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1. Algae are mostly
1) Aquatic
2) Terrestrial
3) Parasite
4) Lithophytes

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2. Algae are
1) chlorophyllus autotrophs
2) thylloid
3) Both
4) Archegoniate

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3. Select the correct options about algae
1) Some algae are associated with fungi and animals
2) Great range in form and size
3) Reproduce by vegetative, asexual and sexual method
4) All

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4. Asexual reproduction occurs by production of different types of
spores in algae . the most common type of spore is
1) Aplanospore
2) Zoospore
3) Hypospore
4) Chalmydomonas

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5. The flagellate/motile spore is
1) Aplanospore
2) Zoospore
3) Hypospore
4) Chalmydomonas

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6. In algaewe find
1) Isogamy
2) Anisogamy
3) Oogamy
4) All

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7. Chlamydomonas show
1) Isogamy
2) Anisogamy
3) Both
4) Akinetes formation

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8. Oogamy is seen in
1) Volvox
2) Focus
3) Both
4) Spirogyra

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9. Flagellate isogametes as well as flagellate anisogametes are
produced by
1) Spirogyra
2) Focus
3) Angiosperms
4) Chlamydomonas

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10. Match the following IV.Kelps
Column1
A. ULOTHRIX
B. Spirogyra
Which of the following is correct
C. Chlamydomonas
D. Volvox 1. A-II, B-II,C-I,D-III,E-IV
E. Some giant marine forms 2. A-I,B-II,C-III,D-IV,E-IV
3. A-I,B-I,C-II,D-III,E-IV
Column 2
4. A-IV, B-IV, C-III,D-II,E-I
I. Unicellular
II. Filamentous
III. Colonial form

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11. Atleast half of the total CO2 fixation on earth is carried out through
photosynthesis by-
1. Angiosperms
2. Lycopods
3. Algae
4. Bryophytes

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12. In aquatic ecosystems which one is of paramount importance as
primary producers in chain
1. Algae
2. Angiosperms
3. Pistia
4. Gelidium

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13. Choose the correct statement
1. Many species of poryphyra, luminaria, sargassum are among 70
species of marine alge used as food
2. Agar is used to grow microbes and in preparations of ice creams and
jellies
3. Algae are useful to man in a variety of ways
4. All

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14. The memebers of class chlorophyceae are commonly called
1. Redalgae
2. Blue-green alage
3. Green algae
4. Brown algae

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15. The plant body of green algae may be
1. Unicellular
2. Colonial
3. Filamentous
4. All

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16. The major pigments in green algae are _______- and ________ and
stored food is _____
1. Chl a, Chl d,starch
2. Chl a, chl c, floridean starch
3. Chl a, chl b, starch
4. Chl a, chl c, mannitol

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17. In green algae we meet which type of chloroplasts
1. Spiral and reticulate
2. Plate like and cup shaped
3. Discoid
4. All

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18. Pyrenoids are present in _____ in most of the green algae
1. Mitochondria
2. Chloroplast
3. In cystol
4. In nucleus

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19. Pyrenoids contains
1. Polysaccharide + lipid
2. Starch+ lipid
3. Protein + starch
4. Starch + glycogen

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20. Number of pyrenoids in members of green algae
1. Always 1
2. Always 2
3. One to many
4. Always many

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21. Green algae have cell wall made up of
1. Outer layer of pectose and inner layer of cellulose
2. Inner layer of pectose and outer layer of cell wall
3. Cellulose+ algin
4. Cellulose + pepdogylcan

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22. In green algae
1. Some members show vegetative reproduction by fragementation
2. Asexual reproduction by production of various spores
3. Sexual reproduction may be isogamous, anisogamous, oogamous
4. All

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23. Chalmydomonas,volvox, ulothrix, spirogyra, and chara belong to –
1. Phaecophyceae
2. rhodophyceae
3. chlorophyceae
4. cyanophyceae

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24. which of the following pigement is found in brown algae
1. chl a, chl c
2. chl a, chl d
3. chl a, chl c, fucoxanthin
4. chl a, phycoerythin

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25. the members of phaephyceae or brown algae is foun primarily in
1. fresh water
2. marine habitat
3. terrestrial habitat
4. on rock

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26. lamanaria and mannitol, reserve food in brown algae are
1. lipids
2. complex carbohydrates
3. proteins
4. lipoproteins

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27. lamanaria, ectocarpus, dictyota, sargassum and focus are examples
of
1. red algae
2. BGA
3. Brown algae
4. Green alage

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28. Which of the following is not a feature of the brown algae
1. Multicellularity and large size
2. Almost excusively marine
3. Attached form have hold fast
4. Most common pigment is chl b

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29. Usually plant body of brown alage consists of
1. Hold fast
2. Stipe
3. Frond
4. All

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30. In most of the brown algae asexual reproduction takes place by
1. Auxospres
2. Aplanospores
3. Pear shaped, biflagellate zoospores
4. Multiflagellate Zoospores

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31. In brown algae the gametes are
1. Only isogametes
2. Only coenoplanogametes
3. Only multiflagellate gamete
4. Pyriforgametes having unequal 2 laterally attached flagella

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32. Which of the following is correct about sexual reproduction in
brown algae
1. Sexual reproduction may be isogamous, anisogamous, oogamous
2. In isogamy and anisogamy fertilization isexternal
3. In oogamy fertilisation occurs in oogonium
4. All are correct

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33. Which of the following is correct
1. In brown algae as well as red algae vegetative reproduction takes
place by fragmentation
2. In red algae algal predominant pigment is r-phycoerythrin
3. Reserve food, floridean starch in red algae is very similar to
amylopectin and glycogen in structure
4. All are correct

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34. Chl a + chld + r-phycoerythrin are the pigment members in
1. Rhodophyceae
2. Phaophyceae
3. Chlorophyceae
4. Cyanophyceae

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35. Which of the following statements dies not characterise the red
algae
1. Floridean starch
2. Both spores and gametes are nonmotile
3. Post fertilisation development is like other algae
4. Red algae can vary their ratio of photosynthetic pigments depending
upon light conditions

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36. Porphyra and polysiphonia belong to
1. Chlorophyceae
2. Phodophyceae
3. Xanthophyceae
4. Phaecophyceae

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37. Which of the following is correct
i. Green algae occur in fresh water, brackish water salt water
ii. Habitat brown algae-fresh water, salt water
iii. Some of red algae are found in fresh water, mostly occur in salt water some are in
brackish water
iv. Most of the red algae are multicellular
v. Red algae may occur in both well lighted regions close to water surface and also at great
depths in oceans light penetration is little
vi. Cell wall of red algae consists of cellulose+ polysulphide easters
vii.2-8 equal and apical flagella in green algae
1. All are correct
2. All are false
3. I and VI are correct
4. II, III and IV are correct

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38. Bryophytes include
1. Mosses
2. Lycopods
3. Horse tail
4. Liverworts + mosses

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39. Bryophytes mainly grow
1. In dry areas
2. In snow
3. In moist shaded areas in hills, damp, humid, shaded localities
4. In water

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40. Bryophytes are called amphibians of plant kingdom because
1. They are found in only water
2. Plants live in soil but are dependent on water for sexual reproduction
3. It needs water for spore formation
4. Water is essential for its survival

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41. Plant body of bryophytes is
1. Less differentiated than that of algae
2. Equally differentiated to that of algae
3. More differentiated to that of algae
4. Is not differentiated at all

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42. The plant body of bryophytes is thallus like and prostate or erect
and attached to substratum by
1. Unicellular roots
2. Multicellular roots
3. Unicellular or multicellular rhizoids
4. Adhesive

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43. The plant body of all bryophytes are gametophyte, haploid and
thallus like having
1. Root, stem, leaf
2. No root, no stem, no leaf
3. Xylem, phloem
4. Wood

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44. The gametophytes in bryophytes produce biflagellate gametes in
________ and produces ovum in
1. Antheridium, carpogonium
2. Anther,ovary
3. Archaegonium, antheridium
4. Antheridium, archaegonium

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45. Choose the correct option
1. In bryophytes sexual reproduction is oogamous type
2. Sex organ are unicellular in algae and fungi but multicellular in
bryophytes to angiosperm
3. Archegonium is flask shaped
4. All

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46. Which is the prominent phase in life cycle of bryophytes
1. Gametophyte
2. Sporophyte
3. Seta
4. Sporangium

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47. Gametophyte generation is dominant in
1. Gymnosperms
2. Bryophyte
3. Pteridophyte
4. Angiosperms

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48. Choose the incorrect statement about bryophyte
1. Zygote does not undergo meiosis immediately
2. Zygote produces embryo which changes into sporophyte
3. Bryophytes are little economic importance
4. Bryophytes are of great economic importance

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49. Sphagnum is used as a packing material for transportation of living
materials because of its
1. Acidic nature as it does not undergo decay
2. Creeping capacity
3. Water holding capacity
4. Both a and c

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50. Sphagnum is also called
1. Bog or peat moss
2. Club moss
3. Spike moss
4. Reindeer moss

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51. Sphagnum provides
1. Oil
2. Peat
3. Agar
4. Antibiotics

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52. Mosses are of great ecological importance because of
1. Its contribution to prevent soil erosion
2. Its contribution in ecological succession
3. Both
4. Its capability to remove CO from atmosphere

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53. The mosses which form dense extensive mats on the soil prevents
1. Uprooting of trees
2. Soil erosion
3. Falling of leaves
4. Evaporation of water from the soil

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54. Bryophytes are not characterised by
1. Well-developed root system and vascular tissue
2. Rhizoids
3. Alterations of generation
4. Presence of chlorophyll

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55. Bryophytes show

1.Asexual reproduction and zygotic meiosis immediately

2.Asexual reproduction and sporic meiosis
3.No asexual reproduction but sporic meiosis
4.Gametophytic dominance and zygotic meiosis immediately

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56. Gemmae are multicellular green structures for vegetative propagation. These
are found in gemma cup in

1. Riccia thallus

2. Marchantia thallus

3. Funaria protonema

4. Fern prothallus

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57. A true moss is that
1. Which has leaf, radially symmetrical body and grows in tufts. Plant
body has an axus with spirally arranged leaves
2. Which has a protonema stage and multicellular rhizoids with oblique
septa
3. Both a and b
4. Which has vascular tissues

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58. Funaria requires water because
1. Fertilisation occurs in water only
2. Funaria is a hydrophyte
3. Plants dry up and die without water
4. No branching and sex organ develop without water

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59. Sphagnum is also called peat moss because
1. It grows in acidic marshes and helps in peat formation
2. It is found in peat
3. It decays to form peat
4. It fossilized quickly

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60. Which of the following is correct about marchantia
1. Plant body is monoecious or dioecious
2. Sporophyte is differentiated in foot, seta and capsule
3. Spore germination to produce thallus
4. All

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61. Which of the following is not a true moss
1. Nest moss
2. Funaria
3. Sphagnum
4. Polytrichum

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62. Asexual reproduction in liverworts take place by
1. Fragmentation of thalli+gemmae formation
2. Gemmae formation+diploid spores formation
3. Spores formation +isogamy
4. Fragmentation+zoospores formation

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63. In mosses gametophyte has 2 stages. What are these stages
1. 1st stage is sporogonium phase and 2nd protonema stage
2. 1st stage is protonema and second stage is leafy stage
3. 1st stage is gemmae formation and 2nd one is meiosis
4. 1st stage is zygote and 2nd one is spore mother cell

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64. Protonema
1. Is a stage of gametophytic generation
2. Is a creeping, green, branched stages and develope directly from a
spore
3. Produces lateral bud which forms leafy plant body
4. All

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65. In mosses asexual reproduction occurs by
1. Fragmentation and budding in secondary protonema
2. Gemmae and adventitious bud formation
3. Gemmae and tubers formation
4. By multiflagellate spores formation

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66. The Sporophyte in mosses is
1. Less elaborate than that in liverworts
2. More elaborate than that in liverworts
3. Equally elaborate than that in liverworts
4. Independent of Gametophyte

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67. Spores dispersal in mosses occurs by
1. Simple mechanism
2. Elaters
3. Elaterophores
4. Elaborate mechanism

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68. In bryophyta meiosis occurs in
1. Spores
2. Gamete mother cell
3. Gametes
4. Sporophyte

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69. Multicellular Sporophytic phase is expected in the life cycle of
1. Euglenoids
2. Green algae
3. Diatoms
4. Bryophyta

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70. Place the following groups of plants in order, beginning with those
that first appeared on the earth and progressing towards those that
appeared most recently in the time
1. Gymnosperms, angiosperms, ferns, moss, algae
2. Algae, moss, ferns, gymnosperm, angiosperm
3. Moss, algae, ferns, angiosperm, gymnosperm
4. Algae, ferns, angiosperm, gymnosperm, Moss

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71. A moss sperm moves by means of
1. Cilia
2. 3 flagella
3. 2 flagella
4. Many flagella

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72. The embryonic development in bryophyta takes place in the
1. Protonema
2. Sporangium
3. Antheridium
4. Archaegonium

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73. In alteration of generations the sporophyte generation is ______
and the gametophyte generation is
1. N,2N
2. 2N,2N
3. 2N,N
4. N,N

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 74. Horse tails and ferns are
1.Bryophytes
2.Pteridophytes
3.Gymnosperms
4.Hornworts

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75. What is the importance of pteridophytes
1. They are used for medical purposes
2. They are used as soil binders
3. They are frequently grown as ornamental plants
4. All

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76. Which one of the following is considered first terrestrial plants to be
evolved having xylem and phloem
1. Bryophyte
2. Gymnosperms
3. Pteridophytes
4. Angiosperms

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77. Choose the incorrect statement
1. All the pteridophytes are found incool, damp, shady places
2. Some pteridophytes may flourish well in sandy-soil condition
3. Most of the pteridophytes are found in cool, damp, shady place
4. A very few pteridophytes are hydrophytes

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78. The pteridophytes are mostly
1. Heterosporous
2. Homosporous
3. Aquatic
4. Trees

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79. Plant body in pteridophyte is-
1. Sporophyte(2N) having no root, stem, leaf
2. Gametophyte having root, stem and leaf
3. Gametophyte having no root stem and leaf
4. Sporophyte having true root, stem and leaf

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80. Choose the correct option
1. Selaginella has small leaves
2. Selaginella has large leaves
3. Ferns have megaphylls
4. Both a and c

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81. Leaves bearing sporangium are sporophylls. In some pteridophytes
sporophylls form compact structure called
1. Sporocarp
2. Strobilus or cone
3. Spike
4. Flower

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82. Cone is found in
1. Equistem
2. Salvinia
3. Selaginella
4. A and c

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83. Prothallus in pteridophyte is
1. Non vascular, haploid, multicellular small mostly photosynthetic
thalloid gametophyte
2. Vascular, N, multicellular sporophyte
3. 2N,free-living gametophyte
4. Is thallus/ plant body in same pteridophytes

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84. In pteridophytes spore germinates to produce
1. Sporophyte
2. Synagium
3. Prothallus
4. Sporocarp

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85. Which one is wrongly matched
1. Gemma cups-marchantia
2. Biflagellate zoospores- brown algae
3. Uniflagellate gametes- polysiphonia
4. Unicellular organism- chlorella

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86. The main differentiating factor between non-vascular and vascular
plants is-
1. Lack of gametophyte
2. Spore production
3. The presence of tracheids
4. All

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87. In pteridophytes prothallus produces
1. Sporangia
2. Antheridia and archegonia
3. Vascular tissues
4. Root, stem, and leaf

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88. The heterosporous pteridophytes are
1. Lycopodium, pteris
2. Selaginella and psilotium
3. Selanginella and salvinia
4. Dryopteris, and adiatum

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89. The sporophyte is dominant phase in
1. Pteridophyte
2. Gymnosperms
3. Angiosperms
4. All

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90. In homosporous pteridophyte the gametophyte is
1. Vascular
2. Monoecious
3. Dioecious
4. Dependent on sporophyte

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91. In heterosporous pteridophytes the gametophyte –
1. May be monoecious or dioecious
2. Is always dioecious
3. Vascular
4. Has root and leaves, hence independent

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92. Which one is correct about heterosporous pteridophytes
1. Microspore and megaspore develop into male and the female
gametophytes respectively
2. The female gametophyte are retained on the parent sporophyte for
variable period
3. The development of the zygote into the embryo takes place within
female gametophyte
4. All

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93. Match the following
• Column I
A. Psilotopsida A B C D
B. Lycopsida 1. V III,IV II I
C. Sphenopsida 2. I II III IV
D. Pteropsida 3. IV III II I
• Column II 4. III, IV V I II
I. Dryopteris,pteris, adiantium
II. Equistem
III. Selaginella
IV. Lycopodium
V. Psilotum

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94. Which of the following group doesn’t have free living gametophyte
1. Bryophytes only
2. Pteridophytes only
3. Gymnosperms only
4. Gymnosperms + angiosperms

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95. Seed plant are all
1. Heterosporous
2. Dioecious
3. Monoecious
4. Homosporous

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96. Why are gymnosperms referred to as naked seed plants
1. They lack ovule
2. They lack ovaries
3. They have no seed coat
4. The embryo is unprotected

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97. The product of fertilisation in gymnosperms is/are _____ and in
angiosperms is/are _____
1. Endosperm, embryo, and endosperm
2. Embryo, endosperm and embryo
3. Embryo, embryo
4. Embryo, endosperm

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98. In gymnosperm ovule-
1. Is not enclosed before fertilisation but enclosed after fertilisation
2. Remains enclosed before fertilisation only
3. Is not enclosed by ovary wall and remains exposed, both before and
after fertilisation
4. Is never formed

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99. Gymnosperms include
1. Medium sized trees
2. Tall tree
3. Shrubs
4. All

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100. Which is the tallest gymnospermic plant
1.Redwood tree Sequoia
2.Pinus
3.Ginkgo
4.Cycas

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101. In gymnosperms roots are generally
1. Fibrous root
2. Adventitious root
3. Tap root
4. Prop root

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102. In which of the following gymnosperms corolloid root having N2-
fixing cyanobacteria is found-
1. Pinus
2. Ginkgo
3. Cycas
4. Cedrus

103
103. Mycorrhizal root (having symbiotic fungi) is found
1. Pinus
2. Ginkgo
3. Cycas
4. None

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104. Which one is not the characteristic of cycas
1. Unbranched stem
2. Compound leaves
3. Dioecious
4. Non- archegoniate

105
105. Branched stem is found in
1. Cycas + pinus
2. Cycas + cedrus
3. Pinus + cedrus
4. Cycas only

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106. The leaves of gymnosperms are well adapted to
withstand extremes of temperature, humidity and wind. In
conifers what are the xerophytic characters
1.Needle like leaves
2.Thick cuticle
3.Sunken stomata
4.All

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107. All are archegoniate except-
1. Bryophytes
2. Angiosperm
3. Pteridophytes
4. Gymnosperm

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108. Which one is conifer
1. Gnetum
2. Cycas
3. Pinus
4. All

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109. Which one is correct about pinus
1. Monoecious – male and female cones are produced on same plant
2. Monoecious – male and female sporophylls born on same stobilus
3. Dioecious- male and female cones are produced on different plants
4. Monoecious- micro and megasporocarp develop on same plant

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110. Megasporangium is-
1. Anther
2. Ovary
3. Ovule
4. Megaspore mother cell

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111. The nucellus is protected by envelopes and this composite
structure is called-
1. Antheridium
2. Ovule
3. Ovary
4. Megaspore mother cell

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112. Megaspore mother cell undergoes __________ division to form
megaspore
1. Mitotic
2. Meiotic
3. Ambiotic
4. Dinomitotic

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113. Megaspore develops into multicellular structure called-
1. Male gametophyte
2. Female gamete
3. Female gametophyte
4. Megaspore mother cell

114
114. In gymnosperms, the female gametophyte is retained within-
1. Ovary
2. Microsporangiate cone
3. Archegonia
4. Megasporangium or ovule

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115. Which one is correct about male and female gametophyte
1. In bryophytes AND Pteridophytes they have independent free-living
existence
2. In gymnosperms and angiosperms they have no independent free-
living existence
3. Both a and b
4. In bryophytes, pteridophytes, and angiosperms they have free-living
life. They remain in sporangia which are retained on sporophytes

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116. Where are the female sex organ/archaegonia (2 or more in
number) found in
1. Macrogametophyte
2. Megagametophyte
3. Microsporangium
4. Antheridia

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117. In gymnosperms male gametophyte
1. Is highly developed
2. Has an independent life
3. Is highly reduced and confined to only a limited number of cells
4. Is produced in macrosporangiate cone

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118. In gymnospermic plants, during pollination pollen grains are
transferred to-
1. Stigma
2. On archegonia
3. Ovary
4. Micropyle end of ovule

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119. Resin and turpentine are obtained from-
1. Teak
2. Eucalyptus
3. Oak
4. Pine

120
120. Chilgoza used as fruit is obtained from
1. Pinus gerandiana
2. Cycas
3. Gnetum
4. Angiosperm

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121. Sago is obtained from-
1. Cycas revoluta
2. Pinus
3. Cedrus
4. Gnetum

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122. Red wood of China is obtained from
1. Cycas revoluta
2. Pinus longifolia
3. Gnetum
4. Cedrus

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123. Source of Canada balsam is obtained from-
1. Abies
2. Pinus
3. Cedrus angiosperm

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124. Ephedrine obtained from the stem of Ephedra is given to cure-
1. Asthma
2. Respiratory disorder
3. Cold and cough
4. All of the above

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125. Cedar wood oil is obtained from
1. Pinus
2. Ginkgo
3. Juniperus
4. Cycas

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126. Natural system of classification was proposed by –
1. Bentham and hooker
2. Hutchinson
3. Whittaker
4. Engler and Pranti

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