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31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering


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  • - Number of Questions: 30

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31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 1
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Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).     [NEET 2025]
Assertion (A): A typical unfertilised, angiosperm embryo sac at maturity is 8-nucleate and 7-celled.
Reason (R): The egg apparatus has 2 polar nuclei.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Detailed Solution: Question 1

Assertion (A): True
A mature embryo sac in angiosperms is typically 8-nucleate and 7-celled: 1 egg cell, 2 synergids, 3 antipodal cells, 1 central cell with 2 polar nuclei → Total: 7 cells, 8 nuclei
Reason (R): False
The egg apparatus consists of: 1 egg cell, 2 synergids. It does NOT contain the polar nuclei.
The 2 polar nuclei are found in the central cell, not in the egg apparatus.
Therefore, the correct answer is: 1. (A) is True but (R) is False.

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 2
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Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).     [NEET 2025]
Assertion (A): Both wind and water pollinated flowers are not very colourful and do not produce nectar.
Reason (R): The flowers produce enormous amount of pollen grains in wind and water pollinated flowers.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Detailed Solution: Question 2

  • Assertion (A): True
    Flowers pollinated by wind (anemophily) and water (hydrophily) are generally not showy, lack fragrance or nectar, and are not brightly coloured, since they do not need to attract pollinators like insects or animals.
  • Reason (R): True
    To compensate for the lack of targeted pollination, such flowers produce a very large quantity of pollen grains to increase the chance that some will reach the female flower.
  • R is the correct explanation of A because the absence of showy structures and nectar is an adaptation linked to the indiscriminate pollination mechanisms (wind/water), and high pollen production ensures successful pollination despite low efficiency.

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31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 3
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How many meiotic and mitotic divisions need to occur for the development of a mature female gametophyte from the megaspore mother cell in an angiosperm plant?     [NEET 2025]

Detailed Solution: Question 3

Meiosis (1 time):

  • The megaspore mother cell (MMC) undergoes meiosis to form four haploid megaspores.
  • Out of these, only one survives (the functional megaspore).

Mitosis (3 times):

The functional megaspore undergoes three successive mitotic divisions:

  • First mitosis → 2 nuclei
  • Second mitosis → 4 nuclei
  • Third mitosis → 8 nuclei

These 8 nuclei are arranged into 7 cells (3 antipodals, 2 synergids, 1 egg, and 1 central cell with 2 nuclei).

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 4
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Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Cells of the tapetum possess dense cytoplasm and generally have more than one nucleus.
Reason (R): Presence of more than one nucleus in the tapetum increases the efficiency of nourishing the developing microspore mother cells.       [2025]
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Detailed Solution: Question 4

Explanation:
Tapetum is the innermost layer of the anther wall and plays a vital role in nourishing developing pollen grains.
Assertion (A): TrueTapetal cells are metabolically active, possess dense cytoplasm, and often become binucleate or multinucleate either by mitosis without cytokinesis or by nuclear fusion.
Reason (R): TrueThe multinucleate condition enhances metabolic activity and protein synthesis, thereby increasing the efficiency of nourishment provided to the developing microspores (pollen grains) after the megaspore mother cells undergo meiosis.
Note: The tapetum primarily nourishes the developing pollen grains (microspores) rather than the microspore mother cells themselves, though it supports the entire process of pollen development.

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 5
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Identify the set of correct statements:    [NEET 2024]
A. The flowers of Vallisneria are colourful and produce nectar. 
B. The flowers of water lily are not pollinated by water. 
C. In most of water-pollinated species, the pollen grains are protected from wetting. 
D. Pollen grains of some hydrophytes are long and ribbon like. 
E. In some hydrophytes, the pollen grains are carried passively inside water. 
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.   

Detailed Solution: Question 5

  • Statement A: False. Vallisneria is a water-pollinated plant, and its flowers are small, inconspicuous, and do not produce nectar or have bright colors, as these are not required for hydrophily.

  • Statement B: True. Water lilies are not pollinated by water. Instead, their flowers are above water and rely on insects for pollination.

  • Statement C: True. In most water-pollinated species, pollen grains have a protective mucilaginous coating to prevent them from getting wet and disintegrating in water.

  • Statement D: True. In hydrophilous plants like Zostera, pollen grains are long and ribbon-like, which helps them float and move effectively in water currents.

  • Statement E: True. In some hydrophilous plants, pollen grains are passively carried by water currents to facilitate pollination, as seen in Vallisneria.

Correct Answer: Option D (B, C, D, and E only)
Reason: Statements B, C, D, and E are true, while Statement A is false because Vallisneria flowers are neither colorful nor nectar-producing.
Topic in NCERT: Pollination by Water
Line in NCERT: "In most of the water-pollinated species, pollen grains are protected from wetting by a mucilaginous covering." "Pollen grains of some hydrophytes are long, ribbon like and they are carried passively inside the water." "In another group of water pollinated plants such as seagrasses, female flowers remain submerged in water and the pollen grains are released inside the water."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 6
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Identify the correct description about the given figure:   (2024)

Detailed Solution: Question 6

The given diagram shows a wind pollinated plant showing compact inflorescence and well exposed stamens.
Stamens are exposed so complete autogamy does not occur.

Topic in NCERT: Pollination by Wind

Line in NCERT: "possess well-exposed stamens (so that the pollens are easily dispersed into wind currents, Figure 1.10) and large often-feathery stigma to easily trap air-borne pollen grains."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 7
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Large, colourful, fragrant flowers with nectar are seen in          (NEET 2023)

Detailed Solution: Question 7

Large, colorful, fragrant flowers with nectar are features that attract biotic pollinators. Insect pollinated plants, also known as entomophilous plants, often have these characteristics to attract insects such as bees, butterflies, and moths, which play a significant role in their pollination process.

Topic in NCERT: INSECT POLLINATION

Line in NCERT: "Majority of insect-pollinated flowers are large, colourful, fragrant and rich in nectar."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 8
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What is the function of tassels in the corn cob?       (NEET 2023)

Detailed Solution: Question 8

In maize (corn), the plant is monoecious, meaning it has separate male and female flowers on the same plant.

The tassel is the male inflorescence located at the top of the plant. Its main function is to produce and release pollen grains. These pollen grains are dispersed by wind and reach the female inflorescence (the cob or ear) where fertilization occurs.

Key points:

  • Tassel: male flower cluster; produces and releases pollen.

  • Cob (ear): female flower cluster; contains ovules and later develops into kernels.

  • Pollination in maize is wind pollination (anemophily).

Therefore, the function of tassels is to disperse pollen grains.

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 9
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In angiosperm, the haploid, diploid and triploid structures of a fertilized embryo sac sequentially are:         (NEET 2023)

Detailed Solution: Question 9

Synergids are the cells of gametophyte and hence these are haploid Zygote is formed by fusion of two gametes and thus it is diploid.
Primary endosperm nucleus is formed by the fusion of diploid secondary nucleus with a male gamete. Therefore, it is triploid.

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 10
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Identify the incorrect statement related to Pollination:      (NEET 2022)

Detailed Solution: Question 10

Among the animals, insects, particularly bees are the dominant biotic pollinating agents.

Topic in NCERT: Agents of Pollination

Line in NCERT: "Among the animals, insects, particularly bees are the dominant biotic pollinating agents."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 11
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Given below are two statements:            

Statement I: Cleistogamous flowers are invariably autogamous.

Statement II: Cleistogamy is disadvantageous as there is no chance for cross pollination.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: (NEET 2022)

Detailed Solution: Question 11

Cleistogamous flowers does not open at all. In such flowers autogamy occurs. Lack of cross pollination is a disadvantage of cleistogamy.

Topic in NCERT: Cleistogamous flowers

Line in NCERT: "Cleistogamous flowers are invariably autogamous as there is no chance of cross-pollen landing on the stigma."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 12
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The residual persistent part which forms the perisperm in the seeds of beet is      [NEET 2022 Phase 2]

Detailed Solution: Question 12

Mostly nucellus is consumed after fertilisation due to absorption of food by developing embryo in a seed. Sometimes, the nucellus remains persistent in the seed and is called perisperm.

Topic in NCERT: Seed

Line in NCERT: "Occasionally, in some seeds such as black pepper and beet, remnants of nucellus are also persistent. This residual, persistent nucellus is the perisperm."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 13
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To ensure that only the desired pollens fall on the stigma in artificial hybridization process
(a) the female flower buds of plant producing unisexual flowers need not be bagged.
(b) there is no need to emasculate unisexual flowers of selected female parent
(c) emasculated flowers are to be bagged immediately after cross pollination
(d) emasculated flowers are to be bagged after removal of anthers
(e) bisexual flowers, showing protogyny are never selected for cross
Choose the correct answer from the options given belows.     [NEET 2022 Phase 2]

Detailed Solution: Question 13

  • (a): False. Female flower buds of plants producing unisexual flowers still need to be bagged to prevent unwanted pollens from other sources contaminating the process.

  • (b): True. There is no need to emasculate unisexual flowers of the selected female parent since they do not produce anthers (male reproductive structures).

  • (c): True. Emasculated flowers must be bagged immediately after cross-pollination to prevent contamination from foreign pollen.

  • (d): True. Emasculated flowers are bagged after the removal of anthers to ensure no self-pollination or contamination occurs.

  • (e): False. Bisexual flowers showing protogyny (where the stigma matures before anthers) can still be selected for cross-pollination under controlled conditions.

Topic in NCERT: EMASCULATION AND BAGGING TECHNIQUES
Line in NCERT: "If the female parent produces unisexual flowers, there is no need for emasculation. The female flower buds are bagged before the flowers open."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 14
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In general the egg apparatus of embryo sac in angiosperm consists of     [NEET 2022 Phase 2]

Detailed Solution: Question 14

The egg apparatus of an embryo sac consists of one egg cell and two synergids.

Whereas the embryo sac consists of one egg cell, two synergies, three antipodals and two polar nuclei.

As per the question none of the option is correct however considering the composition of embryo sac the correct option should be 2.

Topic in NCERT: female gametophyte formation

Line in NCERT: "The mature embryo sac is 7-celled and 8-nucleate. At the micropylar end is the egg apparatus consisting of two synergids and an egg cell. At the chalazal end are three antipodals. At the centre is a large central cell with two polar nuclei."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 15
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The term used for transfer of pollen grains from anthers of one plant to stigma of a different plant which during pollination, brings genetically different types of pollen grains to stigma, is:    (2021)

Detailed Solution: Question 15

The transfer of pollen grains that are shed from the anther to the stigma of a pistil is termed pollination. It is of the following types:
Autogamy: Pollination is achieved within the same flower. Some plants such as Viola, produce two types of flowers. One type of flowers has exposed anthers and stigma and are referred to as chasmogamous flowers. The other type do not open at all and are referred to as cleistogamous flowers.
Geitonogamy: Transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant. Since the pollen grain comes from the same plant, it will be genetically similar to the stigma.
Xenogamy – Transfer of pollen grains from anther to the stigma of a different plant. This is the only type of pollination which during pollination brings genetically different types of pollen grains to the stigma.
Hence, the correct option is C.
Topic in NCERT: Kinds of Pollination
Line in NCERT: "Xenogamy - Transfer of pollen grains from anther to the stigma of a different plant (Figure 1.9b). This is the only type of pollination which during pollination brings genetically different types of pollen grains to the stigma."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 16
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A typical angiosperm embryo sac at maturity is:    (2021)

Detailed Solution: Question 16

There is a characteristic distribution of the cells within the embryo sac. Three cells are grouped together at the micropylar end and constitute the egg apparatus. The egg apparatus, in turn, consists of two synergids and one egg cell. The synergids have special cellular thickenings at the micropylar tip called filiform apparatus, which play an important role in guiding the pollen tubes into the synergid. Three cells are at the chalazal end and are called the antipodals. The large central cell, as mentioned earlier, has two polar nuclei. Thus, a typical angiosperm embryo sac, at maturity, though 8-nucleate is 7-celled.


Image: 8-nucleate 7-celled embryo sac.
Hence, the correct option is C.
Topic in NCERT: female gametophyte formation
Line in NCERT: "The mature embryo sac is 7-celled and 8-nucleate."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 17
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In some members of which of the following pairs of families, pollen grains retain their viability for months after release?    (2021)

Detailed Solution: Question 17

The period for which pollen grains remain viable is highly variable and to some extent depends on the prevailing temperature and humidity.
In some cereals such as rice and wheat, pollen grains lose viability within 30 minutes of their release, and in some members of Rosaceae, Leguminoseae and Solanaceae, they maintain viability for months.
Hence, the correct option is B.
Topic in NCERT: Pollen Viability and Storage
Line in NCERT: "In some members of Rosaceae, Leguminoseae and Solanaceae, they maintain viability for months."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 18
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In water hyacinth and water lily, pollination takes place by:    

(2020)

Detailed Solution: Question 18

In a majority of aquatic plants such as water hyacinth and water lily, the flowers emerge above the level of water and are pollinated by insects or wind as in most of the land plants. Their stem part which is above the thalamus is not in the water. The pollen grains are in the upper part of thalamus so pollination can't be done by water. That's why it is done by insects and wind.

Hence, the correct option is C.

Topic in NCERT: POLLINATION IN AQUATIC PLANTS

Line in NCERT: "In a majority of aquatic plants such as water hyacinth and water lily, the flowers emerge above the level of water and are pollinated by insects or wind as in most of the land plants."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 19
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The plant parts which consists of two generation one within the other:         (2020)
(a) Pollen grains inside the anther
(b) Germinated pollen grain with two male gametes
(c) Seed inside the fruit
(d) Embryo sac inside the ovule

Detailed Solution: Question 19

Explanation of the correct option:

  1. A seed is an ovule that has matured morphologically.
  2. Gymnosperms and angiosperm spermatophytes both exhibit seeds as a feature.
  3. The seed essentially contains an embryo or the little future plant.
  4. The anther contains pollen grains which help in pollination.
  5. Pollen grains are haploid (n) and gametophyte, which are present inside the anther, that is diploid and sporophyte (2n).
  6. The embryo sac is present in the ovule.
  7. The embryo sac is a haploid (n) and gametophyte, which is present inside the ovule, which is diploid and sporophyte (2n).

Topic in NCERT: Embryo Sac Structure

Line in NCERT: "At the micropylar end is the egg apparatus consisting of two synergids and an egg cell."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 20
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In some plants, the thalamus contributes to fruit formation. Such fruits are termed as:           (2020)

Detailed Solution: Question 20

In most plants, by the time the fruit develops from the ovary, other floral parts degenerate and fall off. However, in a few species such as apple, strawberry, cashew, etc., the thalamus also contributes to fruit formation. Such fruits are called false fruits. 

Hence, the correct option is A.

Topic in NCERT: False Fruits

Line in NCERT: "However, in a few species such as apple, strawberry, cashew, etc., the thalamus also contributes to fruit formation. Such fruits are called false fruits."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 21
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What type of pollination takes place in Vallisneria? (2019)

Detailed Solution: Question 21

Vallisneria is an aquatic plant. In case of Vallisneria water is the agent for cross pollination. 

  • In female Vallisneria, the flower reaches to the surface of water by the long stalk and the male flower or pollen grains are released into the surface of water. 
  • Female flowers or stigma carried them by water current.
  • Some of them eventually reach the female flowers and the stigma.

Hence, the correct option is C.

Topic in NCERT: POLLINATION IN WATER-POLLINATED PLANTS

Line in NCERT: "In Vallisneria, the female flower reach the surface of water by the long stalk and the male flowers or pollen grains are released on to the surface of water. They are carried passively by water currents; some of them eventually reach the female flowers and the stigma."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 22
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Persistent nucellus in the seed is known as:    (2019)

Detailed Solution: Question 22

Nucellus is the mass of parenchymatous cells enclosed within integuments of an ovule. It is the storehouse of abundant food reserves. The residual, persistent nucellus in the seed is called perisperm.
Chalaza is the basal part of the ovule, hilum is the junction between ovule and funicle and tegmen is the inner layer of the seed coat in a dicotyledonous seed.

Hence, the correct option is C.

Topic in NCERT: Seed

Line in NCERT: "Occasionally, in some seeds such as black pepper and beet, remnants of nucellus are also persistent. This residual, persistent nucellus is the perisperm."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 23
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Which one of the following, both autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented?    

(2019)

Detailed Solution: Question 23

Autogamy and geitonogamy are two forms of self-pollination. In autogamy, pollen falls on the stigma of the same flower. While in geitonogamy pollens from a flower fall on the stigma of some other flower on the same plant. Papaya is a dioecious plant thus both autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented in it.

Hence, the correct option is B.

Topic in NCERT: Self-Pollination and Its Prevention

Line in NCERT: "In several species such as papaya, male and female flowers are present on different plants, that is each plant is either male or female (dioecy). This condition prevents both autogamy and geitonogamy."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 24
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Which of the following has proved helpful in preserving pollen as fossils?    

(2018)

Detailed Solution: Question 24

Exine of pollen grain is made up of highly resistant fatty substance called sporopollenin, which is not degraded by any enzyme. It is not affected by high temperature, strong acid or strong alkali. Because of the sporopollenin, pollen grains are well preserved as microfossils.

Hence, the correct option is D.
Topic in NCERT: Pollen Structure and Function

Line in NCERT: "Pollen grains are well-preserved as fossils because of the presence of sporopollenin."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 25
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Double fertilisation is    (2018)

Detailed Solution: Question 25

  • Double fertilisation is a unique and universal feature of angiosperms. Total number of nuclei involved in double fertilisation is five, i.e., 2 in syngamy and 3 in triple fusion. 
  • Syngamy is fusion of one male gamete with egg to form zygote. 
  • Triple fusion occurs when the second male gamete fuses with 2 polar nuclei or secondary nucleus to form triploid primary endosperm nucleus.

Hence, the correct option is D.
Topic in NCERT: DOUBLE FERTILISATION
Line in NCERT: "Since two types of fusions, syngamy and triple fusion take place in an embryo sac the phenomenon is termed double fertilisation, an event unique to flowering plants."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 26
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 Which of the following statements is not correct?     [2016]

Detailed Solution: Question 26

  • Pollen grains of different species can land on the stigma, but pistil has an ability to recognise the compatible pollen and accept it for germination on stigma and growth of pollen tube in the style.
  • There occurs a chemical mediated interaction between pollen and pistil, which facilitates the recognition and acceptance of the right type of pollen for further processes and the rejection of the wrong type of pollen grains.

Hence, the correct option is A.
NCERT Reference: Page no. 31 of topic “Pollen-pistil Interaction” of chapter 2.
Topic in NCERT: Pollination and Floral Visitors, Floral Visitors and Pollination
Line in NCERT: "Many insects may consume pollen or the nectar without bringing about pollination. Such floral visitors are referred to as pollen/nectar robbers."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 27
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Which one of the following statements is not true?     [2016]

Detailed Solution: Question 27

  • The tapetum is a specialized layer of nutritive cells found within the sporangium, particularly within the anther, of flowering plants, where it is located between the sporogenous tissue and the anther wall.
  • Tapetum is important for the nutrition and development of pollen grains, as well as a source of precursors for the pollen coat, however it does not help in dehiscence of the anther.

Hence, the correct option is A.
Topic in NCERT: Tapetum
Line in NCERT: "Tapetum possess dense cytoplasm and generally have more than one nucleus."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 28
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Filiform apparatus is characteristic feature of:     [2015 RS]

Detailed Solution: Question 28

The synergid cell wall forms a highly thickened structure called the filiform apparatus at the micropylar end, consisting of numerous finger-like projections into the synergid cytoplasm. It is believed to play a major role in pollen tube guidance and reception.
Hence, the correct option is C.
Topic in NCERT: Egg Apparatus
Line in NCERT: "The synergids have special cellular thickenings at the micropylar tip called filiform apparatus, which play an important role in guiding the pollen tubes into the synergid."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 29
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Which of the following are the important floral rewards to the animal pollinators?     [2015 RS]

Detailed Solution: Question 29

Pollination through the agency of animals is called zoophily. The most common type of animal pollinators are insects (entomophily). Others can be birds (ornithophily), bats (chiropterophily), snails (malacophily), humans, etc.
The animal pollinated flowers have some particular characteristics in common like large (if the flowers are small in size or inconspicuous, they cluster together into an inflorescence to make them conspicuous) and brightly coloured flowers (in plants pollinated by bats, they are dull coloured), they secrete specific odours depending on the pollinator to attract them. These are some of the mechanisms that plants employ to attract pollinators.
Floral fragrance, size and colour are mechanisms employed by plants to attract specific pollinators.
Calcium crystals in microscopic forms are found in plant tissues as a defence mechanism against herbivory (the consumption of plants and plant materials by animals).
Protein pellicle in pollen tubes helps in the pollen-pistil interaction in many plants.
The stigmatic exudes are oily, mucilaginous and sticky substances that help in the process of adherence of pollen grains to stigma. It is a mechanism for the success of pollination.
The floral rewards include mostly nectar and edible pollen grains.
Topic in NCERT: FLORAL REWARDS IN POLLINATION
Line in NCERT: "Nectar and pollen grains are the usual floral rewards."

31 Years NEET Previous Year Questions: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 1 - Question 30
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The hilum is a scar on the:     [2015 RS]

Detailed Solution: Question 30

  • Ovule is an integumented megasporangium found in spermatophytes which develops into seed after fertilization.
  • An angiospermic ovule is typically an ovoid and whitish structure. It occurs inside the ovary where it is attached to a parenchymatous cushion called placenta either singly or in a cluster.
  • The ovule is stalked. The stalk is called funiculus or funicle. The point of attachment of the body of the ovule with the funiculus is known as hilum. It is present as a scar on a mature seed.


Hence, the correct option is D.
Topic in NCERT: The Megasporangium (Ovule)
Line in NCERT: "The body of the ovule fuses with funicle in the region called hilum."

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