Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
- Which of the following are the important floral rewards to the animal pollinators?
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Nectar and pollen grains are the usual floral rewards which the animal pollinators get.
Correct Option: A
Nectar and pollen grains are the usual floral rewards which the animal pollinators get.
- Filiform apparatus is characteristic feature of:
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Synergids have filiform apparatus.
Correct Option: C
Synergids have filiform apparatus.
- Which one of the following statements is not true?
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Honey is produced by worker bees using nectar (fructose) of flowering plants.
Correct Option: C
Honey is produced by worker bees using nectar (fructose) of flowering plants.
- Male gametopyte with least number of cell is present in:
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Male gametophyte is highly reduced in angiosperm and is known as pollen grain. It is 2 or 3-celled.
Correct Option: C
Male gametophyte is highly reduced in angiosperm and is known as pollen grain. It is 2 or 3-celled.
- Function of filiform apparatus is to:
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Filiform apparatus helps in the entry of pollen tube into a synergid in ovule. Filiform apparatus is in form of finger like projection comprising a core of micro fibrils enclosed in a sheath. It resembles transfer cells meant for short distance movement of metabolites. It is responsible for the absorption of food from the nucleus.
Correct Option: D
Filiform apparatus helps in the entry of pollen tube into a synergid in ovule. Filiform apparatus is in form of finger like projection comprising a core of micro fibrils enclosed in a sheath. It resembles transfer cells meant for short distance movement of metabolites. It is responsible for the absorption of food from the nucleus.