Q.1
More than one answer may be correct Fertile spike - OphioglossumSporangiophore - EquisetumSynangium - PsilotumApophysis - Spirogyra
  • 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.2
Angiosperms differ from gymnosperms in having … [ CPMT 2003]
  • a) Covered seeds
  • b) Large leaves
  • c) Seeds
  • d) Tap roots
Q.3
Rhizophore is a … [ BHU 1996]
  • a) Stem branch
  • b) Root
  • c) Reproductive organ
  • d) Intermediate between a and b
Q.4
In Selaginella … [ JKCMEE 1999 ]
  • a) Gametophyte is dominant
  • b) Sporophyte is dominant
  • c) Sporophyte is total parasite
  • d) Gametophyte is total parasite
Q.5
Phycology deals with study of .. [ AMU 2005]
  • a) Algae
  • b) Fungi
  • c) Microbes
  • d) Bryophytes
Q.6
Which is gametophytic in Pinus
  • a) Male and female cones
  • b) Micro and mega spores
  • c) Zygote
  • d) Pinus plant
Q.7
Bryophytes are amphibians because … [ JIPMER 2003]
  • a) They require a layer of water for carrying out sexual reproduction
  • b) They occur in damp places
  • c) They are mostly aquatic
  • d) All the above
Q.8
fern prothallus is … [ AIIMS 1999]
  • a) Rhizoid
  • b) Protonema
  • c) Sporophyte
  • d) Gametophyte
Q.9
Chloroplasts are found in the spores of … [ BHU 1999]
  • a) Yeast
  • b) Funaria
  • c) Dryopteris
  • d) Rhizopus
Q.10
Sex organs of pteridophytes are ,,, [ Chd CET 2012]
  • a) Unicellular and non-jacketed
  • b) Unicellular and jacketed
  • c) Multicellular and non-kacketed
  • d) Multicellular and jacketed
Q.11
In Funaria, calyptras is formed from … [ CPMT 2000]
  • a) Capsule
  • b) Archegonium
  • c) Columella
  • d) Antheridium
Q.12
Which is a phaeophyceae algae .. [ kerala 2012]
  • a) Gelidium
  • b)Polysiphonia
  • c) Porphyra
  • d) Laminaria
Q.13
In Selaginella, the male gametes are … [ MPPMT 2000]
  • a) Uniflagellate
  • b) Biflagellate
  • c) Non-flagellate
  • d) Multiflagellate
Q.14
Major pigments of rhodophyceae are … [ AMU 2012]
  • a) Chlorophyll a and b
  • b) Chlorophyll a, c and fucoxanthin
  • c) Chlorophyll a, d and phycoerythrin
  • d) None of the above
Q.15
Protostele occurs in … [ MPPMT 2002]
  • a) Bryophytes
  • b) Pteridophytes
  • c) Gymnosperms
  • d) Angiosperms
Q.16
Gymnosperms do not have … [ CPMT 1991]
  • a) Antheridium
  • b) Ovule
  • c) Archegonium
  • d) Egg
Q.17
Bryophytes resemble algae in … [ KCET 2009]
  • a) Filamentous body, presence of vascular tissues and autotrophic nutrition
  • b) Differentiation of plant body into root stem and leaves and autotrophic nutrition
  • c) Thallus like plant body, lack of vascular tissues and autotrophic nutrition
  • d) Thallus-like plant body, presence of roots and autotrophic nutrition
Q.18
Moss protonema can be differentiated from filamentous alga is … [ CET Chd 2002]
  • a) Long rhizoids
  • b) Coenocytic nature
  • c) Oblique septa
  • d) Absence of chloroplasts
Q.19
Sporocarp is a reproductive structure of … [ BHU 1996]
  • a) Some algae
  • b) Some aquatic ferns having sori
  • c) Angiosperms having spores
  • d) Bryophytes
Q.20
Which is correct … [ CBSE 2012]
  • a) Pteridophyte gametophyte has a protonema and leafy stage
  • b) In gymnosperms, female gametophyte in free living
  • c) Antheridiophores and archegoniophores are present in pteridophytes
  • d) Origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes
Q.21
Coralloid roots occur in … [ BHU 1992]
  • a) Pinus
  • b) Ferns
  • c) Cycas
  • d) Mosses
Q.22
Heterospory and ligulate leaves occur in … [ BHU 1992]
  • a) Selaginella
  • b) Ferns
  • c) Mosses
  • d) Liverworts
Q.23
Which one does not occur in Selaginella
  • a) Heterospory
  • b) Heterophylly
  • c) Homospory
  • d) Ligulate leaves
Q.24
Which one is the earliest land plant … [ BHU 2000]
  • a) Rhynia
  • b) Hornea
  • c) Cooksonia
  • d) Cordaites
Q.25
Red rust of tea is due to … [ Har PMT 2002]
  • a) Rhizopus
  • b) Puccinia
  • c) Cephaleuros
  • d) Phytophthora
Q.26
Evidence for aquatic ancestry of bryophytes is … [ BHU 2002]
  • a) Gametophytic plant body
  • b) Ciliated sperms
  • c) Peristome teeth
  • d) All the above
Q.27
In Funaria/ bryophytes … [ JKCMEE 1992]
  • a) Sporophyte is dependent upon gametophyte
  • b) Gametophyte is dependent on sporophyte
  • c) Both gametophyte and sporophyte are dependent upon each other
  • d) Gametophyte and sporophyte are independent of each other
Q.28
Pollen grain wings of Pinus are outgrowths of … [ MPPMT 1997]
  • a) Intine
  • b) Exine
  • c) Exo-intine
  • d) Sporangial wall
Q.29
Ten cells each in the two adjacent filaments of Spirogyra affinis are participating in reproduction. How many new Spirogyra plants are produced through sexual reproduction
  • a) 5
  • b) 10
  • c) 20
  • d) 40
Q.30
Female cone of Pinus develops seeds in …[ CPMT 1992]
  • a) One year
  • b) Two years
  • c) Three years
  • d) Four years
Q.31
Club Moss is a member of … [ BHU 2006]
  • a) Algae
  • b) Fungi
  • c) Bryophyte
  • d) Pteridophyte
Q.32
A saprobiotic bryophyte is … [ JIPMER 1996]
  • a) Ricciocarpos
  • b) Porella
  • c) Azolla
  • d) Fern
Q.33
Angiosperms differ from gymnosperms in having …. [ CPMT 1991]
  • a) Vessels
  • b)Egg
  • c) Seed
  • d) Tracheids
Q.34
Pigments present in Ulothrix are … [ RPMT 2002]
  • a) Chl a, Chl b and phycocyanin
  • b) Chl a, Chl c, phycocyanin and fucoxanthin
  • c) Chl a, Chl b, carotenes and xanthophylls
  • d) Chl a and fucoxanthin
Q.35
Prothallus of Dryopteris is and bears archegonia over … [ JKCMEE 2003]
  • a) Sporophyte dorsally
  • b) Sporophyte ventrally
  • c) Gametophyte dorsally
  • d) Gametophyte ventrally
Q.36
Algae attached to stones are called .. [ Odisha 2003]
  • a) Epiploic
  • b) Coenolithic
  • c) Epilithic
  • d) None of the above
Q.37
In pteridophytes, phloem is without
  • a) Sieve cells
  • b) Sieve areas
  • c) Companion cells
  • d) Albuminous cells
Q.38
Reproduction in Spirogyra is mostly by … [ Bih.PMT1995]
  • a) Conjugation
  • b) Asexual
  • c) Both a and b
  • d) None of the above
Q.39
Moss protonema resembles in structure … [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Multicellular green alga
  • b) Hypha of Rhizopus
  • c) Unicellular structure of Acetabularia
  • d) none of the above
Q.40
Select the correct matches … [ kerala 2011] a) Phaeophyceae – mannitol b) Rhodophyceae - Dictyota c) Chlorophyceae – Non-motile gametes d) Rhodophyceae – r-phycoerythrin
  • a) a, b and c
  • b) b, c and d
  • c) a and d
  • d) a and c
Q.41
Greatest extent of adaptation to various environments is found in … [ CMC 2003]
  • a) Gymnosperms
  • b) Bryophytes
  • c) Ferns
  • d) Angiosperms
Q.42
Life cycle is haplontic in …[MPPMT 2002]
  • a) Funaria
  • b) Ulothrix
  • c) Selaginella
  • d) Pinus
Q.43
Middle sterile part in the moss capsule is … [ CPMT 1996]
  • a) Columella
  • b)Foot
  • c) Spore sac
  • d) Protonema
Q.44
Annulus occurs in …. [ JKCMEE 2000]
  • a) Annual plants
  • b) Mosses
  • c) Both mosses and ferns
  • d) Gymnosperms
Q.45
Spines Brown hair found at the base of Pteris leaves are …
  • a) Modified stipules
  • b) Modified leaflets
  • c) Ramenta
  • d) Spines
Q.46
Circinate vernation occurs in … [ CPMT 2002]
  • a) Algae
  • b) Moss
  • c) Fern
  • d) Pinus
Q.47
Assertion a: Life cycle of Funaria is called diplohaplontic Reason r: In Funaria there is alternation of haploid gametophytic and diploid sporophytic phase, one becoming parent to other
  • a) Both a and r are true and r is correct explanation of a
  • b) Both a and r are correct but r is not the correct explanation of a
  • c) a is true but r is false
  • d) a is false but r is true
Q.48
In Funaria, annulus separates … [ AMU 1999]
  • a) Apophysis and theca
  • b) Theca and Operculum
  • c) Columella and apophysis
  • d) Operculum and apophysis
Q.49
Which organism lacks archegonium … [ MPPMT 2011]
  • a) Funaria
  • b) Pteris
  • c) Spirogyra
  • d) Cycas
Q.50
Moss plant is … [ CBSE 1995]
  • a) Gametophyte
  • b) Sporophyte
  • c) Sometimes gametophyte and sometimes sporophyte
  • d) Predominantly gametophyte with sporophyte attached to it
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