Kingdom Plantae Quiz
Fruitless flowering plants are called
(a) Sterile plants
(b) Angiosperms
(c) Primitive
(d) Gymnosperms
A bryophyte which harbours a nitrogen fixing blue-green alga in its thallus is
(a) Pogonatum
(b) Riccia
(c) Marchantia
(d) Anthoceros
Which one of the following groups has been classified on the basis of pigments?
(a) Algae
(b) Fungi
(c) Bryophyta
(d) Pteridophyta
Primitive types of stomata are found in the
(a) Leaves of moss plants
(b) Axis of the moss plant
(c) Apophysis of capsule of moss
Alga rich in protein is
(a) Chlorella
(b) Spirogyra
(c) Oscillatoria
(d) Ulothrix
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A feature common to gametophytes and sporophytes of mosses and ferns is
(a) Independent existence
(b) Autotrophic nutrition
(c) Unbranched habit
(d) Branched habit
Which of the following decomposes the remnants of the plants into CO2 and water?
(a) Algae
(b) Virus
(c) Sunlight
(d) Bacteria
The dehiscence of moss capsule takes place by rupture of
(a) Operculum
(b) Peristome
(c) Annulus
(d) Calyptra
Non-motile male gametes are formed in
(a) Funaria
(b) Selaginella
(c) Fern
(d) Pinus
The centre of moss axis is occupied by
(a) Xylem
(b) Phloem
(c) Pith
(d) Conducting tissue
Funaria has
(a) Unicellular simple rhizoids
(b) Tuberculated rhizoids
(c) Distinct branched coenocytic rhizoids
(d) Multicellular, oblique septate rhizoids
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Gibberellic acid has been successfully employed to induce flowering
(a) In long day plants under short day conditions
(b) In short day plants under long day conditions
(c) For some plants
Which of the following helps in coal formation?
(a) Bacteria
(b) Gymnosperm
(c) Pteridophytes
(d) Archaebacteria
Selaginella possesses and outgrowth proximally
(a) Ligule
(b) Indusium
(c) Stipule
(d) Petiole
Which of the following is the tallest tree of the world?
(a) Eucalyptus regnans
(b) Sequoia sempervirens
(c) Pinus logifolia
(d) Pinus roxburgii
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The basal portion of ligule of Selaginella is hemispherical and is called
(a) Glossopodium
(b) Awn of ligule
(c) Bundle sheath
(d) Pedicel of ligule
In Spirogyra
(a) The filaments showing scalariform conjugation are homothallic
(b) The filaments showing lateral conjugation are homothallic
(c) The filaments showing lateral conjugation are heterothallic
(d) Asexual reproduction occurs by zoospores
Rhizophore of Selaginella has
(a) Diarch stele
(b) Triarch stele
(c) Monoarch stele
(d) Tetrarch stele
The alkaloid in the leaf of neem:
(a) Morphine
(b) Nimbin
(c) Quinine
(d) Casein
Which of the following is known as ‘resurrection plant’?
(a) Selaginella
(b) Welwitschia
(c) Refflesia
(d) Chlorellaa
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Which of the following is not involved in the fertilization of fern?
(a) Pollen tube
(b) Water
(c) Archegonia
(d) Flagellated sperms
Number of flagella present in the gametes of Ulothrix is
(a) Four
(b) Three
(c) One
(d) Two
Trabeculae endodermis is found in
(a) Axis and capsule of moss plant
(b) Stem of Selaginella
(c) Stem of Cycas
(d) Stem of Pinus
How many archegonia develop on one gametophyte of Cycas?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 1 – 5
(d) 3 – 6
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The arrangement of megaspores in a tetrad in a gymnosperm is
(a) Decussate
(b) Tetrahedral
(c) Linear
(d) Isobilateral
Mesophyll tissue of Pinus needle is composed of
(a) Armed parenchyma
(b) Chlorenchyma
(c) Spongy parenchyma
(d) Transfusion tissue
The latex of Hevea braziliensis gives :
(a) Rubber
(b) Alkaloids
(c) Oil
(d) Dyes
Development of embryo in Selaginella is
(a) Meroblastic
(b) Holoblastic
(c) Aposporous
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Cycas occurs commonly in
(a) South America
(b) North America
(c) South East Asia
(d) Europe
Jacket of fern antheridium is composed of
(a) 2 cells
(b) 3 cells
(c) 4 cells
(d) 5 cells
The apophysis region of capsule is concerned with
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Formation of spores
(c) Dispersal of spores
(d) Retention of moisture
Which of the following is not heterosporous?
(a) Dryopteris
(b) Selaginella
(c) Marsilea
(d) Pinus
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Endosperm of Pinus is
(a) Male gametophyte
(b) Female gametophyte
(c) Sporophyte
Which of the following features are true for Pinus?
(a) Haploid endosperm
(b) Bicilliated sperms
(c) Double fertilization
(d) Presence of antheridia
The prothallus of fern is
(a) Heart-shaped
(b) Dorsiventral
(c) Green
(d) All of these
Early embryogeny in Cycas is characterized by
(a) Absence of suspensor cell
(b) Presence of expanded free nuclear division
(c) Reduced free nuclear division
(d) Many cotyledons
Sulphur shower condition is related to
(a) Moss
(b) Selaginella
(c) Fern
(d) Pinus
Alkaloids are
(a) Nitrogenous, poisonous compounds
(b) Nitrogen free compounds
(c) Carbon compounds
Pinus shows
(a) Heterospory
(b) Polyembryony
(c) Homospory
(d) One type of branching
Which one of the following alternatives represents the gametophytic phase in Pinus?
(a) Pinus plant
(b) Zygote
(c) Micro and megaspores
(d) Male and female cones
A fern prothallus is bisexual. If fertilization takes place between their gametes then it is known as
(a) Cros fertilization
(b) Self fertilization
(c) Isogamous
(d) Viviparous
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In Cycas, the endosperm is
(a) Sporophytic structure
(b) Gametophytic structure
(c) New structure
(d) Formed after fertilization
The wing in Pinus seed originates from
(a) Integument
(b) Adaxial surface of ovuliferous scale
(c) Bract scale
(d) Cone axis
The secondary growth in stem of Cycas is brought about by
(a) Persistant cambium
(b) Short lived cambium
(c) Number of cambia produced in succession
(d) Isolated strips of cambium
The gametophytic generation in pteridophytes is commonly called
(a) Thallus
(b) Plant body
(c) Prothallus
(d) Protonema
The stem of female Cycas plant is a
(a) Monopodium
(b) Sympodium
(c) Rhizomatous
(d) Dichotomous
An angiosperm differs from a gymnosperm by possessing
(a) Ovule
(b) Xylem vessels
(c) Xylem tracheids
(d) Seed
In Dryopteris
(a) Sporophyte is parasitic over gametophyte
(b) Sporophyte is independent
(c) Both
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Aromatic oils occur in leaves of
(a) Lemon grass
(b) Ocimum
(c) Eucalyptus
(d) All
The number of male prothellial cells in Selaginella are
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Four
(d) Nil
The gametophyte of fern bears
(a) Antheridia
(b) Archegonia
(c) Both
Heterotropic nutrition is found in
(a) Opuntia
(b) Drosera
(c) Vallisnaria
(d) Pistia
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Thermal algae are forms which grow and survive
(a) In tropical regions where the temperature range is high
(b) In hot water springs where the temperature remains around 70°C
(c) On the huge rocks exposed to bright sunlight
(d) In deserts where the temperature in summer remains around 70°C
Plant utilizes less than the following percent of water for vital activities
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
When the gametophyte is not formed by spores but by any other part of sporophyte, it is known as?
(a) Multispory
(b) Polyspory
(c) Apospory
(d) Germination
Cycas is
(a) Hermaphrodite
(b) Dioecious
(c) Monoecious
If a heterozygous plant is crossed with a homozygous dwarf plant the proportion of dwarf progenly will be
(a) 25 %
(b) 50 %
(c) 75 %
(d) 100 %
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In which of the following plants vegetative reproduction takes place with the help of bulbs
(a) Pistia
(b) Colocasia
(c) Zingiber
(d) Agave
During unfavourable conditions growth occurs in plants
(a) Slowly
(b) Rapidly
(c) Continuously
(d) With gaps
Most primitive members of the plant kingdom are
(a) Thallophytes
(b) Bryophytes
(c) Pteridophytes
(d) Gymnosperms
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Cytoplasmic male sterility in flowering plants is contributed by
(a) Male gamete
(b) Female gamete
In scalariform conjugation two fusing gametes of Spirogyra are
(a) Morphologically dissimilar
(b) Morphologically similar but physiologically dissimilar
(c) Morphologically and physiologically dissimilar
(d) Morphologically similar
Algae attached to stone is called
(a) Coenolithic
(b) Epifolic
(c) Epilithic
Vegetative reproduction in Cycas occurs by
(a) Scale leaves
(b) Sporophylls
(c) Bulbils
(d) Fragmentation
Plants manufacturing their own food are called
(a) Epiphytes
(b) Parasites
(c) Saprophytes
(d) Autotrophs
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