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Prepare a slogan for campaign against female foeticide.
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Solution
Avoid female foeticide, save girl child
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A student was asked to observe and identify the various parts of an embryo of a red kidney bean seed. He identified the parts and listed them as under:
I. Tegmen
II. Testa
III. Cotyledon
IV. Radicle
V. Plumule
The correctly identified parts among these are
(A) I, II and III
(B) II, III and IV
(C) III, IV and V
(D) I, III, IV and V
Name the parts A, B and C shown in the diagram and write their functions.

Name the parts A, B and C shown in the following diagram and state one function of each.

A student identified the various parts of an embryo of a gram seed and listed them as given below :
(I) Testa
(II) Plumule
(III) Radicle
(IV) Cotyledon
(V) Tegmen
Out of these the actual parts of the embryo are :
(A) I, II, III
(B) II, III, IV
(C) III, IV, V
(D) II, IV, V
You are asked by your teacher to study the different parts of an embryo of a gram seed. Given below are the steps to be followed for the experiment:
I. Soak the gram seeds in plain water and keep them overnight.
II. Cut open a soaked seed and observe its different parts.
III. Take some dry gram seeds in a petri dish.
IV. Drain the excess water.
V. Cover the soaked seeds with a wet cotton cloth and leave them for a day.
The correct sequence of these steps is :
(A) III, I, V, IV, II
(B) III, I, II, IV, V
(C) III, IV, V, I, II
(D) III, I, IV, V, II
The fusion of male and female gametes is termed as ______.
Sketch the reproductive parts of a flower.
What is the name of female part of a flower?
Draw a neat sketch of the stamen of a flower. Mark in it filament and anther.
How is the process of pollination different from fertilization?
Name the part of a seed which grows into shoot.
In tobacco plant, the male gametes have 24 chromosomes.
What is the number of chromosomes in the female gamete?
How does pollination occur?
The length of pollen tube depends on the distance between :
(a) pollen grain and upper surface of stigma
(b) pollen grain on upper surface of stigma and ovule
(c) pollen grain in anther and upper surface of stigma
(d) upper surface of stigma and lower part of style
What is a flower ? Draw a neat labelled diagram showing the L.S. of a typical flower.
Fill in the blank:
Seeds are formed from________.
State whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F):
Flowers which possess stamens and carpel are called unisexual.
Write one main difference between asexual and sexual mode of reproduction. Which species is likely to have comparatively better chances of survival – the one reproducing asexually or the one reproducing sexually? Give reason to justify your answer.
“Cell division is a type of reproduction in unicellular organism.” Justify.
List any two differences between pollination and fertilization.
Sketch the labelled diagram.
Flower with its sexual reproductive organs.
Draw a diagram of the longitudinal section of a flower and label the following parts.
Answer the following question.
How does suitable pollination lead to fertilization?
Differentiate between self-pollination and cross-pollination.
The male reproductive part of a flower is ______.
Match the following
| 1. | Petal | Opuntia |
| 2. | Fern | Chrysanthemum |
| 3. | Phylloclade | Attracts insect |
| 4. | Hooks | Spore |
| 5. | Sucker | Bignonia |
Write the events involved in the sexual reproduction of a flowering plant.
a. Discuss the first event and write the types.
b. Mention the advantages and the disadvantages of that event.
Identify the female gametophyte in angiosperms.
Flowers showing ornithophily show few characteristic like ______.
What would be the number of chromosomes in the cells of the aleurone layer in a plant species with 8 chromosomes in its synergids?
Variations occur as a result of ______
Is the chromosome number of zygote, embryonal cells and adult of a particular organism always constant? How is the constancy maintained in these three stages?
What is the structural unit of sexual reproduction in plant?
Given below is a diagram of a germinating seed. Label the parts that:
- gives rise to future shoot.
- gives rise to future root system.
- stores food.

- Assertion: Primary endosperm nucleus is diploid.
- Reason: It is the product of double fertilisation.
