Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · Biology
Chapter: Chapter 5 — Chapter 5: Pollination and Fertilisation
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is self-pollination? [1]
(A) Pollination within the same flower
(B) Pollination between different flowers
(C) No pollination occurring
(D) Only animal-assisted pollination
2. What is cross-pollination? [1]
(A) Pollination between different flowers
(B) Pollination within the same flower
(C) No pollination occurring
(D) Only wind-assisted pollination
3. What forms after pollination? [1]
(A) A pollen tube
(B) A seed immediately
(C) A fruit immediately
(D) Nothing forms
4. What does the pollen tube deliver? [1]
(A) Male gametes to the ovule
(B) Female gametes only
(C) Water only
(D) Nothing
5. What is fertilisation? [1]
(A) Combination of male and female gametes
(B) Only pollen transfer
(C) Only seed formation
(D) No specific process
6. What forms after fertilisation? [1]
(A) A zygote
(B) A pollen tube
(C) A stigma
(D) A petal
7. What does the ovule become? [1]
(A) A seed
(B) A fruit
(C) A petal
(D) A stamen
8. What does the ovary become? [1]
(A) A fruit
(B) A seed
(C) A petal
(D) A stamen
9. What is self-pollination? [1]
(A) Pollination within the same flower
(B) Pollination between different flowers
(C) No pollination occurring
(D) Only animal-assisted pollination
10. What is cross-pollination? [1]
(A) Pollination between different flowers
(B) Pollination within the same flower
(C) No pollination occurring
(D) Only wind-assisted pollination
11. What forms after pollination? [1]
(A) A pollen tube
(B) A seed immediately
(C) A fruit immediately
(D) Nothing forms
12. What does the pollen tube deliver? [1]
(A) Male gametes to the ovule
(B) Female gametes only
(C) Water only
(D) Nothing
13. What is fertilisation? [1]
(A) Combination of male and female gametes
(B) Only pollen transfer
(C) Only seed formation
(D) No specific process
14. What forms after fertilisation? [1]
(A) A zygote
(B) A pollen tube
(C) A stigma
(D) A petal
15. What does the ovule become? [1]
(A) A seed
(B) A fruit
(C) A petal
(D) A stamen
16. What does the ovary become? [1]
(A) A fruit
(B) A seed
(C) A petal
(D) A stamen