Question

Cleistogamous flowers are always:

(A) Self pollinated

(B) Cross-pollinated

(C) Both a and b

(D) of these

Answer 1

Correct Answer is: (A) Self pollinated

• Cleistogamous flowers are flowers which always remain closed. Pollination occurring in closed flowers is cleistogamy.

• It is a condition in which flower does not open. It is an adaptation seen in plants to ensure self-pollination.