Biology – 12th Jayshree Periwal High School

Chapter – 2 Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Very short answer type questions - (1 mark questions)
1. How many microsporangia are present in a typical anther of an angiosperm? [CBSE 2014]
2. An anther with malfunctioning tapetum often fails to produce viable male gametophytes. Give any one
reason. [CBSE 2010, 13]
3. Give an example of a plant which came into India as a contaminant and is a cause of pollen
allergy. [CBSE 2014]
4. Name the part of the flower which the tassels of the corn-cob represent. [CBSE 2014]
5. How many microspore mother cells would be required to produce one hundred pollen grains in a pollen-
sac? And why? [CBSE (F) 2013]
6. How is it possible in Oxalis and Viola plants to produce assured seed sets even in the absence of
pollinators? [CBSE (F) 2012]
7. State the function of filiform apparatus found in mature embryo sac of an angiosperm. [CBSE (F) 2014]
8. The microscopic pollen grains of the past are obtained as fossils. Mention the characteristics of the
pollen grains that makes it happen. [CBSE 2009]
9. Mention the pollinating agent of an inflorescence of small dull colored flowers with well exposed
stamens and large feathery stigma. Give any one characteristic of pollen grains produced by such
flowers. [CBSE 2009]
10. Name the type of flower, which favors cross pollination. [CBSE 2009]
11. The meiocyte of Rice has 24 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are present in its endosperm?
[CBSE 2009]
12. Name the part of flower that contributes to fruit formation in Strawberry and Guava respectively.
[CBSE 2009]
13. Banana is a true fruit but is also parthenocarpic fruit. Give reasons. [CBSE 2010]

Short answer type questions - (2 & 3 marks question)

1. It is said apomixis is a type of asexual reproduction. Justify. [CBSE 2019]
2. Draw a diagram of a mature microspore of an angiosperm. Label its cellular components only. [CBSE 2014]
3. Gynoecium of a flower may be apocarpous or syncarpous. Explain with the help of an example
each. [CBSE 2016]
4. How do flowers of Vallisneria get pollinated? [CBSE (F) 2013]
5. What is pollen-pistil interaction and how is it medicated? [CBSE (F) 2014]
6. Why are angiosperm anthers called dithecous? Describe the structure of its microsporangium. [CBSE 2014]
7. Name the organic materials the exine and intine of an angiosperm pollen grains are made up of. Explain
the role of exine. [CBSE 2014]
8. Name all the haploid cells present in an unfertilized mature embryo sac of a flowering plant. Write the
total number of cells in it. [CBSE 2013]
9. A pollen grain in angiosperm at the time of dehiscence from an anther could be 2-celled or 3-celled.
Explain. How are the cells placed within the pollen grain when shed at a 2-celled stage? [CBSE 2017]
10. Write the differences between wind-pollinated and insect-pollinated flowers. Give an example of each
type. [CBSE (F) 2014]
11. How does the study of different parts of a flower help in identifying wind as its pollinating agent? [CBSE
2014]
12. Mention two strategies evolved by flowers to prevent self-pollination. [CBSE 2014]
13. a. Can a plant flowering in Mumbai be pollinated by pollen grains of the same species growing in New
Delhi? Provide explanations to your answer.
b. Draw the diagram of a pistil where pollination has successfully occurred. Label the part involved in
reaching the male gametes to its desired destination. [CBSE 2017]
14. Out of many papaya plants growing in your garden, only a few bear fruits. Why? [CBSE 2016]
15. a. Name the organic material exine of the pollen grain is made up of. How is this material
advantageous to pollen grain?
b. Still it is observed that it does not form a continuous layer around the pollen grain. Give reason.
c. How are pollen banks useful? [CBSE 2016]
16. Double fertilisation is reported in plants of both, castor and groundnut. However, the mature seeds of
groundnut are non-albuminous and castor are albuminous. Explain the post fertilisation events that are
responsible for it. [CBSE 2015]
17. Mention the reasons for difference in ploidy of zygote and primary endosperm nucleus in an angiosperm.
[CBSE 2010]
18. A non biology person is quite shocked to know that apple is a false fruit, mango is a true fruit and banana
is a seedless fruit. As a biology student how would you satisfy this person? [CBSE 2015]
19. Explain any three advantages the seeds offer to angiosperms. [CBSE 2014]
20. Why are some seeds referred to as apomictic seeds? Mention one advantage and one disadvantage to a
farmer who uses them. [CBSE (AI, F) 2015]
21. State what is apomixis?Comment on its significance. How can it be commercially used? [CBSE 2015]
22. Some angiosperm seeds are said to be 'albuminous', whereas few others are said to have perisperm.
Explain each with the help of an example. [CBSE (F) 2014]
23. Suggest two advantages to a farmer for using apomictic seeds of hybrid varieties. [CBSE (F) 2015]
24. In the adjacent figure of a typical dicot embryo, label the parts 1, 2, and3. State the function of each of
the labelled part.

25. Explain with the help of a diagram the development of a mature embryo sac from a megaspore mother
cell in angiosperm. [CBSE 2009]

Long answer type questions - (5 marks questions)

1a. Draw a diagrammatic sectional view of a mature anatropous ovule and label the following parts:
(i) That develops into seed coat (outer and inner integuments)
(ii) That develops into an embryo after fertilisation (egg cell in egg apparatus)
(iii) That develops into an endosperm in an albuminous seed (secondary nucleus0
(iv) Through which the pollen tube gains entry into the embryo sac (micropyle)
(v) That attaches the ovule to the placenta (Funicle)
b. Describe the characteristic features of wind-pollinated flowers. [CBSE 2013]
2. A flower of tomato plant following the process of sexual reproduction produces 200 viable seeds. Answer
the following questions giving reasons:
a. What would have been the minimum number of ovules present in pre-pollinated pistil?
b. How many microspore mother cells would minimally be required to produce requisite number of
pollen grains?
c. How many pollen grains must have minimally pollinated the carpel?
d. How many male gametes would have been used to produce these 200 viable seeds?
e. How many megaspore mother cells were required in this process? [CBSE 2015]
3. a. When a seed of an orange is squeezed, many embryos, instead of one are observed. Explain how
it is possible.
b. Are these embryos genetically similar or different? Comment. [CBSE Delhi 2017]
4. a. Describe the endosperm development in coconut.
b. Why is tender coconut considered a healthy source of nutrition?
c. How are pea seeds different from castor seeds with respect to endosperm? [CBSE (AI) 2013]
5. Give reason why:
a. most zygotes in angiosperms divide only after certain amount of endosperm is formed.
b. groundnut seeds are exalbuminous and castor seeds are albuminous.
c. micropyle remains as a small pore in the seed coat of a seed.
d. integuments of an ovule harden and the water content is highly reduced, as the seed matures.
e. apple and cashew are not called true fruits. [CBSE (AI) 2011]
6. a. Draw a diagram of an enlarged view of T.S. of one microsporangium of an angiosperm and label
the following parts:
(i) Tapetum
(ii) Middle layer
(iii) Endothecium
(iv) Microspore mother cells
b. Mention the characteristic features and function of tapetum.
c. Explain the following giving reasons:
(i) Pollen grains are well preserved as fossils.
(ii) Pollen tablets are in use by people these days.
7 a. Describe any two devices in a flowering plant which prevent both autogamy and geitonogamy.
ovule of an angiosperm. [CBSE(AI) 2018]