PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
1. Which of the following pairs is of unicellular 6. Male gametes are flagellated in: [2015
algae ? [2020] Re- NEET]
(a) Gelidium and Gracilaria (a) Anabaena
(b) Ectocarpus
(b) Anabaena and Volvox
(c) Spirogyra
(c) Chlorella and Spirulina
(d) Polysiphonia
(d) Laminaria and Sargassum
7. Which one of the following statements is
2. Floridean starch has structure similar to : wrong? [2015 RE-NEET]
(a) Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium and
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[2020]
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Gracilaria
(a) Amylopectin and glycogen
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(b) Chlorella and Spirulina are used as space
(b) Mannitol and algin
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food
(c) Laminarin and cellulose
A
(c) Mannitol is stored food in Rhodophyceae
(d) Starch and cellulose
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(d) Algin and carragen are products of algae
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3. Which one is wrongly matched? [2018] 8. Which one of the following shows isogamy
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(a) Uniflagellate gametes : Polysiphonia with non-flagellated gametes? [2014]
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(b) Biflagellate zoospore : Brown algae (a) Sargassum
(c) Unicellular organism :Chlorella (b) Ectocarpus
(d) Gemma cups :Marchantia (c) Ulothrix
(d) Spirogyra
4. After karyogamy followed by meiosis,
spores are produced exogenously in [2018] 9. Which one of the following is wrong about
(a) Neurospora Chara? [2014]
(b) Alternaria (a) Upper oogonium and lower round
(c) Saccharomyces antheridium.
(b) Globule and nucule present on the same
(d) Agaricus
plant.
(c) Upper antheridium and lower oogonium.
5. An example of colonial alga is : [2017]
(d) Globule is male reproductive structure.
(a) Volvox
(b) Ulothrix
(c) Spirogyra
(d) Chlorella
PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
10. An alga which can be employed as food for 15. Mannitol is the stored food in: [2009]
human being is: [2014] (a) Porphyra
(a) Ulothrix (b) Fucus
(b) Chlorella (c) Gracilaria
(c) Spirogyra (d) Chara
(d) Polysiphonia
16. If you are asked to classify the various
11. Isogamous condition with non-flagellated algae into distinct groups, which of the
gametes is found in: [NEET 2013] following characters you should choose?
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(a) Spirogyra [2007]
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(a) Nature of stored food materials in the cell
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(b) Volvox
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(c) Fucus (b) Structural organization of thallus
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(d) Chlamydomonas (c) Chemical composition of the cell wall
A
(d) Types of pigments present in the cell.
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12. Which of the following is not correctly
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matched for the organism and its cell wall 17. Floridean starch is found in. [2000]
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(a) Chlorophyceae
degrading enzyme? [NEET 2013]
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(b) Rhodophyceae
(a) Plant cells-Cellulase
(c) Myxophyceae
(b) Algae-Methylase
(d) Cyanophyceae
(c) Fungi-Chitinase
(d) Bacteria-Lysozyme
18. A research student collected certain algae
both as and found that its cells contained both
13. Which one of the following is wrongly
chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b as well as
matched? [NEET Kar. 2013]
phycoerythrin. The alga belongs to [2000]
(a) Nostoc-Water blooms
(a) Rhodophyceae
(b) Spirogyra-Motile gametes
(b) Baacillariophyceae
(c) Sargassum-Chlorophyll c
(c) Chlorophyceae
(d) Basidiomycetes-Puffballs
(d) Phaeophyceae
14. Algae have cell wall made up of: [2010]
(a) Cellulose, galactans and mannans
(b) Hemicellulose, pectins and proteins
(c) pectins, cellulose and proteins
(d) Cellulose, hemicellulose and pectins
PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
19. Columella is a specialised structure found 25. The absence of chlorophyll, in the lowermost
in the sporangium of [1998] cell of Ulothrix, shows. (1995)
(a) functional fission
(a) Ulothrix (b) tissue formation
(b) Rhizopus (c) cell characteristic
(c) Spirogyra (d) beginning of labour division
(d) None of these 26. Agar is commercially obtained from [1995]
(a) red algae
20. Ulothrix can be described as a : [1998]
(b) green algae
(a) Non-motile colonial alga lacking zoospores (c) brown algae
(b) Filamentous alga lacking flagellated (d) blue-green algae
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reproductive stages 27. In Chlorophyceae, sexual reproduction occurs by
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(c) Membranous algae producing zoospores (1994)
IN
(d) Filamentous alga with reproductive stages (a) Isogamy and anisogamy
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flagellated (b) Isogamy, anisogamy and oogamy
A
(c) Oogamy only
I T
21. An alga very rich in protein is : [1997] (d) Anisogamy and oogamy
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(a) Spirogyra
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(b) Ulothrix
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28. Which of the following cannot fix nitrogen? (1994)
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(c) Oscillatoria (a) Nostoc
(d) Chlorella (b) Azotobacter
(c) Spirogyra
22 . Ulothrix filaments produces [1997] (d) Anabena
(a) Isogametes
(b) Anisogametes 29. In Ulothrix/Spirogyra, reduction division
(c) Heterogametes (meiosis) occurs at the time of :
(d) Basidiospores (a) gamete formation
(b) zoospore formation
23.brown algae is characterised by the presence of : (c) zygospore germination
(a)Phycocyanin (d) vegetative reproduction
(b)Phycoerythrin
(c) fucoxanthin 30. Chloroplast of Chlamydomonas is :
(d) Haematochrome (a) Stellate
(b) Cup shaped
24. Blue-green algae belong to (c) Collar shaped
(a) Eukaryotes (d) Spiral
(b) Prokaryotes
(c) Rhodophyceae
(d) Chlorophycea
PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
31. Pyrenoids are the centres for formation of : 37. Which one is wrong statement? [2015 RE-NEET]
(a) Porphyra
(b) Enzyme (a) Mucor has biflagellate zoospores
(c) Fat (b) Haploid endosperm is typical feature of
(d) Starch gymnosperms
(c) Brown algae have chlorophyll a and c and
32. The product of conjugation in Spirogyra or fucoxanthin
fertilization of Chlamydomonas is (d) Archegonia are found in Bryophyta,
(a) zygospore Pteridophyta and Gymnosperms.
(b) zoospore
(c) Oospore 38. Which of the following is responsible for peat
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(d) carpospore formation? [2014]
G
(a) Marchantia
IN
33. The common mode of sexual reproduction (b) Riccia
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in Chlamydomonas is. (1991] (c) Funaria
A
(a) isogamous (d) Sphagnum
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(b) anisogamous
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(c) oogamous 39. Which one of the following is common to
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(d) hologamous multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and
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protonema of mosses. [2012]
34. Sexual reproduction involving fusion of two
cells in (a) Diplontic life cycle
Chlamydomonas is. (1988) (b) Members of kingdom Plantae
(a) isogamy (c) Mode of nutrition
(b) homogamy (d) Multiplication by fragmentation
(c) somatogamy
(d) hologamy 40.Which one of the following is a correct
statement? [2012]
35. Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of: (2017)
(a) Fucus (a) Pteridophyte gametophyte has a protonemal
(b) Funaria and leafy stage
(c) Chlamydomonas (b) In gymnosperms female gametophyte is
(d) Marchantia free-living
(c) Antheridiophores and archegoniophores are
36. Life cycle of Ectocarpus and Fucus present in pteridophytes.
respectively are: [2017] (d) Origin of seed habit can be traced in
pteridophytes
(a) Diplontic, Haplodiplontic
(b) Haplodiplontic, Diplontic
(c) Haplodiplontic, Haplontic
(d) Haplontic, Diplontic
PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
41. Archaegoniophore is present in ( 2011) 46. Which of the following propagates
(a) Marchantia through leaf- tip? [2004]
(b) Chara (a) Walking fern
(c) Adiantum (b) Sproux leaf plant
(d) Funaria (c) Marchantia
(d) Moss
42. Which one of the following plants is
monoecious? 47. Sexual reproduction in Spirogyra is an
[2009] advanced feature because it shows [2003]
(a) Pinus (a) physiologically differentiated sex organs
H
(b) Cycas (b) different sizes of motile sex organs
G
(c) Papaya (c) same size of motile sex organs
IN
(d) Marchantia (d) morphologically different sex organs
A S
43.Spore dissemination in some liverworts is 48. The antherozoids of Funaria are [1999]
I T
aided by (a) aciliated
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[2007] (b) flagellated
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(a) indusium (c) multiciliated
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(b) calyptra (d) monociliated
(c) peristome teeth
(d) elaters 49. Bryophytes comprise. [1999]
(a) sporophyte of longer duration
44. In a moss the sporophyte is : [2006] (b) dominant phase of sporophyte which is parasitic
(a) produces gametes that give rise to the (c) dominant phase of gametophyte which produces
gametophyte spores
(b) arises from a spore produced from the (d) small sporophyte phase and generally parasitic
gametophyte on gametophyte.
(c) manufactures food for itself as well as for the
gametophyte 50. Which of the following is true about
(d) is partially parasitic on the gametophyte bryophytes? [1999]
(a) They possess archegonia
45. Peat Moss is used as a packing material for (b) They contain chloroplast
sending flowers and live plants to distant (c) They are thalloid
places because [2006] (d) All of these
(a) it is hygroscopic
(b) it reduces transpiration
(c) it serves as a disinfectant
(d) it is easily available
PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
51. Bryophytes are dependent on water 55. Unique features of Bryophytes is that they
because [1998] (a) produce spores
(b) have sporophyte attached to gametophyte
(a) water is essential for fertilization for their (c) lack roots
homosporous nature (d) lack vascular tissues
(b) water is essential for their vegetative
propagation 56. Protonema occurs in the life cycle of
(c) the sperms can easily reach upto egg in the [1990, 1993]
archegonium (a) Riccia
(d) archegonium has to remain filled with water (b) Funaria
for fertilization (c) Somatogamy
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(d) Spirogyra
G
52. Bryophytes can be separated from algae
IN
because they [1997] 57. Bryophytes are amphibians because
S
(a) they require a layer of water for carrying out
A
(a) Are thalloid forms sexual reproduction
I T
(b) have no conductive tissue (b) they occur in damp places
SH
(c) possess archaegonia with outer layer of (c) they are mostly aquatic
K
sterile cell (d) all the above
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(d) contain chloroplast in their cell
58. Apophysis in the capsule of Funaria is [1990]
53. In which one of these the elaters are present (a) lower part
along with mature spores in the capsule (b) upper part
(to help in spore dispersal)? [1996] (c) middle part
(d) fertile part
(a) Riccia
(b) Marchantia 59. Moss peristome takes part in
(c) Funaria (a) spore dispersal
(d) Sphagnum (b) photosynthesis
(c) protection
54. The plant body of moss (Funaria) is (d) absorption
[1995]
60. Sperms of both Funaria and Pteris were
(a) completely sporophyte released together near the archegonia of Pteris.
(b) completely gametophyte Only its sperms enter the archegonia as [1989]
(c) predominantly sporophyte with gametophyte
(d) predominantly gametophyte with sporophyte (a) Pteris archegonia repel Funaria sperm
(b) Funaria sperms get killed by Pteris sperm
(c) Funaria sperms are less mobile
(d) Pteris archegonia release chemical to attract
its sperms
PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
61. In bryophytes and pteridophytes, transport of 66. In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam,
male gametes requires [2016] the antherozoids and eggs mature a different
(a) Wind times as a result [2007]
(b) insects
(c) birds (a) there is high degree of sterility
(d) water (b) one can conclude that the plant is apomictic
(c) self-fertilization is prevented
62. The plant body is thalloid in [NEET Kar. 2013] (d) there is no change in success of fertilization
(a) Funaria
(b) Sphagnum 67. In Ferns meiosis occurs when :
(c) Salvinia (a) spore germinates
H
(d) Marchantia (b) gametes are formed
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(c) spores are formed
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63. Selaginella and Salvinia are considered to (d) antheridia and archegonia are formed
represent a significant step towards evolution of
TA
seed habit because: [2011M] 68. Dichotomous branching is found in. (1999)
HI
(a) female gametophyte is free and gets dispersed (a) Fern
S
liike seeds (b) Funaria
K
(b) female gametophyte lacks archaegonia (c) Liverworts
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(c) megaspores possess endosperm and embryo (d) Marchantia
surrounded by seed coat
(d) embryo develops in female gametophyte which 69. The "walking" fern is so named because:
is retained on parent sporophyte. (a) it is dispersed through the agency of walking
animals
64. In which one of the following, male and female (b) it propagates vegetatively by its leaf tips
gametophytes do not have free living independent (c) it knows how to walk by itself
existence? (d) its spores are able to walk
(a) Pteris
(b) Funaria 70. Multicellular branched rhizoids gametophytes
(c) Polytrichum are characteristic of
(d) Cedrus
(a) all bryophytes
65. Which one of the following is heterosporous : (b) some bryophytes
(a) Dryopteris (c) all pteridophytes
(b) Salvinia (d) some pteridophytes
(c) Adiantum
(d) Equisetum
PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
77. Which one of the following is considered
71. The 'amphibians' of plant kingdom are. [1996]
important in the development of seed habit?
(a) unicellular motile algae
(2009)
(b) multicellular non-motile algae
(c) bryophytes with simple internal organization
(a) Heterospory
(d) pteridophytes with complex internal
(b) Haplontic life cycle
organization not reaching angiosperm level.
(c) Free-living gametophyte
(d) Dependent sporophyte
72. Pteridophytes differ from mosses/bryophytes in
possessing [1993]
78. Plants reproducing by spores such as mosses
(a) independent gametophyte
and ferns are grouped under the general term
(b) well developed vascular system
H
[2003]
G
(c) archegonia
(a) Thallophytes
IN
(d) flagellate spermatozoids
(b) Cryptogams
S
(c) Bryophytes
A
73. The plant group that produces spores and
(d) Sporophytes
I T
embryo but lacks vascular tissues and seeds is.[1992]
H
(a) Pteridophyta
S
79. Strobili or cones are found in. (2020)
(b) Rhodophyta
K
(a) Pteris
(c) Bryophyta
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(b) Marchantia
(d) Phaeophyta
(c) Equisetum
(d) Salvinia
74. Which one of the following is not common
between funaria and Selaginella ? [1992]
80. Pinus seed cannot germinate and establish
(a) Archegonium
without fungal association. This is because :
(b) Embryo
(a) its embryo is immature.
(c) Flagellate sperms
(b) it has obligate association with mycorrhizae.
(d) Roots
(c) it has very hard seed coat.
(d) its seeds contain inhibitors that prevent
75. Evolutionary important character of Selaginella is
(a) heterosporous nature
(b) rhizophore
(c) strobuli
(d) ligule
76. Prothallus (gametophyte) gives rise to fern plant
(sporophyte) without fertilization. It is. [1988]
(a) apospory
(b) apogamy
(c) parthenocarpy
(d) parthenogenesis
PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
81. Phloem in gymnosperms lacks: [2019] 86. Read the following five statements (A to E) and
select the option with all correct statements :
(a) Albuminous cells and sieve cells
(b) Sieve tubes only [2015 Re-Neet]
(c) Companion cells only
(d) Both sieve tubes and companion cells (A) Mosses and Lichens are the first organisms to
colonise a bare rock.
82. Select the wrong statement : [2018] (B) Selaginella is a homosporous pteridophyte
(C) Coralloid roots in Cycas have VAM
(a) Cell wall is present in members of Fungi and (D) Main plant body in bryophytes is gametophytic,
H
plantae whereas in pteridophytes it is sporophytic
G
(b) Mushrooms belong to Basidiomycetes (E) In gymnosperms, male and female gametophytes
IN
(c) Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell in are present within sporangia located on sporophyte
S
all kingdoms except Monera
A
(d) Pseudopodia are locomotory and feeding (a) (B), (C) and (D)
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structures in Sporozoans (b) (a), (D) and (E)
SH
(c) (B), (C) and (E)
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83. Select the mismatch. [2017] (d) (a), (C) and (D)
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(a) Cycas : Dioecious 87.Besides paddy fields cyanobacteria are also
(b) Salvinia : heterosporous found inside vegetative part of: [NEET 2013]
(c) Equisetum : homosporous (a) Cycas
(d) Pinus : Dioecious (b) Equisetum
(c) Psilotum
84. Select the correct statement : [2016] (d) Pinus
(a) Gymnosperms are both homosporous and
heterosporous
(b) Salvinia, Ginkgo and Pinus all are gymnosperms
(c) Sequoia is one of the tallest trees
(d) The leaves of gymnosperms are not well
adapted to extremes of climate
85. In which of the following gametophyte is not
Independent free living? [2015 Re-Neet]
(a) Marchantia
(c) Pinus
(b) Pteris
(d) Funaria
PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
88. Read the following statements (A-E) and answer
the question which follows them. [NEET 2013]
A. In liverworts, mosses and ferns gametophytes
are free-living
B. Gymnosperms and some ferns are heterosporous.
C. Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvox and
Albugo is oogamous
D. The sporophyte in liveworts is more elaborate
than that in mosses
H
E. Both, Pinus and Marchantia are dioecious
ING
How many of the above statements are correct?
A S
(a) Two
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(b) Three
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(c) Four
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(d) One
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89. What is common in all the three, Funaria,
Dryopteris and Ginkgo? [NEET Kar. 2013]
(a) Independent sporophyte
(b) Presence of archegonia
(c) Well developed vascular tissues
(d) Independent gametophyte
90. Cycas and Adiantum resemble each other in
having: [2012]
(a) Seeds
(b)Motile Sperms
(c) Cambium
(d) Vessels
PLANT KINGDOM
BY RAKSHITA SINGH
1. C 31. D 61. D
2. D 32. A 62. D
3. A 33. A 63. D
4. D 34. A 64. D
5. A 35. C 65. B
6. B 36. B 66. C
7. C 37. A 67. C
8. D 38. D 68. D
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9. C 39. A 69. B
NG
10. B 40. A 70. B
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11. A 41. A 71. C
A
12. B 42. A 72. B
13. B
14. A
SHI T
43. D
44. D
73. C
74. D
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15. B
16. D
17. B
18. A
K 45. A
46. A
47. A
48. B
75. A
76. B
77. A
78. B
19. B 49. D 79. C
20. D 50. D 80. B
21. D 51. C 81. D
22. A 52. C 82. D
23. C 53. B 83. D
24. B 54. D 84. C
25. D 55. B 85. C
26. A 56. B 86. B
27. B 57. A 87. A
28. C 58. A 88. B
29. C 59. A 89. B
30. B 60. D 90. B
