NEET Biology Multiple Choice Questions – Plant Kingdom

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Plant Kingdom Multiple Choice Questions And Answers

Question 1. Seedless tracheophytes are

  1. Bryophyta
  2. Pteridophyta
  3. Gymnosperms
  4. Angiosperms

Answer: 2. Pteridophyta

Question 2. Algae were grouped into how many kingdoms according to Whittaker?

  1. Two
  2. Three
  3. One
  4. Four

Answer: 2. Three

Question 3. Hcterotrichous nature of thallus is found in

  1. Fimaria
  2. Fritschiella and Ectocarpous
  3. Stigeoclonium and Coleochaete
  4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

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Question 4. Thick-walled perennating sexual spore is

  1. Zygote
  2. Zoospore
  3. Hypnospore
  4. Zygospore

Answer: 4. Zygospore

Question 5. Gulf weed belongs to the class

  1. Chlorophyceae
  2. Dirlophyceae
  3. Phaeophyceac
  4. Rhodophvceae

Answer: 3. Phaeophyceac

Question 6. The thallus organization of Volvox is

  1. Multicellular and coccoid
  2. Colonial and non-flagellate
  3. Unicellular
  4. Colonial and motile

Answer: 4. Colonial and motile

Question 7. The hydroxyproline nature of the cell wall is found in

  1. Chlamydomonas
  2. Ulothrix
  3. Spirogyra
  4. Chlorella

Answer: 1. Chlamydomonas

Question 8. The gametophytic plant body is non-vascular in

  1. Algae and liverworts
  2. Mosses and ferns
  3. Gymnosperms and angiosperms
  4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

Question 9. Brown algae are quite common in

  1. Freshwater habitats
  2. Tropical seawater
  3. Temperate seawater
  4. Both (1) and (2)

Answer: 3. Temperate seawater

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Question 10. Chloroplast with many pyrenoids is the feature of

  1. Chlamydomonas
  2. Sargassum
  3. Batrachospermum
  4. Spirogyra

Answer: 4. Spirogyra

Question 11. Algae with Floridian starch as reserve food material are also characterized by

  1. Presence of chlorophyll b
  2. Stacked thylakoids
  3. Nonsulphated hydrocolloids
  4. Non-flagellate nature

Answer: 4. Non-flagellate nature

Question 12. In the haplontic life cycle of many algae,

  1. Sporophytic generation is represented by one-celled zygote
  2. The free-living sporophyte is present
  3. Meiosis is involved in gamete formation
  4. Diploid spore forms gametophyte

Answer: 1. Sporophytic generation is represented by one-celled zygote

Question 13. Red snow is caused by

  1. Zoospores of Chlamydomonas
  2. Hypnospores of C. brauni
  3. Aplanospores of C. media
  4. Hypnospores of C. nivalis

Answer: 4. Hypnospores of C. nivalis

Question 14. Thallus is flattened, leaf-like, and anchors to the rocks with the help of holdfast in

  1. Laminaria
  2. Polysiphonia
  3. Batrachospermum
  4. Ectocarpus

Answer: 1. Laminaria

Question 15. Hundred zygospores alternate with empty cells in Spirogyra in conjugation. The total number of daughter filaments formed will be

  1. Scalariform, 400
  2. Lateral, 100
  3. Lateral, 400
  4. Scalariform, 100

Answer: 2. Lateral, 100

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Question 16. Algin is a hydrocolloid, obtained from the cell wall of

  1. Macrocystis and Porphyridium
  2. Mastigocladus and Laminaria
  3. Microcystis and Nereocystis
  4. Macrocystis and Fucus

Answer: 4. Macrocystis and Fucus

Question 17. A parasitic algae is

  1. Porphyra
  2. Sargassum
  3. Laminaria
  4. Cephaleuros

Answer: 4. Cephaleuros

Question 18. An edible red algae is

  1. Focus
  2. Sargassum
  3. Acetabularia
  4. Porphyra

Answer: 4. Porphyra

Question 19. A floating brown algae that covers thousands of hectares of sea in the Atlantic Ocean is

  1. Focus
  2. Nereocystis
  3. Sargassum
  4. Dictyota

Answer: 3. Sargassum

Question 20. Motile flagellated asexual spore is

  1. Zygote
  2. Zygospore
  3. Aplanospore
  4. Zoospore

Answer: 4. Zoospore

Question 21. Laminarin starch is a reserve product characteristic of

  1. Green algae
  2. Blue-green algae
  3. Red algae
  4. Brown algae

Answer: 4. Brown algae

Question 22. Which of the following is a red alga that is not red?

  1. Nemalion
  2. Polysiphonia
  3. Gelidium
  4. Batrachospermum

Answer: 4. Batrachospermum

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Question 23. The color of brown algae is due to

  1. Carotene
  2. Fucoxanthin
  3. Phycoerythrin
  4. Phycocyanin

Answer: 2. Fucoxanthin

Question 24. The alga Chara is called stonewort because its plant body is encrusted with

  1. Calcium bicarbonate
  2. Calcium carbonate
  3. Calcium chloride
  4. Calcium oxalate

Answer: 2. Calcium carbonate

Question 25. In Chlorophyceae, the flagella are

  1. Tinsel type
  2. Whiplash type
  3. Whiplash and tinsel-type
  4. Basal tinsel, apical whiplash type

Answer: 2. Whiplash type

Question 26. Irish moss belongs to

  1. Mosses
  2. Bryophytes
  3. Red algae
  4. Lichens

Answer: 3. Red algae

Question 27. Which of the following are useful for curing goiter?

  1. Sea kelps
  2. Diatoms
  3. Red algae
  4. Porphyra

Answer: 1. Sea kelps

Question 28. Which of the following statements is correct regarding spermatophyte?

  1. Gymnosperms are homosporous.
  2. Microspore which develops into male gametophytes is highly reduced.
  3. The development of pollen grains occurs in megasporangia.
  4. The male and female cones are borne on the same tree in Cycas.

Answer: 2. Microspore which develops into male gametophytes is highly reduced.

Question 29. Meiosis occurs in green algae inside

  1. Gametangia
  2. Zygote
  3. Sporangia
  4. Zygospore

Answer: 4. Zygospore

Question 30. Non-motile gametes are characteristically found in

  1. Chrysophyta
  2. Rhodophyta
  3. Phaeophyta
  4. Chlorophyta

Answer: 2. Rhodophyta

Question 31. Flagella are of equal length and smooth in Chlamydomonas. This condition can be referred to as

  1. Isokont and pleuronematic
  2. Heterokont and acronematic
  3. Isokont and acronematic
  4. Heterokont and pleuronematic

Answer: 3. Isokont and acronematic

Question 32. The female sex organ in red algae is flask-shaped and is known as

  1. Trichogyne
  2. Carpogonium
  3. Spermatium
  4. Archegonium

Answer: 2. Carpogonium

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Question 33. Non-vascular archegoniates are

  1. Thallophyta
  2. Pteridophyta
  3. Bryophyta
  4. Gymnosperms

Answer: 3. Bryophyta

Question 34. Antheridial branch and archegonial branch are found in the same plant body of

  1. Hornworts
  2. Seaweeds
  3. Liverworts
  4. Cotton moss

Answer: 4. Cotton moss

Question 35. What is the chromosome number in calyptra, perichaetial cells, columella, and protonema if the endothecium cell contains 20 chromosomes?

  1. 10,10, 20, and 10. respectively
  2. 10, 20, 20, and 10, respectively
  3. 20, 10. 20, and 10, respectively
  4. 10, 10, 20, and 10, respectively

Answer: 1. 10,10, 20, and 10. respectively

Question 36. Which one of the following is homosporous with exosmotic embryogeny?

  1. All pteridophytes
  2. Bryophytes and gymnosperms
  3. Angiosperms
  4. All bryophytes

Answer: 4. All bryophytes

Question 37. Algae, bryophytes, and pteridophytes resemble with each other in which one of the following features?

  1. Gametophytic plant body
  2. Dependence on water for fertilization
  3. Heteromorphic alternation of generation
  4. Presence of embryo

Answer: 2. Dependence on the water for fertilization

Question 38. Find the correct match.

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  1. (1) → (A), (2) → (B), (3) → (C), (4) → (D)
  2. (1) → (C), (2) → (B), (3) → (D), (4) → (A)
  3. (1) → (C), (2) → (A), (3) → (B), (4) →(D)
  4. (1) →(C), (2) (A), (3) → (D), (4) → (B)

Answer: 4. (1) → (C), (2) → (A), (3) → (D), (4) → (B)

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Question 39. Bryophytes are not characterized by

  1. Sporophyte parasitic over gametophyte
  2. Independent gametophyte
  3. Absence of vascular tissues
  4. Independent sporophyte

Answer: 4. Independent sporophyte

Question 40. Which of the following is a heterotrophic bryophyte?

  1. Cryptothallus
  2. Riccia
  3. Dawsonia
  4. Sphaerocarpiis

Answer: 1. Cryptothallus

Question 41. In Funaria, the number of peristome teeth in the exostome is

  1. 32
  2. 64
  3. 16
  4. 8

Answer: 3. 16

Question 42. Rhizoids of mosses are

  1. Unicellular and pigmented
  2. Multicellular and pigmented
  3. Unicellular and non-pigmented
  4. Multicellular and non-pigmented

Answer: 4. Multicellular and non-pigmented

Question 43. In Funaria, calyptra is derived from

  1. Antheridium
  2. Columella
  3. Capsule
  4. Archegonium

Answer: 4. Archegonium

Question 44. In Funaria, the following is not connected with spore dispersal

  1. Seta
  2. Peristome
  3. Annulus
  4. Foot

Answer: 4. Foot

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Question 45. Cliloroplasts are present in the spores of

  1. Rhizopus
  2. Funaria
  3. Yeast
  4. Dryopteris

Answer: 2. Funaria

Question 46. Stomata having pores bounded by a single ring-shaped guard cell are found in

  1. Capsule of Funaria
  2. Leaf of fern
  3. Pinnule of Cycas
  4. All of these

Answer: 1. Capsule of Funaria

Question 47. Conducting tissue is not found in

  1. Mosses
  2. Liverworts
  3. Cycas
  4. Ferns

Answer: 2. Liverworts

Question 48. Stems and leaves of bryophytes are

  1. Analogous to vascular plants
  2. Homologous to vascular plants
  3. Analogous to algae thallus
  4. None of these

Answer: 1. Analogous to vascular plants

Question 49. Non-vascular embryophyte with leaves is

  1. Riccia
  2. Porella
  3. Selaginella
  4. Macrocystis

Answer: 2. Porella

Question 50. Aquatic weed Salvinia also called the sorrow of Kashmir, is

  1. Heterosporous water fern
  2. Homosporous water fern
  3. Member of bryophyte
  4. Both (1) and (3)

Answer: 1. Heterosporous water fern

Question 51. Mitospores are totally absent in

  1. Chlorophyceae
  2. Phaeophyceae
  3. Fungi
  4. Bryophytes

Answer: 4. Bryophytes

Question 52. Which is a member of Bryopsida?

  1. Maidenhair moss
  2. Irish moss
  3. Reindeer moss
  4. All of these

Answer: 1. Maiden hair moss

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Question 53. Which group of plantae represents gametophytic plant body with dependent sporophyte?

  1. Algae and bryophytes
  2. Bryophytes and pteridophytes
  3. Liverworts and mosses
  4. Ferns and cycades

Answer: 3. Liverworts and mosses

Question 54. The life cycle of cord moss is

  1. Haplontic
  2. Haplo-diplontic
  3. Diplontic
  4. Haplo-haplontic

Answer: 2. Haplo-diplontic

Question 55. Heterosporous pteridophyte with eusporangiate type of sporangium is

  1. Pteris and Adiantum
  2. Equisetum and Selaginella
  3. Dryopteris and Azolla
  4. Marsilea and Pteris

Answer: 2. Equisetum and Selaginella

Question 56. In Little Club Moss, the embryo develops from the part of the zygote, and the rest is used to form a suspensor. This mode of development is called

  1. Exoscopic
  2. Endoscopic
  3. Meroblastic
  4. Holoblastic

Answer: 3. Meroblastic

Question 57. The shedding of male gametophyte in Selaginella occurs at a 13-celled stage which consists of

  1. 8 jacket cells, 1 generative cell, and 4 androgenic cells
  2. 9 jacket cells and 4 androgenic cells
  3. 12 jacket cells and 1 male gamete
  4. 8 jacket cells, 1 urothelial cell, and 4 androgenic cells

Answer: 4. 8 jacket cells, 1 urothelial cell, and 4 androgenic cells

Question 58. Find the correct statement for the prothallus of fern.

  1. Monoecious, protandrous with multicellular rhizoids
  2. Monoecious, protandrous with unicellular rhizoids
  3. Dioecious, with unicellular rhizoids
  4. Monoecious, protandrous with apical antheridia, and basal archegonia on the ventral surface

Answer: 2. Monoecious, protandrous with unicellular rhizoids

Question 59. Pteridophytes are divided into how many classes?

  1. Two
  2. Three
  3. Pour
  4. Six

Answer: 3. Pour

Question 60. Rootless pteridophytes with rhizoids are included in

  1. Sphenopsida
  2. Psilopsida
  3. Pteropsida
  4. Lycopsida

Answer: 2. Psilopsida

Question 61. The dominant photosynthetic phase in the life cycle of Pteridophyta is equivalent to the

  1. The gametophytic phase of Bryophyta
  2. Sporophytic phase of bryophyta
  3. The gametophytic phase of Pteridophyta
  4. The gametophytic phase of gymnosperm

Answer: 1. Gametophytic phase of Bryophyta

Question 62. In pteridophytes, reduction division occurs when

  1. Prothallus is formed
  2. Sex organs are formed
  3. Spores are formed
  4. Gametes are formed

Answer: 3. Spores are formed

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Question 63. Fern sperms (antherozoids) are

  1. Multiflagellated
  2. Pentaflagellated
  3. Biflagellated
  4. Non-flagellated

Answer: 1. Multiflagellated

Question 64. The evolutionary advanced features of Selaginella are

  1. Heterospory
  2. Endosporic development of gametophyte
  3. Reduced gametophyte
  4. Localization of sporangium-bearing appendages in strobila
  5. Unisexual gametophytes
  6. Fertilization with the help of water

 

  1. All are correct.
  2. All except (6) are correct.
  3. All except (5) and (6) are correct.
  4. All except (3) are correct.

Answer: 2. Endosporic development of gametophyte

Question 65. When the gametophyte development occurs within spore, it is known as

  1. Exosporic
  2. Endospores
  3. Episporic
  4. None of these

Answer: 2. Endosporic

Question 66. In Selaginella’s life cycle, generative tissue of female gametophytes makes

  1. Androgenic cells
  2. Prothallial cell diaphragm
  3. Diaphragm
  4. Archegonia

Answer: 4. Archegonia

Question 67. Equisetum, commonly called horsetail or scouring rush and exceptional pteridophyte, i.e., xylem with vessels, possesses the character of

  1. Heterosporous
  2. Autotrophic gametophyte
  3. Biflagellate spermatozoid
  4. Unjointed stem

Answer: 2. Autotrophic gametophyte

Question 68. Venation in fern leaves is

  1. Unicostate
  2. Reticulate
  3. Furcate
  4. Parallel

Answer: 3. Furcate

Question 69. If the number of chromosomes in the foot of an embryo is 8, what should be the number in its spore?

  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 23

Answer: 1. 4

Question 70. Type of stele without pith

  1. Solenostele
  2. Siphonostele
  3. Protostele
  4. Dictyostele

Answer: 3. Protostele

Question 71. The sporangia of eusporangiate ferns

  1. Possess a single layer of wall cells
  2. Produce very few spores
  3. Originate from a group of initial cells
  4. Dehisce at the region of a well-defined stomium

Answer: 3. Originate from a group of initial cells

Question 72. Spores with elaters are characteristic of

  1. Lycopodium
  2. Equisetum
  3. Adiantum
  4. Marchantia

Answer: 2. Equisetum

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Question 73. In the archegonium of Dryopteris, the number of neck canal cells is/are

  1. 4
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. 6-10

Answer: 3. 1

Question 74. Vascular cryptogams are

  1. Bryophyta
  2. Pteridophyta
  3. Gymnosperms
  4. Angiospenns

Answer: 2. Pteridophyta

Question 75. Maidenhair fem is

  1. Adiantum
  2. Dryopteris
  3. Cyathaea
  4. Alsophila

Answer: 1. Adiantum

Question 76. The endosperm of gymnosperm is ontogenetically similar to angiosperms

  1. Endosperm
  2. Embryo sac
  3. Archegonium
  4. Megasporangia

Answer: 2. Embryo sac

Question 77. Which group of plantae represents the smallest group with perennial plants only?

  1. Pteridophyta
  2. Angiosperms
  3. Bryophyta
  4. Gymnosperms

Answer: 4. Gymnosperms

Question 78. Monkey’s puzzle is a common name for

  1. Araucaria imbricate
  2. Cycas revolute
  3. Pinus longifolia
  4. Gnetum anemone

Answer: 1. Araucaria embricata

Question 79. Living fossils of gymnosperms are

  1. Cycas
  2. Metasequoia
  3. Ginkgo biloba
  4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

Question 80. Endospermic, perispermic, polycotyledonous, and winged seeds having members of Plantae also show

  1. Sulfur shower
  2. Largest ovule
  3. Double fertilization
  4. Placentation

Answer: 1. Sulfur shower

Question 81. Which character is found in gymnosperms?

  1. Annuals
  2. Herbaceous
  3. Climber and trailing shrub
  4. Ovary

Answer: 3. Climber and trailing shrub

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Question 82. Pollination occurs in Pinus at

  1. Two-celled stage
  2. Three-celled stage
  3. Four-celled stage
  4. Five-celled stage

Answer: 3. Four-celled stage

Question 83. Polyxylic and mano xylic wood is present in

  1. Pinus
  2. Cycas
  3. Ginkgo
  4. Gnetum

Answer: 2. Cycas

Question 84. Which one of the following groups acts as the connecting link between gymnosperms and angiosperms?

  1. Ginkgoales
  2. Cycadales
  3. Coniferales
  4. Gnetales

Answer: 4. Gnetales

Question 85. Phanerogams without wombs are

  1. Angiosperms
  2. Bryophytes
  3. Ferns
  4. Gymnosperms

Answer: 4. Gymnosperms

Question 86. Fruits are not produced in gymnosperms because they are

  1. Without pollination
  2. Without fertilization
  3. Seedless plants
  4. Without any ovary

Answer: 4. Without any ovary

Question 87. Which one constitutes the dominant vegetation in colder regions?

  1. Monocots
  2. Dicots
  3. Legumes
  4. Gymnosperms

Answer: 4. Gymnosperms

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Question 88. In gymnosperms, pollination takes place through

  1. Insects
  2. Wind
  3. Bats
  4. Birds

Answer: 2. Wind

Question 89. Of the following, the false character with respect to Pinus is

  1. Resin canals in needles
  2. Tracheids with bordered pits
  3. Bracts and ovuliferous scales
  4. Embryo with two cotyledons

Answer: 4. Embryo with two cotyledons

Question 90. Maidenhair tree is

  1. Ginkgo biloba
  2. Gnetum
  3. Ephedra
  4. Welwitschia

Answer: 1. Ginkgo biloba

Question 91. Edible seeds are obtained from

  1. Mangifera indica
  2. Pinus gerardiana
  3. P. roxburghii
  4. Dalbergia sissoo

Answer: 1. Mangifera indica

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Question 92. Diploxylic vascular bundles are found in

  1. Pteris
  2. Selaginella
  3. Funaria
  4. Cycas

Answer: 4. Cycas

Question 93. Circinate ptyxis is found in

  1. Pteris
  2. Dryopteris
  3. Cycas
  4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

Question 94. Transfusion tissue replaces the veins in

  1. Cycas
  2. Ferns
  3. Pinus
  4. Both Pinus and Cycas

Answer: 4. Both Pinus and Cycas

Question 95. Find the correct match.

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  1. (1) → (A), (2) → (E), (3) → (B), (4) → (C)
  2. (1) → (A), (2) → (E), (3) → (C), (4) → (B)
  3. (1) → (C), (2) → (E), (3) → (A), (4) → (B)
  4. (1) → (A), (2) → (E), (3) → (B), (4) → (D)

Answer: 1. (1) → (A), (2) → (E), (3) → (B), (4) → (C)

Question 96. Carpels are equivalent to

  1. Microsporophylls
  2. Megasporophylls
  3. Megasporangia
  4. Embryo sac

Answer: 2. Megasporophylls

Question 97. Vessels are present in the xylem of which tracheophytes?

  1. Angiosperms
  2. Gymnosperms
  3. Pteridophytes
  4. Both (1) and (2)

Answer: 1. Angiosperms

Question 98. A marine angiosperm is

  1. Hydrilla
  2. Utricularia
  3. Potamogeton
  4. Zostera

Answer: 4. Zostera

Question 99. Biennials are characterized by

  1. Bearing flowers for two seasons
  2. Forming aerial stem and flowering in the second year
  3. Flowering in the first year and forming fruits in the second year
  4. Forming storage organs in the first year and reproductive organs or flowers in the second year

Answer: 4. Forming storage organs in the first year and reproductive organs or flowers in the second year

Question 100. Flowering plants are more successful than other members of the plant world because

  1. They are large and have a good vascular tissue system
  2. They carry out a variety of pollination mechanism
  3. The protected plant embryo can survive in the period of unfavorable conditions
  4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

Question 101. The father of taxonomy described plants in his book

  1. 480, Historia Plantarum
  2. 340, Historia Naturalis
  3. 18000, Historia Generalis Plantarum
  4. 5900, Species Plantarum

Answer: 4. 5900, Species Plantarum

Question 102. The basis of a dendrogram is

  1. Phenetics
  2. Taximetrics
  3. Numerical taxonomy
  4. All of these

Answer: 4. All of these

Question 103. Huxley is considered to be the founder of

  1. Classical systematic
  2. New systematic
  3. Phylogenetic system of classification
  4. Artificial system of classification

Answer: 2. New systematic

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Question 104. The classification of plants and animals on the basis of chromosome number is called

  1. Cytotaxonomy
  2. Biochemical systematics
  3. Taxonomy
  4. Numerical taxonomy

Answer: 1. Cytotaxonomy

Question 105. The sequencing in DNA and the chemical nature of proteins have been used as the basis of classification by

  1. Cytotaxonomist
  2. Karyotaxonomist
  3. Chemotaxonomist
  4. α-taxonomist

Answer: 3. Chemotaxonomist

Question 106. The term α-taxonomy was introduced by

  1. John Ray
  2. Hutchinson
  3. Bassey
  4. Turril

Answer: 4. Turril

Question 107. The sexual system of classification is

  1. Artificial system
  2. Based on stamens characters
  3. Based on corolla and carpels characters
  4. Both (1) and (2)

Answer: 4. Both (1) and (2)

Question 108. The Linnaeus system of classification contains

  1. 4 classes of plants
  2. 8 classes of plants
  3. 16 classes of plants
  4. 24 classes of plants

Answer: 4. 24 classes of plants

Question 109. Classification based on several characters is

  1. Natural
  2. Artificial
  3. Classical
  4. Phylogenetic

Answer: 1. Natural

Question 110. The natural system of classification was proposed by

  1. Engler and Prantl
  2. Bentham and Hooker
  3. Carolus Linnaeus
  4. Julian Huxley

Answer: 2. Bentham and Hooker

Question 111. Bentham and Hooker’s classification is

  1. Classification of taxa based on actual examination
  2. Artificial system of classification
  3. Phylogenetic system of classification
  4. Based on evolution

Answer: 1. Classification of taxa based on actual examination

Question 112. In Bentham and Hooker’s system, the term “cohort” has been used. It is similar to which rank in today’s classification.

  1. Class
  2. Family
  3. Order
  4. Sub-family

Answer: 3. Order

Question 113. Which one of the following classifications is best suited for the identification of seed plants?

  1. Bentham and Hooker’s classification
  2. Engler and Prantl’s classification
  3. Hutchinson’s classification
  4. Takhtajan’s classification

Answer: 1. Bentham and Hooker’s classification

Question 114. Which is the most advanced among the following?

  1. Cycadaceae
  2. Gnetaceae
  3. Coniferae
  4. Cryptogamae

Answer: 2. Gnetaceae

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Question 115. Which is not true about the series Heteromerae in Bentham and Hooker’s system?

  1. Always carpellary condition
  2. Ovary usually superior
  3. Stamens are as many as corolla lobe
  4. It includes three cohorts

Answer: 1. Always carpellary condition

Question 116. Who is not associated with the artificial system of classification?

  1. Pliny
  2. Theophrastus
  3. Hutchinson
  4. Linnaeus

Answer: 3. Hutchinson

Question 117. The evolutionary history of an organism is known as

  1. Phylogeny
  2. Ontogeny
  3. Phycology
  4. Mycology

Answer: 1. Phylogeny

Question 118. Angiosperms (dicotyledons) were distinguished into Ar- chichlamydeae and Metachlamydeae by

  1. Candolle
  2. Cronquist
  3. Hutchinson
  4. Engler and Prantl

Answer: 4. Engler and Prantl

Question 119. “Taxonomy without phylogeny may be likened to bones without flesh” is a statement supported by

  1. Oswald Tippo
  2. Bentham and Hooker
  3. Takhtajan
  4. John Hutchinson

Answer: 3. Takhtajan

Question 120. Select the cladistic system of classification in which di¬cots are more primitive than monocots

  1. Horizontal system
  2. Hutchinson system
  3. Bentham and Hooker’s system
  4. Engler and Prantl’s system

Answer: 2. Hutchinson system

Question 121. Trabeculae are present in the

  1. Capsule of Funaria
  2. Ovule of gymnosperm
  3. Sporangia of a fern
  4. Ovule of angiosperm

Answer: 1. Capsule of Funaria

Question 122. Engler and Prantl published a phylogenetic system in the monograph

  1. Die Naturlichen Pflanzen
  2. Historia Plantarum
  3. Species Plantarum
  4. Genera Plantarum
  5. Origin of Species

Answer: 1. Die Naturlichen Pflanzen

Question 123. Dominant generation in bryophytes is

  1. Capsule
  2. Sporophyte
  3. Gametophyte
  4. Seta

Answer: 3. Gametophyte

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Question 124. Which of the following plants has high water reten¬tion capacity and is used to provide moisture to plants?

  1. Sphagnum
  2. Botrychilum
  3. Mars ilea
  4. March Antia

Answer: 1. Sphagnum

Question 125. If in Funaria, the leaf has eight chromosomes, the structure with 16 chromosomes will be

  1. Protonema
  2. Rhizoids
  3. Capsule and seta
  4. All above

Answer: 3. Capsule and seta

Question 126. Leptoids and hydroids are the vascular supply of

  1. Hornworts
  2. Irish mosses
  3. Liverworts
  4. Pteridophytes

Answer: 3. Liverworts

Question 127. Moss peat is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places because

  1. It serves as a disinfectant
  2. It is easily available
  3. It is hygroscopic
  4. It reduces transpiration

Answer: 3. It is hygroscopic

Question 128. In a moss, the sporophyte

  1. Manufactures food for itself as well as for the gametophyte
  2. Is partially parasitic on the gametophyte
  3. Produces gametes that give rise to the gametophyte
  4. Arises from a spore produced from the gametophyte

Answer: 2. Is partially parasitic on the gametophyte

Question 129. Bryophytes are exceptional, as

  1. They produce spores
  2. Their sporophytic stage grows on gametophyte
  3. They do not require water for fertilization
  4. Their gametophyte stage grows on sporophyte

Answer: 2. Their sporophytic stage grows on gametophyte

Question 130. Which of the following is the amphibian of the plant kingdom?

  1. Pteridophyte
  2. Bryophyte
  3. Cycas
  4. All of the above

Answer: 4. All of the above

Question 131. Flagellated male gametes are present in all three of which one of the following sets?

  1. Zygnema, Saprolegnia, and Hydrilla
  2. Fucus, Marsilea, and Calotropis
  3. Riccia, Dry op ter is, and Cycas
  4. Anthoceros, Funaria, and Spirogyra

Answer: 3. Riccia, Dry op ter is, and Cycas

Question 132. The plant classification proposed by C. Linnaeus was artificial because it was based on

  1. Few morphological characters
  2. Diverse evolutionary tendencies
  3. Adaptive anatomical characters
  4. Physiological traits together with morphological characters

Answer: 1. Few morphological characters

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Question 133. In which of the following, gametes are produced by mitrotic division?

  1. Pteridophytes
  2. Algae
  3. Gymnosperms
  4. Angiosperms

Answer: 2. Algae

Question 134. Which one of the following is heterosporous?

  1. Dryopteris
  2. Salvinia
  3. Adiantum
  4. Equisetum

Answer: 2. Salvinia

Question 135. Four rows and six rows of NCC are found, respectively, in

  1. Bryophytes and Pteridophytes
  2. Pteridophytes and gymnosperms
  3. Gymnosperms and angiosperms
  4. Pteridophytes and bryophytes

Answer: 4. Pteridophytes and bryophytes

Question 136. Peat is formed from

  1. Funaria
  2. Sphagnum
  3. Mosses
  4. Liverworts

Answer: 2. Sphagnum

Question 137. Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses together constitute

  1. Pteridophytes
  2. Lichens and Plantae
  3. Bryophyta
  4. Bryopsida

Answer: 2. Lichens and Plantae

Question 138. Protonemma is a characteristic feature of

  1. Fern
  2. Marchantia
  3. Moss
  4. Cycas

Answer: 3. Moss

Question 139. Bryophytes resemble algae in the following aspects.

  1. Filamentous body, pressure of vascular tissues, and autotrophic nutrition
  2. Differentiation of plant body into root, stem, and autotrophic nutrition
  3. Thallus-like plant body, pressure of roots, and autotrophic nutrition
  4. Thallus-like plant body, lack of vascular tissues, and autotrophic nutrition

Answer: 4. Thallus-like plant body, lack of vascular tissues, and autotrophic nutrition

Question 140. Sphagnum is commonly used as packing material for the trans-shipment of living material due to its

  1. Capacity to hold water
  2. Easy availability
  3. Nature as it can grow anywhere
  4. All the above

Answer: 1. Capacity to hold water

Question 141. A dominant gametophytic phase alternated by multicellular dependent sporophytic phase material for transshipment of living occurs in

  1. Chlamydomonas
  2. Politrichum
  3. Asian
  4. All of the above

Answer: 2. Politrichum

Question 142. Which of the following plants do not produce seeds?

  1. Ficus and Funaria
  2. Fern and Funaria
  3. Chlamydomonas and Ficus
  4. Punica and Pinus

Answer: 2. Fern and Funaria

Question 143. Algae that form motile colonies are

  1. Volvox
  2. Nostoc
  3. Spirogyra
  4. Chlamydomonas

Answer: 1. Volvox

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Question 144. Auxospore formation is seen in

  1. Nostoc
  2. Yeast
  3. Diatoms
  4. Agaricus

Answer: 3. Diatoms

Question 145. Which of the following is a flagellated algae?

  1. Chlamydomonas
  2. Ulothrix
  3. Saccharomyces
  4. Agaricus

Answer: 1. Chlamydomonas

Question 146. Which of the following is coenocytic?

  1. Vaucheria
  2. Centuria
  3. Chlamydomonas
  4. Pseudomonas

Answer: 1. Vaucheria

Question 147. Auxospores and oocysts are formed, respectively, by

  1. Several diatoms and few cyanobacteria
  2. Several cyanobacteria and several diatoms
  3. Some diatoms and several cyanobacteria
  4. Some cyanobacteria and many diatoms

Answer: 3. Some diatoms and several cyanobacteria

Question 148. Alga which is a parasite of the tea plant is

  1. Cephaleuros
  2. Ulva
  3. Oedogonium
  4. Vaucheria

Answer: 1. Cephaleuros

Question 149. The largest alga is

  1. Microcystis
  2. Macrocytis
  3. Red alga
  4. Blue-green algae

Answer: 2. Macrocytis

Question 150. A triphasic life cycle is present

  1. Red algae
  2. Brown algae
  3. Diatoms
  4. Dinoflagellates

Answer: 2. Brown algae

Question 151. Alginic acid is obtained from

  1. Blue-green algae
  2. Red algae
  3. Green algae
  4. Brown algae

Answer: 2. Green algae

Question 152. In Chlamydomonas, meiosis occurs in

  1. Gamete
  2. Zygote
  3. Sporogonium
  4. Zoospore

Answer: 2. Zygote

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Question 153. The zoospores of Ulothrix are

  1. Quadriflagellated
  2. Biflagellated
  3. Monoflagellated
  4. Alagellated

Answer: 1. Quadriflagellated

Question 154. Kelps are

  1. Freshwater algae
  2. Marine algae
  3. Terrestrial
  4. Amphibious

Answer: 2. Marine algae

Question 155. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Chlamydomonas—Unicellular flagellated alga
  2. Laminaria—Flattened leaf-like thallus
  3. Chlorella—Filamentous non flagellated
  4. Spirogyra—Filamentous structure
  5. Volvox—Colonial non-flagellated

Answer: 5. Volvox—Colonial non-flagellated

Question 156. Agar-agar which is commonly used in micro-biological studies and culture media is obtained from

  1. Gelidium
  2. Laminaria
  3. Polysiphonia
  4. Batrachospremum

Answer: 1. Gelidium

Question 157. From which of the following algae, agar is commercially extracted?

  1. Gracilaria
  2. Focus
  3. Sargassum
  4. Gelidium
  5. Turk inari

 

  1. (3) and (5)
  2. (2) and (3)
  3. (4) and (5)
  4. (1) and (2)
  5. (1) and (4)

Answer: 5. (1) and (4)

Question 158. Match column 1 with column 2 option.

NEET Biology Plant Kingdom Match The Columns Question 158

  1. (1) → (B), (2) → (D), (3) → (C), (4) → (A)
  2. (1) → (C), (2) → (A), (3) → (D), (4) → (B)
  3. (1) → (B), (2) → (D), (3) → (B), (4) → (A)
  4. (1) → (D), (2) → (C), (3) → (A), (4) → (B)
  5. (1) → (D), (2) → (C), (3) → (A), (4) → (B)

Answer: 2. (1) → (C), (2) → (A), (3) → (D), (4) → (B)

Question 159. If you are asked to classify various algae into distinct groups, which of the following characters you should choose?

  1. Nature of stored food materials in the cell
  2. Structural organization of thallus
  3. Chemical composition of cell wall
  4. Types of pigments present in the cell

Answer: 4. Types of pigments present in the cell

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Question 160. All algae have

  1. Chlorophyll-a and chlorophyll-b
  2. Chlorophyll-b and carotenes
  3. Chlorophyll-a and carotenes
  4. Phycobilins and carotenes
  5. Chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-b, carotenes

Answer: 3. Chlorophyll-a and carotenes

Question 161. The edible green alga rich in protein is

  1. Porphyra
  2. Chlorella
  3. Laminaria
  4. Chondrus crispus

Answer: 2. Chlorella

Question 162. Consider the following statements regarding the major pigments and stored food in the different groups of algae and select the correct options given.

  1. In Chlorophyceae, the stored food material in starch, and the major pigments are chlorophyll-a and chlorophyll-b.
  2. In Phaeophyceae, laminarin is the stored food and major pigments are chlorophyll-a and chlorophyll-b.
  3. In Rhodophyceae, floridean starch is the stored food and the major pigments are chlorophyll-a, chloro-phyll-d, and phycoerythrin.

 

  1. (1) is correct, but (2) and (3) are wrong.
  2. (1) and (2) are correct, but (3) is wrong.
  3. (1) and (3) are correct, but (2) is wrong.
  4. (2) is correct, but (1) and (3) are wrong
  5. (3) is correct, but (1) and (2) are wrong.

Answer: 5. (3) is correct, but (1) and (2) are wrong

Question 163. Sex organs of algae and fungi are

  1. Antheridium oogonia
  2. Carpogonia and ascogonia
  3. Zygospore and akinetes
  4. Heterocyst and archegonia

Answer: 1. Antheridium oogonia

Question 164. Pyerenoids are commonly found in

  1. Red algae
  2. Green algae
  3. Brown algae
  4. Blue-green algae

Answer: 2. Green algae

Question 165. Which pigments is not found in red algae?

  1. Chlorophyll-a
  2. Phycocyanin
  3. Chlorophyll-b
  4. Phycoerythrin

Answer: 2. Phycocyanin

Question 166. The nutrition of Protista is

  1. Phagotrophic
  2. Saprotrophic
  3. Autotrophic
  4. All above

Answer: 4. All above

Question 167. Match the following and choose the correct combination from the options given.

NEET Biology Plant Kingdom Match The Columns Question 167

  1. (1) → (A), (2) → (C), (3) → (B), (4) → (D)
  2. (1) → (A), (2) → (D), (3) → (C), (4) → (B)
  3. (1) → (D), (2) → (B), (3) → (C), (4) → (A)
  4. (1) → (B), (2) → (D), (3) → (A), (4) → (B)
  5. (1) → (D), (2) → (C), (3) →(B), (4) → (A)

Answer: 1. (1) → (A), (2) → (C), (3) → (B), (4) → (D)

Question 168. Which of the following correctly represents the type of life cycle patterns from the options given?

  1. Diplontic, Haplodiplontic, Haplontic
  2. Haplodiplontic, Haplontic, Diplontic
  3. Haplontic, Diplontic, Haplodiplontic
  4. Diplontic, Haplontic, Haplodiplontic
  5. Haplontic, Haplodiplontic, Diplontic

Answer: 4. Diplontic, Haplontic, Haplodiplontic

Question 169. Gracilaria and Gelidium are important sources of

  1. Carrageenan jelly
  2. Iodine
  3. Agar
  4. Vitamin B

Answer: 3. Agar

Question 170. Laminaria and Fucus belong to

  1. Chlorophyceae
  2. Rhodophyceae
  3. Paeophyceae
  4. Cyanophyceae

Answer: 3. Paeophyceae

Question 171. Monascus purpura is a yeast used commercially in the production of

  1. Streptokinase for removing clots from the blood ves¬sels.
  2. Citric acid
  3. Blood cholesterol-lowering statins
  4. Ethanol

Answer: 3. Blood cholesterol-lowering statins

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Question 172. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

  1. Ginger—Sucker
  2. Chlamydomonas—Conidia
  3. Yeast—Zoospores
  4. Onion—Bulb

Answer: 4. Onion—Bulb

Question 173. Which of the following is characteristic of ferns?

  1. Leafy gametophyte
  2. Circinate vernation
  3. Mycorrhizal roots
  4. Coralloid roots

Answer: 2. Circinate vernation

Question 174. Vascular cryptogams are

  1. Pteridophytes
  2. Angiosperms
  3. Mosses
  4. Algae

Answer: 1. Pteridophytes

Question 175. Microspores of massulae in Azolla are found in

  1. Indicium
  2. Sporangium
  3. Antheridium
  4. Archcgonoum

Answer: 2. Sporangium

Question 176. First vascular plant is

  1. Thallophyta
  2. Bryophyta
  3. Pteridophyta
  4. Spermatophyta

Answer: 3. Pteridophyta

Question 177. Fronds are

  1. Leaves of ferns
  2. Leaves of Cycas
  3. Moss roots
  4. The reproductive structure of ferns

Answer: 1. Leaves of ferns

Question 178. In pteridophytes, phloem is without

  1. Sieve cells
  2. Sieve tubes
  3. Companion cells
  4. Bast fibers

Answer: 3. Companion cells

Question 179. Independent alternation of generation is found in

  1. Fern
  2. Cycas
  3. Onion
  4. Lotus

Answer: 1. Fern

Question 180. Which of the following is called the resurrection plant?

  1. Selaginella lipidophyla
  2. Gingko aloha
  3. Cedrus deodara
  4. Sequoia sempervivums

Answer: 1. Selaginclla lipidophyla

Question 181. Female gametophyte in heterosporous ferns is

  1. Archegonium
  2. Prothallus
  3. Gymnosperm
  4. Angiosperm

Answer: 4. Angiosperm

Question 182. In which group will you place a plant that reproduces by means of spores, has vascular supply, and diploid sporophytic phase as a dominant phase?

  1. Bryophyte
  2. Pteridophyta
  3. Gymnosperm
  4. Angiosperm

Answer: 2. Pteridophyta

Question 183. Which pteridophyta is called as horse tail?

  1. Equisetum
  2. Lycopodium
  3. Mars ilea
  4. Selaginella

Answer: 1. Equisetum

Question 184. Which of the following is present in association with Azolla?

  1. Anabaena
  2. Nostoc
  3. Clostridium
  4. Azotobacter

Answer: 1. Anabaena

Question 185. The dehiscence of sporangia of fern occurs through

  1. Annulus
  2. Stomium
  3. Elaters
  4. Sori

Answer: 1. Annulus

Question 186. In a fern prothallus, the following occurs.

  1. Self-fertilization
  2. Cross-fertilization
  3. Conjugation
  4. Isogamv

Answer: 2. Cross-fertilization

Question 187. The Sporophytes in Ncphrolepis is _____ and the spores are

  1. Diploid, haploid
  2. Haploid, haploid
  3. Haploid, diploid
  4. Diploid, diploid

Answer: 1. Diploid, haploid

Question 188. One of the following is a pteridophyte.

  1. Cycas
  2. Sphagnum
  3. Nephrolepis
  4. All above

Answer: 3. Nephrolepis

Question 189. Which one has the maximum number of chromosomes?

  1. Marsilea
  2. Equisetum
  3. Ophioglossum
  4. Lycopodium

Answer: 3. Ophioglossum

Question 190. Indusium is found in

  1. Algae
  2. Fronds
  3. Moss
  4. Cycas

Answer: 2. Fronds

Question 191. One of the following differentiates pteridophytes from mosses.

  1. Prothallus
  2. Homosporous spores
  3. Haplontic life cycle
  4. All above

Answer: 1. Prothallus

Question 192. Which one of the following is called maiden hair fern?

  1. Dryopteris
  2. Pteris
  3. Adiantum
  4. Lycopodium
  5. Selaginella

Answer: 3. Dryopteris

Question 193. Walking fern belongs to the genus

  1. Adiantum
  2. Dryopteris
  3. Peter is
  4. Mars ilea

Answer: 1. Adiantum

Question 194. In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam, the antherozoids and egg mature at different times. At a result,

  1. There is a high degree of sterility.
  2. One can conclude that the plant is apomictic.
  3. Self-fertilization is prevented.
  4. There is no change in the success rate of fertilization.

Answer: 3. Self-fertilization is prevented.

Question 195. Pick up the wrongly matched pair

  1. Equisetum—Horsetail
  2. Psilotum—Whisk fern
  3. Selaginella—Peat moss
  4. Dryopteris—Male shield fern

Answer: 3. Selaginella—Peat moss

Question 196. Match the following with the correct combination.

NEET Biology Plant Kingdom Match The Columns Question 196

  1. (1) → (F), (2) → (E), (3) → (A), (4) → (C), (5) → (D)
  2. (1) → (E), (2) → (D), (3) → (C), (4) → (B), (5) → (A)
  3. (1) → (E), (2) → (A), (3) → (B), (4) → (D), (5)→ (C)
  4. (1) → (C), (2) → (B), (3) → (A), (4) → (E), (5) → (D)

Answer: 3. (1) → (E), (2) → (A), (3) → (B), (4) → (D), (5) → (C)

Question 197. Which of the following has medicinal value and is a pteridophyte?

  1. Lycopodium
  2. Adiantum
  3. Gnetum
  4. Dryopteris

Answer: 1. Lycopodium

Question 198. Seed habit originated in certain

  1. Bryophytes
  2. Ferns
  3. Angiosperms
  4. Gymnosperm

Answer: 4. Gymnosperm

Question 199. Circinafe vernation is seen in

  1. Equisteum, Nephrolepis, Psilotum
  2. Nephrolepis, Adiantum, Pteris
  3. Lycopodium, Nephrolepis
  4. Psilotum, Nephrolepis, Adiantum

Answer: 2. Nephrolepis, Adiantum, Pteris

Question 200. Petiole and reacts in ferns are covered with small hairs called

  1. Spurs
  2. Ramenta
  3. Fronds
  4. Ligule
  5. Rhizoids

Answer: 4. Rhizoids

Question 201. Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogam?

  1. Marchantia
  2. Cedras
  3. Equisetum
  4. Ginkgo

Answer: 3. Equisetum

Question 202. Fertile leaves of ferns are called

  1. Sporophylls
  2. Posophylls
  3. Mesophylls
  4. Cataphylls

Answer: 1. Sporophylls

Question 203. Top-shaped multifoliate male gametes and the mature seed which bears only one embryo with two cotyledons are characteristic features of

  1. Polypetalous angiosperms
  2. Gamopetalous angiosperms
  3. Conifers
  4. Cycads

Answer: 4. Cycads

Question 204. Match items in Column A with those in Column B.

NEET Biology Plant Kingdom Match The Columns Question 204

  1. (1) → (B), (2) → (A), (3) → (C), (4) → (D), (5) → (E)
  2. (1) → (E), (2) → (C), (3) → (B), (4) → (E). (5) → (A)
  3. (1) → (A), (2) → (B), (3) → (E), (4) → (C), (5) → (B)
  4. (1) → (C), (2) → (A), (3) → (D), (4) → (E), (5) → (B)

Answer: 4. (1) → (C), (2) → (A), (3) → (D), (4) → (E), (5) → (B)

Question 205. Angiosperms and gymnosperms resemble in having

  1. Vessel in wood
  2. Mode of fertilization
  3. Sessile and oblong leaflets
  4. Sessile endosperm

Answer: 3. Sessile and oblong leaflets

Question 206. Leaflet in Cycas is

  1. Sessile and linear
  2. Sessile and lanceolate
  3. Sessile and oblong
  4. Sessile anti obturate

Answer: 2. Sessile and lanceolate

Question 207. Ephedra and Gnetum are similar in having

  1. Pollination mechanism
  2. Double fertilization
  3. Winged pollen
  4. Heteromorph genes

Answer: 1. Pollination mechanism

Question 208. Which of the following statements is wrong about gymnosperms?

  1. They have naked seeds.
  2. They are perennial,
  3. Their xylem consists of vessels.
  4. They are xerophytic.

Answer: 3. Their xylem consists of vessels.

Question 209. Coralloid roots of Cycas has

  1. Anabaena
  2. Nostoc
  3. Mycorrhizae
  4. Rhizopus

Answer: 1. Anabaena

Question 210. The integument of the Cycas ovule is hard on account of

  1. Testa
  2. Tegmen
  3. Sclerotesta
  4. Sarcotesta

Answer: 3. Sclerotesta

Question 211. Cycas is dicotyledonous, yet not placed under a doctor’s lens because

  1. It looks like a palm tree.
  2. It has compound leaves.
  3. Its ovules are naked.
  4. It bears megasporophylls.

Answer: 3. Its ovules are naked.

Question 212. From which of the following plants is a medicine for respiratory disorders obtained?

  1. Bambusa
  2. Sesamutn
  3. Ephedra
  4. Pinns

Answer: 3. Ephedra

Question 213. Cholgoza pinus is

  1. Pinus girardiana
  2. Pinus rox Burgi
  3. Pinus wallichiana
  4. Pinus mercuric

Answer: 1. Pinus girardiana

Question 214. In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents

  1. A cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination.
  2. An opening in the megagametophyte through which the pollen tube approaches the egg.
  3. The microsporangium in which pollen grain develops.
  4. A cell in the pollen grain in which the sperms are formed.

Answer: 1. A cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination.

Question 215. Which of the following gymnosperm is a bushy trailing shrub?

  1. Ephedra
  2. Cycas
  3. Pinus
  4. Aurocaria
  5. Cednis

Answer: 1. Ephedra

Question 216. Conifers differ from grasses in the

  1. Formation of endosperm before fertilization
  2. Production of seeds from ovules
  3. Lack of xylem tracheids
  4. Absence of pollen tubes

Answer: 4. Absence of pollen tubes

Question 217. In Pinus, many embryos are formed from a single zygote, which is known as

  1. Simple polyembryony
  2. Cleavage polyembryony
  3. Polyspermy
  4. Apogamy

Answer: 2. Simple polyembryony

Question 218. In Pinus, the male cone bears a large number of

  1. Ligules
  2. Anthers
  3. Microsporophylls
  4. Megasporophylls

Answer: 3. Microsporophylls

Question 219. Which among the following is a living fossil gymnosperm?

  1. Pinus roxburghii
  2. Medullosa noei
  3. Ginkgo biloba
  4. Abiespindrow

Answer: 3. Ginkgo biloba

Question 220. Cycas has an embryo with two cotyledons yet it is not classified in dicots because

  1. It looks like a palm.
  2. Its ovules are naked,
  3. It has compound leaves.
  4. It bears megasporophyll.

Answer: 2. Its ovules are naked,

Question 221. In which one of the following, male and female gametophytes do not have free-living independent existence?

  1. Pten’s
  2. Funaria
  3. Polytrichurn
  4. Cairns

Answer: 4. Cairns

Question 222. Turpentine oil is extracted from

  1. Angiosperms
  2. Pinus
  3. Oak
  4. Citrus plants

Answer: 2. Pinus

Question 223. The largest ovule is present in

  1. Cycas
  2. Pinus
  3. Wolffia
  4. Rafflesia

Answer: 1. Cycas

Question 224. Resin and turpentine are products of

  1. Teak
  2. Oak
  3. Eucalyptus
  4. Pine

Answer: 4. Pine

Question 225. Pinus seeds are

  1. Naked and campylotropus
  2. Naked and anatropous
  3. Naked and orthotropus
  4. Covered and orthotropous

Answer: 3. Naked and orthotropous

Question 226. Which of the following statements are true or false?

  1. The trimerous condition of floral whorl is characteristic of dicotyledons.
  2. Adiant Inn is also called a walking fern.
  3. In gymnosperms. the vascular system consists of a xylem without vessels and a phloem without companion cells.
  4. Riccia and Marchantia are liver worts.

 

  1. (1) and (2) are true and (3) and (4) are false.
  2. (1) and (3) are true and (2) and (4) are false.
  3. (1) and (4) are true and (2) and (3) are false.
  4. (2), (3), and (4) are true and (1) is false.

Answer: 4. (2), (3), and (4) are true and (1) is false.

Question 227. The sieve tubes and companion cells are exceptional features of

  1. Gymnospenns
  2. Angiosperms
  3. Ferns
  4. Pteridophytes

Answer: 2. Angiosperms

Question 228. In angiosperms double fertilization means

  1. Fusion of egg cell with male gamete
  2. Fusion of secondary nucleus with male gamete
  3. Both above
  4. None above

Answer: 3. Both above

Question 229. Typical embryosac of angiosperms is

  1. Tetranucleated
  2. Eight-nucleated and seven celled
  3. Tetranucleated and seven celled
  4. Tetranucleated and tetra celled

Answer: 2. Eight-nucleated and seven celled

Question 230. Male gametes in angiosperms are formed by the division of

  1. Generative cell
  2. Vegetative cell
  3. Microspore mother cell
  4. Microspore

Answer: 1. Generative cell

Question 231. Which of the following is a rootless aquatic plant in which a portion of the leaf forms a tiny sac for trapping insects?

  1. Nepenthes
  2. Drosera
  3. Utricularia
  4. Dionaea
  5. Answer: 3. Utricularia

Question 232. Which one of the following contains xylem vessels?

  1. Bryophyta
  2. Pteridophyta
  3. Gymnosperms
  4. Angiosperms

Answer: 4. Angiosperms

Question 233. Gymnosperms are also called softwood spermatophytes because they lack

  1. Phloem fibers
  2. Thick-walled tracheids
  3. Xylem fibers
  4. Cambium

Answer: 3. Xylem fibers

Question 234. Which one of the following is a correct statement?

  1. In gymnosperms, female gametophytes is free-living.
  2. Antheridiophores and archegoniophores are present in pteridophytes.
  3. The origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes.
  4. Pteridophyte gametophyte has a protonemal and leafy stage.

Answer: 3. The origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes.

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