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CBSE Class 12 Biology Quiz | CBSE Class 12 Biology Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) & Answers

(1) In an embryo sac, the cells that degenerate after fertilisation are: [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] Synergids and primary endosperm cell.
[B] Synergids and antipodals.
[C] Antipodals and primary endosperm cell.
[D] Egg and antipodals.
Answer: Synergids and antipodals.
(2) In a fertilised embryo sac, the haploid, diploid and triploid structures are: [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] Synergid, polar nuclei and zygote.
[B] Synergid, antipodal and polar nuclei.
[C] Synergid, zygote and primary endosperm nucleus.
[D] Antipodal, synergid and primary endosperm nucleus.
Answer: Synergid, zygote and primary endosperm nucleus.

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(3) From among the situations given below, choose the one that prevents both autogamy and geitonogamy. [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] Monoecious plant bearing unisexual flowers.
[B] Dioecious plant bearing only male or female flowers.
[C] Dioecious plant with bisexual flowers.
[D] Monoecious plant with bisexual flowers.
Answer: Dioecious plant bearing only male or female flowers.
(4) Choose the correct statement from the following. [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] Cleistogamous flowers always exhibit autogamy.
[B] Chasmogamous flowers always exhibit geitonogamy.
[C] Cleistogamous flowers exhibit both autogamy and geitonogamy.
[D] Chasmogamous flowers never exhibit autogamy.
Answer: Cleistogamous flowers always exhibit autogamy.
(5) Autogamy can occur in a chasmogamous flower if [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] pollen matures before maturity of ovule.
[B] ovules mature before maturity of pollen.
[C] both pollen and ovules mature simultaneously.
[D] both anther and stigma are of equal lengths.
Answer: both pollen and ovules mature simultaneously.
(6) dicotyledonous plant bears flowers but never produces fruits and seeds. The most probable cause for the above situation is [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] plant is dioecious and bears only staminate flowers
[B] plant is dioecious and bears both pistillate and staminate flowers.
[C] plant is dioecious and bears only pistillate flowers.
[D] plant is monoecious.
Answer: plant is dioecious and bears only staminate flowers
(7) The number of meiotic divisions, required to produce 400 seeds in a pea plant, is
[A] 500
[B] 400
[C] 100
[D] None of these
Answer: 500
(8) When the pollen of a flower is transferred to the stigma of another flower on the same plant, the process is known as
[A] geitonogamy
[B] cleistogamy
[C] autogamy
[D] xenogamy
Answer: geitonogamy
(9) The development of fruits without fertilisation of the ovary, is called
[A] apomixis
[B] agamospermy
[C] parthenocarpy
[D] parthenogenesis
Answer: parthenocarpy
(10) In a breeding experiment, the selected male parent is diploid and the female parent is tetraploid. What will be the ploidy level of the endosperm that will develop after double fertilisation?
[A] Pentaploid
[B] Tetraploid
[C] Diploid
[D] Triploid
Answer: Pentaploid
(11) Which of the following represents the female gametophyte in angiosperms?
[A] Embryo sac
[B] Endosperm
[C] Embryo
[D] Synergid
Answer: Embryo sac
(12) How many microspore mother cells are required to produce 1000 microspores/pollen grains?
[A] 250
[B] 200
[C] 100
[D] 150
Answer: 250
(13) Identify the correct sequence of events.
[A] Gametogenesis → Syngamy → Zygote
[B] Gametogenesis → Embryogenesis → Zygote → Syngamy
[C] Gametogenesis → Zygote → Syngamy → Embryogenesis
[D] Gametogenesis → Syngamy Embryogenesis → Zygote
Answer: Gametogenesis → Syngamy → Zygote
(14) Appearance of vegetative propagules from the nodes of plants such as sugarcane and ginger is mainly because [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] nodes have meristematic cells
[B] nodes have non-photosynthetic cells
[C] nodes are shorter than intemodes
[D] nodes are located near the soil
Answer: nodes have meristematic cells
(15) There are various types of reproduction. The type of reproduction adopted by an organism depends on [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] morphology and physiology of the organism
[B] the habitat and morphology of the organism
[C] the organism’s habitat, physiology, and genetic makeup
[D] morphology of the organism
Answer: the organism’s habitat, physiology, and genetic makeup
(16) There is no natural death in single celled organisms like Amoeba and bacteria because [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] they are microscopic
[B] parental body is distributed among the offspring
[C] they reproduce by binary fission
[D] they cannot reproduce sexually
Answer: parental body is distributed among the offspring
(17) Offspring formed by sexual reproduction exhibit more variation than those formed by Asexual reproduction because [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] gametes of parents have qualitatively different genetic composition
[B] greater amount of DNA is involved in sexual reproduction.
[C] sexual reproduction is a lengthy process
[D] genetic material comes from parents of two different species
Answer: gametes of parents have qualitatively different genetic composition
(18) A multicellular, filamentous alga exhibits a type of sexual life cycle in which the meiotic division occurs after the formation of zygote. The adult filament of this alga has [NCERT Exemplar]
[A] diploid vegetative cells and haploid gametangia
[B] haploid vegetative cells and haploid gametangia
[C] diploid vegetative cells and diploid gametangia
[D] haploid vegetative cells and diploid gametangia
Answer: haploid vegetative cells and haploid gametangia
(19) Sugarcane is propagated by
[A] stem cutting
[B] seeds
[C] leaf buds
[D] root cutting
Answer: stem cutting
(20) Vegetative propagation in Pistia occurs by
[A] offset
[B] rhizome
[C] sucker
[D] runner
Answer: offset

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