Q.1
Heterospory is found in … [
  • a) Funaria
  • b) Dryopteris
  • c) Marchantia
  • d) Selaginella
Q.2
In Riccia, the archegonium is … [ AMU 1999]
  • a) Rounded
  • b) Cup-shaped
  • c) Star-shaped
  • d) Flask-shaped
Q.3
Spore dissemination in some liverworts is aided by … [ CBSE 2007]
  • a) Peristome teeth
  • b) Elaters
  • c) Calyptra
  • d) indusium
Q.4
Non-flowering plants are …. [ BHU 2001]
  • a) Dicots
  • b) Monocots
  • c) Phanerogams
  • d) Cryptogams
Q.5
Comparable to angiosperms which of the following alga exhibits diplontic life cycle
  • a) Spirogyra
  • b) Ectocarpus
  • c) Fucus
  • d) Polysiphonia
Q.6
Lateral conjugation of Spirogyra occurs in individuals … [ DPMT 2001]
  • a) Free floating
  • b) Homothallic
  • c) Heterothallic
  • d) Having different characters
Q.7
Pick out the wrong statement … [ kerala 2010]
  • a) Double fertilization is unique to gymnosperms and monocotyledons
  • b) Sequoia, a gymnosperm is one of the tallest trees
  • c) Phaeophyceae members possess chlorophylls a , c, carotenoids and xanthophylls
  • d) Moss is a gametophyte which consists of two stages, namely protonema stage and leafy stage
Q.8
Algal zone is characteristic of … [ Pb.PMT 2000]
  • a) Coralloid root of Cycas
  • b) Normal root of Cycas
  • c) Normal root of Pinus
  • d) Mycorrhizal root of Pinus
Q.9
System of classification proposed by two botanists and claimed to be natural system is by … [ kcet 2012]
  • a) Bentham and Hooker
  • b) Aristotle and Theophrastus
  • c) Darwin and Wallace
  • d) Engler and Prantl
Q.10
Number of peristome teeth in Funaria capsule is …
  • a) 16 in one whorl
  • b) 16 in two whorls
  • c) 32 in two whorls
  • d) 32 in one whorl
Q.11
Laminaria (Kelp) and Fucus (Rock Wed) are examples of … [ AMU 2009]
  • a) Green algae
  • b) Brown algae
  • c) Red algae
  • d) Golden brown algae
Q.12
Alga forming a motile colony is … [ Odisha 2005]
  • a) Nostoc
  • b) Spirogyra
  • c) Volvox
  • d) Chlamydomonas
Q.13
Match the plant parts with ploidy ..
Column I Column II
a)Sarcotesta of Cycas i) Haploid
b)Aposporous gametophores of Funaria ii) Diploid
c) Zygospore of Rhizopus iii) Diploid
d) Hypostomium Pteris iv) Haploid
- - v) Diploid
  • a) a – v , b – iii, c – iv, d –ii
  • b) a – I , b – iv, c – ii, d – v
  • c) a – v, b – I, c – ii, d – iii
  • d) a – ii, b – iv, c – iii, d – i
Q.14
Excurrent/pyramidal habit of Pinus is a device for … [ BHU 2001]
  • a) Adaptation for wind pollination
  • b) Efficient water transport
  • c) Overcoming competition amongst adjacent trees
  • d) Measuring stem growth
Q.15
Chlorophylls present in red algae is … [ AMU 2005]
  • a) a, d
  • b) a, b
  • c) a, c
  • d) b, c
Q.16
Compared to gametophytes of bryophytes, the gametophytes of vascular plants are … [ CBSE 2011]
  • a) Larger with larger sex organs
  • b) Smaller with smaller sex organs
  • c) Smaller with larger sex organs
  • d) Larger with smaller sex organs
Q.17
Vegetative reproduction in Cycas occurs by … [ RPMT 1998]
  • a) Scale leaves
  • b) Sporophylls
  • c) Bulbils
  • d) Fragmentation
Q.18
Sea Lettuce is … [ Har. PMT 2003]
  • a) Laminaria
  • b) Chlorella
  • c) Sargassum
  • d) Ulva
Q.19
A cell of Ulothrix has chloroplasts
  • a) 1
  • b) 2
  • c) 3
  • d) 4
Q.20
Sporophyte is completely dependent in … [ JKCMEE 1999]
  • a) Selaginella
  • b) Dryopteris
  • c) Riccia
  • d) Pinus
Q.21
How many are autotrophs: Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Stewptomyces, Saccharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyria, Wolffia, Nitrobacter … [ CBSE 2012]
  • a) Four
  • b) Five
  • c) Six
  • d) Three
Q.22
Funaria is fixed to substratum by … [ JKCMEE 2002]
  • a) Unicellular simple rhizoids
  • b) Multicellular branched oblique septate rhizoids
  • c) Branched coenocytic rhizoids
  • d) Tuberculate rhizoids
Q.23
Characteristic of Cycas that resembles ferns is … [ Odisha 2012]
  • a) Circinate ptyxis
  • b) Sori in microsporophyll
  • c) Uniflagellate male gamete
  • d) Both a and b
Q.24
Which one is true moss .. [ Bihar PMT 2001]
  • a) Bog Moss
  • b) Reindeer Moss
  • c) Club Moss
  • d) Irish Moss
Q.25
Which is not true of monocots .. [ kerala 2003]
  • a) Parallel venation
  • b) Single seed leaf
  • c) Floral parts in multiples of 4 -5
  • d) Adventitious roots
Q.26
Independent alternation of generations is present in … [ JIPMER 1996]
  • a) Angiosperms
  • b) Gymnosperms
  • c) Pteridophytes
  • d) Bryophytes
Q.27
Which is not characteristic of bryophytes?
  • a) Presence of archegonia
  • b) independent sporophyte
  • c) Motile male gametes
  • d) Water is essential for fertilization
Q.28
Chloroplast of Chlamydomonas is … [ CBSE 1993]
  • a) Stellate
  • b) Cup-shaped
  • c) Collar-shaped
  • d) Spiral
Q.29
Yellow green pigmentation is found in … [ CPMT 2009]
  • a) Xanthophyta
  • b) Phaeophyta
  • c) Rhodophyta
  • d) Chlorophyta
Q.30
In Pinus, the pollen grain has 6 chromosomes. What is the number of chromosomes in its endosperm … [ CBSE 1992]
  • a) 12
  • b) 18
  • c) 6
  • d) 24
Q.31
Gymnosperms do not have … [ AMU 1990]
  • a) Xylem vessels and sieve tubes
  • b) Tracheids and sieve tubes
  • c) Vessels, sieve tubes and companion cells
  • d) Tracheids and companion cells
Q.32
On germination a moss spore produces … [ AFMC 1998]
  • a) Protonema
  • b) Leafy gametophyte
  • c) Sporogonium
  • d) Sporophyte
Q.33
Chloroplast of Ulothrix is .. [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Stellate
  • b) Laminate
  • c) Ribbon-shaped and spirally coiled
  • d) Girdle-shaped
Q.34
Which one of the following has not changed for the last several thousand years .. [ AFMC 2000]
  • a) Dryopteris
  • b) Gnetum
  • c) Ginkgo
  • d) Palms
Q.35
In a moss, the sporophyte … [ CBSE 2006]
  • a) manufactures food for itself as well as for the gametophyte
  • b) Arises from a spore produced from gametophyte
  • c) Is partially parasitic on the gametophyte
  • d) Produces gametes that give rise to gametophyte
Q.36
In which group the gametophytic phase is dominant, photosynthetic, independent and sexually reproducing ..
  • a) Angiosperms
  • b) Gymnosperms
  • c) Bryophyte
  • d) Pteridophyte
Q.37
Match the columns … [ kerala 2007]
Column I Column II
a. Cup-shaped Ulothrix
b. Girdle- shaped 2.Oedogonium
c. Stellate 3.Chlamydomonas
d. Reticulate Zygnema
  • a) a – 2, b – 4, c – 3, d – 1
  • b) a – 3, b – 1, c – 4, d – 2
  • c) a – 3, b – 4, c – 2, d – 1
  • d) a – 4, b – 3, c -1, d – 2
Q.38
Plants having (spores), xylem and phloem but lacking seeds are …. [ BHU 2000]
  • a) Bryophytes
  • b) Gymnosperms
  • c) Pteridophytes
  • d) Angiosperms
Q.39
Male gametes are multiflagellate in … [ CPMT 1993]
  • a) Funaria
  • b) Riccia
  • c) Fern
  • d) Selaginella
Q.40
Funaria is … [ MPPMT 2004]
  • a) Heteroecious
  • b) Dioecious
  • c) Monoecious
  • d) Trioecious
Q.41
Tracheophyta characterized by habitual heterophylly, absence of companion cells and presence of vessels in xylem is …
  • a) Pteris
  • b) Drimys
  • c) Selaginella
  • d) Gnetum
Q.42
Which one is a living fossil? … [ RPMT 1998]
  • a) pinus
  • b) Gnetum
  • c) Ginkgo
  • d) Riccia
Q.43
in Pinus, the male gametes are … [ AMU 1999]
  • a) Non-ciliate
  • b) Multiciliate
  • c) Biciliate
  • d) Uniciliate
Q.44
Epidermis of axis/stem of Funaria shows .. [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Absence of cuticle
  • b) Absence of stomata
  • c) Presence of cuticle but absence of stomata
  • d) Both a and b
Q.45
In ferns, fertilization does not involve … [ CPMT 1990]
  • a) Pollen tube
  • b) Archegonia
  • c) Flagellate antherozoids
  • d) Water
Q.46
Sea Weeds are a source of … [ AFMC 2004]
  • a) Chlorine
  • b) Fluorine
  • c) Bromine
  • d) Iodine
Q.47
Archegonium is absent in … [ CPMT 1996]
  • a) Bryophyte
  • b) Pteridophyte
  • c) Thallophyte
  • d) Gymnosperms
Q.48
Sporangia bearing leaves in Pteridophytes are called … [ AFMC 1996]
  • a) Ramenta
  • b) Sori
  • c) Sporophylls
  • d) Indusium
Q.49
Pinus has one of the following traits … [ BHU 1991]
  • a) There are no vascular strands
  • b) Seed are born in cones
  • c) It bears flowers
  • d) Seeds are borne inside fruits
Q.50
Phycology deals with study of .. [ AMU 2005]
  • a) Algae
  • b) Fungi
  • c) Microbes
  • d) Bryophytes
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