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Cleistogamous flowers are

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Self pollinated
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Insect pollinated
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Wind pollinated
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Bird pollinated
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Solution

The correct option is A Self pollinated
When some physical barrier is present between male and female reproductive parts of a flower which prevents self-pollination, it is called herkogamy. Some flowers, do not expose their sex organs. Such flowers are called cleistogamous and the phenomenon as cleistogamy. Here self-pollination takes place. Dichogamy refers to maturation of male and female sex organs at different times.

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