Multiple choice questions (MCQs)
Which of these plants reproduce through its stem?
a) carrot
b) lotus plant
c) mango tree
Correct Answer: (A) Carrot
The cotyledons do not contain
a) baby shoot
b) food for the baby plant
c) seed coat
d) baby root
Correct Answer: (C) Seed coat
Which of these seeds is dispersed by wind?
a) lotus
b) coconut
c) maple
Correct Answer: (C) Maple
Which of these is a kharif crop?
a) wheat
b) maize
c) peas
d) mustard
e) gram
Correct Answer: (B) Maize
The pollen grains are released from
- cotyledon
- anther
- filament
- Style
Correct Answer: 2. Anther
Pollen grain germinates and form
- style tube
- seed coats
- pollen tube
- Cotyledons
Correct Answer: 3. Pollen Tube
Fertilized cell is called the
- zygote
- ovule
- pollen
- female gamete
Correct Answer: (A) Zygote
The young plant is known as
- seedling
- ovule
- cotyledon
- Pollen
Correct Answer: 1. seedling
Dandelion seed is dispersed through
- water
- wind
- animals
- Explosion
Correct Answer: 1. wind
Mark for true and x for false statements.
Plants can grow only from seeds.
Correct Answer: false
Explanation: plants can also grow from other parts like stem, roots, leaves of the parent plant. Example: potato,onion, ginger.
The seed leaves make food for the seed.
Correct Answer: True
Seeds can germinate without water.
Correct Answer: False
Explanation: Seeds require an adequate amount of water, air, sunlight, and good quality soil to develop into a plant.
If all seeds fall under the parent plant they will grow into very healthy plants.
Correct Answer: false
Explanation: If all seeds fall under the parent plant it will lead to overcrowding and competition between various essential components. Therefore the plant will not grow properly and will die.
Kharif crops grow best in warm weather.
Correct Answer: True
Give one word for the following.
A piece of stem that can grow into a new plant
Answer: Bud
The growth of a seed into a new plant
Answer: Germination
A baby plant after germination
Answer: Seedling
Also Check – Class 5 Chapter1 Plant life Question Answers
The scattering of seeds away from the mother plant
Answer: Dispersal
Winter crop season
Answer: Rabi crops
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
- A seed has an outer covering called the
(seed cover/seed coat).
Correct Answer: seed coat
- The pollen grain may germinate because of the presence of a …………..
(dry/sticky) substance released by the stigma.
Correct Answer: sticky
- The zygote develops into a/an (embryo/cotyledon) after
fertilization.
Correct Answer: Embryo
- Dandelion seeds have hair-like structure that acts like a
(wing/parachute).
Correct Answer: wing
- Dispersal by explosion takes place in ….
(balsam/maple) fruit.
Correct Answer: Balsam
Name the following.
- The process by which living organisms produce more of its own kind
…………………
Answer: Reproduction
- The process of fusion of male and female gametes is called
Answer: fertilization
Give two examples of the following.
- Seeds dispersed by water
Answer: Coconut, Lotus
- Seeds dispersed by animals
Answer: mango,apple
- Plants that can grow from stems
Answer: Surgarcane, potato
- Plants that can grow from roots
Answer: Water hyacinth, turnip
- Plants that reproduce through spores
Answer: Mosses and Ferns
