperm is formed by fusion of one
gives rise to multicellular tissue e.g., Maize,
diploid
Wheat, Rice,
polar nucleus and haploid male gamete, thus
Sunflower, etc.
this
tissue is triploid 45) In maize the outermost layer of endosperm is
rich in
39) Female gametophyte of angiosperm is
protein and constitutes the aleurone layer.
generally
7-celled and 8 nucleate, such embryo sac is 46) In mesogamy pollen tube penetrates laterally
called through
Polygonum type. 7 cells are 2 synergids (2 integuments (Cucurbita) and funiculus (e.g.,
nuclei), Pistacia).
one egg cell (one nucleus), 3 antipodals (3
47) Microspores (pollen grains) are produced by
nuclei)
meiosis in microspore mother cells. Microspore
and one central cell (2 nuclei).
develops into male gametophyte. So,
forerunner
of male gamete is microspore mother cell.
48) Since sunflower is a dicotyledonous plant, so
the
number of cotyledons in sunflower will be two.
49) The pollen tube releases two male gametes,
which
migrate towards the chalazal end of the
degenerated
synergid by an unknown mechanism. Gametes
discharge at synergid cells.
50) Because egg is the part of embryo sac.