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1 Consider the given two statements: 5 Identify the correct match:

Assertion: The artificial systems used for classification Green 2-8 flagella; equal in length and apical in
of living organisms are not very acceptable to I
algae insertion
taxonomists. Brown
Reason: The artificial systems give more weightage to II Food stored as floridean starch
algae
vegetative characteristics and no weightage to sexual
Pear-shaped gametes bearing two
characteristics and the sexual characteristics are easily III Red algae
laterally attached flagella
affected by environment.
1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason
correctly explains the Assertion. 1. Only I
2. Both Assertion and Reason are false. 2. Only II and III
3. Assertion is true but Reason is false. 3. Only III
4. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason does 4. I, II and III
not correctly explain the Assertion.
6 All the following belong to phaeophyceae except:
2 Gametes in Spirogyra are: 1. Ectocarpus
1. flagellated and similar in size 2. Polysiphonia
2. flagellated and dissimilar in size 3. Dictyota
3. non-flagellated and dissimilar in size 4. Laminaria
4. non-flagellated and similar in size
7 One of the commercial products obtained from
3 Which of the following options most accurately Gelidium and Gracilaria and which is used to grow
describes algae in general? microbes and in preparations of ice-creams and jellies is:
1. Algae are chlorophyll-bearing, thalloid, autotrophic 1. Agar
and largely aquatic 2. Algin
(both fresh water and marine) organisms. 3. Carrageen
2. Algae are chlorophyll-bearing, having highly 4. Inulin
differentiated body, autotrophic and
exclusively found in fresh water organisms.
3. Algae are chlorophyll-bearing or parasitic 8 Consider the given two statements:
heterotrophic organisms, Assertion: Bryophytes are called amphibians of the plant
thalloid and largely marine organisms. kingdom.
4. Algae are chlorophyll-lacking, thalloid, autotrophic Reason: Bryophytes play an important role in plant
and largely saprophytic succession on bare rocks.
organisms found in both fresh and marine waters. 1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason
correctly explains the Assertion.
2. Both Assertion and Reason are false.
4 Pyrenoids: 3. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
I. are found in chloroplasts of many algae. 4. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason does
II. contain protein besides starch. not correctly explain the Assertion.
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct 9 Gemmae are:
4. Both I and II are incorrect 1. Asexual buds found in liverworts
2. Sex organs in mosses
3. Resting zygote in many fungi
4. Endospores of certain bacteria

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10 What would be true regarding structures labelled as 14 The class of pteridophytes to which Selaginella
A and B in the given diagram of Funaria, a moss? belongs is:
1. Psilopsida
2. Sphenopsida
3. Lycopsida
4. Pteropsida

15 The giant redwood tree Sequoia, one of the tallest

tree species, is a:
1. Pteridophyte
2. Monocot angiosperm
3. Dicot angiosperm
4. Gymnosperm
I. A is the gametophyte and B is the sporophyte.
16 The reduced male gametophyte in a gymnosperm is
II. The ploidy of cells in A will be haploid and the ploidy
of cells in B will be diploid. called a:
1. Only I 1. pollen grain
2. Only II 2. microsporangium
3. Both I and II 3. microsporophyll
4. Neither I nor II 4. antheredium

11 Evolutionarily, the first terrestrial plants to possess
vascular tissues – xylem and phloem, are:
1. Bryophytes
2. Pteridophytes
3. Gymnosperms
4. Angiosperms
12 The leaves in pteridophyta are:
1. microphylls in Selaginella or macrophylls in ferns.
2. macrophylls in Selaginella or microphylls in ferns.
3. microphylls in Selaginella and ferns.
4. macrophylls in Selaginella and ferns.
13 In majority of the pteridophytes:
I. transfer of male gamete to the female gamete does not 3. Chemotaxonomy
require water
II. all the spores are of similar kinds
1. Both I and II are correct
2. Both I and II are incorrect
3. Only I is correct
4. Only II is correct
17 Consider the two statements:
Statement I: The gymnosperms are plants in which the
ovules are not enclosed by any ovary wall and remain
exposed, both before and after fertilisation.
Statement II: The seeds that develop post-fertilisation,
are not covered, i.e., are naked.
1. Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect
2. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect
3. Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct
4. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct
18 The classification based on the premise that
organisms belonging to the same taxa have a common
ancestor is called as:
1. Cytotaxonomy
2. Phylogenetic system
4. Numerical taxonomy
19 The form and size of algae is highly variable.
Which of the following is/are correct?
I. Ulothrix is a colonial alga.
II. Volvox is a filamentous alga.
1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II

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20 Reproduction involving fusion between one large, 25 The correct statements regarding the life cycle seen
non-motile (static) female gamete and a smaller, motile in various algae will be:
male gamete is termed: I. Most algal genera are haplontic
1. Isogamous II. Genera such as Ectocarpus, Polysiphonia, and kelps
2. Agamous are diplontic
3. Anisogamous III. Fucus is diplontic
4. Oogamous 1. Only I
2. Only III
3. Only I and III
21 Green algae usually have a rigid cell wall made of: 4. I, II and III
1. an inner layer of cellulose and an outer layer of
pectose
2. an inner layer of pectose and an outer layer of
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3. an inner layer of cellulose and an outer layer of lignin
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22 Identify the incorrect statement: for the questions in the test.
1. The gymnosperms are heterosporous.
2. Spores in gymnosperms are produced within
sporangia.
3. Sporangia in gymnosperms are borne on sporophylls
which are arranged spirally along CLICK HERE to get
an axis to form lax or compact strobili or cones.
4. Male strobili in gymnosperms are called FREE ACCESS for 2
macrosporangiate.
days of ANY
23 The leafy stage in the life cycle of a moss: NEETprep course
1. develops from the primary protonema.
2. consists of upright, slender axes bearing spirally
arranged leaves.
3. is attached to the soil through unicellular and
unbranched rhizoids.
4. lacks the sex organs.

24 The pattern where a dominant, independent,

photosynthetic, thalloid or erect phase is represented by
a haploid gametophyte and it alternates with the short-
lived multicellular sporophyte totally or partially
dependent on the gametophyte for its anchorage and
nutrition is seen in:
1. Pteridophytes
2. Bryophytes
3. Gymnosperms
4. Angiosperms

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