Question No:1
Funaria differs from Marchantia in having:
(A) Gametophyte
(B) Ventral canal cell
(C) Foot
(D) Protonema
Question No:2
Pteridophytes are often called
(A) Amphibians of plant kingdom
(B) Botanical snakes
(C) Archegoniate atrachaeophytes
(D) Lower spermatophytes
Question No:3
Smallest aquatic fern is:
(A) Pteridium
(B) Azolla
(C) Marsailea
(D) Salvinia
Question No:4
The leptosporangiate sporangia dehisce through
(A) Peristome
(B) Annulus
(C) Stomium
(D) Operculum
Question No:5
Rhizophore of Selaginella is often considered as :
(A) Stem
(B) Root
(C) Organ – sui – generis
(D) None of these
Question No:6
Antherozoids are attracted towards the neck of archegonia in ferns by :
(A) By potassium salts
(B) Malic acid
(C) Albumen or proteins
(D) Sugars
Question No:7
Which pteridophyte has been proved to be a good biofertiliser for paddy?
(A) Azolla
(B) Marsilea
(C) Pteris
(D) Adiantum
Question No:8
Dioecious prothalli are produced in :
(A) Lycopodium
(B) Selaginella
(C) Pteridium
(D) Pteris
Question No:9
The term ‘Walking fern’ for Adiantum is because of
(A) Its changing taxonomic status
(B) Its spores provided with elaters for dispersal
(C) Its leaves can produce roots and plantlets
(D) Its gametophyte can walk on dripping rocks
Question No:10
Ovules with pollen chamber, integument single and ovule with archegonia are found in :
(A) Cycas, Pinus
(B) Ephedra, Gnetum
(C) Araucaria, Thuja
(D) All of these
Question No:11
The male gametophyte at maturity in Cycas is
(A) 5-celled
(B) 6-celled
(C) 7-celled
(D) 8-celled
Question No:12
Siphonogamy occurs in
(A) Pteridophytes
(B) Gymnosperms only
(C) Gymnosperms and angiosperms
(D) Angiosperms only
Question No:13
Winged pollens (pollens with two saci) are produced in
(A) Cycas and Pinus
(B) Pinus and Ephedra
(C) Ephedra and Cycas
(D) Only Pinus
Question No:14
In gymnosperms, the endosperm is always haploid due to its
(A) Single fertilization
(B) Formation from nucellus
(C) Formation from female gametophyte
(D) Development from polar
Question No:15
Which is not found in gymnosperms?
(A) Herbs
(B) Shrubs
(C) Trees
(D) Lianas
Question No:16
The development of female gametophyte in Cycas or Pinus is
(A) Monosporic type
(B) Bisporic type
(C) Tetrasporic type
(D) None of these
Question No:17
Nonmotile male gametes are found in :
(A) Pinus, Ephedra
(B) Dicots, monocots
(C) Red algae
(D) All of these
Question No:18
Xylem with vessels is found in which gymnosperms ?
(A) Cycas and Pinus
(B) Ephedra and Gnetum
(C) Araucaria and Taxus
(D) Thuja and Pinus
Question No:19
Ciliated male gametes and circinately coiled young leaves are found in
(A) Ferns
(B) Marsilea
(C) Cycas
(D) All of these
Question No:20
Water is not required for the act of fertilization in
(A) Bryophytes
(B) Pteridophytes
(C) Gymnosperms
(D) All of these