Q.1
Gymnosperms/ Cycas have a mode of pollination called … [ CET Chd 1997]
  • a) Zoophily
  • b) Anemophily
  • c) Entomophily
  • d) Hydrophily
Q.2
What is incorrect for brown algae .. [ DPMT 2007]
  • a) Presence of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll c
  • b) Occurrence of fucoxanthin
  • c) Presence of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b
  • d) Attachment to substratum
Q.3
Gametophyte is not an independent free living generation in … [ CBSE 2011]
  • a) Marchantia
  • b) Adiantum
  • c) Pinus
  • d) Polytrichum
Q.4
Number of integuments present in the ovule of Pinus/Cycas is …
  • a) Two
  • b) Three
  • c) One
  • d) Four
Q.5
The gametophyte of Funaria is … [ AMU 1997]
  • a) Dioecious and autoicous
  • b) Monoecious and autoicous
  • c) Monoecious and heteroicous
  • d) Dioecious and heteroicous
Q.6
Thin-walled non flagellate spores are … [ CET Chd 2000]
  • a) Zoospores
  • b) Aplanospore
  • c) Hypnospore
  • d) Zygospore
Q.7
Moss plants develop from … [ MPPMT 1995]
  • a) Oospores
  • b) Protonema
  • c) Antherozoids
  • d) Diploid spores
Q.8
In Cycas the endosperm is … [ CPMT 1997]
  • a) Sporophytic structure
  • b) Gametophytic structure
  • c) New structure
  • d) Formed after fertilization
Q.9
Giant algae/sea weeds belong to … [ Bih PMT 1995]
  • a) Xanthophyceae
  • b) phaeophyceae
  • c) Rhodophyceae
  • d) Chlorophyceae
Q.10
A pteridophyte having pyrenoid in its chloroplasts is … [ DPMT 1997]
  • a) Pteridium
  • b) Selaginella
  • c) Equisetum
  • d) Marsilea
Q.11
Sperm of Fern enters an archegonium due to … [ CET Chd 1997]
  • a) Chemotaxy
  • b) Phototaxy
  • c) Thermotaxis
  • d) Cyclosis
Q.12
Prothallus (gametophyte) gives rise to fern plant (sporophyte) without fertilization. It is …
  • a) Apospory
  • b) Apogamy
  • c) Parthenocarpy
  • d) Parthenogenesis
Q.13
How many of the following are correct a) In Equisetum the female gametophyte is retained on the parent sporophyte b) In Ginkgo, male gametophyte is not independent c) Riccia sporophyte is more developed than that in Polytrichum d) Sexual reproduction in Volvox is isogamous e) The spores of slime moulds lack cell walls
  • a) One
  • b) Two
  • c) Three
  • d) Four
Q.14
Vascular plants lacking vessels and companion cells are …
  • a) Angiosperms
  • b) Thallophytes
  • c) Bryophytes
  • d) Gymnosperms
Q.15
Apophysis in the capsule of Funaria is …. [ CBSE 1990]
  • a) Lower part
  • b) Upper part
  • c) Middle part
  • d) Fertile part
Q.16
In Pinus, pollen grains develop inside …[ JIPMER 1997]
  • a) Anther
  • b) Tapetum
  • c) Pollen chamber
  • d) Microsporangium
Q.17
The plant group that produces spores and embryo but lacks vascular tissues and seeds is … [ BHU 1995]
  • a) Pteridophyta
  • b) Rhodophyta
  • c) Bryophyta
  • d) Phaeophyta
Q.18
In Cycas, pollination is by … [ DPMT 1999]
  • a) Wind
  • b) Insect
  • c) Water
  • d) Both a and b
Q.19
Leaves of ferns are usually … [ HPPMT 2012]
  • a) Macrophylls
  • b) Microphylls
  • c) Sporophylls
  • d) Megasporophylls
Q.20
Cycas circinalis is a source of … [ CPMT 2005]
  • a) Timber
  • b) Resin
  • c) Sago
  • d) Essential oil
Q.21
Pinus is a gymnosperm because it … [ AFMC 1991]
  • a) Bears pollen grains
  • b) Is a large tree growing in colder areas
  • c) Lacks ovary but possesses exposed ovules
  • d) Possesses vascular tissues
Q.22
Which is a character of gymnospermous wood … [ MPPMT 2012]
  • a) Porous
  • b) Ring porous
  • c) Diffused porous
  • d) Non-porous
Q.23
Rhizoids of Riccia are … [ RPMT 2002]
  • a) Unicellular smooth
  • b) Unicellular smooth and tuberculate
  • c) Multicellular smooth and tuberculate
  • d) Multicellular tuberculate
Q.24
Largest unicellular organism is … [ kerala 2004]
  • a) Yeast
  • b) Acetabularia
  • c) Planaria
  • d) Volvox
Q.25
Which one shows aplanetism .. [ BHU 2012
  • a) Chlamydomonas
  • b) Ulothrix
  • c) Spirogyra
  • d) Saprolegnia
Q.26
Coenocytic condition is found in … [ HPPMT 2005]
  • a) Ulothrix
  • b) Chlamydomonas
  • c) Spirogyra
  • d) Vaucheria
Q.27
Choose the correct order of colours in pigments-chlorophyll, phycoerythrin and fucoxanthin .. [ kerala 2012]
  • a) Green, brown and red
  • b) Green, red and brown
  • c) Brown, green and red
  • d) Red, green and brown
Q.28
Most advanced amongst the dicots is … [
  • a) Asteraceae
  • b) Malvaceae
  • c) Brassicaceae
  • d) Fabaceae
Q.29
Common between bryophytes and pteridophytes is … [ CET Chd 1997]
  • a) Absence of sporophyte
  • b) Gametophyte dependent on sporophyte
  • c) Sporophyte dependent on gametophyte
  • d) Multicellular sex organs with sterile jacket
Q.30
Secondary wood of Pinus contains ..[ MPPMT 1993]
  • a) Vessels
  • b) Resin ducts
  • c) Resin cells
  • d) Companion cells
Q.31
“Pond Silk” is common name of … [ kerala 2003]
  • a) Corallina
  • b) Spirogyra
  • c) Selaginella
  • d) Chlorella
Q.32
Plant body is photosynthetic filament in … [ RPMT 2000]
  • a) Riccia
  • b) Chlamydomonas
  • c) Spirogyra
  • d) Pteris
Q.33
Dominant generation in bryophytes is … [ CPMT 2007]
  • a) Capsule
  • b) Sporophyte
  • c) Seta
  • d) Gametophyte
Q.34
Sexual reproduction of Spirogyra is morphologically .. [ MPPMT 1995]
  • a) Oogamy
  • b) Isogamy
  • c) Anisogamy
  • d) Both isogamy and oogamy
Q.35
Both heterospory and circinate ptyxis occur in … [ Maipal 2003]
  • a) Dryopteris
  • b) Pinus
  • c) Cycas
  • d) Funaria
Q.36
Which is a character of rhodophyceae .. [ kerala 2012]
  • a) Major pigments are chl a and b
  • b) Commonly called brown algae
  • c) Stored food is mannitol and laminarin
  • d) Flagella are absent
Q.37
Which of the following sets belongs to the same class of algae? [ DPMT 2009]
  • a) Chara, Fucus, Polysiphonia
  • b) Volvox, Spirogyra, Chlamydomonas
  • c) Porphyra, Ectocarpus, Ulothrix
  • d) Sargassum, Laminaria, Gracilaria
Q.38
Pyrenoids are the centres for formation of … [ CBSE 1993]
  • a) Proteins
  • b) Enzymes
  • c) Fat
  • d) Starch
Q.39
Number of cotyledons in Zea, Cycas and Pinus are respectively … [ BHU 2000]
  • a) 1, 2, 2
  • b) 1, 1, 2
  • c) 1, 2, many
  • d) 2, 2, many
Q.40
A group of sporangia developing from placenta and covered by indusium is .. [ Bih. PMT 1994]
  • a) Ramenta
  • b) Sorus
  • c) Sporophyll
  • d) Cone
Q.41
Fungi resemble algae in presence of similar … [ manipal 2001]
  • a) Reproductive structures
  • b) Cell wall constituents
  • c) Similar chlorophylls
  • d) Paramylon as reserve food
Q.42
Cells of two different filaments are involved in conjugation of Spirogyra. The type of sexual reproduction is … [ CPMT 1990]
  • a) Scalariform conjugation
  • b) Indirect lateral conjugation
  • c) Direct lateral conjugation
  • d) Terminal conjugation
Q.43
Pinus pollen is … [ Bih. PMT 1994]
  • a) Non-winged
  • b) Rounded
  • c) Winged
  • d) Ovoid
Q.44
The structure that ruptures for dehiscence in moss capsule is … [ CPMT 1990]
  • a) Operculum
  • b) Annulus
  • c) Peristome
  • d) Calyptra
Q.45
What is correct … [ Odisha 2002]
  • a) Protonema of moss and prothallus of Dryopteris are sporophytic
  • b) Protonema of moss and prothallus of Dryopteris are gametophytic
  • c) Moss protonema is sporophytic, Pteris prothallus is gametophytic but plant body of Pteris and Funaria are gametophytic
  • d) Plant body of moss is gametophytic while that of Dryopteris is both gametophytic and sporophytic
Q.46
Fern plant is … [ MPPMT 1995]
  • a) Diploid sporophyte
  • b) Diploid gametophyte
  • c) Haploid sporophyte
  • d) Haploid gametophyte
Q.47
Dwarf shoot of Pinus is … [ AMU 1999]
  • a) Shed every year
  • b) Shed after 2-3 years
  • c) Shed after five years
  • d) Never shed
Q.48
Ulothrix is
  • a) Attached unbranched filament
  • b) Attached branched filament
  • c) Colonial alga
  • d) Free floating
Q.49
Algae showing scalariform conjugation is … [ CPMT 1991]
  • a) Oedogonium
  • b) Spirogyra
  • c) Chlamydomonas
  • d) Ulothrix
Q.50
Pyrenoid consists of … [ RPMT 1995]
  • a) Starch around protein
  • b) Protein around starch
  • c) Protein only
  • d) Starch only
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