This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 2 Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 2 Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which of the following the endosperm persists in the mature seed? A) Castor. B) Beans. C) Groundnut. D) Pea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Castor. 2. What is the primary purpose of a flower? A) To produce fruit. B) To make seeds for reproduction. C) To scatter seeds. D) To produce nectar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make seeds for reproduction. 3. Embryo develops from A) Egg apparatus. B) Synergids. C) Zygote. D) Egg cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zygote. 4. Assertion:Polyembryony is found in all angiosperm. Reason:All angiosperm are produced by apomixis A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 5. What is the function of the filiform apparatus? A) Guide the entry of pollen tube. B) Stimulate division of the generative cell. C) Produce nectar. D) Recognize the suitable pollen at the stigma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guide the entry of pollen tube. 6. Flowers are considered as objects of A) Aesthetic value. B) Ornamental value. C) Religious and cultural value. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. The female gametophyte of a typical dicot at the time offertilisation is A) 5-celled. B) 8-celled. C) 7-celled. D) 6-celled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7-celled. 8. An embryo may sometimes develop from any cell of embryo sac other than egg. It is termed as A) Apogamy. B) Parthenocarpy. C) Apospory. D) Parthenogenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apogamy. 9. Attractans and rewards are required for A) Entomophily. B) Hydrophily. C) Anemophily. D) Cleistogamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entomophily. 10. How many Pollen grains will be formed after meiotic division in 10 microspore mother cells A) 20. B) 40. C) 10. D) 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40. 11. What is sporophyte generation? A) Haploid generation. B) Diploid generation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diploid generation. 12. The phenomenon observed in some plants wherein parts of the sexual apparatus is used for forming embryos without fertilization is called- A) Sexual reproduction. B) Apomixis. C) Parthenocarpy. D) Vegetative propagation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vegetative propagation. 13. While planning for an artificial hybridisation programme involving dioecious plants, which of the following steps would not be relevant? A) Bagging of female flower. B) Dusting of pollen on stigma. C) Emasculation. D) Collection of pollen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emasculation. 14. What does double fertilization refer to in flowering plants? A) One sperm fertilized with egg to form diploid zygote while the other one sperm fertilized with 2 polar nuclei to form triploid endosperm. B) Two eggs and one sperm fertilized together. C) One sperm fertilized with egg and one male gamete fertilized with egg nucleus. D) Two sperm fertilized with one egg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One sperm fertilized with egg to form diploid zygote while the other one sperm fertilized with 2 polar nuclei to form triploid endosperm. 15. Male and female flowers are present on different plants (dioecious) to ensure xenogamy, in A) Papaya. B) Bottle gourd. C) Maize. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Papaya. 16. In majority of angiosperms A) Egg has a filiform apparatus. B) There are numerous antipodal cells. C) Reduction division occurs in the megaspore mother cells. D) A small central cell is present in the embryo sac. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduction division occurs in the megaspore mother cells. 17. Insect-pollinated flowers have scented fragrance. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Section D-One-word answers (convert to MCQ):Select the correct one-word term for the agent of insect pollination. A) Stigma. B) Pollen tube. C) Nectar. D) Anther. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nectar. 19. Pollination in flowering plants A) Asexual reproduction. B) Sexual reproduction. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sexual reproduction. 20. Point out the odd one A) Pollen grain. B) Nucellus. C) Embryo sac. D) Micropyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollen grain. 21. After fertilization, polar nucleus in the embryo sac (with Second male gamete) transformed into A) Endosperm. B) Embryo. C) Zygote. D) Young Sapling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endosperm. 22. Transfer of pollen grains from anther to the stigma of a different plant is known as A) Xenogamy. B) Geitonogamy. C) Autogamy. D) Self-pollination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xenogamy. 23. Type of pollination that produces the greatest variation in characteristics A) Cross-pollination. B) Self-pollination. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cross-pollination. 24. Which of these statements about seed dormancy are TRUE?1. Seeds do not respire during dormancy2. Seeds lose a lot of water before dormancy3. Seeds have low metabolic rate during dormancy.4. Seeds have no metabolic activity during dormancy. A) Only 1 and 3. B) Only 2 and 3. C) Only 1 and 4. D) Only 1, 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only 2 and 3. 25. What are the devices that discourage self pollination or increase cross pollination A) Outbreeding devices. B) Inbreeding devices. C) Self breeding devices. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outbreeding devices. 26. The yellow, powdery stuff on the stamens A) Germs. B) Pollen. C) Dust. D) Mites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollen. 27. Recent research has shown that pollination requires that carpels recognize pollen grains are "self or non self" . For self incompatibility the system requires: A) Carpel incompatibility with the egg cells. B) Rejection of self cells. C) That the flowers be incomplete. D) Rejection of non self cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rejection of self cells. 28. Persistent nucellus is called as ..... and is found in ..... A) Endosperm groundnut. B) Perisperm, groundnut '. C) Perisperm, black pepper. D) Endosperm, black pepper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perisperm, black pepper. 29. Seed dispersal does not reduce competition between the seedlings and the parent plant for A) Oxygen. B) Water. C) Nutrients. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 30. Cleistogamous flowers produce assured seed-set even in the absence of pollinators. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. The pistil consists of a sticky part where pollen grains land. A) Anther. B) Stigma. C) Stamen. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stigma. 32. The sporopollenin is non-degradable because A) It can withstand strong acids. B) It is resistant at very high temperature. C) No enzyme degrade it. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 33. Entry of pollen tube into the embryo sac is under ..... guidance. A) Phototropic. B) Chemotropic. C) Thigmotropic. D) Chemotactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemotropic. 34. Triple fusion in Capsella bursa pastoris is fusion of malegamete with A) Synergid. B) Secondary nucleus. C) Egg. D) Antipodal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synergid. 35. A pollen mother cell undergoes how many divisions to form a mature gametophyte? A) 3 mitosis and 1 meiosis. B) 1 mitosis and 2 meiosis. C) 2 mitosis and 1 meiosis. D) 2 mitosis and 2 meiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 mitosis and 1 meiosis. 36. Main function of the tapetum is to A) Provide nutrition to developing pollen grains. B) Provide protection to anther. C) Divide and form pollen grains. D) Facilitate entry of male gametes into the embryo sac. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provide nutrition to developing pollen grains. 37. ..... is a genetic mechanism and prevents self-pollen from fertilising the ovules by inhibiting pollen germination of pollen tube growth in the pistil. A) Artificial hybridisation. B) Protandry. C) Protogyny. D) Self-incompatibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-incompatibility. 38. In over what precent pollen grains are shed at 2 cell stage in angiosperms? A) 30. B) 70. C) 60. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70. 39. Which of the following is NOT a part of the stamen? A) Anther. B) Stigma. C) Filament. D) Connective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stigma. 40. When the pollen grain lands on the stigma and starts to grow, the first action is that A) A male nucleus fuses with the endosperm nucleus. B) The zygote divides to form a row of cells. C) The generative nucleus divides to form two male gametes. D) A double fertilization takes place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The generative nucleus divides to form two male gametes. 41. Feathery stigma occurs in A) Datura. B) Wheat. C) Pea. D) Caesalpinia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat. 42. Egg apparatus is situated at A) Central cell. B) Micropylar end. C) Chalazal end. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Micropylar end. 43. Pollen viability is maximum in: A) Date palm. B) Rice. C) Orchid. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Date palm. 44. Thalamus contributes in the fruit formation in A) Apple. B) Strawberry. C) Cashewnut. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 45. When micropyle, chalaza and hilum lie in a straight line, the ovule is said to be A) Amphitropous. B) Campylotropous. C) Anatropous. D) Orthotropous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orthotropous. 46. Fruits that are developed without fertilization are called A) True Fruits. B) False Fruits. C) Parthenocarpic Fruits. D) Polyembryonic Fruits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parthenocarpic Fruits. 47. Which of the following is incompatible pollen grain for a self incompatible species of flower? A) Pollen grain from stamen of different flower in same plant. B) Pollen grain from stamen of same flower. C) Pollen grain from stamen of different flower from different plant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollen grain from stamen of same flower. 48. The process of formation of seeds without fertilization in flowering plants is known asBudding Apomixis Sporulation Somatic hybridization A) Sporulation. B) Budding. C) Somatic hybridization. D) Apomixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apomixis. 49. In angiosperms, fertilization is: A) Single. B) Double. C) Apogamous. D) Porogamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Double. 50. Stalk of the inflorescence A) Filament. B) Pedicle. C) Peduncle. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peduncle. 51. Insect-pollinated flowers show: A) Large petals. B) Scent. C) Nectar. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 52. What is the primary function of the endosperm in seeds? A) Nutrient storage for the developing embryo. B) Pollination. C) Protection of the embryo. D) Seed dispersal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nutrient storage for the developing embryo. 53. Process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell A) Fertilization. B) Tissue. C) Sexual reproduction. D) Asexual reproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fertilization. 54. A typical angiosperm embryo sac, at maturity shows A) 8 cells, 7 nuclei. B) 8 cells, 8 nuclei. C) 7 cells, 7 nuclei. D) 8 nuclei, 7 cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8 nuclei, 7 cells. 55. White kernel of coconut is an example of which type of endosperm? A) Global. B) Helobial. C) Nuclear. D) Cellular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cellular. 56. The functions of germ pore is/are A) Emergence of radicle. B) Absorption of water for seed germination. C) Initiation of pollen tube. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Initiation of pollen tube. 57. How many haploid cells are present in a mature female gametophyte of a flowering plant? A) 7. B) 3. C) 6. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 58. Section D-One-word answers (convert to MCQ):Select the correct one-word term for the protective covering of a seed. A) Testa. B) Tegmen. C) Pericarp. D) Aleurone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Testa. 59. Multicarpellary syncarpous ovary is found in A) Oryza. B) Triticum. C) Michaelia. D) Papaver. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Papaver. 60. 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