Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants


  1. 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.


  1. Filiform apparatus is characteristic feature of:









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    Synergids have filiform apparatus.

    Correct Option: C

    Synergids have filiform apparatus.



  1. 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.


  1. 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.



  1. 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.