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KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 1. Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

When pollen grain is shed at 3-celled stage, name the cells it contains.

  1. A 1 vegetative cell and 2 male gametes
  2. B 2 vegetative cells and 1 male gamete
  3. C 2 generative cells and I male gamete
  4. D 2 male gametes and 1 generative cell
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(A) 1 vegetative cell and 2 male gametes

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(A) 1 vegetative cell and 2 male gametes,
When a pollen grain is shed it may have two cells or three cells. At three celled stage it has the following cells: One large vegetative cell and two male gametes.