Plant Kingdom Free Question Bank

A fresh water green alga, rich in protein is

A Ulothrix
B Chlorella
C Chlamydomonas
D Spirogyra
E NA

After fertilization the zygote of a seed plant becomes

A Fruit
B Embryo
C Seed
D Ovule
E NA

A pine seed has cotyledons and tissue from the ______.

A Male gametophyte
B Female gametophyte
C Megasporangium
D pollen grain
E NA

A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing symbiont found in

A Pisum
B Alnus
C Cycas
D Cicer
E NA

Algae having oil as reserve food belongs to

A Xanthophyceae
B Rhodophyceae
C Chlorophyceae
D Phaeophyceae
E NA

Gymnosperms produce neither flower nor fruit because they do not possess

A Embryo
B Ovary
C Ovule
D Seed
E NA

In moss stomata appears on

A Capsule
B Leaves
C Stem
D All of these
E NA

Fern plant is

A Haploid sporophyte
B Diploid gametophyte
C Diploid sporophyte
D Haploid gametophyte
E NA

Gymnosperms are

A Flowering plants
B Seed bearing plants
C Seedless flowering plants
D Fruit bearing seed plants
E NA

In a flower, ______ generally consist of two pollen sacs.

A Sepal
B Anthers
C Filament
D Ovary
E NA

Maiden hair, an oriental tree is also often called

A Ginkgo
B Thuja
C Araucaria
D Pinus
E NA

Peristomial teeth help in

A Reproduction
B Dispersal of spores
C Nutrition
D Protection
E NA

Juvenile stage of moss is

A Prothallus
B Capsule
C Protonema
D All of these
E NA

Largest ovule is found in

A Cycas
B Jackfruit
C Pinus
D Mangifera
E NA

Mannitol is the stored food in

A Gracillaria
B Chara
C Porphyra
D Fucus
E NA

Spores of Funaria on germination give rise to

A Antheridium
B Bud
C Protonema
D Archegonium
E NA

The discovery of gibberellins is related with one of the following

A Blast disease of rice
B Rust disease of wheat
C ‘Bakanae’ disease of rice
D Early blight disease of potato
E NA

The female reproductive structure of small, nonvascular plants that produces a single egg by mitosis is

A Archegonium
B Antheridium
C Gemmae cup
D Sporangiophore
E NA

The gametophyte is not an independent, free-living generation in

A Pinus
B Polytrichum
C Adiantum
D Marchantia
E NA

The ladder-like structure found in Spirogyra is due to

A Scalariform conjugation
B Lateral conjugation
C Direct conjugation
D Asexual reproduction
E NA

Which of the following has largest gametophyte?

A Pinus
B Oryza
C Funaria
D Selaginella
E NA

Which of the following is a living fossil?

A Spirogyra
B Cycas
C Moss
D Saccharomyces
E NA

Which of the following is haploid in the life-cycle of Funaria?

A Embryo
B Peristome teeth
C Protonema
D Sporophyte
E NA

Which of the following is often referred to as "pond scum"?

A Anabaena
B Spirogyra
C Ulothrix
D Nostoc
E NA

In which one of the followings largest gametophyte is found?

A Angiosperm
B Cycas
C Nephrolepis
D Polytrichum
E NA

Which one of the following plants is monoecious?

A Pinus
B Marchantia
C Papaya
D Cycas
E NA

Male and female gametophytes are independent and free-living in

A Castor
B Mustard
C Sphagnum
D Pinus
E NA

Iodine is found in

A Spirogyra
B Laminaria
C Polysiphonia
D Chlorella
E NA

Chlorenchyma is found in:

A Spore capsule of a moss
B Mycelium of a green mould such as Aspergillus
C Cytoplasm of Chlorella
D Pollen tube of Pinus
E NA

Which one of the following is a correct statement?

A Antheridiophores and archegoniophores are present in pteridophytes.
B Origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes.
C Pteridophyte gametophyte has a protonemal and leafy stage.
D In gymnosperms female gametophyte is free-living.
E NA

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 There is no change in success rate of fertilization
C Self fertilization is prevented
D One can conclude that the plant is apomictic
E NA

Cycas and Adiantum resemble each other in having:

A Cambium
B Vessels
C Seeds
D Motile Sperms
E NA

In which of the following, all listed genera belong to the same class of algae

A Porphyra, Ectocarpus, Ulothrix
B Volvox, Spirogyra, Chlamydomonas
C Chara, Fucus, Polysiphonia
D Sargassum, Laminaria, Gracillaria
E NA

Comparable to angiosperms, which of the following algae exhibits diplontic life cycle?

A Spirogyra
B Ectocarpus
C Polysiphonia
D Fucus
E NA

Isogamous condition with non-flagellated gametes is found in [NEET 2013]

A Chlamydomonas
B Spirogyra
C Volvox
D Fucus
E NA

Besides paddy fields, cyanobacteria are also found inside vegetative part of [NEET 2013]

A Pinus
B Cycas
C Equisetum
D Psilotum
E NA

Megasporangium is equivalent to [NEET 2013]

A Embryo sac
B Fruit
C Nucellus
D Ovule
E NA

Two adjacent filaments of Spirogyra affinis each 10 cells participating in reproduction. How many new Spirogyra plants are produced during sexual reproduction?

A 5
B 10
C 20
D 40
E NA


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