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161.

Exine of pollen grain is made up o

  • pectocellulose

  • lignocellulose

  • sporopollenin

  • pollen kit


162.

Seedless banana is

  • parthenocarpic fruit

  • multiple fruit

  • drupe fruit

  • true fruit


163.

Ovule integument gets transformed into

  • seed

  • fruit wall

  • seed coat

  • cotyledons


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164.

Sporopollenin is chemically

  • homopolysaccharide

  • fatty substance

  • protein

  • heteropolysaccharide


B.

fatty substance

Sporopollenin is biologically most resistant organic material (fatty substance) found in the exine (outer wall) of spores and pollen grains. It consists of complex polymers with an emperical formula (C92H142O36) formed by oxidative polymerization of carotenoids and their esters.


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165.

During replication of DNA, Okazaki fragments are formed in the direction of

  • 3' ➔ 5'

  • 5' ➔ 3'

  • 5'➔5'

  • 3' ➔ 3'


166.

If you want to develop hybrid seeds within a bisexual flower, the following part needs to be removed from the same flower

  • stigma

  • ovary

  • anther

  • oviduct


167.

Xenogamy is essentially a type of

  • cleistogamy

  • allogamy

  • autogamy

  • homogamy


168.

Megasporangium is equivalent to

  • embryo sac

  • fruit

  • nucellus

  • ovule


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169.

Seed coat is not thin, membranous in

  • maize

  • coconut

  • groundnut

  • gram


170.

Which one of the following statement is correct?

  • Hard outer layer of pollen is called intine

  • Sporogenous tissue is haploid

  • Endothecium produces the microspores

  • Tapetum nourishes the developing pollen


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