Question. In Selaginella, trabecular are the modification of:
a. Epidermal cells
b. Cortical cells
c. Endodermal cells
d. Pericycle cells
Answer
c
Question. In pteridophytes, phloem is without:
a. Sieve cells
b. Sieve tubes
c. Companion cells
d. Bast fibre
Answer
c
Question. Indusium is found in:
a. Algae
b. Ferns
c. Moss
d. Cycas
Answer
b
Question. Spores are liberated only after decay and decomposition of thallus in:
a. Riccia
b. Anthoceros
c. Marchantia
d. Funaria
Answer
A
Question. Bryophytes are also called amphibians of the plant kingdom because
a. They require water to complete their life cycle
b. They require land to complete their life cycle
c. They require both land and water for survive
d. They require only marine water to complete their life cycle
Answer
A
Question. Apophysis occurs in:
a. Mosses
b. Pteridium
c. Apocyanaceae
d. Marchantia Pteridophytes
Answer
A
Question. The kidney shaped covering of sorus is
a. Placenta
b. Ramentum
c. Sporophyll
d. Indusium
Answer
A
Question. In the prothallus of vascular cryptogram, the antherozoids and eggs mature at different times. As a result,
a. There is no change in success rate of fertilisation
b. There is a high degree of sterility
c. One can conclude that the plant is apomictic
d. Self-fertilisation is prevented
Answer
D
Question. Ramenta is the characteristic of:
a. Marchantia
b. Funaria
c. Dryopteris d. None of these
Answer
B
Question. Leaf in young condition in fern is called:
a. Scale leaf
b. Sporophyll
c. Circinate ptyxis
d. None of these
Answer
C
Question. Which one of the following is called maiden – hair fern?
a. Dryopteris
b. Pteris
c. Adiantum
d. Lycopodium
Answer
C
Question. Dispersal of spores in ferns takes place through:
a. Annulus
b. Stomium
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. Indusium
Answer
C
Question. Characteristic of ferns is:
a. Circinate venation
b. Reticulate Venation
c. Parallel venation
d. None of these
Answer
A
Question. Neck canal cell is absent in the archegonium of:
a. Funaria
b. All pteridophytes
c. Dryopteris
d. Cycas
Answer
B
Question. Like gymnosperms, the angiosperms also exhibit:
a. Heterospory
b. Siphonogamy
c. Seed formation
d. All of these
Answer
D
Question. Which of the following is not included in ‘Archegoniate’?
a. Bryophytes
b. Pteridophytes
c. Gymnosperms
d. Angiosperms
Answer
D
Question. Polar nuclei fuse to produce
a. Diploid secondary nucleus
b. Zygote
c. Antipodal cells
d. Synergids
Answer
A
Question. Angiosperms differ from gymnosperms as they show:
a. Double fertilization
b. Triple fusion
c. Triploid to polyploid endosperms
d. All of the above
Answer
D
Question. Pyrenoids are the centres for formation of:
a. Starch
b. Enzymes
c. Fat
d. Proteins
Answer
A
Question. Which of the following is considered important in the development of Seed habit?
a. Dependent Sporophyte
b. Heterospory
c. Haplontic life cycle
d. Free-living gametophyte
Answer
C
Question. Vascular cryptogams are:
a. Gymnosperms
b. Angiosperms
c. Bacteriods
d. Pteridophytes/Ferns
Answer
D
Question. Prothallus is:
a. Gametophyte, dioecious, autotroph present in pteridophytes
b. Gametophyte, monoecious, autotroph found in bryophytes
c. Sporophyte, dioecious, hetorotroph found in bryophytes
d. Gametophyte, monoecious, autotroph present in pteridophytes
Answer
D
Question. Which one of the following is not common between Funaria and Selaginella?
a. Roots
b. Embryo
c. Flagellate sperms
d. Archegonium
Answer
A
Question. Choose the wrong statement:
a. Gymnosperms lack vessels in their xylem.
b. Gymnosperms does not have albuminous cells and sieve cells in their phloem.
c. The first formed primary xylem elements are called protoxylem.
d. Gymnosperms have albuminous cells and sieve cells in their phloem.
Answer
D
Question. Fruits are not found in gymnosperms because:
a. They are seed less
b. They are not pollinated
c. They have no ovary
d. Fertilisation does not take place
Answer
C
Question. Gymnosperms are also called soft wood spermatophytes because they lack:
a. Cambium
b. Phloem fibres
c. Thick – walled tracheids
d. Xylem fibres
Answer
D
Question. A mature pollen grain of Pinus has:
a. 2 cells
b. 3 cells
c. 4 cells
d. 5 cells
Answer
C
Question. A drug for respiratory disorders is obtained from:
a. Ephedra
b. Eucalyptus
c. Cannabis
d. Saccharum
Answer
A
Question. Plants having (spores), xylem and phloem but lacking seeds are:
a. Pteridophytes
b. Gymnosperms
c. Bryophytes
d. Angiosperms
Answer
A
Question. Sperms of both Funaria and Pteris/Dryopteris were released together near the archegonia of Pteris/ Dryopteris. Only its sperms enter the archegonia as:
a. Pteris/Dryopteris archegonia release chemical to attract its sperms
b. Funaria/Dryopteris sperms get killed by Pteris sperms
c. Funaria sperms are less mobile
d. Pteris/Dryopteris archegonia repel Funaria sperms
Answer
A
Question. Which is the source of Turpentine oil?
a. Gymnospermic wood
b. Angiospermic wood
c. Gymnospermic seed
d. Angiospermic seed
Answer
A
Question. In Cycas, pollination occurs at______ celled stage?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
Answer
C
Question. Which of the following is / are grouped under phanerogams?
a. Angiosperms
b. Gymnosperms
c. Pteridophytes
d. Both (a) & (b)
Answer
D
Question. Flagellated male gametes are present in all the three of which one of the following sets?
a. Anthoceros, Funaria and Spirogyra
b. Zygnema, Saprolegnia and Hydrilla
c. Fucus, Marsilea and Calotropis
d. Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas
Answer
D
Question. In Pinus/gymnosperms, the haploid structures are:
a. Megaspore, endosperm and embryo
b. Pollen grain, leaf and root
c. Megaspore, integument and root
d. Megaspore, pollen grain and endosperm
Answer
D
Question. Winged pollen grains are found in:
a. Cycas
b. Pinus
c. Mango
d. Dryopteris
Answer
B
Question. Female cone of Pinus develops seeds in:
a. One year
b. 2-3 year
c. Two years
d. Four years
Answer
B
Question. Megasporophyll is the term used in gymnosperm to denote
a. Carpels
b. Stamens
c. Leaves
d. Female cone
Answer
A
Question. Branched rhizoids and leafy gametophyes are characteristic of:
a. All bryophytes
b. Some pteriodophytes
c. All pteridophytes
d. Some bryophytes
Answer
D
Question. Gymnosperms have a mode of pollination called:
a. Zoophily
b. Entomophily
c. Anemophily
d. Hydrophily
Answer
C
Question. In Pinus, the male gametes are:
a. Uniciliate
b. Multiciliate
c. Biciliate
d. Non-ciliate
Answer
D
Question. Sago comes from:
a. Phoenix dactylifera
b. Areca catechu
c. Metroxylon rumphii
d. Calamus ritung
Answer
C
Question. Which one is living fossil?
a. Pinus
b. Selaginella
c. Cycas
d. Metasequoia
Answer
C
Question. In gymnosperms, how many male gametes are produced by each pollen grain?
a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1
Answer
C
Question. Coralloid roots of Cycas possess a symbiotic alga:
a. Anabaena
b. Spirogyra
c. Ulothrix
d. Aulosira
Answer
A
Question. A plant having seeds but lacking flowers and fruits belongs to:
a. Gymnosperms
b. Mosses
c. Ferns
d. Pteridophytes
Answer
A
Question. Fern gametophyte is nutritionally:
a. Photoautotroph
b. Parasite
c. Chemoautotroph
d. Saprophyte
Answer
A
