Q.1
Mature archegonium of Fern attracts antherozoids chemotactically by means of … [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Soluble proteins
  • b) Sugars
  • c) Malic acid
  • d) Photoautotroph
Q.2
Life cycle of Spirogyra/Chlamydomonas is … [ JKCMEE 2000]
  • a) Haplobiontic /haplontic
  • b) Diplobiontic
  • c) Haplodiplobiontic
  • d) Diplontic
Q.3
In eusporangiate fern, the sporangia develop from … [BHU 1990]
  • a) Group of initials
  • b) Single initial
  • c) 1 – 4 spore
  • d) Few to large number of spores
Q.4
Formation of embryo without gametic union is … [ AMU 1996]
  • a) Apogamy
  • b) Apospory
  • c) Isogamy
  • d) Syngamy
Q.5
Sterile uniseriate and multicellular hair present in receptacles of moss is … [ AMU 1991]
  • a) Epiphysis
  • b) Paraphysis
  • c) Apophysis
  • d) Hypophysis
Q.6
Match the column
I II
a.Microspermae 1.Alismaceae
b.Epigynae 2.Liliaceae
c.Calycinae 3.Iridaceae
d.Apocarpae 4.Orchidaceae
e.Coronariae 5.Palmae
  • a) a – 2, b – 3, c – 4 , d – 5, e – 1
  • b) a – 3, b – 4, c – 5 , d – 1, e – 2
  • c) a – 4, b – 3, c – 5 , d – 1, e – 2
  • d) a – 1, b – 2, c – 3 , d – 4, e – 5
Q.7
Accessory photosynthetic pigments, phycoerythrin and phycocyanin occur in … [ CET Chd 2002]
  • a) Red algae
  • b) Green algae
  • c) Brown algae
  • d) All the above
Q.8
Bryophytes depend upon water because water is required for … [ CBSE 1998]
  • a) Vegetative propagation
  • b) Filling archegonium for fertilization
  • c) Swimming of sperm upto egg inside archegonium
  • d) Fertilization of homosporous plants
Q.9
In Cycas, the vascular bundles are arranged in the shape of inverted omega in …
  • a) Leaf
  • b) Rachis
  • c) Leaflet
  • d) Stem
Q.10
An alga found in still fresh water is … [ CET Chd 1997]
  • a) Sargassum
  • b) Laminaria
  • c) Polysiphonia
  • d) Spirogyra
Q.11
Fern gametophyte is …. [ AIIMS 1992]
  • a) Multicellular, cordate prothallus
  • b) Liver-shaped thallus
  • c) Unicellular, colourless
  • d) Filamentous, multicellular and green
Q.12
Photosynthetic pigment capable of absorbing green light is … [ BHU 1997]
  • a) Phycocyanin
  • b) Carotenoid
  • c) Phycoerythrin
  • d) Chlorophyll
Q.13
Cycas resembles angiosperms in having … [ MPPMT 1996]
  • a) Circinate vernation in leaves
  • b) Vessels
  • c) Motile sperms
  • d) Ovules
Q.14
Botanical name of Sanjeevani is … [ BHU 1997]
  • a) Selaginella chrysocaulos
  • b) Selaginella bryopteris
  • c) S. chrysorhizos
  • d) None of the above
Q.15
Pteridophytes differ from bryophytes and thallophytes in having … [ BHU 2000]
  • a) Vascular tissues
  • b) Motile antherozoids
  • c) Archegonia
  • d) Alternation of generations
Q.16
The term frond in a fern is used for ….
  • a) Rachis
  • b) Whole plant
  • c) Spore bearing leaf
  • d) Sexually reproducing structures
Q.17
A dicot is … [ AMU 2001]
  • a) Mango
  • b) Coconut
  • c) Sugarcane
  • d) Bababa
Q.18
Stomata do not occur in … [ MPPMT 2001]
  • a) Multilayered
  • b) Three layered
  • c) Two layered
  • d) One layered
Q.19
The product of conjugation in Spirogyra or fertilization of Chlamydomonas is ..
  • a) Zygospore
  • b) Zoospore
  • c) Oospore
  • d) Carpospore
Q.20
Gymnosperms differ from angiosperms in … [ JIPMER 1990]
  • a) Seeds
  • b) Stelar system
  • c) Naked ovules
  • d) Sporophylls
Q.21
Which one is the hardest plant product? … [ CPMT 2008]
  • a) Lignin
  • b) Cutin
  • c) Sporopollenin
  • d) Suberin
Q.22
Simple/most primitive stele is … [ CPMT 2001]
  • a) Atactostele
  • b) Protostele
  • c) Dictyostele
  • d) Stenostele
Q.23
Which is a walking fern which produces new plants when its leaf tips touch soil …. [ CET Chd 2003]
  • a) Adiantum
  • b) Pteridium
  • c) Pteris
  • d) Marsilea
Q.24
Which one contains alginic acid .. [ CPMT 2007]
  • a) Diatoms
  • b) Blue green algae
  • c) Laminaria
  • d) Yellow green algae
Q.25
Sporophyte of Funaria begins development inside … [ MPPMT 2002]
  • a) Archegonium
  • b) Protonema
  • c) Antheridium
  • d) Capsule
Q.26
Largest ovules, trees and gametes are found in … [ CBSE 2000]
  • a) Monocots
  • b) Dicots
  • c) Both a and b
  • d) Gymnosperms
Q.27
In bryophytes/Funaria the sperms are
  • a) Quadriflagellate
  • b) Biflagellate and bent
  • c) Biflagellate and spirally coiled
  • d) Non-flagellate
Q.28
13-celled male gametophyte of Selaginella has …[ CPMT 1992]
  • a) 12-celled antheridium + 1 prothallial cell
  • b) 9-celled antheridium + 4 prothallial cells
  • c) 7-celled antheridium + 6 prothallial cells
  • d) 10-celled antheridium +3 prothallial cells
Q.29
Maiden Hair Fern is … [ AMU 1997]
  • a) Pteris
  • b) Dryopteris
  • c) Adiantum
  • d) Marsilea
Q.30
The alga rich in proteins is … [ AMU 2005]
  • a) Chlorella
  • b) Oscillatoria
  • c) Ulothrix
  • d) Spirogyra
Q.31
Stele without pith is … [ AFMC 2012]
  • a) Dictyostele
  • b) Siphonostele
  • c) Protostele
  • d) Solenostele
Q.32
Most primitive member in which roots are not present is … [ BHU 2005]
  • a) Psilotum
  • b)Rhynia
  • c) Lycopodium
  • d) Selaginella
Q.33
Bryophytes grow in moist and shady habitats because … [ AMU 1992]
  • a) Water absorbing system is absent
  • b) They are aquatic
  • c) They cannot grow on land
  • d) They require water for their fertilization
Q.34
Plant body of pteridophytes is … [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Sporophyte
  • b) Gametophyte
  • c) Prothallus
  • d) All the above
Q.35
Cycas has the largest … [ CPMT 1991]
  • a) Ovule
  • b) Egg
  • c) Sperm
  • d) All the above
Q.36
The tallest tree of gymnosperms is … [ HPPMT 2012]
  • a) Cycas
  • b) Pinus
  • c) Sequoia
  • d) Cedrus
Q.37
A specialized structure for asexual reproduction in liverworts is … [ HPPMT 2011]
  • a) Gemmae
  • b) Zoospores
  • c) Sporangia
  • d) Microspores
Q.38
Sphagnum is an example of
  • a) Alga
  • b) Moss
  • c) Pteridophyte
  • d) Gymnosperm
Q.39
Reproduction in Spirogyra is mostly by … [ Bih PMT 1995]
  • a) Conjugation
  • b) Asexual
  • c) Both a and b
  • d) None of the above
Q.40
The common mode of sexual reproduction in Chlamydomonas is … [ CBSE 1991]
  • a) Isogamous
  • b) Anisogamous
  • c) Oogamous
  • d) Hologamous
Q.41
External fertilization occurs in majority of … [ DPMT 2009]
  • a) Algae
  • b) Fungi
  • c) Liverworts
  • d) Mosses
Q.42
Which ones are false a) Series heteromerae has 6 order and 14 families b) Natural system of classification does not attempt to bring out phylogenetic relationships c) Darwin published “Origin of species” in 1856 d) Bicarpellatae has 4 orders and 24 families
  • a) a and d
  • b) a, b and c
  • c) a and c
  • d) b and d
Q.43
Which of the following is not a bryophyte … [ MPPMT 2010]
  • a) Pellia
  • b) Pteris
  • c) Porella
  • d) Funaria
Q.44
A colourless parasitic red alga is … [ AMU 1993]
  • a) Porphyra
  • b) Harveyella
  • c) Batrachospermum
  • d) Chondrus
Q.45
In Selaginella stem, trabeculae represent modified … [ MPPMT 2009]
  • a) Phloem cells
  • b) Endodermal cells
  • c) Pericycle cells
  • d) Cortical cells
Q.46
Coralloid root help Cycas in … [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Fixation and absorption of nitrogen
  • b) Absorption of water
  • c) Absorption of minerals
  • d) Respiration
Q.47
Spermatozoid of Cycas is … [ JIPMER 2000]
  • a) Biflagellate
  • b) Non flagellate
  • c) Uniflagellate
  • d) Multiflagellate
Q.48
Fern prothallus produces … [ RPMT 2005]
  • a) Spores
  • b) Gametes
  • c) Stolon
  • d) Both a and b
Q.49
Moss peat is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places because … [ AMU 2009]
  • a) It serves as disinfectant
  • b) It is hygroscopic
  • c) It is easily available
  • d) It reduces transpiration
Q.50
In Ulothrix, the cell contains… [ AFMC 1994]
  • a) A chloroplast with many pyrenoid
  • b) A chloroplast with a few pyrenoid
  • c) A few chloroplasts with few pyrenoid
  • d) Many chloroplasts with a few pyrenoid
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