Biology Today — May 2017

(WallPaper) #1
(a) micropyle, mesogamy (b) integuments, mesogamy
(c) funicle, mesogamy (d) chalaza, chalazogamy


  1. In ovoviviparous animals
    (a) the egg remains inside the mother’s body after
    fertilisation and placenta develops for nourishment
    (b) the mother gives birth to the young one
    (c) the mother lays unfertilised calcareous eggs
    (d) the development of the embryo takes place outside the
    mother’s body.

  2. Identify the technique of grafting from the given statements.
    I. Numerous scions are selected and cut at the base to
    form wedges.
    II. Many slits are formed on stock.
    III. Stock has larger diameter than scions.
    IV. Scions are inserted in the slits and held by bandages.
    (a) Approach grafting (b) Crown grafting
    (c) Side grafting (d) Wedge grafting

  3. The type of ovule that is half inverted and at right angle to
    the funiculus is called
    (a) anatropous ovule (b) hemitropous ovule
    (c) circinotropous ovule (d) amphitropous ovule.

  4. Read the following statements and select the correct option.


Statement 1 : There is no genetic variability in vegetatively
propagated plants.


Statement 2 : The plants obtained vegetatively degenerate
easily as they show less adaptability to the changes in
environment.
(a) Both statements 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is
the correct explanation of statement 1.
(b) Both statements 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is
not the correct explanation of statement 1.
(c) Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is false.
(d) Both statements 1 and 2 are false.



  1. Match column I with column II and column III and select the
    correct option.
    Column I Column II Column III
    A. Offset (i) One internode p. Vallisneria
    long runners
    B. Runners (ii) Slender underground q. Oxalis
    branches at base of
    aerial stem
    C. Suckers (iii) Narrow, green, r. Pistia
    horizontal branches
    at the base of a crown
    D. Stolons (iv) Arched horizontal s. Mint
    branches at the base
    of a crown
    (a) A-(i)-r; B-(iii)-q; C-(ii)-s; D-(iv)-p
    (b) A-(ii)-q; B-(i)-r; C-(iv)-p; D-(iii)-s


(c) A-(iii)-r; B-(i)-q; C-(iv)-p; D-(ii)-s
(d) A-(i)-s; B-(ii)-p; C-(iv)-q; D-(iii)-r


  1. Select the wrongly matched pair.
    (a) Exine - Sporopollenin
    (b) Intine - Pecto-cellulosic
    (c) Pollen mother cells - Callose
    (d) Pollenkitt - Proteins

  2. Read the following statements about a dicot embryo and
    select the option that correctly fills the blanks.
    (i) The part of embryonal axis that is present above the
    level of cotyledons is called __.
    (ii) __ is the part of embryonal axis present below
    the level of cotyledons.
    (iii) The root tip is called __.
    (i) (ii) (iii)
    (a) hypocotyl Epiblast calyptra
    (b) epicotyl Hypocotyl radicle
    (c) plumule Coleoptile epiblast
    (d) epiblast Epiblast calyptra

  3. The spores that are produced exogenously, either singly or in
    chains, by constriction at the tip of special hyphal branches
    are called
    (a) oidia (b) sporangiospores
    (c) conidia (d) chlamydospores.

  4. Identify the type of pollination from the given floral
    characteristics.
    I. Pollen grains are light, smooth, non-sticky and dry.
    II. Anthers and stigma are protruding.
    III. Flowers are small, colourless and nectarless.
    IV. Stigma is hairy and feathery.
    (a) Hydrophily (b) Anemophily
    (c) Zoophily (d) Entomophily


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