10 MCQ on Plant Science for various Agriculture Exams✅ Part -70


  1. Pollination by snail and slug is known as
    (a) Anemophilous
    (b) Chiropterophilous
    (c) Entomophilous
    (d) Malacophilous

  2. Double fertilization in angiosperms was discovered by
    (a) Strasburger
    (b) J. C. Bose
    (c) Maheshwari
    (d) Nawaschin

  3. In an young anther the four rows of cells, which later produce pollen, are called
    (a) Antheridium
    (b) Archesporium
    (c) Tapetum
    (d) Zoosporangium

  4. Which one of the following events in a botanical garden is never directly influenced by light
    (a) Flowering
    (b) Photosynthesis
    (c) Transpiration
    (d) Fertilization

  5. A monocarpic plant is one which
    (a) Has only one carpel
    (b) Flowers and fruits only once in lifetime thereafter dies
    (c) Produces only one seed
    (d) None of the above

  6. Maturation of male and female sex organs at different times is known as
    (a) Herkogamy
    (b) Dichogamy
    (c) Polygamy
    (d) Apogamy

  7. Development of egg without fertilization
    (a) Parthenocarpy
    (b) Polyembryony
    (c) Parthenogenesis
    (d) Adventive embryony

  8. In monocots, grafting is almost impossible because they lack
    (a) Cambium
    (b) Ground tissue
    (c) Vascular bundle
    (d) Parenchymatous cells

  9. Embryo sac is also known as
    (a) Microgametophyte
    (b) Megagametophyte
    (c) Microsporangium
    (d) Megasporangium

  10. The root cell of wheat plant has 42 chromosomes. What would be the number of chromosomes in the synergid cell?
    (a) 7
    (b) 14
    (c) 21
    (d) 28

  11. Anemophilous flowers have
    (a) Sessile stigma
    (b) Small smooth stigma
    (c) Coloured flower
    (d) Large feathery stigma

  12. 8-nucleate embryo sacs are
    (a) Monosporic only
    (b) Bisporic only
    (c) Tetrasporic only
    (d) Any of these

  13. Ornithophily is pollination by
    (a) Birds
    (b) Insects
    (c) Wind
    (d) Water

  14. In flowering plants, a mature male gametophyte is derived from a ‘pollen mother cell’ by
    (a) Three mitotic divisions
    (b) One meiotic, two mitotic divisions
    (c) Two meiotic divisions
    (d) A single meiotic division

  15. When vegetative cells of zygote form embryo, it is called
    (a) Apospory
    (b) Apomixis
    (c) Diploid polyembryony
    (d) Adventive polyembryony

  16. Fragrant flowers with well-developed nectaries are adapted for
    (a) Anemophily
    (b) Hydrophily
    (c) Entomophily
    (d) Zoophily


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