Q.1
Which set contains flagellated male gametes .. [ CBSE 2007]
  • a) Spirogyra, Anthoceros and Funaria
  • b) Zygnema, Saprolegnia and Hydrilla
  • c) Fucus, Marsilea and Calotropis
  • d) Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas
Q.2
Winged pollen grains are found in …. [ JIPMER 2000]
  • a) Cycas
  • b) mango
  • c) Pinus
  • d) Dryopteris
Q.3
Bryophytes have … [ CBSE 1999]
  • a) Archegonia
  • b) Dominant gametophytic and parasitic sporophytic phase
  • c) Thalloid plant body
  • d) All the above
Q.4
Algae are included in … [ BHU 1994]
  • a) Tracheophytes
  • b) Embryophytes
  • c) Cormophytes
  • d) Thallophytes
Q.5
Plant body talus in ..[RP 1995]
  • a) Gymnosperms
  • b) Algae
  • c) Bryophyte
  • d) Pteridophyte
Q.6
Phylogenetic system of angiosperm classification was given by .. [ Odisha 2007]
  • a) Hallier
  • b) Hutchinson
  • c) Takhtajan
  • d) All the above
Q.7
Top –shaped nulticiliate male gamete and seeds with two cotyledons occur in … [ CBSE 2005]
  • a) Cycads
  • b) Conifers
  • c) Polypetalous angiosperms
  • d) Gamopetalous angiosperms
Q.8
Ephedrine is got from the plant part of Ephedra … [ AMU 1998]
  • a) Flowers
  • b) Leaves
  • c) Stems
  • d) Roots
Q.9
Conifers are found in … [ MPPMT 2004]
  • a) Western Ghats
  • b) Eastern Ghats
  • c) Rajasthan
  • d) Himalaya
Q.10
Meiosis occurs in the zygote of … [ AFMC 1994]
  • a) Funaria
  • b) Chlamydomonas
  • c) Dryopteris
  • d) Puccinia
Q.11
An ovule of Cycas has archegonia has archegonia … [ CPMT 2007]
  • a) One
  • b) Two
  • c) Eight
  • d) 2 - 8
Q.12
An independent sporophyte does not occur in … [ RPMT 2011]
  • a) Bryophytes
  • b) Angiosperms
  • c) Gymnosperms
  • d) Pteridophytes
Q.13
Match the following … [ kerala 2006]
a. red Algae p.Marchantia
b.Liverworts q.Pinus
c.Walking fern r.Polysiphonia
d.Gymnosperm s.Adiantum
  • a) a – q, b – p, c – s, d – r
  • b) a – p, b – q, c – r, d – s
  • c) a – s, b – r, c – q, d – p
  • d) a – r, b – p, c – s, d – q
Q.14
Match the columns I and II
Column I Column II
a. Anthoceros i Alga;
b.Adiantum ii.Hornwort
c.Prothallus iii.Gametophyte
d.Sargassum iv.Inferae
e. Asterales iv. Walking fern
  • a) a – ii, b – v, c – iii, d – ii, e –i
  • b) a – v, b – v, c – ii, d – iv, e –iii
  • c) a – v, b – i, c – i, d – v, e –iv
  • d) a – iii, b – ii, c – iii, d – v, e –ii
Q.15
Sago comes from … [ EAMCET 1999]
  • a) Calamus ritung
  • b) Metroxylon rumphii
  • c) Areca catechu
  • d) Phoenix dactylifera
Q.16
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 repel Funaria sperms
  • b) Funarial/Dryopteris sperms get killed by Pteris sperms
  • c) Funaria sperms are less mobile
  • d) Pteris/Dryopteris archegonia release chemical to attract its sperms
Q.17
To which group would a plant belong that produces spores, has vascular tissues and bears seeds without fruits … [ BHU 1998]
  • a) Bryophytes
  • b) Pteridophytes
  • c) Gymnosperms
  • d) Angiosperms
Q.18
Which one is the most advanced from evolutionary view point …[ CBSE 1993]
  • a) Selaginella
  • b) Funaria
  • c) Chlamydomonas
  • d) Pinus
Q.19
Which of these is mismatched? [ kerala 2006]
  • a) Phaneros – visible
  • b) Kryptos – concealed
  • c) Gymno – naked
  • d) Bryon – liverworts
Q.20
The species of Pinus, seeds of which are edible is /chigoza comes from … [ BHU 1995]
  • a)P. roxburghii
  • b) P.gerardiana
  • c) P.monophylla
  • d) P.sylvestris
Q.21
Basal cell of Ulothrix is … [ JIPMER 1999]
  • a) Antheridium
  • b) Meristematic
  • c) Holdfast
  • d) Zoogonidium
Q.22
Time interval between pollination and fertilization in Pinus is .. [ BHU 1994]
  • a) A four hour
  • b) A few days
  • c) A few weeks
  • d) About a year
Q.23
In Ulothrix, meiosis occurs in … [ AIIMS 2004]
  • a) Holdfast
  • b) Zygote
  • c) Zoospores
  • d) Cells of filaments
Q.24
Thallus of Riccia is … [ DPMT 2002]
  • a) Haploid
  • b) Diploid
  • c) Triploid
  • d) Tetraploid
Q.25
More than one answer may be correct: Marchantia polymorpha Is dioeciousPossesses antheridiophores and archegoniophores 3.Lacks foot and seta in its sporophyteIs heterosporous
  • a) 1, 2, 3 are correct
  • b) 1 and 2 are correct
  • c) 2 and 4 are correct
  • d) 1 and 3 are correct
Q.26
Pinus produces … [ BHU 1991]
  • a) No seeds
  • b) Flowers
  • c) No vascular tissues
  • d) Naked seeds in cones
Q.27
Selaginella and Salvinia are considered to represent a significant step towards evolution of seed habit because …[ CBSE 2011]
  • a) Female gametophyte is free and gets dispersed like seeds
  • b) Female gametophytes lack archegonia
  • c) Megaspores possess endosperm and embryo surrounded by seed coat
  • d) Embryo develops in female gametophyte which is retained on parent sporophyte
Q.28
Pteridium possesses … [RPMT 2002]
  • a) Polycyclic dictyostele
  • b) Actinostele
  • c) Siphonostele
  • d) Amphiphloic siphonostele
Q.29
Ephedra and Gnetum are exceptions to gymnosperms as they show .. [ DPMT 2005]
  • a) Double fertilization
  • b) Siphonogamy
  • c) Aggregation of sporophylla
  • d) Presence of ovules
Q.30
Fern rhizome is … [ JIPMER 2000]
  • a) Root
  • b) Stem
  • c) Rhizophore
  • d) Rhizoid
Q.31
Gymnosperms are called naked seed plants because they lack .. [ CPMT 2004]
  • a) Cotyledons
  • b) Endosperm
  • c) Tests
  • d) Ovary wall
Q.32
Endodermis is component of ….
  • a) Extrastelar tissue system
  • b) Intrastelar tissue system
  • c) Epidermal tissue system
  • d) Vascular tissue system
Q.33
Megasporophyll of Cycas is homologous to … [ AIIMS 2002]
  • a) Carpel
  • b) Stamen
  • c) Petal
  • d) Sepal
Q.34
Pinus seed is … [ BHU 1997]
  • a) Non-endospermic and monocotyledonous
  • b) Abaxial and rounded
  • c) Adaxial and endospermic
  • d) Hypogeal and non endospermic
Q.35
Selaginella multiplies vegetatively through … [ CPMT 2000]
  • a) Tubers
  • b) Resting buds
  • c) Fragmentation
  • d) All the above
Q.36
Fern gametophyte is nutritionally … [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Saprophyte
  • b) Parasite
  • c) Chemoautotroph
  • d) Photoautotroph
Q.37
Select the correct statement …[kerala 2011]
  • a) Absorption of water by seeds and dry wood are examples of facilitated diffusion
  • b) Pinus seeds cannot germinate and establish without the presence of mycorrhiza
  • c) Translocation in phloem is bidirectional whereas in xylem it is unidirectional
  • d) In plants, the water loss in its liquid phase is known as transpiration
Q.38
Antherozoids of Marchantia are … [ AFMC 1999]
  • a) Short, curved and biflagellate
  • b) Short, straight and multiflagellate
  • c) Long, straight and biflagellate
  • d) Long, curved and biflagellate
Q.39
Sporophyte of Funaria contains columella … [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Sterile and lateral
  • b) Fertile and lateral
  • c) Fertile and middle
  • d) Sterile and middle
Q.40
“Ordines Anomali” of Bentham and Hooker includes … [ AIIMS 2006]
  • a) Seed plants showing abnormal forms of growth and development
  • b) Plants represented only in fossil state
  • c) Plants described in the literature but which Bentham and Hooker did not see in original
  • d) A few orders which could not be placed satisfactorily in classification
Q.41
Which ones secrete calcium carbonate and appear like corals … [ kerala 2003]
  • a) Red algae
  • b) Brown algae
  • c) Blue-green algae
  • d) All the above
Q.42
Zygospore of Spirogyra is … [ MPPMT 2001]
  • a) Multilayered
  • b) Three layered
  • c) Two layered
  • d) One layered
Q.43
A gymnosperm lacking archegonium is … [ MPPMT 2012]
  • a) Pinus
  • b) Ephedra
  • c) Cycas
  • d) Gnetum
Q.44
Which of the following red algae are suitable for human consumption? [ Pb PMT 2005]
  • a) Laminaria and Fucus
  • b) Gracilaria and Chondrus
  • c) Porphyra and Spirogyra
  • d) Rhodymenia and Porphyra
Q.45
First land inhibiting plants are … [ MPPMT 2004]
  • a) Bryophytes
  • b) Angiosperms
  • c) Pteridophytes
  • d) Gymnosperms
Q.46
In life cycle of Spirogyra, a brief period of tetranucleate condition occurs in …
  • a) Vegetative cells
  • b) Germination zygospores
  • c) Gametangium
  • d) Holdfast
Q.47
In life cycle of Funaria spores are beginning of the generation… [ MPPMT 1997]
  • a) Gametophyte
  • b) Sporophytic
  • c) Both a and b
  • d) Peristome
Q.48
A plant having seeds but lacking flowers and fruits belongs to …
  • a) Pteridophytes
  • b) Mosses
  • c) Ferns
  • d) Gymnosperms
Q.49
Male cone of Pinus replaces … [ JIPMER 1999]
  • a) Needles
  • b) Scales
  • c) Dwarf shoots
  • d) Long shoots
Q.50
In which of the following elater mother cells anad spore mother cells belong to same generation … [ JIPMER 1996]
  • a) Marchantia
  • b) Reboulia
  • c) Riccardia
  • d) Dryopteris
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