Class 12 · Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Pollen Grain Structure and Diversity — NEET Biology

📚 Practice Concept
📖 NCERT Source

You will really be amazed at the variety of architecture – sizes, shapes, colours, designs – seen on the pollen grains from different species.

NCERT Biology · Class 12 · Chapter 1 · Paragraph 18
Practice This Concept
QuestionPractice Question

Which of the following statements about pollen viability are correct? S1: Pollen viability is highly variable among different plant species and is influenced by environmental conditions. S2: Pollen grains of cereals like rice and wheat typically retain viability for several days under ambient conditions. S3: Pollen from members of families such as Rosaceae, Leguminoseae, and Solanaceae can maintain viability for a period of months. S4: Pollen banks involve storing pollen grains for extended periods, even years, in liquid nitrogen at -196°C for crop breeding programs. S5: High temperature and high humidity are generally favourable conditions for extending the period of pollen viability.

Through deep analysis of NEET and NTA, 88 of 90 questions from the NEET 2026 paper were matched straight from the MedicNEET Biology question bank.

88/90
of the NEET 2026 Biology paper matched from the MedicNEET question bank

MedicNEET's Biology question bank is built from the same NCERT lines NTA picks repeatedly. Not random MCQs — questions crafted exactly like NTA crafts them.

88 of 90 NEET 2026 Biology questions traced to MedicNEET10,000+ Biology questionsHindi + English
Free to start · Hindi + English · 10,000+ questions · NEET 2026 pattern
Related Concepts from Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
📘Practice all 43 NEET PYQs from Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants🔍See full Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants PYQ Analysis