Q.1
Calcium deposition and larvicidal properties are found in … [ AMU 1997]
  • a) Diatoms
  • b) Oscillatoria
  • c) Chara
  • d) Caulerpa
Q.2
Which is intermediate between conifers and cycads? … [ AMU 1997]
  • a) Tsuga
  • b) Ephedra
  • c) Ginkgo
  • d) Cupressus
Q.3
Largest spermatozoids are those of … [ BHU 2012]
  • a) Pinus
  • b) Selaginella
  • c) Dryopteris
  • d) Cycas
Q.4
Angiosperms have dominated the land flora primarily by their .. [ CBSE 2004]
  • a) Power of adaptability to diverse habitats
  • b) Nature of pollination
  • c) Domestication by humans
  • d) Large number of seeds
Q.5
Merit of Bentham and Hooker’s system is ..
  • a) Placement of renal in beginning
  • b) Placement of orchidaceae in microspermae
  • c) Placement of asteraceae in beginning of gamopetalae
  • d) Position of gymnospermae in between dicots and monocots
Q.6
An archegonium of Riccia has … [ Bih PMT 1994]
  • a) 4 neck canal cells,, 1 venter canal cell and one oosphere
  • b) 4 neck canal cells, 2 venter canal cells one oosphere
  • c) 4 neck canal cells, one venter canal cell and two oosphere
  • d) 6 neck canal cells, 2 venter canal cells and one oosphere
Q.7
Ferns are the first to appear after a forest fire because of the survival of their … [ kerala 2004]
  • a) Spores
  • b) Fronds
  • c) Rhizome
  • d) Both b and c
Q.8
Which series includes ranales ranales, parietals and malvales? .. [ kerala 2009]
  • a) Calyciflorae
  • b) Thalamiflorae
  • c) Disciflorae
  • d) Bicarpellatae
Q.9
Negatively geotropic roots are found in … [ Odisha 2005]
  • a) Colocasia
  • b) Cycas
  • c) Cactus
  • d) Coleus
Q.10
In Funaria, rhizoids arise from … [ DPMT 1999]
  • a) Basal region
  • b) Apical region
  • c) Dorsal region
  • d) Ventral region
Q.11
Prothallus of fern has … [ JIPMER 2004]
  • a) Antheridia and archegonia on lower surface
  • b) Antheridia and archegonia on upper surface
  • c) Antheridia on upper surface and archegonia on lower surface
  • d) Antheridia on lower surface and archegonia on upper surface
Q.12
name the group of algae in which sexual reproduction is absent …[ Orissa 2008]
  • a) Bacillariophyceae
  • b) Cyanophyceae
  • c) Chlorophyceae
  • d) Phaeophyceae
Q.13
Young sporophyte of fern draws nourishment from prothallus through .. [ CPMT 2009]
  • a) Rhizoids
  • b) Roots
  • c) Foot
  • d) Haustorium
Q.14
Vessels are absent in angiosperm … [ JKCMEE 2007]
  • a) Magnolia
  • b) Drimys
  • c) Dillenia
  • d) None of the above
Q.15
Multiciliated antherozoids occur in … [ CPMT 1999]
  • a) Riccia and Funaria
  • b) Pteris and Cycas
  • c) Riccia and Pteria
  • d) Marchantia and Riccia
Q.16
Which is pond scum … [ CPMT 1996]
  • a) Spirogyra
  • b) Ulothrix
  • c) Anabaena
  • d) Nostoc
Q.17
In Spirogyra, lateral conjugation takes place in the cells of … [ odisha 2010]
  • a) Two filaments of different species
  • b) Two filaments of same species
  • c) Same filament
  • d) Both a and b
Q.18
Ectophloic siphonostele occurs in … [ CBSE 2005]
  • a) Marsilea and Botrychium
  • b) Dicksonia and maiden Hair Fern
  • c) Osmunda and Equisetum
  • d) Adiantum and Cucurbitaceae
Q.19
Fern gametophyte is … [ Odisha 2010]
  • a) Homothallic
  • b) Heterothallic
  • c) Monoecious
  • d) Both a and b
Q.20
Macrocystis is a .. [ CPMT 2010]
  • a) Red alga
  • b) Fungus
  • c) Brown alga
  • d) Bryophyte
Q.21
Plant body is gametophytic and bears haploid gametes in … [ HPPMT 2007]
  • a) Riccia
  • b) Lycopodium
  • c) Equisetum
  • d) Pinus
Q.22
In Pinus / gymnosperms, the haploid structures are … [ BHU 1997]
  • a) Megaspore, endosperm and embryo
  • b) Megaspore, pollen grain and endosperms
  • c) Megaspore, integument and root
  • d) Pollen grain, leaf and root
Q.23
Neck canal cells in Dryopteris/ Fern are … [ JIPMER 1990]
  • a) One with two nuclei
  • b) Two
  • c) One with one nucleus
  • d) Four
Q.24
Pinus differs from mango in having … [ CBSE 1993]
  • a) Tree habit
  • b) Green leaves
  • c) Ovules not enclosed in ovary
  • d) Wood
Q.25
Which is peat moss… [ AFMC 2010]
  • a) Sphagnum
  • b) Riccia
  • c) Funaria
  • d) Marchantia
Q.26
A microsporophyll of Pinus has
  • a) Two adaxial microsporangia
  • b) Two abaxial microsporangia
  • c) One abaxial microsporangium
  • d) Four abaxial microsporangia
Q.27
Peat Moss is … [ Bihar PMT 2002]
  • a) Club Moss
  • b) Reindeer Moss
  • c) Irish Moss
  • d) Bog Moss
Q.28
A pteridophyte called Horse-tail is ..
  • a) Equisetum
  • b) Lycopodium
  • c) Marsilea
  • d) Selaginella
Q.29
Pinus is … [ AIIMS 1997]
  • a) Dioecious
  • b) Monoecious
  • c) Unisexual
  • d) Both a and b
Q.30
Multicellular jacketed female sex organ of bryophytes is .. [ BHU 1994]
  • a) Archegonium
  • b) Carpogonium
  • c) Ascogonium
  • d) Trichogyne
Q.31
Isomorphic alternation of generations is found in … [ MPPMT 2010]
  • a) Oedogonium
  • b) Chara
  • c) Ectocarpus
  • d) Vaucheria
Q.32
Dispersal of spores of ferns takes place through … [ AFMC 2005]
  • a) Annulus
  • b) Stomium
  • c) Both a and b
  • d) Indusium
Q.33
What is true of angiosperms ..[ CMC 2003]
  • a) Seeds are naked
  • b) They have tracheids only
  • c) They are not cryptogams
  • d) They lack companion cells
Q.34
What is exclusive for angiosperms .. [ CBSE 2002]
  • a) Vessels
  • b) Secondary growth
  • c) Double fertilization
  • d) Autotrophic nature
Q.35
Chlamydomonas is found in … [ CPMT 2002]
  • a) Rivers and streams
  • b) Ponds and lakes
  • c) Oceans
  • d) Both b and c
Q.36
Which is true about mosses … [ AIIMS 2011]
  • a) Dominant and independent sporophyte
  • b) Archegonia produce many eggs
  • c) Antherozoids require water for fertilization
  • d) Antherozoids are multiflagellate
Q.37
Select the correct statement
  • a) Bryophyte are vascular non-flowering plants
  • b) Algae are nonvascular phanerogams
  • c) Gymnosperms are nonvascular seed bearing plants
  • d) Angiosperms are vascular seed bearing plants
Q.38
Nutrient medium is made semisolid by adding … [ EAMCET 1996]
  • a) Pectin
  • b)Agar-agar
  • c) Sodium chloride
  • d) Water
Q.39
The heterosporous pteridophyte belonging to class lycopside is … [ kerala 2012]
  • a) Selaginella
  • b) Psilotum
  • c) Equisetum
  • d) Pteris
Q.40
Which one manufactures food through photosynthesis … [ CPMT 2003]
  • a) Euglena
  • b) Chlamydomonas
  • c) Penicillium
  • d) Both a and b
Q.41
Which one is found over fern leaves …
  • a) Indusium
  • b) Spathe
  • c) Ramenta
  • d) Frond
Q.42
In Funaria, male and female sex organs occur at the tip of two branches, main axis and large branch. The condition is called …[AMU 1996]
  • a) Apocarpous
  • b) Acrocarpous
  • c) Syncarpous
  • d) Pleurocarpous
Q.43
Which one controls dehiscence of sporangium in Dryopteris .. [ CBSE 1995]
  • a) Annulus
  • b)Tapetum
  • c) Sorus
  • d) Indusium
Q.44
Gametes fail to fuse in Chlamydomonas. The process is … [ AFMC 1994]
  • a) Isogamy
  • b) Anisogamy
  • c) Syngamy
  • d) None of the above
Q.45
Possible advantage of antheridia occurring on the under surface for fern prothallus is … [ AMU 2002]
  • a) Protection from wind
  • b) Protection from direct rays
  • c) Easy diffusion of nutrients from prothallus
  • d) Accumulation of capillary water
Q.46
Lower plants having green pigments similar to those of higher plants are … [ CPMT 2002]
  • a) Rhodophyceae
  • b) Chlorophyceae
  • c) Phaeophyceae
  • d) Schizomycetes
Q.47
Plant group in which every cell of gametangium forms gametes is … [ RPMT 1996]
  • a) Thallophyte
  • b) Bryophyte
  • c) Pteridophyte
  • d) Gymnosperms
Q.48
Sexual reproduction of Spirogyra is an advanced feature as it shows … [ CBSE 2003]
  • a) Different sizes of motile sex organs
  • b) Same size of motile sex organs
  • c) Morphologically different sex organs
  • d) Physiologically different sex organs
Q.49
Circinate vernation, a characteristic of ferns is … [ CPMT 2004]
  • a) Attachment of sori on leaves
  • b) Heterophylly
  • c) Coiling of young leaves
  • d) Arrangement of leaves on stem
Q.50
In Dryopteris … [ JKCMEE 2002]
  • a) Sporophyte is parasitic over gametophyte
  • b) Sporophyte is independent
  • c) Gametophyte is independent
  • d) Both b and c
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