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Pollination by snail and slug is known as

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  1. Ornithophilous

  2. Chiropterophilous

  3. Entomophilous

  4. Malacophilous

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There are different types of pollination depending upon the agent involved in it. Pollination by bird is known as ornithophilous pollination. Chiropterophilous is a type of pollination in which pollination occurs by bats. Entomophilous is a type of pollination in which pollination occurs by insects. Pollination by snail and slug is known as malacophilous pollination. 

Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Famous ornithologist of India is

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  1. Dr. Salim Ali

  2. Gulam Ali

  3. Mohan Ali

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Dr Salim Ali,  "Birdman of India", was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and wrote several bird books that popularized ornithology in India. His best known works are The Book of Indian Birds, Pictorial Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent and Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (8 volumes), co-authored by Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley.
So, the correct option is 'A'.


Chirtopteriphily is pollination by ..................

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  1. Insects

  2. Wind

  3. Bats

  4. Snails

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Chiropterophily is pollination of plants by bats. Bat pollination of most common in tropical and desert areas that have many night blooming flowers. Just like bees and birds that pollinate, nectar consuming bats have evolved ways to find and harvest the nectar. Nectar bats have long tongues and can hover like hummingbirds. In turn, the flowers attract bats with their light-coloured petals, large bolossoms, fruity aromas and plentiful nectar.

Which of the following is a characteristics for ornithophily?

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  1. Scented flowers

  2. Bright red coloured flowers and inflorescence

  3. White coloured funnel shaped large corolla

  4. Yellow flower with nectaries at the base of the corolla tube

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Ornithophily is pollination by birds, characteristic is presence of colored flowers ( mostly red) with nectaries. The orientation of the stigma and anthers is to facilitate pollen transfer for cross pollination. 
So, the correct answer is 'Yellow flower with nectaries at the base of the corolla tube'

The sausage tree (Kigelia pinnate) is pollinated by 

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  1. Bat

  2. Air

  3. Wind

  4. Water

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kigelia pinnate is a species belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. It is found in tropical Africa. This is an evergreen tree with pinnate leaves and long drooping inflorescence. It produces bell-shaped flowers in panicles and has a strong scent which is most notable at night. The strong smell attracts the bat which comes for pollen and nectar and thus these are generally pollinated by bats. 

Which of the following terms describes pollination by the agency of ants?

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  1. Cheiropterophily

  2. Entomophily

  3. Ornithophily

  4. Myrmecophily

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Pollination is the transferring of pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma. Pollination by the agency of ants is called myrmecophily. Pollination by bats, insects and birds are called cleiropterophily, entomophily and ornithophily respectively. 

Some seeds are dispersed by animals ,especially spiny seeds with hooks which get attached to the bodies of animals and are carried to  distant places. Examples is/are -

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  1. Xanthium and urena

  2. Xanthium

  3. urena

  4. Cocount

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The seeds of the fruits get dispersed by different methods. Xanthium and Urena are the plants in which the fruits produces seeds having structures like spines or hooks. These structures are used for clinging the seeds on the body of the animals and get carried away with them and get dispersed.

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

The chief pollinators of our agri-horticultural crops are

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  1. Moths

  2. Beetles

  3. Butterflies

  4. Bees

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Bees are the most effective pollinators which spent most of their lifetime in collecting pollen to feed their offsprings. At least 30%of 1,500 crop plant species depend on pollination by bees.

So the correct option is 'Bees.'

Select incorrectly matched pair from the follwoing.

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  1. Wind - Cannabis - Anemophily

  2. Water - Zoostera - Hydrophily

  3. Insects - Salvia - Entomophily

  4. Birds - Adansonia - Ornithophily

  5. Bats - Kigelia - Chiropterophily

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Adansonia is a genus of nine species of tree, including six native to Madagascar, two native to mainland Africa and the Arabian peninsula, and one native to Australia. They undergo pollination with the help of bats. It is thus, classified under chiropterophily mode of pollination.

Ornithophily refers to the pollination by which of the following?

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  1. Insects

  2. Birds

  3. Snails

  4. Air

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ornithophily is a type of pollination that takes place in flowering plant by birds. The birds with long beaks like hummingbird show this type of pollination. The plants, which undergo ornithophily are usually bright coloured and unscented.