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Which of the following group of plant is being described by the given statements ?
(i) They are plants in which the ovules are not enclosed by any ovary wall and remain exposed before and after fertilization.
(ii) The giant red wood tree Sequoia is one of the tallest tree species of the group.
(iii) The roots are generally tap roots.
(iv) They are heterosporous and they produce haploid microspores and megaspores.
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Match column-I with column-II and choose the correct option.
Column-I | Column-II | A. Smallest flowing plant | I. Eucalyptus |
B. Male sex organ in | II. Wolffia flowering plant |
C. Female sex organ | III. Stamen in flowering plant |
D. Tallest tree | IV. Pistil |
A. A I; B II; C III; D IV
B. A IV; B III; C II; D I
C. A II; B III; C IV; D I
D. A II; B IV; C III; D I
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What is the similarity between gymnosperms and angiosperms?
A. Phloem of both have companian cells.
B. Endosperm is formed before fertilization in both.
C. Origin of ovule and seed is similar in both.
D. Both have leaves, stem and roots.
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In angiosperms, a mature male gametophyte is derived from a pollen mother cell by
A. three mitotic divisions.
B. one meiotic and two mitotic divisions.
C. two meiotic divisions.
D. a single meiotic division.
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Which one of the following is a correct statement?
A. Pteridophyte gametophyte has a protonemal and leafy stage.
B. In gymnosperms, female gametophyte is free-living.
C. Antheridiophores and archegoniophores are present in pteridophytes.
D. Origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes.
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Fern plant is a
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A bryophyte differs from pteridophytes in having
B. lack of vascular tissue.
C. swimming antherozoids.
D. independent gametophytes.
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Mosses do not have true leaves because their leaf-like structures lack
A. starch in their chloroplast.
D. cellulose in their cell walls.
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In order to colonize land, plants needed to acquire which of the following characteristics?
A. A mechanism for moving water throughout the plant.
B. A mechanism to prevent desiccation of tissues.
C. An ability to screen ultraviolet radiation.
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Phylogenetic classification system is based on the
A. morphological characters of various organisms.
B. anatomical characters of various organisms.
C. physiological characters of various organisms.
D. evolutionary relationships between the various organisms.
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Moss peat is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places because
A. it reduces transpiration.
B. it serves as a disinfectant.
C. it is easily available.
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If the cells of root in wheat plant have 42 chromosomes, then the no. of chromosome in the cell of pollen grain is
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Read the following statements and choose the correct option.
(i) In rhodophyceae, food is stored in the form of mannitol and laminarin.
(ii) The ovules of gymnosperms are not enclosed by ovary wall.
(iii) Salvinia is heterosporous.
(iv) In the diplontic life-cycle, the free living gametophyte represents the dominant phase.
A. (ii) and (iii) are correct but (i) and (iv) are incorrect.
B. (ii) and (iv) are correct but (i) and (iii) are incorrect.
C. (iii) and (iv) are correct but (i) and (ii) are incorrect.
D. (i) and (ii) are correct but (iii) and (iv) are incorrect.
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Refer the statement and answer the question. They usually reproduce vegetatively by fragmentation and asexually by non - motile spores and sexually by non - motile gametes.
Identify the group of plants and its example.
B. Red algae, Polysiphonia
C. Brown algae, Laminaria
D. Pteridophytes, Selaginella
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Which of the following pair is incorrectly matched ?
A. Chlorophyceae Major pigments are chl a and b.
B. Phaeophyceae Cell wall is made up of cellulose and algin.
C. Rhodophyceae Stored food is mannitol.
D. Chlorophyceae Cell wall is made up of cellulose.
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Which of the following statements with respect to algae are correct.
(i) Fusion between one large, non-motile female gamete and a smaller, motile male gamete is termed as oogamous.
(ii) Fusion of two gametes dissimilar in size is termed as oogamous.
(iii) Fusion of two gametes similar in size is called anisogamous.
(iv) In chlorophyceae, the major pigments are chlorophyll a and b , and the food is stored as starch.
(v) In rhodophyceae, the major pigments are chlorophyll a and d , and the food is stored as mannitol.
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Mosses are of great ecological importance because of
A. its contribution to prevent soil erosion.
B. its contribution in ecological succession.
C. its capability to remove CO from the atmosphere.
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A student was given a sample to observe under the microscope. He observed and found that the sample is the most common type of spore involved in asexual reproduction in algae. Identify the spore.
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The unique feature of bryophytes compared to other plant groups is that
B. they lack vascular tissues.
D. their sporophyte is attached to the gametophyte.
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Deep in the tropical rain forest, a botanist discovered an unusual plant with vascular tissues, stomata, a cuticle, flagellated sperm, conelike reproductive structures bearing seeds, and an alternation-of-generations life cycle. He was very excited about this discovery because it would be rather unusual for a plant to have both
A. a cuticle and flagellated sperm.
B. vascular tissues and alternation of generations.
C. seeds and flagellated sperm.
D. alternation of generations and seeds.
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What is common in all the three, Funaria, Dryopteris and Ginkgo?
A. Independent sporophyte
B. Presence of archegonia
C. Well developed vascular tissues
D. Independent gametophyte
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Which of the following statement is incorrect ?
A. Double fertilization is unique to gymnosperms and monocotyledons.
B. Sequoia, a gymnosperm, is one of the tallest tree species.
C. Phaeophyceae members possess chlorophyll a, c, carotenoids and xanthophylls.
D. Moss is a gametophyte which consists of two stages namely, protonemal stage and leafy stage.
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Match the column I with column II and choose the option which shows its correct combination.
Column-I | Column-II | (Pattern of life cycle in plant) | (Examples) |
A. Haplontic | I. Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, life cycle Ectocarpus, Polysiphonia, Kelps |
B. Diplontic | II. Seed bearing plants life cycle (Gymnosperm and Angiosperm), Fucus |
C. Haplo-diplontic | III. Many algae (Volvox, life cycle Spirogyra) and some species of Chlamydomonas |
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Consider the following statements regarding the major pigments and stored food in the different groups of algae and choose the correct option
(i) In chlorophyceae, the stored food material is starch and the major pigments are chlorophyll-a and d.
(ii) In phaeophyceae, laminarian is the stored food and major pigments are chlorophyll-a and b.
(iii) In rhodophyceae, floridean starch is the stored food and the major pigments are chlorophyll-a, d and phycoerythrin.
A. (i) is correct, but (ii) and (iii) are incorrect
B. (i) and (ii) are correct, but (iii) is incorrect
C. (i) and (iii) are correct, but (ii) is incorrect
D. (iii) is correct, but (i) and (ii) are incorrect
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Flagellate isogametes and anisogametes are found in
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_______ represent the reproductive organs amongst gymnosperms.
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Fusion of two gametes which are dissimilar in size is termed as _______.
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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.
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Which of the following groups of plants play an important role in plant succession on bare rocks/soil ?
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Which of the following pteridophytes belong to class pteropsida?
A. Equisetum and Psilotum
B. Lycopodium and Adiantum
C. Selaginella and Pteris