Question No:1
A common hornwort is
(A) Anthoceros
(B) Funaria
(C) Marchantia
(D) Riccia
Question No:2
A bryophyte harbouring Nostoc colonies is
(A) Zoopis
(B) Anthoceros
(C) Dawsonia
(D) Marchantia
Question No:3
The storage product of Rhodophyceae is
(A) Glycogen
(B) Chrysolaminarin
(C) (d) Starch
(D) Floridean starch
Question No:4
The plant group that produces spores and embryo but lacks vascular tissues and seeds is
(A) Pteridophyta
(B) Rhodophyta
(C) Bryophyta
(D) Phaeophyta
Question No:5
Which one has the largest gametophyte
(A) Cycas
(B) Angiosperm
(C) Selaginella
(D) Moss/Polytrichum
Question No:6
Bryophytes are amphibians of the plat kingdom because
(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
Question No:7
A fern differs from a moss in possessing
(A) Swimming / flagellate Antherozoids
(B) Flask – shaped archegonia
(C) Independent sporophyte
(D) Independent gametophyte
Question No:8
Heterospory and ligulate leaves occur in
(A) Selaginella
(B) Ferns
(C) Mosses
(D) Liverworts
Question No:9
Pteridophytes differ from mosses/bryophytes in possessing
(A) Independent gametophyte
(B) Well developed vascular system
(C) Archegonia
(D) Flagellate spermatozoids
Question No:10
Neck canal cells in Dryopteris/Fern are
(A) One with two nuclei
(B) Two
(C) One with one nucleus
(D) Four
Question No:11
Number of integuments present in the ovule of Pinus / Cycas is
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) One
(D) Four
Question No:12
Gymnosperms do not have
(A) Xylem vessels and sieve tubes
(B) Trachieds and sieve tubes
(C) Sieve tubes and companion cells
(D) Trachieds and companion cells
Question No:13
Cycas has the largest
(A) Ovule
(B) Egg
(C) Sperm
(D) All the above
Question No:14
Spermatozoid of Cycas is
(A) Biflagellate
(B) Nonflagellate
(C) Uniflagellate
(D) Multiciliate
Question No:15
Carrageenin a jelly-like substance, is obtained from a marine alga called
(A) Irish Moss/Chondrus
(B) Kelp
(C) Sargassum
(D) Fucus
Question No:16
In pteridophytes/Dryopteris meiosis occurs at the time of
(A) Gamete formation
(B) Spore formation
(C) Formation of prothallus
(D) Formation of sex organs
Question No:17
Cycas revoluta is
(A) Date Palm
(B) Sea Palm
(C) Royal Palm
(D) Sago Palm
Question No:18
Palmella stage occurs in
(A) Spirogyra
(B) Chlamydomonas
(C) Aspergillus
(D) Funaria
Question No:19
Agar -agar commonly used in bacterial cultures and medication is obtained from
(A) Sargassum
(B) Gelidium
(C) Ulothrix
(D) Ulva
Question No:20
Formation of gametophyte directly from sporophyte is
(A) Apogamy
(B) Apospory
(C) Apocarpy
(D) Parthenogenesis