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Name of the Paper Reproductive Biology of Angiospenns

Name of the Course B.Sc. (H) Botany

Semester V

Duration : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 75

Instructions for Candidates

1. Write your Roll No. on the top immediately on receipt of

this question paper.

2. Attempt Five questions 1n all including Question No. 1

which is compulsory.

3. All the parts of a question must be attempted together.

4. Draw well-labelled diagrams and write botanical names

wherever necessary.

1. (a) Give the contribution of any three of the following:

(1 x3=3)
(i) E. Strasburger

(ii) G.B. A1nici

(iii) P. Maheshwari
(iv) B.M. Johri
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(b) Expl ain the fo ll owing terms :
(1 X4=4) 2. Draw well-l abeled diagra ms of the follow ing: (3x 5= 15)
(i) Tristy ly
(a) T.S. of young anther
(ii) Int egum entary tap etum
(b) Ultras tructu re of MGU or FGU
(iii) Tenui nucel late
(c) Bitegm ic anatro pous ovule

(d) Helob ial endos perm

(c) Fill in the blank s with suitab le term/ word : (1 X8=8)
(e) Ultras tructu re of pollen wall
(i) Highl y specia lized outerm ost layer of endos perm
in cerea ls is the 3. Writ e short notes on any three of the follow ing:
(5x 3=1 :5 )
(ii) type of embry ogeny is where the first (i) Anem ophily
di\·isi on of the zygot e is vertic al.
(ii) Doubl e fertil izatio n
(iii) Persis tent nucel lus in the seed is called
(iii) Intra- ovaria n pollin ation

(iv) Po llinat ion by bat is kno,,; n as (iv) Pollenk.itt

(v) Cyper aceae are chara cteriz ed by type (v) Pseud o -embr yo sac
of poll en grain .
4. Differ e ntiate betw een any three of the fo ll o\Ying :
(vi) Syn ergids are absen t in embry o sac.

(i) B ispor ic embry o sac and T etra sporic emr :-yC' sa,~
(,i i) ·wh en the poll en tube ent ers the ovule from the
micro pylar end it is called - - - (ii) Egg cell and Syner gi d

(viii) Ovula r struct ure which guide s the pollen tube (iii) 2-c elled pollen and 3-ce ll ed po llen
in s ide th e embry o sac is called the - - -

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(iv) A111oeboid tapetum and secretory tapetun1

5. (a) What is self incompatib ility? What are the two efficient
ways to overcome this phenomeno n? (5)

(b) What is palynology and mention its application ? Discuss

NPC system. (5)

( c) Define po lyembryony and give its classificati on. ( 5)

6. (a) What is monosporic embryo sac developmen t? Discuss

in detail with any one example. (5)

(b) What is germline transforn1a tion? Substantiat e your

answer with any one 1nethod. (5)

( c) Briefly discuss the various means of seed disseminat ion

with exa1nple. (5)

7. (a) What is apomixis? El abor at e on its role 1n cr op

breeding. (5)

(b) Briefly discuss the typ es of en1bryogen y. (5)

( c) \Vhat is the significance of callose in megasporog enesis?

(5)

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Name of the Paper Plant Physiol ogy

Name of the Course B.Sc. (Hons.) Botany

Semest er I V

Duratio n : 3 Hours Maxim um Marks : 7 5

Instruc tions for Candid ates

1. Write your Roll No. on the top immedi ately on receipt of

this questio n paper.

2. Attemp t five questio ns in all.

3. Questio n No. 1 is compul sory.

4. All questio ns carry equal marks.

1. (a) Comme nt on any five of the followi ng: (5xl=5)

(i) Calcium binding regulat ory protein

(ii) A synthet ic chelatin g agent

(iii) Hormon e associa ted 1vvith foolish seedling disease

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(iv) A disease associated with Zn deficiency

(v) Apical dominance

(v) A continuous system of cell walls, interercellular (vi) Necrosis

air spaces and xylem vessels in water)and mineral
transport 2. Distinguish between any three of the following: (5 x 3=15)

(vi) Inhibitor of active transport of minerals (i) Scarification and Stratification

(b) Fill in the blanks : (5xl=5) (ii) Short Day Plant and Long Day Plant

(i) Skoog and Miller are associated with the (iii) Simple and Facilitated diffusion
discovery of .................. .
(iv) Chlorosis and Etiolation
(ii) Precursor of ethylene is ................ .
3. Discuss briefly any three of the following : (5 x3=15)
(iii) Pigment responsible for blue light mediated
responses is ................. . (i) Proton ATPase pump in nutrient uptake

(iv) .................. is a natural plant antitranspirant. (ii) Acid growth hypothesis

(v) Region of soil surrounding the root system is (iii) J asmonates

called .................. .
(iv) ABC model of flowering

(c) Define any five of the following: (5x 1=5)

4. (a) Illustrate the role of Gibberellic acid in a-amy lase
(i) Uniport (5 )
synthesis in cereal aleurone layer.

(ii) Chelating agents

(b) Discuss the concept o f w ater pot en ti a l and i ts
(iii) Embolism components. (5)

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( c) How does wate r rise from the root to the top of tall
trees in the form of a cont inuo us colu mn? Exp lain wi th
refer ence to the most acce pted theo ry. (5)

5. (a) Give a brief acco unt of facto rs affec ting tran spira tion.
(5)

(b) List the phys iolog ical roles of Aux in OR Abs cisic
acid. (5)

(c) Enu1 nera te the biolo gica l resp onse s cont rolle d by
phyt ochr ome. (5)

6. (a) Comment on the role of Phyt oside roph ores in over com ing
the Iron defic iency . (5)

(b) Explain the struc ture and rol e of aqua porin s in regu latio n
of cellu lar wate r flow.
(5 )

(c) Writ e the signi fican t cont ribut ion of any five o f the
following:
(S x 1=5)
(i) Benn et-C lark

(ii) A. Fick

(iii) S. B. I-Iendrick and I-I. A.

Bort h\vic k
(iv) E. Munch

(v) J. Levi tt

(vi) F. W. Wen t
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Sem es t er V

Durati on : 3 Hours :r.1aximum :\1arks

Instructions for Candidates

1. W ri t e your Roll No . on the top immediately on receipt of

this question paper.

2. Attempt any five questions in all.

3. Question No . 1 is compulsory.

4. N onscientific calculator allo\ved . Statistic al tables proYided

by the college may be used if required.

1. (a) Define any five: (l x5=5 )

(i) Secondary data

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(ii) Sc atter d iagra m A B

(ii i) Qu artile deviat ion (i) 0 2 I. Mode

(ii) ~ II. M ean De viation

(iv) D egree of freedom
(iii) p III. M edian
(v) R a nge (iv) 8 IV . Summation

(vi) Pai red t- test (v) Mo V. Spearman Correlation coefficient

(b) Fill in the bl~nks : (1 x5=5)

2. Discuss any three o f the follo w ing: (5 x 3= 15)

(i) A verage o f pos ition 1s c a ll ed .. ... ...... .... ... ... .. . (a) What is da t a ? D escr i b e var iou s me t hod s of
classification of da ta . D iscu ss si gn ifi c ance of d at a
(ii) Th e average o f th e upper and lower limit of a classification.
c l as s is known as ...... ... .... .......... •
(b) What do you mean by sampl ing ? D iscu ss the differ en t
(iii) Arrangement of data into ra w a nd co lumn is call ed sampling methods used in b iostatistics .

( c ) Wh at is arithmetic mean ? H ow to calc ulate a rith metic

(iv) N umber of observations fallin g w ithin a particular mean ? D iscuss its m erits and demerits .

c lass inter va l is ca ll ed .. .. .. ......... ..... .. . .

(d ) Wh at is c o r re lation coe ffic ient? E x pl a in a n y tw o
meth ods to c alc ulate co rrelat ion coeffici en t.
(v) In a symm etric distribution the relation b etween
mean, med ian and mode is as fo llo:ws, M od e =3
3. Di ffer ent iatc between any five o f th e follo w ing :
M·cdi an - .. .. .. .. ... .... ... ... .. .
(3 1/ 5-= 15)
( a ) Random a nd non -random samp l ing
(c) Maleh the follo w in g : (5)
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(b) Pie chart and histogram ( c) Calculate the student t-test of the followin g data of leaf
length of a plant species and check the significance.
( c) Positive and negative correlation (7)

(d) Variable and attributes Plant A (in cm) 20 24 20 28 22 20 24 32 24 26

( e) t-test and chi square test Plant B (in cm) 12 10 8 10 6 4 14 20 10 6

(f) Standard deviation and Standard error

5. (a) Define biostatistics ·? Mention its aims and applicati on
in biological research. (4)
4. (a) Make a bar diagram for following data of a country
representing the population in different year. (b) Explain significance of standard deviation and coefficient
(3)
of variance. (4)
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1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980
Year 1840 1860 (c) Calculate the standard deviation fo r heigh t of plant

Population 17 .1 31.4 50.2 76.0 105.7 131.7 176.3 220.1 "Withania somnifera" from foll ow ing three different

in Million locations. (7)

(b) In a city total rainfall during the month of July 2017 Delhi 36 56 41 46 54 59 55 51 52 44 37 59

were recorded day wise. With the help of x,2 test explain Meerut 58 54 21 51 59 46 65 3 1 68 41 70 36
if there is any significant difference. (5) Jaipur 65 55 26 40 30 74 45 29 85 32 80 39

Sunday
Day M onday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
5. (a) D efin e reg ressi on coefficien t. Why there are two
17 12 10 14 20 17
Total 15 r egre s s io n l in e s ? Discuss its sim ilariti es and
Rainfall
diss imi lar ities with correlat ion co efficient. ( 7)
(mm)
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f :>J Ca lculate the regressi on coeffici ent for the followin g

dat a. Calcula te the expecte d ash content is
Carbohy drate content is 60 . (5+3=8)

Ca:oohvd rate
,;
44 56 47 48 55 41 54 58 45 46
:011tent (% dw)

.~s:. Content (% dw) 16 14 15 17 15 19 12 11 17 14