Sexual reproduction in flowering plants | Basic Level Test | Topic 2: Pollination

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Topic 2: Pollination

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1

The transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant is called

(a) Geitonogamy (b) Autogamy (c) Xenogamy (d) Cleistogamy

2

The transfer of pollen grains from anther to the stigma of a different plant is called

(a) Autogamy (b) Geitonogamy (c) Cleistogamy (d) Xenogamy

3

Pollination by wind is known as

(a) Entomophily (b) Hydrophily (c) Anemophily (d) Ornithophily

4

Hydrophily is the pollination by

(a) Wind (b) Water (c) Insects (d) Birds

5

The most common pollinating agents are

(a) Birds (b) Insects (c) Bats (d) Wind

6

Vallisneria & Hydrilla show

(a) Hydrophily (b) Entomophily (c) Anemophily (d) Ornithophily

7

Continued self-pollination results in

(a) Genetic variation (b) Self-incompatibility (c) Inbreeding depression (d) Outbreeding depression

8

Pollen grain germinates on the stigma to produce a ............... through one of the germ pores.

(a) Synergid (b) Micropyle (c) Egg cell (d) Pollen tube

9

A crop improvement programme in which desired pollen grains are used for pollination is called

(a) Emasculation (b) Outbreeding (c) Artificial hybridization (d) Inbreeding

10

Removal of anthers from the bisexual flower bud of female parent before the anther dehisces is called

(a) Emasculation (b) Pollination (c) Bagging (d) Hybridisation

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