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BotanyNEET 2024Pollination and double fertilisation

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Identify the correct description of the given figure:

Question 145 as printed in the NEET 2024 booklet

  1. A.Water-pollinated flowers showing stamens with mucilaginous covering.
  2. B.Cleistogamous flowers showing autogamy.
  3. C.Compact inflorescence showing complete autogamy.
  4. D.Wind-pollinated plant inflorescence showing flowers with well-exposed stamens.✓

Solution

The figure shows a grass inflorescence with long, dangling stamens hanging well out of the florets — an adaptation of wind-pollinated flowers, which expose stamens and feathery stigmas to the air. Water-pollinated stamens have a mucilaginous coat, and cleistogamous flowers never open.

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