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As the anther develops, the cells of the sporogenous tissue undergo meiotic divisions to form microspore tetrads. (As each cell of the sporogenous tissue is capable of giving rise to a microspore tetrad. Each one is a potential pollen or microspore mother cell. The process of formation of microspores from a pollen mother cell (PMC) through meiosis is called microsporogenesis. The mircrospores, as they are formed, are arranged in a cluster of four cells-the microspore tetrad, As the anthers mature and dehydrate, the microspores dissociate from each other and develop into pollen grains. Inside each microsporangium several thousands of microspores or pollen grains are formed that are released with the dehiscence of anther.)
(i) How many pollen grains are formed from one pollen Mother Cell (PMC)? (a) Two (b) Three (c) Four (d) One(ii) How many pollen tetrad forms from 100 pollen Mother cell ? (a) 400 (b) 25 (c) 100 (d) 200(iii) How many meiosis occurs in PMC to form 100 pollen grain ? (a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 75 (d) 100(iv) The process of pollen grain formation from Pollen Mother cell is called ________.

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(i) (c) Four (ii) (c) 100 (iii) (a) 25 (iv) (b) Microsporogenesis