Q.1
Young leaves of Cycas show … [ CET Chd. 2009]
  • a) Opposite arrangement
  • b) Circinate vernation
  • c) Alternate arrangement
  • d) Simple venation
Q.2
Ancestors of land plants/bryophytes were … [ JIPMER 2000]
  • a) Red Algae
  • b) Brown Algae
  • c) Green Algae
  • d) Bryophytes
Q.3
Gymnosperm seeds are naked due to lack of … [ MPPMT 1996]
  • a) Pericarp
  • b) Perianth
  • c) Nucellus
  • d) Integuments
Q.4
In moss, antheridia and archegonia occur at the tips of two different branches of the same plant. The condition is called …[ JIPMER 1999]
  • a) Monoecious and autoicous
  • b) Monoecious and paroicous
  • c) Monoecious and synoicous
  • d) Dioecious
Q.5
A plant producing seeds but lacking flowers is … [ CBSE 2002]
  • a) Gymnosperm
  • b) Pteridophyte
  • c) Angiosperm
  • d) Bryophyte
Q.6
After resting Spirogyra zygospores become .. [ MPPMT 1997]
  • a) Diploid
  • b) Haploid
  • c) Zoospores
  • d) Aplanospores
Q.7
Match the item of columns I and II
Column I Column II
a)Peritrichous flagellation j) Ginkgo
b) Living fossil k)Macrocystis
c)Rhizophore l)Escherichia coli
d)Smallest flowering plant m)Selaginella
e)Largest perennial alga n) Wolffia
  • a) a – l, b – j, c – m, d – n , e – k
  • b) a – k, b – j, c – l, d – m , e – n
  • c) a – m, b – l, c – k, d – n , e – j
  • d) a – j, b –m, c – n, d – l , e – k
Q.8
Red algae possess … [ CMC 2003]
  • a) Rhodochrome
  • b) Chlorophyll
  • c) Chlorophyll and phycobilin
  • d) Fucoxanthin
Q.9
Sphaerocarpos belongs to … [ DPMT 2008]
  • a) Pteridophyte
  • b) Bryophyte
  • c) Gymnospermae
  • d) Angiospermae
Q.10
Retort cells occur in … [ AMU 1996]
  • a) Funaria
  • b) Polygonatum
  • c) Porella
  • d) Sphagnum
Q.11
Storage product of most algae is … [ JIPMER 2000]
  • a) Fat
  • b) Starch
  • c) Glycogen
  • d) Cellulose
Q.12
Which one of the following is not common between Funaria and Selaginella … [ CBSE 1992]
  • a) Archegonium
  • b) Embryo
  • c) Flagellate sperms
  • d) Roots
Q.13
Cell wall of Spirogyra/ green Algae has … [ MPPMT 1996]
  • a) Cellulose
  • b) Lignin
  • c) Chitin
  • d) Suberin
Q.14
Rhizoids in Riccia are … [ RPMT 1995]
  • a) Unicellular smooth-walled
  • b) Unicellular tuberculate
  • c) Both smooth-walled anad tuberculate unicellular
  • d) Multicellular smooth-walled and tuberculate
Q.15
Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in: ….[AIPMT 2014]
  • a) Lilium
  • b) Pinus
  • c) Pteris
  • d) Funaria
Q.16
Which of the following is responsible for peat formation? …[AIPMT 2014]
  • a) Funaria
  • b) Sphagnum
  • c) Marchantia
  • d) Riccia
Q.17
Which one of the following living organisms completely lacks a cell wall ? …[AIPMT 2014]
  • a) Saccharomyces
  • b) Blue - green algae
  • c) Cyanobacteria
  • d) Sea - fan (Gorgonia)
Q.18
Which one of the following is wrong about Chara ? …[AIPMT 2014]
  • a) Upper antheridium and lower oogonium
  • b) Globule is male reproductive structure
  • c) Upper oogonium and lower round antheridium.
  • d) Globule and nucule present on the same plant.
Q.19
An alga which can be employed as food for human being is: …[AIPMT 2014]
  • a) Spirogyra
  • b) Polysiphonia
  • c) Ulothrix
  • d) Chlorella
Q.20
Read the following five statements (A to E) and select the option with all correct statements : …[AIPMT 2015] (A) Mosses and Lichens are the first organisms to colonise a bare rock. (B) Selaginella is a homosporous pteridophyte. (C) Coralloid roots in Cycas have VAM. (D) Main plant body in bryophytes is gametophytic, whereas in pteridophytes it is sporophytic. (E) In gymnosperms, male and female gametophytes are present within sporangia located on sporophyte
  • a) (B), (C) and (E)
  • b) (A), (C) and (D)
  • c) (B), (C) and (D)
  • d) (A), (D) and (E)
Q.21
In which of the following gametophyte is not independent free living? …[AIPMT 2015]
  • a) Pinus
  • b) Funaria
  • c) Marchantia
  • d) Pteris
Q.22
Select the correct statement :- …[AIPMT-2016]
  • a) Gymnosperms are both homosporous and heterosporous
  • b) Salvinia, Ginkgo and Pinus all are gymnosperms
  • c) Sequoia is one of the tallest trees
  • d) The leaves of gymnosperms are not well adapted to extremes of climate
Q.23
In bryophytes and pteridophytes, transport of male gametes requires :- …[AIPMT-2016]
  • a) Wind
  • b) Insects
  • c) Birds
  • d) Water
Q.24
Select the wrong statement: [NEET 2013]
  • a) Isogametes are similar in structure, function and behavior
  • b) Anisogametes differ either in structure, function or behavior
  • c) In Oomycetes female gemete is smaller and motile, while male gamete is larger and nonmotile
  • d) Chlamydomonas Exhibits both isogamy and anisogamy and Fucus shows oogamy
Q.25
Besides paddy fields, cyanobacteria are also found inside vegetative part of .. [NEET 2013]
  • a) Pinus
  • b) Cycas
  • c) Equisetum
  • d) Psilotum
Q.26
Megasporangium is equivalent to …[NEET 2013]
  • a) Embryo sac
  • b) Fruit
  • c) Nucellus
  • d) Ovule
Q.27
Read the following statements (A-E) and answer the question which follows them .. (A) In liverworts, mosses, and ferns gametophytes are free-living (B) Gymnosperms and some ferns are heterosporous (C) Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvox and Albugo is oogamous (D) The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses (E) Both, Pinus and Marchantia are dioecious How many of the above statements are correct ? …[NEET 2013]
  • a) One
  • b) Two
  • c) Three
  • d) Four
Q.28
Monoecious plant of Chara shows occurrence of …[NEET 2013]
  • a) Antheridiophore and archegoniophore on the same plant
  • b) Stamen and carpel on the same plant
  • c) Upper antheridium and lower oogonium on the same plant
  • d) Upper oogonium and lower antheridium on the same plant
Q.29
Which of the following are likely to be present in deep sea water? …[NEET 2013]
  • a) Archaebacteria
  • b) Eubacteria
  • c) Blue-green algae
  • d) Saprophytic fungi
Q.30
Match column-I with column-II and select the correct option using the codes given below : …[NEET 2016]
Column-I Column-II
(a) Pistils fused together (i) Gametogenesis
(b) Formation of gametes (ii) Pistillate
(c) Hyphae of higher Ascomycetes (iii) Syncarpous
(d) Unisexual female flower (iv) Dikaryotic
  • a) (a) → i; (b) → ii ; (c) → iv ; (d) → iii
  • b) (a) →iii ; (b) → i ; (c) →; (c) →iv; (d) → ii
  • c) (a) →iv ; (b) → iii ; (c) → i; (d) → ii
  • d) (a) →ii; (b) → i ; (c) →iv; (d) → iii
Q.31
Conifers are adapted to tolerate extreme environmental conditions because of : …[NEET 2016]
  • a) thick cuticle
  • b) presence of vessels
  • c) broad hardy leaves
  • d) superficial stomata
Q.32
Which one of the following statements is wrong ? …[NEET 2016]
  • a) Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria
  • b) Laminaria and Sargassum are used as food
  • c) Algae increase the level of dissolved oxygen in the immediate environment
  • d) Algin is obtained from red algae, and carrageenan from brown algae.
Q.33
Double fertilization is exhibited by ….[NEET- 2017]
  • a) Gymnosperms
  • b) Algae
  • c) Fungi
  • d) Angiosperms
Q.34
An example of colonial alga is….[NEET- 2017]
  • a) Chlorella
  • b) Volvox
  • c) Ulothrix
  • d) Spirogyra
Q.35
Select the mismatch : ….[NEET- 2017]
  • a) Pinus – Dioecious
  • b) Cycas – Dioecious
  • c) Salvinia – Heterosporous
  • d) Equisetum – Homosporous
Q.36
Life cycle of Ectocarpus and Fucus respectively are ….[NEET- 2017]
  • a) Haplontic, Diplontic
  • b) Diplontic, Haplodiplontic
  • c) Haplodiplontic, Diplontic
  • d) Haplodiplontic, Haplontic
Q.37
Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of ….[NEET- 2017]
  • a) Marchantia
  • b) Fucus
  • c) Funaria
  • d) Chlamydomonas
Q.38
Which one is a wrong statement ? [ ReAIPMT 2015]
  • a) Brown algae have chlorophyll a and c, and fucoxanthin
  • b) Archegonia are found in Bryophyte, Pteridophyte and Gymnosperms
  • c) Mucor has biflagellate zoospores
  • d) Haploid endosperm is typical feature of gymnosperms
Q.39
Pneumatophores occur in ... ... [NEET 2018]
  • a) Halophytes
  • b) Free-floating hydrophytes
  • c) Carnivorous plants
  • d) Submerged hydrophytes
Q.40
Which of the following statement is correct ? [NEET 2018]
  • a) Ovules are not enclosed by ovary wall in gymnosperms
  • b) Selaginella is heterosporous, while Salvinia is homosporous
  • c) Horsetails are gymnosperms
  • d) Stems are usually unbranched in both Cycas and Cedrus
Q.41
hich one is wrongly matched ? [NEET 2018]
  • a) Uniflagellate gametes - Polysiphonia
  • b) Biflagellate zoospores - Brown algae
  • c) Gemma cups - Marchantia
  • d) Unicellular organism - Chlorella
Q.42
Winged pollen grains are present in ... ... [NEET 2018]
  • a) Mustard
  • b) Cycas
  • c) Mango
  • d) Pinus
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