Q.1
Find the incorrectly matched pair?
  • a) Irish moss – A red algae.
  • b) Bog moss – A true bryophyte.
  • c) Club moss – Fuel source bryophyte.
  • d) Reindeer moss – lichen.
Q.2
Red rust of tea is caused by:
  • a) Albugo.
  • b) Harveyella.
  • c) Cephaleuros.
  • d) Oedogonium.
Q.3
Which among the following doesn’t match reproductive structure of gymnosperms and angiosperms respectively?
  • a) Microsporophyll – stamen.
  • b) Female gametophyte – Archegonium.
  • c) Megasporophyll – Carpel.
  • d) Megasporangium – Ovule.
Q.4
Which among the following represents the Gametophytic phases in Pinus?
  • a) Pinus plant.
  • b) Male and female cones.
  • c) Micro and megaspores.
  • d) Zygotes.
Q.5
Zygotic meiosis is the characteristics of:
  • a) Marchantia.
  • b) Fucus.
  • c) Funaria
  • d) Chlamydomonas.
Q.6
Find the incorrect match:
  • a) Marchantia – Gemmae.
  • b) Funaria – Prothallus.
  • c) Ginkgo – Living fossil.
  • d) Marsilea – Sporocarp.
Q.7
Chlamydomonas nivalis is responsible for:
  • a) Red tide.
  • b) Red snow.
  • c) Red rust of tea.
  • d) Sulphur showers.
Q.8
Match the following:
Column I Column II
(a) Stamen Megasporangium
(b) Pistil Female gametophyte
(c) Ovule Microsporophyll
(d) Pollen sac Male gametophyte
(e) Pollen grain Megasporophyll
(f) Embryo sac Megasporangium
  • a) a - 3 ; b - 5 ; c - 1 ; d - 6; e - 4; f - 2
  • b) a - 3 ; b - 2 ; c - 4 ; d - 1; e - 5; f - 6
  • c) a - 6 ; b - 4 ; c - 2 ; d - 1; e - 5; f - 3
  • d) a - 4 ; b - 1 ; c - 6 ; d - 3; e - 5; f - 2
Q.9
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? (i) Agar, one of commercial products obtained from Laminaria and Sargassum are used to grow microbes and in preparations of ice-creams and jellies. (ii) In Phaeophyceae, major pigments are chlorophyll a, d and phycoerythrin. (iii) Pteridophytes classified into four classes: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Sphenopsida and Pteropsida. (iv) Gemmae are green, multicellular, asexual buds, which develop in small receptacles called gemma cups located on the thalli.
  • a) Both (iii) and (iv).
  • b) Both (i) and (ii).
  • c) Both (ii) and (iv).
  • d) All of these.
Q.10
Select the heterosporous pteridophytes:
  • a) Selaginella and Equisetum.
  • b) Selaginella and Salvinia.
  • c) Funaria and Sphagnum.
  • d) Cycas and Pinus.
Q.11
The first land plants to appear after a forest fire are the ferns, this is because of the survival of their:
  • a) Rhizines.
  • b) Rhizomes.
  • c) Spores.
  • d) Protonema.
Q.12
Which of the following branch of science is being described by the given statements ? (i) It can easily done by using computers based on all observable characters. (ii) Numbers and codes are assigned to all the characters and the data are then processed. (iii) Each character is given equal weightage and at the same time hundred of characters can be considered.
  • a) α-taxonomy.
  • b) Chemotaxonomy.
  • c) Numerical taxonomy.
  • d) Cytotaxonomy.
Q.13
In Pinus, I. The stem is branched II. Roots have fungal association in the form of mycorrhiza III. The male and female strobili are borne on different trees Of the above statements:
  • a) Only I is correct
  • b) Only II is correct
  • c) Only I and II are correct
  • d) I, II and III are correct.
Q.14
Match each term with its definition and choose your answer from the codes given:
I. Isogamy The union of two gametes
II. Syngamy Two gametes, one larger than the other
III. Heterogamy Two kinds of gametes, one motile and other non motile
IV. Anisogamy Two kinds of morphologically distinct gametes
V. Oogamy Both gametes morphologically indistinguishable
  • a) I - 1 ; II - 2 ; III - 3 ; IV - 4 ; V - 5
  • b) I - 4 ; II - 1 ; III - 2 ; IV - 3 ; V - 4
  • c) I - 5 ; II - 1 ; III - 2 ; IV - 4 ; V - 3
  • d) I - 3 ; II - 1 ; III - 2 ; IV - 4 ; V - 5
Q.15
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
  • a) Chlamydomonas: Microscopic unicellular alga
  • b) Volvox: Colonial alga
  • c) Ulothrix: Filamentous alga
  • d) Fucus: Isogamous alga
Q.16
Elaters are absent in
  • a) Funaria
  • b) Marchantia
  • c) Pellia
  • d) Porella
Q.17
Match the columns
Column I Column II
A.Hornwort Lycopodium
B. Liverwort Ricciocarpus
C. Stonewort Anthoceros
D. Club moss Chara
  • a) A - 2 ; B - 3 ; C - 4 ; D – 1
  • b) A - 2 ; B - 3 ; C - 1 ; D - 4
  • c) A - 3 ; B - 2 ; C - 1 ; D - 4
  • d) A - 3 ; B - 2 ; C - 4 ; D – 1
Q.18
In which of the following groups are seeds present?
  • a) Psilophyta
  • b) Ginkgopsida
  • c) Lycopodiophyta
  • d) Bryophyta
Q.19
Cycas is classified as a gymnosperms due to its
  • a) motile sperms
  • b) fruit formation
  • c) naked ovule
  • d) phycnoxylic wood
Q.20
Gelatin, an important raw material for preparation of photographic emulsion is a by product of
  • a) chicken
  • b) forest
  • c) cattle
  • d) fish
Q.21
In Cycas
  • a) ovule and microsporangia are present in same sporophyll
  • b) micro and megasporophylls are present in same cone
  • c) male cone and megasporophylls are born on the same plant
  • d) male cone and megasporophylls are born on separate individual plants
Q.22
Fertilisation is internal is Spirogyra. Where would you get zygospore, if 3 filaments are conjugating by scalariform conjugation?
  • a) Lateral filaments
  • b) Central filaments
  • c) Central filament and both lateral filaments
  • d) Either central or lateral filament
Q.23
Artificial taxonomy is connected with the
  • a) use of habit and habitat of organisms
  • b) based on the presence or absence of chemical in cells or tissues
  • c) based on morphological traits
  • d) based on evolutionary history of species
Q.24
Batrachospermum is a:
  • a) Blue coloured marine brown algae.
  • b) Blue coloured marine red algae.
  • c) Blue coloured fresh water red algae.
  • d) Blue coloured fresh water brown algae.
Q.25
Classical Taxonomy is based on
  • a) morphological traits
  • b) habitat of organisms
  • c) similarities and dissimilarities of behavior
  • d) phylogeny
Q.26
In the given diagrams, some of the algae have been labeled as A, B, C, and E. Choose the correct option to identify these algae
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  • a) A- Dictyota ; B – Polysiphonia; C- Porphyra; D- Fucus; E- Laminaria
  • b) A- Porphyra; B-Dictyota ; C- Laminaria; D- Fucus; E- Polysiphonia;
  • c) A- Dictyota ; B - Polysiphonia; C- Porphyra; D- Laminaria; E- Fucus;
  • d) A- Fucus; B – Porphyra; C - Dictyota ; D- Polysiphonia; E - Laminaria;
Q.27
Pick the correct group consisting of all genera exhibiting homospory
  • a) Lycopodium, Psilotum, Selaginella, Equisetum
  • b) Equisetum, Pteris, Salvinia, Psilotum
  • c) Salvinia, Pteris, Lycopodium, Selaginella
  • d) Equisetum, Psilotum, Lycopodium, Pteris
Q.28
Select one of the following pairs of important features distinguishing Gnetum from Cycas and Pinus and showing affinity with angiosperms
  • a) Perianth and no integuments
  • b) Embryo development and apical meristem
  • c) Absence of resin duct and leaf venation
  • d) Presence of vessel elements and absence of archegonia
Q.29
Which of the following are homosporous pteridophytes? I. Selaginella II. Lycopodium III. Salvinia IV. Equisetum
  • a) I and IV only
  • b) II and III only
  • c) II and IV only
  • d) III and IV only
Q.30
Plants possessing leafy body without vascular tissue, presence of embryo stage in life cycle and archegonia as female sex organs but absence of seed formation may be grouped among all, except:
  • a) Atracheophytes and non-spermatophytes.
  • b) Embryophytes and archegoniates.
  • c) Non-spermatophytes and non vascular cryptogams.
  • d) Algae.
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