PLANT KINGDOM QUESTION BANK

MCQS:-

Q1) Zygotic meiosis is characteristics of: (NEET 2017)

Marchantia
Fucus
Funaria
Chlamydomonas

Q2) An example of colonial alga is: (NEET 2017)

Chlorella
Volvox
Ulothrix
Spirogyra

Q3) Life cycle of Ectocarpus & Fucus respectively are: (NEET 2017)

Haplontic, Diplontic
Diplontic, Haplodiplontic
Haplodiplontic, Diplontic
Haplodiplontic, Haplontic

Q4) In bryophytes & pteridophytes, transport of male gametes requires: (NEET 2016, PHASE I)

Insects
Birds
Water
Wind

Q5) Select the correct statement. (NEET 2016, PHASE I)

Salvinia, Ginkgo & Pinus all are gymnosperms
Sequoia is one of the tallest trees
The leaves of gymnosperms are not well adapted to extremes of climate
Gymnosperms are both homosporous & heterosporous

Q6) Conifers are adapted to tolerate extreme environmental conditions because of: (NEET 2016, PHASE II)

Broad hardy leaves
Superficial stomata
Thick cuticle
The presence of vessels

Q7) Which one of the following statements is wrong? (NEET 2016, PHASE II)

Algae increase the level of dissolved oxygen in the immediate environment
Algin is obtained from red algae & carragenan from brown algae
Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium & Gracilaria
Laminaria & Sargassum are used as food

Q8) Which one is a wrong statement? (CBSE AIPMT 2015)

Archegonia are found in Bryophyta, Pteridophyta & Gymnosperms
Mucor has biflagellate zoospores
Haploid endosperm is a typical feature of gymnosperms
Brown algae have chlorophyll-a & c, & fucoxanthin

Q9) Which one of the following shows isogamy with non-flagellated gametes? (CBSE AIPMT 2014)

Sargassum
Ectocarpus
Ulothrix
Spirogyra

Q10) Which one of the following is wrong about Chara? (CBSE AIPMT 2014)

Upper oogonium & lower round antheridium
Globule & nucule present on the same plant
Upper antheridium & lower oogonium
Globule is male reproductive structure

Q11) Which of the following is responsible for peat formation? (CBSE AIPMT 2014)

Marchantia
Riccia
Funaria
Sphagnum

Q12) An alga which can be employed as food for human being is: (CBSE AIPMT 2014)

Ulothrix
Chlorella
Spirogyra
Polysiphonia

Q13) Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in: (CBSE AIPMT 2014)

Pteris
Funaria
Lilium
Pinus

Q14) Besides paddy fields, cyanobacteria are also found inside vegetative part of: (NEET 2013)

Pinus
Cycas
Equisetum
Psilotum

Q15) Select the wrong statement. (NEET 2013)

Isogametes are similar in structure, function & behaviour
Anisogametes differ either in structure, function & behaviour
In oomycetes female gamete is smaller & motile, while male gamete is larger & non-motile
Chlamydomonas exhibits both isogamy & anisogamy & Fucus shows  oogamy

Q16) Read the following statements & answer the question which follows them
1.In liverworts. Mosses & ferns gametophytes are free living
2.Gymnosperms & some ferns are heterosporous
3.Sexuall reproduction in Fucus,Volvox & Albugo is oogamous
4.The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses
How many of the above statements are correct?      (NEET 2013)

One
Two
Three
Four

Q17) Cycas & Adiantum resemble each other in having (NEET 2013)

Seeds
Motile sperms
Cambium
Vessels

Q18) Which one of the following is a correct statement? (NEET 2013)

Pteridophytes gametophyte has a protonemal & leafy stage
In gymnosperms female gametophyte is free-living
Antheridiophores & archegoniophores are present in pteridophytes
Origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes

Q19) Which one of the following is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae & protonema of mosses? (CBSE AIPMT 2012)

Diplontic life cycle
Members of Kingdom-Plantae
Mode of nutrition
Multiplication by fragmentation

Q20) Gymnosperms are also called soft wood spermatophytes because they lack (CBSE AIPMT 2012)

Cambium
Phloem fibres
Thick-walled tracheids
Xylem fibres

Q21) Compared with the gametophytes of the bryophytes, the gametophytes of vascular plants tends to be (CBSE AIPMT 2011)

Larger but to have smaller sex organs
Larger & to have large sex organs
Smaller & to have smaller sex organs
Smaller but to have large sex organs

22) The gametophye is not an independent free living generation in (CBSE AIPMT 2011)

Adiantum
Marchantia
Pinus
Polytrichum

Q23) Archegoniophore is present in: (CBSE AIPMT 2011)

Chara
Adiantum
Funaria
Marchantia

Q24) A Prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing symbiont is found in (CBSE AIPMT 2011)

Cycas
Cicer
Pisum
Alnus

Q25) Algae have cell wall made up of: (CBSE AIPPMT 2010)

Cellulose, galactans & mannans
Hemicelluloses, pectins & proteins
Pectins, cellulose & proteins
Celluloase, hemicelluloses & pectins

Q26) Male & female gametophytes are independent & free living in (CBSE AIPMT 2010)

Mustard
Castor
Pinus
Sphagnum

Q27) Mannitol is the stored food in (CBSE AIPMT 2009)

Chara
Porphyra
Fucus
Gracilaria

Q28) Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogam? (CBSE AIPMT 2009)

Equisetum
Ginkgo
Marchantia
Cedrus

Q29) Which one of the following is considered important in the development of seed habit? (CBSE AIPMT 2009)

Dependent sporophyte
Heterospory
Haplontic life cycle
Free-living gametophyte

Q30) Which one of the following plants is monoecious? (CBSE AIPMT 2009)

Marchantia
Pinus
Cycas
Papaya

Q31) In which one of the following, male & female gametohytes don’t have free living independent existence? (CBSE AIPMT 2008)

Pteris
Funaria
Polytrichum
Cedrus

Q32) Which one of the following is heterosporous? (CBSE AIPMT 2008)

Dryopteris
Salvinia
Adiantum
Equisetum

Q33) Replum is present in the ovary of flower of: (CBSE AIPMT 2008)

Lemon
Mustard
Sunflower
Pea

Q34) Select one of the following pairs of important features distinguishing Gnetum from Cycas & Pinus & showing affinities with angiosperms (CBSE AIPMT 2008)

Absence of resin duct & leaf venation
Presence of vessel elements & absence of archegonia
Perianth & two integuments
Embryo development & apical meristem

Q35) In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam, the antherozoids & eggs mature at different times, as a result (CBSE AIPMT 2007)

There is no change in success rate of fertilisation
There is a high degree of sterility
One can conclude that the plant is apomictic
Self-fertilisation is prevented

Q36) Spore dissemination in some liverworts is aided by (CBSE AIPMT 2007)

Elaters
Indusium
Calyptras
Peristome teeth

Q37) If you are asked to classify the various algae into distinct group, which of the following characters you should choose? (CBSE AIPMT 2007)

Types of pigments present in the cell
Nature of stored food materials in the cell
Structural organisation of thallus
Chemical composition of the cell wall

Q38) Flagellated male gametes are present in all the three of which one of the following sets? (CBSE AIPMT 2007)

Anthoceros, Funaria & Spirogyra
Zygnema, Saprolegnia & Hydrilla
Fucus, Marselia & Calotropis
Riccia, Dryopteris & Cycas

Q39) In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents (CBSE AIPMT 2007)

A cell in the pollen grain in which the sperms are formed
A cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination
An opening in the megagametophyte through which the pollen tube approaches the egg
The microsporangium in which pollen grains develop

Q40) Peat moss is used as a packing material for sending flowers & live plants to distant places because (CBSE AIPMT 2006)

It is hygroscopic
It reduces transpiration
It serves as a disinfectant
It is easily available

Q41) Conifers differ from grasses in the  (CBSE AIPMT 2006)

Lack of xylem tracheids
The absence of pollen tubes
Formation of endosperm before fertilisation
Production of seeds from ovules

Q42) Ectophloic siphonostele is found in (CBSE AIPMT 2005)

Adiantum & Cucurbitaceae
Osmunda & Equisetum
Marsilea & Botrychium
Dicksonia & maiden hair fern

Q43) Match items in Column I with those in Column II

Column I                                          Column II

Peritrichous flagellation               1. Ginkgo
Living fossil                                 2. Macrocystis
Rhizophora                                 3. Escherichia coli
Smallest flowering plant             4. Selaginella
Largest perennial alga               5. Wolffia
Select the correct answer from the following        (CBSE AIPMT 2005)

A  B  C  D   E

3  1  4  5  2
2  1  3  4  5
5  3  2  4  1
1  2  5  3  2

Q44) Which of the following propagates through leaf-tip? (CBSE AIPMT 2004)

Walking fern
Sproux-leaf plant
Marchantia
Moss 

Q45) Which one of the following is a living fossil? (CBSE AIPMT 2004, 03)

Cycas
Moss
Saccharomyces
Spirogyra

Q46) A free living nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium which can also form a symbiotic association with the water fern Azolla is (CBSE AIPMT 2004)

Tolypothrix
Chorella
Nostoc
Anabaena

Q47) Angiosperms have dominated the land flora primarily because of their (CBSE AIPMT 2004)

Power of adaptability in diverse habitat
Property of producing large number of seeds
Nature of some pollination
Domestication by man

Q48) Which one of the following pairs of plants are not seed producers? (CBSE AIPMT 2003)

Ficus & Chalmydomonas
Punica & Pinus
Fern & Funaria
Funaria & Ficus

Q49) Which one pair of examples will correctly represent the grouping spermatophyta according to one of the schemes of classifying plants? (CBSE AIPMT 2003)

Rhizopus, Triticum
Ginkgo, Pisum
Acacia, Sugarcane
Pinus, Cycas

Q50) Sexual reproduction in Spirogyra is an advanced feature because it shows (CBSE AIPMT 2003)

Physiologically differentiated sex organs
Different size of motile sex organs
Same sixe of motile sex organs
Morphologically different sex organs

Q51) Which of the following is without exception in angiosperms? (CBSE AIPMT 2002)

Presence of vessels
Double fertilisation
Secondary growth
Autotrophic nutrition

Q52) Which of the following plants produces seeds but not flowers? (CBSE AIPMT 2002)

Maize
Mint
Peepal
Pinus

Q53) Cycas has two cotyledons but not included in angiosperms because of (CBSE AIPMT 2001)

Naked ovules
Seems like monocot
Circinate ptyxis
Compound leaves

Q54) A research student collected certain alga & found its cell contained both chlorophyll-a,b,c & chlorophyll-d as well as phycoerythrin. The alga belongs to (CBSE AIPMT 2000)

Rhodophyceae
Bacillariophyceae
Chlorophyceae
Phaeophyceae

Q55) In ferns meiosis occurs when (CBSE AIPMT 2000)
Spore germinates
Gametes are formed
Spores are formed
Antheridia & archegonia are formed

ANSWERS

1. D  Chlamydomonas
   
2. B  Volvox
   
3. C  Haplodiplontic, Diplontic
   
4. C  Water
   
5. B  Sequoia is one of the tallest trees
   
6. C  Thick cuticle
   
7. B  Algin is obtained from red algae & carragenan from brown algae
   
8. B  Mucor has biflagellate zoospores
   
9. D  Spirogyra
   
10. C  Upper antheridium & lower oogonium
    
11. D  Sphagnum
    
12. B  Chlorella
    
13. D  Lilium
    
14. B  Cycas
    
15. C  In oomycetes female gamete is smaller & motile, while male gamete is larger & non-motile
    
16. C  Three
    
17. B  Motile sperms
    
18. D  Origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes
    
19. D  Multiplication by fragmentation
    
20. D  Xylem fibres
    
21. C  Smaller & to have smaller sex organs
    
22. C  Pinus
    
23. D  Marchantia
    
24. A  Cycas
    
25. A  Cellulose, galactans & mannans
    
26. D  Sphagnum
    
27. C  Fucus
    
28. A  Equisetum
    
29. B  Heterospory
    
30. A  Marchantia
    
31. A  Pteris
    
32. B  Salvinia
    
33. B  Mustard
    
34. B  Presence of vessel elements & absence of archegonia
    
35. D  Self fertilisation is prevented
    
36. A  Elaters
    
37. A  Types of pigments present in the cell
    
38. D  Riccia, Dryopteris & Cycas
    
39. B  A cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination
    
40. A  It is hygroscopic
    
41. C  Formation of endosperm before fertilisation
    
42. B  Osmunda & Equisetum
    
43. A  3 1 4 5 2
    
44. A  Walking fern
    
45. A  Cycas
    
46. D  Anabaena
    
47. A  Power of adaptability in diverse habitat
    
48. C  Fern & Funaria
    
49. B  Ginkgo, Pisum
    
50. A  Physiologically differentiated sex organs
    
51. B  Double fertilisation
    
52. D  Pinus
    
53. A  Naked ovules
    
54. A  Rhodophyceae
    
55. C  Spores are formed