Science (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Important Questions for Biology

Name the part of the flower which the tassels of the corn- cob represent.

Sketch and label stages in the development of the angiospermic female gametophyte from the functional megaspore.

Mention two strategies that evolved to prevent self-pollination in flowers.

List the three stages the annuals and biennial angiosperms have to pass through during their life cycle.

In a flowering plant a microspore mother cell produces four male gametophytes, while a megaspore mother cell forms only one female gametophyte. Explain.

Read the statement and answer the questions that follow.

A flower of brinjal has 520 ovules in its ovary. However, it produces a fruit with only 480 viable seeds.

(a) What could have prevented the rest of the 40 ovules from maturing into viable seeds? Explain giving a reason.

(b) Describe the development of a dicot embryo in a viable seed.

(c) Why certain angiospermic seed albuminous while others are exalbuminous? Explain.

A capsicum flower has 240 ovules in its ovary. But, it produces a fruit with only 180 viable seeds.
 

Draw a diagram of a section of a megasporangium of an angiosperm and label funiculus, Micropyle, embryosac and nuclleus.

Why does endosperm development preceeds that of zygote ?

Describe the development of an endosperm in a viable seed. Why does endosperm development precedes embryo development?

Give an example of an angiosperm seed that has a perisperm. Name the part the perisperm develops from.

Compare the characteristic features of insect pollinated and wind pollinated flowers. Explain how the respective features assist in pollination.

Answer the following question.
You are conducting artificial hybridization on papaya and potato. Which one of them would require the step of emasculation and why? However, for both, you will use the process of bagging. Justify giving one reason.

Answer the following question.
Express the process of pollination in Vallisneria.

Differentiate between geitonogamy and xenogamy (allogamy).

Answer the following question.
Write the difference in the characteristics of the progeny produced as a result of the two processes.

Can a plant flowering in Mumbai be pollinated by pollen grains of the same species growing in New Delhi? Provide explanations to your answer.

Answer the following question.
When a seed of orange is squeezed, many embryos, instead of one are observed. Explain how it is possible.

Coelacanth was caught in South Africa. State the significance of the discovery of Coelacanth in the evolutionary history of vertebrates.

Emasculation and bagging are the two important steps carried during artificial hybridization to obtain superior varieties of desired plants. Explain giving reasons, in which types of flowers and at what stages are the two processes carried out.