N–Revision Plant Kingdom
Homework Questions
1. The pyrenoids are made up of
(a) proteinaceous centre and starchy sheath (b) core of nucleic acid surrounded by protein sheath
(c) core of protein surrounded by fatty sheath (d) core of starch surrounded by sheath of protein
Ans: (a)
2. The plant body of moss (Funaria) is
(a) completely sporophyte (b) predominantly gametophyte with sporophyte
(c) completely gametophyte (d) predominantly sporophyte with gametophyte
Ans: (b)
3. Which of the following statements is not true for bryophyte?
(a) they undergo meiosis to produce sporophyte (b) they lack tracheids and sieve tubes
(c) they are photosynthetic (d) their spore germinates to produce gametophyte
Ans: (a)
4. Which pteridophytes, is called as horse tail?
(a) Equisetum (b) Lycopodium (c) Marsilea (d) Selaginella
Ans: (a)
5. Which of the following is correct?
(a) protonema ofmoss is sporophytic whereas prothallus of fern is gametophytic
(b) protonema of moss and prothallus of Dryopteris are sporophytic
(c) plant body of moss is gametophytic and plant body of Dryopteris is both gametophytic and sporophytic
(d) moss protonema is sporophytic and Pteris prothallus is gametophytic but plant body is sporophytic in
Pteris and gametophytic in Funaria
Ans: (c)
6. Which of the following bryophyte is economically important?
(a) Sphagnum (b) Riccia (c) Anthoceros (d) Marchantia
Ans: (a)
7. Which of the following characteristics does not occur in Pinus?
(a) the number of needles in a spur of Pinus roxburghii is three
(b) each vascular bundle in the long shoot of Pinus consists of xylem facing towards the centre of the shoot
(c) microsporophyll of Pinus bears two microsporangia
(d) Pinus a homosporous gymnosperm
Ans: (d)
8. The phenomenon of sulphur shower in pine forest is due to
(a) presence of sulphur (b) presence of insects
(c) release of pollen grains in prodigious amount (d) large number of fruits
Ans: (c)
9. In Chlamydomonas the meiosis occurs in
(a) gamete (b) zygote (c) sprogonium (d) zoospore.
Ans: (b)
10. Seed of Pinus possesses
(a) parent sporophyte as seed coat, perisperm etc (b) gametophyte like endosperm
(c) future sporophyte like embryo (d) All of the above
Ans: (d)
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11. How many types of scales are present in megasporophylls is of Pinus?
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
Ans: (c)
12. Angiosperms have dominated the land flora primarily because of their
(a) power of adaptability in diverse habitat (b) property of producing large number of seeds
(c) nature of self-pollination (d) domestication by man
Ans: (a)
13. In Pinus, the wing of the seed develops from
(a) ovuliferous scale (b) integument (c) nucellus (d) bract
Ans: (a)
14. The sexual reproduction is absent in
(a) Spirogyra (b) Nostoc (c) Ulothrix (d) Volvox
Ans: (b)
15. Diversification in plant life appeared
(a) due to long periods of evolutionary changes (b) due to abrupt mutations
(c) suddenly on earth (d) by seed dispersal
Ans: (a)
16. Top-shaped multiciliate male gametes, and the mature seed which bears only one embryo with two cotyledons, are
characterised features of
(a) cycads (b) conifers
(c) polypetalous angiosperms (d) gamopetalous angiosperms
Ans: (a)
17. Match items in Column I with those in Column I
Column–I Column–II
A. Peritrichous flagellation J. Ginkgo
B. Living fossil K. Macrocystis
C. Rhizophore L. Escherichia coli
D. Smallest flowering plant M. Selaginella
E. Largest perennial alga N. Wolffia
Select the correct answer from the
(a) A-L; B-J; C-M; D-N; E-K (b) A-K; B-J; C-L; D-M; E-N
(c) A-N; B-L;C-K; D-N; E-J (d) A-J; B-K; C-N; D-L; E-K
Ans: (a)
18. In a moss the sporophyte
(a) manufactures food for itself as well as for the gametophyte
(b) is partially parasitic on the gametophyte
(c) produces gametes that give rise to the gametophyte
(d) arises from a spore produced from the gametophyte
Ans: (b)
19. Peat moss is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places because
(a) it serves as a disinfectant (b) it is easily available
(c) it is hygroscopic (d) it reduces transpiration
Ans: (c)
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20. In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam, the antherozoids and eggs mature at different times. As a result
(a) there is high degree of sterility (b) one can conclude that the plant is apomictic
(c) self-fertilization is prevented (d) there is no change in success rate of fertilization
Ans: (c)
21. If you are asked to classify the various algae into distinct groups, which of the following characters you should
choose?
(a) nature of stored food materials in the cell (b) structural organization of thallus
(c) chemical composition of the cell wall (d) types of pigments present in the cell.
Ans: (d)
22. Flagellated male gametes are present in all the three of which one of the following sets?
(a) Zygnema, Saprolegnia and Hydrilla (b) Fucus, Marsilea and Calotropis
(c) ’Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas (d) Anthoceros, Funaria and Spirogyra
Ans: (c)
23. Spore dissemination in some liverworts is aided by
(a) indusium (b) calyptra (c) peristome teeth (d) elaters
Ans: (d)
24. In which one of the following male and female gametophytes not have free living independent existence?
(a) Polytrichum (b) Cedrus (c) Pteris (d) Funaria
Ans: (b)
25. Which one of the following plants is monoecious?
(a) Pinus (b) Cycas (c) papaya (d) Marchantia
Ans: (a)
26. Triphasic life cycle is found in
(a) Chondrus (b) Laminaria (c) Polysiphonia (d) Macrocystis
Ans: (c)
27. Primitive types of stomata are found in the
(a) apophysis of capsule (b) leaves of moss plants
(c) axes of the moss plant (d) All of the above
Ans: (a)
28. Which of following is not a correct match?
(a) chord moss Funarja (b) maiden hair tree Ginkgo
(c) walking fern-Camptosorus (d) bog moss-Sphagnum
Ans: (c)
29. Elater mechanism for seed dispersal is exhibitedby.
(a) Riccia (b) Dryopteris (c) Funaria (d) Marchantia
Ans: (d)
30. In Ulothrix meiosis takes place in
(a) cells of the filament (b) holdfast (c) zygote (d) zoospores
Ans: (c)
31. The tallest moss in the world is
(a) Buxbaumia (b) Pogonatum (c) Funaria (d) Dawsonia
Ans: (d)
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32. Which of the following occurs both in fresh as well as in marine water?
(a) Oedogonium (b) Cladophora (c) Spirogyra (d) None of these
Ans: (b)
33. A plant having vascular supply, producing spores but lacking seed is grouped under
(a) gymnosperm (b) pteridophyte (c) bryophyte (d) angiosperm
Ans: (b)
34. Which of the following is haploid in gymnosperm?
(a) megaspore mother cell, root, leaf (b) pollen grain, megaspore, nucleus
(c) pollen grain, megaspore, root (d) endosperm, pollen grain, megaspore
Ans: (d)
35. Algae are important for human beings because
(a) it can be turned to important diet in future for human
(b) it purifies atmosphere
(c) it can be grown in water tank
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
36. The number of cotyledons in an embryo of Zea, Cycas and Pinus are respectively
(a) 1, 2, 2 (b) 1, 1, 2 (c) 2, 2, many (d) 1, 2, many
Ans: (d)
37. The kidney-shaped covering of sorus in Dryopteris, is called
(a) placenta (b) pamentum (c) sporophyll (d) indusium
Ans: (d)
38. The chloroplasts of algae usually lack
(a) grana (b) lamellae (c) pigments (d) quantasomes
Ans: (a)
39. ‘Water bloom’ is generally by
(a) green algae (b) blue-green algae (c) bacteria (d) Hydrilla
Ans: (b)
40. In algae what is formed after fertilization?
(a) meiospore (b) zygospore (c) spores (d) aplanospore
Ans: (b)
41. In Funaria, the number of peristomial teeth present in whorl is
(a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 32
Ans: (b)
42. In which of the following, all listed genera belong to the same class of algae?
(a) Chara, Fucus, Polysiphonia (b) Volvox, Spirogyra, Chlamydomonas
(c) Porphyra, Ectocarpus, Ulothrix (d) Sargassum, Laminaria, Gracillaria
Ans: (b)
43. In which of the following, multiciliated antherozoids are present?
(a) Riccia and Funaria (b) Riccia and Pteris
(c) Pteris and Cycas (d) Marchantia and Riccia
Ans: (c)
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44. The element present in thyroxine is obtained from
(a) Laminaria (b) Polysiphonia (c) Porphyra (d) Gelidium
Ans: (a)
45. In ferns, the term ‘frond’ is given to
(a) root (b) leaves (c) stem (d) sex organ
Ans: (b)
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