Q.1
Protostele is … [ BHU 1996]
  • a) Stele divided into many parts
  • b) Early stele with central solid xylem surrounded by phloem
  • c) latent stele
  • d) Angiosperm stele
Q.2
Pteridophytes as a group differ from bryophytes in possessing …
  • a) Motile sperm and spores
  • b) Archegonia
  • c) Alternation of generations
  • d) Presence of vascular tissue
Q.3
External water is not required for fertilization in …. [ BHU 1991]
  • a) Fern/Selaginella
  • b) Moss/Riccia
  • c) Ulothrix
  • d) Gymnosperms/Maize
Q.4
Golden Mine of Liverworts is … [ kerala 2003]
  • a) Eastern Himalayas
  • b) Western Himalayas
  • c) Western Ghats
  • d) Eastern Ghats
Q.5
Primary protonema is present in … [ CPMT 2010]
  • a) Agaricus
  • b) Alternaria
  • c) Sphagnum
  • d) Funaria
Q.6
Find out the similarity between gymnosperms and angiosperms … [ CPMT 1996]
  • a) Naked ovules
  • b) Polyembryony
  • c) Double fertilization
  • d) None of the above
Q.7
Sieve tubes and companion cells are absent in … [ RPMT 1996]
  • a) Angiosperms
  • b) Pea
  • c) Mango
  • d) Pteridophyte
Q.8
Coralloid roots of Cycas possess a symbiotic alga … [ BHU 1998]
  • a) Aulosira
  • b) Spirogyra
  • c) Ulothrix
  • d) Anabaena
Q.9
Structure protecting archegonia of Marchantia is
  • a) Apophysis
  • b) Perichaetium
  • c) Periphysis
  • d) Apophysis
Q.10
Which one is common between Pinus and Dryopteris .. [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Presence of antheridia and archegonia
  • b) Presence of pollen tube
  • c) Absence of seeds
  • d) Absence of fruits
Q.11
Choose the correct statement …
  • a) Apophysis is the basal fertile part of capsule in Funaria
  • b) Apophysis is the apical sterile part of microsporophyll in Cycas
  • c) Apospory is the development of sporophyte from vegetative cells of gametophyte
  • d) Apogamy is the development of gametophyte form vegetative cells of sporophyte
Q.12
Leaves of moss plant possess .. [ Manipur 2009]
  • a) Stomata and chloroplasts
  • b) No stomata, no chloroplasts
  • c) Stomata but no chloroplasts
  • d) No stomata but chloroplasts
Q.13
Well developed archegonium with neck having 6 and 4 rows of neck cells occurs in … [ CBSE 1995]
  • a) Pteridophytes and gymnosperms
  • b) Gymnosperms and flowering plants
  • c) Gymnosperms only
  • d) Bryophytes and pteridophytes
Q.14
Which one has oil and occasionally starch as reserve food? … [ CPMT 1998]
  • a) Chlorophyceae
  • b) Phaeophyceae
  • c) Rhodophyceae
  • d) Xanthophyceae
Q.15
Sulphur shower is due to … [ Odisha 2008]
  • a) Acid rain
  • b) Excess SO2 and SO3 in atmosphere
  • c) Exposed sulphur rocks
  • d) Pollen Pinus/Cedrus
Q.16
A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing symbiont is found in … [ CBSE 2011]
  • a) Cicer
  • b) Cycas
  • c) Pisum
  • d) Alnus
Q.17
Female cone of Pinus is a … [ HPPMT 2009]
  • a) Modified scale
  • b) Modified needle
  • c) Modified dwarf shoot
  • d) Modified long shoot
Q.18
Angiosperms show … [ Manipal 1999]
  • a) Monospory
  • b) Bispory
  • c) Trispory
  • d) Tetraspora
Q.19
Cleavage polyembryony occurs in … [ BHU 2006]
  • a) Pinus
  • b) Cycas
  • c) Angiosperms
  • d) Pteridophytes
Q.20
Dicotyledons are characterized by presence of …
  • a) Tap root
  • b) Adventitious roots
  • c) Fibrous roots
  • d) Epiphytic roots
Q.21
Fucoxanthin occurs in … [ AMU 1992]
  • a) Cyanophyceae
  • b) Rhodophyceae
  • c) Chlorophyceae
  • d) Phaeophyceae
Q.22
Sago of Cycas is given to patients with stomach disorders because it is … [ AIIMS 1997]
  • a) Cheap
  • b) Easily digestible with less starch
  • c) Tastier
  • d) With high nutritive value
Q.23
In a fern sporangium, the number of spores is … [ AFMC 1996]
  • a) 64
  • b) 32
  • c) 128
  • d) 16
Q.24
Male and female gametophytes are independent and free living in … [ CBSE 2010]
  • a) Castor
  • b) Pinus
  • c) Sphagnum
  • d) Mustard
Q.25
Which amongst the following are not seed producers … [ CBSE 2003]
  • a) Fern and Funaria
  • b) Funaria and Ficus
  • c) Ficus and Chlamydomonas
  • d) Punica and pinus
Q.26
A spermatophyte with ciliated stage is … [ BHU 2002]
  • a) Pteridium
  • b) Riccia
  • c) Gymnosperm
  • d) Angiosperm
Q.27
Seed habit is an important step in evolution. It is due to … [ Odisha 2011]
  • a) Heterogamy
  • b) Heterospory
  • c) Homospory
  • d) Homogamy
Q.28
A vascular cryptogam is … [ CBSE 2009]
  • a) Cedrus
  • b) Ginkgo
  • c) Marchantia
  • d) Equisetum
Q.29
Identify the pair that exhibits circinate vernation … [ KCET 2010]
  • a) Equisetum and Selaginella
  • b) Riccia and Nephrolepis
  • c) Nephrolepis and Cycas
  • d) Psilotum and Riccia
Q.30
The unequally thickened wall of fern sporangium that helps in dehiscence is … [ Manipal 2004]
  • a) Indusium
  • b) Placenta
  • c) Annulus
  • d) Receptacle
Q.31
Gametophytes do not have free independent existence in … [ CBSE 2008]
  • a) Funaria
  • b) Polytrichum
  • c) Cedrus
  • d) Dryopteris
Q.32
In oogamous reproduction … [ Pb PMT 1998]
  • a) Both male and female gametes are motile
  • b) Both gametes are product of division of protoplast
  • c) Both male and female gametes are motile
  • d) For male gametes protoplast divides but for female gamete it does not
Q.33
Prothallus is … [ Bih PMT 2006]
  • a) Gametophyte, monoecious, autotroph present in pteridophytes
  • b) Gametophyte, monoecious, autotroph found in bryophytes
  • c) Sporophyte, dioecious, heterotroph found in bryophytes
  • d) Gametophyte, dioecious, autotroph present in pteridophytes
Q.34
Heteromorphic alternation of generations occurs in … [ MPPMT 1998]
  • a) Dictyota
  • b) Selaginella
  • c) Rhizopus
  • d) Spirogyra
Q.35
Marchantia is a bryophyte as it does not possess … [ CET Chd. 2009]
  • a) Vascular tissues
  • b) Seeds
  • c) Roots
  • d) Independent sporophyte
Q.36
Walking Fern is named so as … [ CBSE 1998]
  • a) It knows walking
  • b) It is dispersed through walking
  • c) Its spores are able to walk
  • d) It spreads and propagates vegetatively by its leaf tips
Q.37
Seed of Cycas is …
  • a) Exalbuminous and monocotyledonous
  • b) Exalbuminous and dicotyledonous
  • c) Albuminous and dicotyledonous
  • d) Albuminous and monocotyledonous
Q.38
Which one of the following cannot fix nitrogen … [ CBSE 1994]
  • a) Nostoc
  • b) Azotobacter
  • c) Spirogyra
  • d) Anabaena
Q.39
Time takes in Pinus from pollination to fertilization is … [ MPPMT 1995]
  • a) 4 months
  • b) Four years
  • c) 15 months
  • d) Two years
Q.40
Pyrenoids are characteristically found in the chloroplasts of … [ MPPMT 1995]
  • a) Angiosperms
  • b) Pteridophytes
  • c) Algae
  • d) Fungi
Q.41
Rhynia belongs to … [ Har PMT 2003]
  • a) Silurian
  • b) Devonian
  • c) Carboniferous
  • d) Permian
Q.42
Gnetum , a gymnosperm differs from Cycas and Pinus but shows affinities with angiosperms in the features … [ CBSE 2008]
  • a) Perianth and two integuments
  • b) Embryo development and apical meristem
  • c) Absence of resin ducts and leaf venation
  • d) Presence of vessel elements and absence of archegonia
Q.43
Choose the wrong pair .. [ kerala 2008]
  • a) hepaticopsida - Marchantia
  • b) lycopsida - Selaginella
  • c) Bryopsida - Anthoceros
  • d) Pteropsida - Dryopteris
Q.44
Which is not a fungal disease … [ BHU 1995]
  • a) Rust of Coffee
  • b) Red rust of Tea
  • c) Rust of Wheat
  • d) White rust of cruciferae
Q.45
Transfusion tissue, a modified vascular tissue is found in leaves of …. [ Har.PMT 2007]
  • a)Dryopteris and Selaginella
  • b) Pinus and Cycas
  • c) Porella and Funaria
  • d) Dalbergia and Mangifera
Q.46
Which of the following is monoecious .. [ CBSE 2010]
  • a) Marchantia
  • b) Cycas
  • c) Pinus
  • d) Data palm
Q.47
Phanerogams include … [ BHU 2008]
  • a) Gymnosperms
  • b) Angiosperms
  • c) Pteridophytes
  • d) Both a and b
Q.48
Fusion between dissimilar gametes is … [ AFMC 1996]
  • a) Autogamy
  • b) Isogamy
  • c) Allogamy
  • d) Dichogamy
Q.49
Alginic acid is produced by … [ CPMT 2010]
  • a) Red alga
  • b) Green alga
  • c) Blue green alga
  • d) Brown alga
Q.50
Consider the following statements regarding gymnosperms and choose the correct option .. [ kerla 2010] a) In gymnosperm the male and the female gametophytes have an independent existence. b) The multicellular female gametophyte is retained within megasporangium. c) The gymnosperms are heterosporous. Of these statement .. [ keral 2010]
  • a) b and c are true but a is false
  • b) a and b are true but c is false
  • c) a and c are true but b is false
  • d) b and c are false but a is true
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