Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

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Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Structure of Flower and Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Important Questions on Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

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What are the end products of sexual reproduction in flowering plants?

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Find the odd one from the following with respect to the male and female reproductive parts of a flower.

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Which of the following role does a flower play in human life? 

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Which of the following are the end products of fertilisation?

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A total of 168 pollen grains with 14 chromosomes in each pollen grain are released from a mature microsporangium. Mention the correct ratio of pollen mother cells, generative cells, vegetative cells and male gametes produced by the microsporangium.

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Identify the correct ratio of haploid, diploid, and triploid conditions of cells and tissues listed in the given table.

Pollen grain Nucellus Sporogenous tissue
Endosperm Perisperm Egg cell
Synergid Zygote Scutellum

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Sexuality in plants is varied, particularly in _____, due to the production of diverse types of flowers.

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How many of the following statements about reproduction in flowering plants is not correct?
a. As soon as meiosis begins, the plasmodesmata between PMC and tapetal cells are broken.
b. Bird pollinated flowers are usually colourless and odourless.
c. The ovules in the family Malvaceae are campylotropous.
d. The tapetal cells may divide by endomitosis and polyteny.
e. The wall surrounding the megaspore is generally cutinized.
f. In pollination, a functional pollen grain carrying the male gametes reaches the embryosac of an ovule.

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Identify the respective ploidy of the following parts of flowering plants.

Ovary, Anther, Egg, Pollen, Male gamete and Zygote

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In the developing ovule of most of the Angiosperms, megaspore mother cell is situated within the nucellus

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Opening or blooming of the flower is known as

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To produce 200 zygotes, how many meiotic divisions are required in flowering spermatophytes?

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All the following plants are biennials except

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How many microsporangia are present in an angiospermic anther?

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Which of the following parts of the flower are incorrectly matched?