Pollination and fertilisation
This type of question, asked 4 times: 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. All 7 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
2023
35Give reason for the following : (a) During reproduction inheritance of different proteins will lead to altered body designs. (b) Fertilization cannot take place in flowers if pollination does not occur. (c) All multicellular organisms cannot give rise to new individuals through fragmentation or regeneration. (d) Vegetative propagation is practised for growing only some type of plants. (e) The parents and off-springs of organisms reproducing sexually have the same number of chromosomes.Question 2
2023
14Consider the following three flowers namely X, Y and Z. Which flower(s) would develop into a fruit ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
2024
28(a) In angiosperms why fertilisation cannot take place in flowers if pollination does not take place ? Where is zygote located in a flower after fertilisation ? What does it develop into ? (b) Write the names of those parts of a flower which serve the same function as the following do in animals : (i) testis (ii) ovaryQuestion 4
2025
9Which of the following is the correct sequence of parts of female reproductive system of flowering plants in terms of their placement ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
2026
11 (b)State two differences between pollination and fertilization.Question 6
2026
6Which of the following represents the correct sequence of events of sexual reproduction in a flower ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 7
2026
2If the part ‘P’ of the flower is removed, which of the following processes will not take place ?Tap an option to check your answer.