Assignment
Chapter 1: Reproduction in Lower and Higher Plants
Q. 1 Multiple choice questions.
1. In ovule, meiosis occurs in ………..
a) Integument b) Nucellus c) Megaspore d) Megaspore mother cell
2. Which of the following types require pollinator but result is genetically similar to
autogamy?
a) Geitonogamy b) Xenogamy c) Apogamy d) Cleistogamy
3. Lever mechanism of pollination is observed in …………..
(a) Salvia (b) Jasmine (c) Bougainvillea (d) Butea
4. In bisexual flower maturation of gynoecium before androecium is known
as ………….
(a) Protandry (b) Protogyny (c) Gyandry (d) Dicliny
5. Point out the odd one ……….
a) Nucellus b) Embryo sac c) Micropyle d) Pollen grain
Q.2 Answer in one sentence
1. How many haploid cells are present in a mature embryo sac?
2. Define Parthenocarpy and Polyembryony.
3. Define megasporogenesis.
4. What is the function of filiform apparatus?
5. Following is the diagrams of entry of pollen tube into the ovule. Identify A and B.
Q.3 Short Answers
1. How polyembryony can be commercially exploited?
2. List the types of pollination seen in Biotic and Abiotic agents.
3. Explain 3 types of endosperm on the basis of development.
4. Pollination and seeds formation are very crucial for the fruit formation. Justify the
statement.
5. Give the term to describe the entry of Pollen tube into the ovule
through the following parts.
i) Micropyle ii) Chalaza iii) Integument
Q.4 Long Answers
1. Explain Double fertilization.
2. Draw a labelled diagram of the L.S. of anatropous ovule and list the components of
embryo sac and mention their fate after fertilization.
3. Explain Development of embryo.
