CLASS XII | 01.05.

2016
BIOLOGY TEST

Time: 1 hr

BIOLOGY TEST

1. The wall layer that nourishes the

developing pollengrains in
microsporangium is
(A) Endothecium (B) Epidermis
(C) Middle layers (D) Tapetum

2. The meicytes in a microsporangium are

the cells of
(A) Endothecium
(B) Middle layers
(C) Anther
(D) Sporogenous tissue
3. The size of pollen grains is generally
measured as
(A) 25-50 micrometers
(B) 20 30 micrometers
(C) 30 40 micrometers
(D) 25-40 micrometers
4. The hard exine layer of pollen grain is
made up of
(A) Cellulose
(B) Pectin
(C) Chitin
(D) Sporopollenin
5. Parthenium entered into India as a seed
contaminant of
(A) Rice
(B) Wheat
(C) Bajra
(D) Maize
6. The function of germ pore in a mature
pollen grain is
(A) formation of generative cell
(B) formation of male gametes
(C) facilitates the growth of pollen tube
(D) facilitates the entry of water
7. Intine layer made up of
(A) Cellulose & Chitin
(B) Cellulose & Pectin
(C) Pectin & Chitin
(D) 1 & 2
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Max. Marks: 40

8. Ovules in an ovarian cavity are attached

to
(A) Filament
(B) Style
(C) Placenta
(D) Stigma
9. The body of the ovule fuses with the
funicle in the region called
(A) Micropyle
(B) Chalaza
(C) Placenta
(D) Hilum
10.Integuments encircle the nucellus except
at
(A) Cholaza
(B) Micropyle
(C) Funicle
(D) Hilum
11.The basal region of the megasporangium
is called
(A) Hilum
(B) Placenta
(C) Chalaza
(D) Integument
12.A mass of tissue in a ovule containing
reserve food is
(A) Endosperm (B) Hilum
(C) Nucellus
(D) Micropyle
13.The development of a single embryosac
in a ovule is
(A) Bisporic development
(B) Monosporic development
(C) Tetrasporic development
(D) Tetrad development
14.The polar nuclei in an embroysac fuse
and form
(A) Triploid PEN (B) Diploid PEN
(C) Triploid PEC (D) MMC
15.The typical angiospermic embryosac
contain
(A) 8 cells 8 nuclei
(B) 7 cells 7 nuclei
(C) 8 nuclei 9 cells
(D) 7 cells 8 nuclei
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16.Filiform apparatii are present in

(A) Tapetum
(B) Synergids
(C) Antipodals (D) nucellus
17.The ovarian cavity in the ovary is called
(A) locule
(B) Placenta
(C) Embryo
(D) Endosperm
18.Transfer of pollengrains from another to
stigma of same flower
(A) Autogamy
(B) Allogamy
(C) Geitonogamy (D) Xenogamy
19.Transfer of pollen grains from the
another to the stigma of another flower of
the same plant is called
(A) Autogamy
(B) Geitonogamy
(C) Xenogamy (D) Self-pollination
20.The pollination which is genetically
similar to autogamy but functionally
cross-pollination is
(A)Geitonogamy
(B)Xenogamy
(C)Self pollination
(D)Autogamy
21.The flowers which donot open at all are
described as
(A) chasmogamous (B) Cleistogamous
(C) unisexual
(D) Bisexual
22.After the entering, the pollen tube bursts
and releases the two male gametes into
(A) Embryo sac
(B) Cytoplasm of synergids
(C) Cytoplasm of central cell
(D) Cytoplasm of egg
23.The fusion of male and female gametes
in the embryosac is
(A)Double fusion (B)Double fertilization
(C)Syngamy
(D)Triple fusion
24.The coconut water in the tender coconut
is
(A)Cellulae endosperm
(B)Free nuclear endosperm
(C)Nucellus
(D)Embryosa
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25.The endosperm is completely consumed

by the developing embryo is
(A) Apomictic seeds
(B) Parthenogenetic seeds
(C) Non endospermic seeds
(D) Endospermic seeds
26.The embryonal leaves that store food
materials are called
(A) Plumules
(B) Radicles
(C) cotyledons (D) epicotyls
27.The portion of embryonal axis below the
level of cotyledons is
(A) coleoptiles (B) plumule
(C) Epicotyl
(D) Hypocotyl
28.The single large and shield shaped
cotyledon of moncot embryo is called
(A) coleorhizae (B) Scutellum
(C) Coleoptile
(D) Radicle
29.Respectively the epicotyl and hypocotyls
ends with
(A) Radicle and plumule
(B) Plumule and radical
(C) Coleorhiza and coleoptiles
(D) Scutellum and Radicle
30.The apical bud of shoot is
(A) Radicle
(B) Coleorhiza
(C) Coleoplile
(D) Plumule
31.In monocot embryo radical and root cap
enclosed by
(A) Coleoptile
(B) Cotyledon
(C) Coleorhiza (D) Aleurone layer
32.In monocot embryo leaf primordial is
known as
(A) Coleoptile
(B) Cotyledon
(C) Coleorhiza (D) Aleuron layer
33.The outer layer of endosperm
monocots is
(A) Scutellum
(B) Cotyledon
(C) Radicle
(D) Aleuron layer

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34.The nucellus is persistence in a seed is

called
(A) Endosperm (B) Perisperm
(C) pericarp
(D) embryo
35.Apomixis is a form of reproduction that
mimics
(A) Asexual reproduction
(B) Sexual reproduction
(C) Vegetative reproduction
(D) Cloning
36.Scientific name of lupine plant is
(A) Phoenix dactylifera
(B) Curccima
(C) Lupinus arcticus
(D) Loranthus
37.The degenerating layer in another wall is
(A) Epidermis
(B) Connective
(C) Tapetum
(D) Endothecium
38.The pollen grains can be stored for years
(long period) in
(A) Liquid H2SO4
(B) Liquid oxygen
(C) Liquid hydrogen
(D) Liquid nitrogen
39.The temperature maintained to store the
pollen grains for years is
(A) 196oC
(B) -120oC
o
(C) -10 C
(D) -196oC
40.Pollen viability period of rice and wheat,
after release from pollen sacs is less than
(A) 30 seconds (B) 30 minutes
(C) 60 minutes (D) one month

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