Plant Kingdom

Q1. Laminaria (kelp) and Fucus (rock weed) are the examples of:

1. Green algae.
2. Brown algae.
3. Golden brown algae
4. Red algae.

Q2. If the diploid number of a flowering plant is 36. What would be the chromosome number in its endosperm:

1. 36
2. 18
3. 54
4. 72

Q3. Diploid sporophyte is dominant phase in the life cycle of which plant?

1. Angiosperm.
2. Bryophlta.
3. Pteridophyta.
4. Algae.

Q4. Cyanobacteria are classified under:

1. Protista.
2. Plantae.
3. Monera.
4. Algae.

Q5. The giant Redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) is a/ an:

1. Angiosperm.
2. Free fern.
3. Pteridophyte.
4. Gymnosperm.

Q6. Which one of the following is a living fossil?

1. Pinus longifolia.
2. Dalbergia sissoo.
3. Mirabilis.
4. Ginkgo biloba.

Q7. Peat moss is another name of:

1. Riccia.
2. Sphagnum.
3. Marchantia.
4. Dryopteris.

Q8. Iodine is found in:

1. Spirogyra.
2. Laminaria.
3. Polysiphonia.
4. Chlorella.

Q9. Largest sperms in the plant world are found in:

1. Pinus.
2. Banyan.
3. Cycas.
4. Thuja.

Q10. Which of the following is not among cryptogams?

1. Algae.
2. Bryophyta.
3. Pteridophyta.
4. Gymnosperm.

Q11. Which plays an important role in the dispersal of spores in Funaria?

1. Sporogonium.
2. Capsule.
3. Peristome and annulus.
4. Operculum.

Q12. Transgenic plants are the ones:

1. Grown in artificial medium after hybridization in the field.
2. Produced by a somatic embryo in artificial medium.
3. Generated by introducing foreign DNA in to a cell and regenerating a plant from that cell.
4. Produced after protoplast fusion in artificial medium.

Q13. Sperms of both Funaria and Pteris were released together near the archegonia of Pteris.Only Pteris sperms enter
the archegonia as:

1. Pteris archegonia repel Funaria sperms.
2. Funaria sperms get killed by Pteris sperms.
3. Funaria sperms are less mobile.
4. Pteris archegonia release chemical to attract its sperms.

Q14. In a monoecious plant:

1. Male and female sex organs are on the same individual.
2. Male and female gametes are of two morphologically distinct types.
3. Male and female sex organs are on different individuals.
4. All the stamens are fused to form one unit.

Q15. Which of the following play an important role in soil formation?

1. Algae.
2. Bryophyta.
3. Pteridophyta.
4. Gymnosperm.

Q16. Antheridia and Archegonia are sex organs of:

1. Moss.
2. Mucor.
3. Spirogyra.
4. Puccinia.

Q17. Spirullina is used in medicines, from which type of plants it is derived?

1. Algae.
2. Bryophytes.
3. Pteridophytes.
4. Fungi.

Q18. Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogram?

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

Q19. Multicellular branched rhizoids and leafy gametophytes are characteristics of:

1. All bryophytes.
2. Some bryophytes.
3. All pteridophytes.
4. Some pteridophytes.

Q20. Isogamous condition with non-flagellated gametes is found in:

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

Q21. In fern, spores are formed in:

1. Sporangium.
2. Archegonium.
3. Oogonium.
4. Stomium.

Q22. In Pinus, the pollen grain has 6 chromosomes then its endosperm will have the chromosome:

1. 12
2. 18
3. 6
4. 24

Q23. Chloroplast of Chlamydomonas is:

1. Stellate.
2. Cup-shaped.
3. Collar-shaped.
4. Spiral.

Q24. In which of the following would you place the plants having vascular tissue, lacking seeds?

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

Q25. Ulothrix can be described as a:

1. Non-motile colonial alga lacking zoospores.
2. Filamentous alga lacking flagellated reproductive stages.
3. Membranous alga producing zoospores.
4. Filamentous alga with flagellated reproductive stages.

Q26. Phycoerythrin, chlorophyll a and chlorophylld are characteristics of:

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

Q27. A water fern which is used as a green manure in rice fields is:

1. Mucor.
2. Salvinia.
3. Aspergillus.
4. Azolla.

Q28. Which of the following shows no segregation of plant parts?

1. Algae.
2. Bryophlta.
3. Pteridophyta.
4. Gymnosperm.

Q29. A plant having seeds but lacking flowers and fruits belongs to:

1. Pteridophytes.
2. Mosses.
3. Ferns.
4. Gymnosperms.

Q30. In Pinus / gymnosperms, the haploid structure are:

1. Megaspore, endosperm and embryo.
2. Megaspore, pollen grain and endosperm.
3. Megaspore, integument and root.
4. Pollen grain, leaf and root.