Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and select the correct answer from the codes given:
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A. |
Pollen exine |
P. |
Cellulose and pectin |
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B. |
Pollen intine |
Q. |
Sporopollenin |
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C. |
Antipodals |
R. |
Nutrition to the embryo sac |
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D. |
Synergids |
S. |
Pollen tube guidance |
|
A. |
B. |
C. |
D. |
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1. |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
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2. |
Q |
P |
S |
R |
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3. |
Q |
P |
R |
S |
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4. |
P |
Q |
S |
R |
| 1. | ovary is the enlarged apical portion of the pistil; the ovary contains ovules, which develop into seeds upon fertilization |
| 2. | ovary is the enlarged basal portion of the pistil; the ovary contains ovules, which develop into seeds upon fertilization |
| 3. | ovary is the enlarged basal portion of the pistil; the ovary contains ovules, which develop into fruits upon fertilization |
| 4. | ovary is the enlarged apical portion of the pistil; the ovary contains ovules, which develop into fruits upon fertilization |
Plant species pollinated by water fall into two categories:
| (i) | Those that distribute their pollen to the surface of water |
| (ii) | Those that distribute their pollen beneath the surface of water |
The correct examples of the two categories will be:
| (i) | (ii) | |
| 1. |
Vallisneria |
Sea grasses |
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2. |
Water hyacinth |
Sea grasses |
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3. |
Sea grasses |
Water lily |
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4. |
Sea grasses |
Vallisneria |
| Statement I: | In a normal flower which opens and exposes the anthers and the stigma, complete autogamy is rather rare. |
| Statement II: | Self-pollination can lead to inbreeding depression due to expression of deleterious recessive mutations. |
| 1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
| 2. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
| 3. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
| 4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
| 1. | is special cellular thickening present in the synergids which play an important role in guiding the pollen tubes into the synergid. |
| 2. | is special cellular thickening present in the synergids which play an important role in guiding the pollen tubes into the egg cell. |
| 3. | is special cellular thickening present in the egg cell which play an important role in guiding the pollen tubes into the synergid. |
| 4. | is special cellular thickening present in the antipodals which play an important role in guiding the pollen tubes into the synergid. |
| Assertion (A): | Pollen is one part of the plant that is more likely to be preserved as fossil. |
| Reason (R): | Pollen intine is made of sporopollenin, one of the most chemically inert biological polymers. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| Assertion (A): | Cleistogamous flowers are invariably autogamous. |
| Reason (R): | There is no chance of cross-pollen landing on the stigma in cleistogamous flowers. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) explains (A) |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) does not explain (A) |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True |
| I: | is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant. |
| II: | is genetically cross-pollination involving a pollinating agent |
| III: | functionally is similar to autogamy |
| 1. | Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason explains Assertion |
| 2. | Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason does not explain Assertion |
| 3. | Assertion is true but Reason is false |
| 4. | Assertion is false but Reason is true |