PLANT KINGDOM

                                      SET -1

Question 1

A fresh water green alga, rich in protein is

A	Ulothrix
B	Chlorella
C	Chlamydomonas
D	Spirogyra

Question 2

After fertilization the zygote of a seed plant becomes

A	Fruit
B	Embryo
C	Seed
D	Ovule

Question 3

A pine seed has cotyledons and tissue from the ______.

A	Male gametophyte
B	Female gametophyte
C	Megasporangium
D	pollen grain

Question 4

A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing symbiont found in

A	Pisum
B	Alnus
C	Cycas
D	Cicer

Question 5

Algae having oil as reserve food belongs to

A	Xanthophyceae
B	Rhodophyceae
C	Chlorophyceae
D	Phaeophyceae

Question 6

Antheridia and Archegonia are sex organs of

A	Moss
B	Mucor
C	Spirogyra
D	Puccinia

Question 7

Archegoniophore is found in

A	Funaria
B	Marchantia
C	Chara
D	Adiantum

Question 8

Archegonium is absent in

A	Thallophyta
B	Pteridophyta
C	Bryophyta
D	Gymnosperms

Question 9

Chlorenchyma develops in

A	Mycelium of a green mold such as Aspergillus
B	Cytoplasm of Chlorella
C	Capsule of a moss
D	Pollen tube of Pinus

Question 10

Chloroplast of Chlamydomonas is

A	Collar-shaped
B	Cup-shaped
C	Stellate-shaped
D	Spiral

Question 11

Chloroplast of Ulothrix is

A	Ribbon shaped and spirally coiled
B	Laminate
C	Stellate
D	Girdle shaped

Question 12

Compared with the gametophytes of the bryophytes the gametophytes of vascular plants tend to be

A	Smaller and to have smaller sex organs
B	Smaller but to have larger sex organs
C	Larger but to have smaller sex organs
D	Larger and to have larger sex organs

Question 13

Consider the following four statements whether they are correct or wrong?

(a) The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses

(b) Salvinia is heterosporous

(c) The life-cycle in all seed bearing plants is diplontic

(d) In Pinus male and female cones are borne on different trees

The two wrong statements together are

A	Statements (b) and (c)
B	Statements (a) and (b)
C	Statements (a) and (c)
D	Statements (a) and (d)

Question 14

Corn and beans are often cited as representative examples of ______, respectively.

A	Ferns and mosses
B	Cycads and conifers
C	Monocots and dicots
D	Whisk ferns and horsetails

Question 15

Fern gametophyte is nutritionally

A	Chemoautotroph
B	Parasite
C	Sporophyte
D	Photoautotroph

                                           SET - 2 

Question 1

Gymnosperms produce neither flower nor fruit because they do not possess

A	Embryo
B	Ovary
C	Ovule
D	Seed

Question 2

In moss stomata appears on

A	Capsule
B	Leaves
C	Stem
D	All of these

Question 3

Fern plant is

A	Haploid sporophyte
B	Diploid gametophyte
C	Diploid sporophyte
D	Haploid gametophyte

Question 4

Gymnosperms are

A	Flowering plants
B	Seed bearing plants
C	Seedless flowering plants
D	Fruit bearing seed plants

Question 5

In a flower, ______ generally consist of two pollen sacs.

A	Sepal
B	Anthers
C	Filament
D	Ovary

Question 6

In a flower, which terminal structure is part of a stamen?

A	Anther
B	Ovary
C	Stigma
D	Style

Question 7

In a flowering plants megaspore undergoes mitosis and develops into a

A	Anther
B	Seed
C	Ovary
D	Sepal

Question 8

In a seed plant the microspore gives rise to the

A	Pollen grain
B	Egg
C	Female gametophyte
D	Sporophyte

Question 9

In a seed-bearing plant the megaspore develops/grows into

A	Male gametophyte
B	Female gametophyte
C	Pollen grain
D	None of these

Question 10

In gymnosperms, the ovule is naked because

A	Ovary wall is absent
B	Integuments are absent
C	Perianth is absent
D	Nucellus is absent

Question 11

In pteridophytes the xylem mainly consists of

A	Sclereids
B	Tracheids
C	Vessels
D	All of these

Question 12

In Spirogyra sexual reproduction takes place by

A	Somatogamy
B	Fragmentation
C	Conjugation
D	None of the above

Question 13

In which of the following groups would you place a plant which produces seeds but lacks flowers?

A	Fungi
B	Pteridophytes
C	Bryophytes
D	Gymnosperms

Question 14

Gymnosperm seeds are naked due to lack of

A	Nucellus
B	Perianth
C	Pericarp
D	Integuments

Question 15

Indusium is found in

A	Selaginella
B	Pinus
C	Pteris
D	Cycas

SET -3   Question 1 Maiden hair, an oriental tree is also often called A Ginkgo B Thuja C Araucaria D Pinus Question 2 Peristomial teeth help in A Reproduction B Dispersal of spores C Nutrition D Protection Question 3 Juvenile stage of moss is A Prothallus B Capsule C Protonema D All of these Question 4 Largest ovule is found in A Cycas B Jackfruit C Pinus D Mangifera Question 5 Mannitol is the stored food in A Gracillaria B Chara C Porphyra D Fucus Question 6 Meiosis occurs in the zygote of A Dryopteris B Chlamydomonas C Funaria D Puccinia Question 7 Moss spore germinate to form A Protonema B Leafy gametophyte C Leafy sporophyte D Prothallus Question 8 Nonvascular plants are called A Bryophytes B Fungi C Algae D Gymnosperms Question 9 Pinus differs from mango in having A Tree habit B Green leaves C Ovules not enclosed in ovary D Wood Question 10 Pollination in pine trees is facilitated by A Animals B Water C Wind D All of the above Question 11 Pyrenoids are characteristically found in the chloroplasts of A Angiosperms B Pteridophytes C Fungi D Algae Question 12 Pyrenoids are made of A proteinaceous centre and starchy sheath B core of protein surrounded by fatty sheath C core of starch surrounded by sheath of protein D core of nucleic acid surrounded by protein sheath Question 13 Ribbon shaped chloroplasts occur in A Ulothrix B Spirogyra C Chlamydomonas D Riccia Question 14 Sago is obtained from A Angiosperms B Cycas C Pinus D Green algae Question 15 Sieve tubes and companion cells are absent in A Mango B Pea C Angiosperms D Pteridophyta                                                     SET -4   Question 1 Spores of Funaria on germination give rise to A Antheridium B Bud C Protonema D Archegonium Question 2 The discovery of gibberellins is related with one of the following A Blast disease of rice B Rust disease of wheat C ‘Bakanae’ disease of rice D Early blight disease of potato Question 3 The female reproductive structure of small, nonvascular plants that produces a single egg by mitosis is A Archegonium B Antheridium C Gemmae cup D Sporangiophore Question 4 The gametophyte is not an independent, free-living generation in A Pinus B Polytrichum C Adiantum D Marchantia Question 5 The ladder-like structure found in Spirogyra is due to A Scalariform conjugation B Lateral conjugation C Direct conjugation D Asexual reproduction Question 6 The nonvascular plants whose gametophytes are larger than their sporophytes are A Fungi B Pteridophytes C Algae D Bryophytes Question 7 The seedless vascular plants whose sporophytes are larger than their small and independent gametophytes are A Pteridophytes B Angiosperms C Gymnosperms D None of these Question 8 The sporophytes are heterosporous in A Selaginella B Nephrolepis C Marchantia D Polytrichum Question 9 The term prothallus refers to A a plant body not differentiated into root, stem and leaves B reduced sporophyte C a stage before thallus formation D reduced gametophyte Question 10 The term 'vascular cryptogams' is used for A Bryophyta B Pteridophyta C Angiosperms D Gymnosperms Question 11 The unicellular green algae that undergo both asexual and sexual reproduction are A Chlamydomonas B Selaginella C Pinus D Dryopteris Question 12 The walking fern is so named because A it is dispersed through the agency of walking animals B it propagates vegetatively by its shoot tips C its spores are able to walk D it knows how to walk by itself Question 13 Transgenic plants are the ones A Grown in artificial medium after hybridization in the field B Produced by a somatic embryo in artificial medium C Generated by introducing foreign DNA in to a cell and regenerating a plant from that cell D Produced after protoplast fusion in artificial medium Question 14 Trumpet hyphae of certain brown algae are similar to A Sieve tubes B Tracheids C Tracheae D Companion cells Question 15 Which cells within the microsporangia undergo meiosis and produce microspores. A Zygotic cells B Spore mother cells C Archegonial cells D Antheridial cells