1.

The natural system of classification for flowering

plants was given by

1) Carolus Linnaeus 2) Engler and Prantl

3) Bentham and Hooker 4) R.H. Whittaker
Option 3
2. Phylogenetic classification systems are based on

1) morphological characters of various organisms

2) anatomical characters of various organisms
3) physiological characters of various organisms
4) evolutionary relationships between the various
organisms.

Option 4
3. Cytological information like chromosome number,
structure, behaviour are related with

1) numerical taxonomy 2) cytotaxonomy

3) chemotaxonomy 4) All of the above

Option 2
4. Chloroplast of Chlamydomonas is

1) stellate-shaped 2) cup-shaped
3) collar-shaped 4) spiral-shaped
Option b
5. Flagellate isogametes and anisogametes are found
in

1) Spirogyra , Eudorina
2) Fucus, Eudorina
3) Eudorina, Volvox
4) 4) Chlamydomonas, Eudorina

Option 4
6. What is true about male and female
Gametophyte in plant kingdom?
1)In bryophytes and pteridophytes
they have independent free-living
existence.
2) In gymnosperms and angiosperms they
have no independent free-living existence
3) Both 1) and 2)
4) In bryophytes, pteridophytes and
Angiosperms they have free-living life.
They remain in sporangia which are
retained on sporophytes. Option 3
7. Agar-agar is obtained from

1) Gigartina 2) Gelidium
3) Gracillaria 4) All of these

Option 4
8. Which one is a parasitic algae?

1) Vaucheria 2) Polysiphonia
3) Cephaleuros 4) Batrachospermum

Option 3
9. Which one is incorrect character of brown algae?

1) Presence of chl a and b

2) It remain attached to substratum
3) Presence of chl a and c
4) Presence of fucoxanthin

Option 1
10. Pyrenoids in green algal cells are related to

1) Starch formation 2) Protein storage

3) General metabolism 4) Enzyme secretion

Option 2
11. Which commonly known as "Peat moss' or
'Bog moss'?

1) Polytrichum 2) Funaria
3) Sphagnum 4) Riccia

Option 3
12. A bryophyte differs from pteridophytes in –

1) Archegonia
2) Lack of vascular tissue
3) Swimming antherozoids
4) Independent gametophytes
Option 2
13. The unique feature of bryophytes compared to
other plant groups is that –

1) They produce spores

2) They lack vascular tissues
3) They lack roots
4) Their sporophyte is attached to the gametophyte

Option 4
14. Floridean starch is found in

1) chlorophyceae 2) rhodophyceae
3) myxophyceae 4) cyanophyceae

Option 2
15. Protonema stage is found in

1) Ferns 2) Mosses
3) Liverworts 4) Fungi

Option 2
16. Which one of the following pairs of plants are
not seed producers?

1) Funaria and Pinus

2) Fern and Funaria
3) Funaria and Ficus
4) Ficus and Chlamydomonas

Option 2
17. Seed habit first originated in

1) Certain pteridophytes 2) Certain pines

3) Certain monocots 4) Certain dicots

Option 1
18. Which of the following plants exhibit independent
alternation of generation ?

1) Angiosperms 2) Gymnosperms
3) Pteridophytes 4) Bryophytes

Option 3
19. The plant group that produces spores and embryo
but lacks vascular tissues and seeds is

1) pteridophyta 2) rhodophyta
3) bryophyte 4) phaeophyta

Option 3
20. Prothallus means

1) Immature gametophyte
2) Immature sporophyte
3) Immature archegonium
4) None of these

Option 2
21. Mosses and ferns are found in moist and shady
places because both

1) Require presence of water for fertilization.

2) Do not need sunlight for photosynthesis.
3) Depend for their nutrition on micro-organisms
which can survive only at low temperature.
4) Can not compete with sun-loving plants

Option 1
22. The gametophyte of fern bears

1) True roots 2) Antheridia

3) Archegonia 4) Both 2) and ( 3)

Option 4
23. Sporangia and spore bearing leaf in fern is called as

1) Ramentum 2) Sorus
3) Indusium 4) Sporophyll/Frond

Option 4
24. Endosperm in Gymnosperm is formed

1) At the time of fertilization

2) Before fertilization
3) After fertilization
4) Along with the development of embryo

Option 2
25. Phloem element of Gymnosperm lacks –

1) Sieve element 2) Companion cell

3) Parenchyma 4) Sclerenchyma

Option 2
26. Multicellular branched rhizoids and leafy
gametophytes are characteristic of

1) all bryophytes
2) some bryophytes
3) all pteridophytes
4) some pteridophytes

Option 2
27. Which of the following structures in Pinus are
haploid?

1) Megaspore, integument, root

2) Endosperm, megaspore, pollen grain
3) Pollen grain, leaf, root
4) Megaspore, endosperm, embryo

Option 2
28. Coralloid roots of Cycas are useful in

1) N,-fixation 2) Absorption of water

3) Transpiration 4) Fixation

Option 1
29. In moss the sporophyte

1) produces gametes that give rise to the gametophyte

2) arises from a spore produced from the gametophyte
3) manufactures food for itself as well as for the
gametophyte
4) is partially parasitic on the gametophyte

Option 4
30. In which one of the following, male and female
gametophytes do not have free living independent
existence?

1) Pteris 2) Funaria
3) Polytrichum 4) Cedrus

Option 4
31. If you are asked to classify the various algae into
distinct groups, which of the following characters
you should choose?

1) Nature of stored food materials in the cell

2) Structural organization of thallus
3) Chemical composition of the cell wall
4) Types of pigments present in the cell

Option 4
32. Which one of the following is heterosporous?

1) Dryopteris 2) Salvinia
3) Adiantum 4) Equisetum

Option 2
33. Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogam?

1) Ginkgo 2) Marchantia
3) Cedrus 4) Equisetum
Option 4
34. Read the following statements (A-E) and answer
the question which follows them.
i. In liverworts, mosses and ferns gametophytes are
ii. free living.
ii. Gymnosperms and some ferns are heterosporous.
iii. Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvex and Albugo
is oogamous.
iv. The sporophyte in liveworts is more elaborate than
that in mosses.
v. Both, Pinus and Marchantia are dioecious.
How many of the above statements are correct?
1) Two 2) Three
3) Four 4) One
Option 2
35. In which of the following, all listed genera belong
to the same class of algae

1) Chara, Fucus, Polysiphonia

2) Volvox, Spirogyra, Chlamydomonas
3) Porphyra, Ectocarpus, Ulothrix
4) Sargassum, Laminaria, Gracillaria

Option 2
36. Algin, carrageen and proteins are obtained from

1) Red algae, brown algae, green algae respectively

2) Brown algae, red algae, green algae respectively
3) Red algae, green algae, brown algae respectively
4) Green algae, brown algae, red algae respectively

Option 2
37. What is the number and positions of insertions
of flagella in class Rhodophyceae?

1) 2-8, equal, apical 2) 2,unequal, lateral

3) 2-6, equal, lateral 4) Absent

Option 4
38. In bryophytes, male and female sex organs are
called and respectively.

1) microsporangia, macrosporangin
2) male strobili; female strobili
3) antheridia; archegonia
4) androecium; gynoecium

Option 3
39. Match the following and choose the correct option:
Column I Column II
(Classes of pteridophytes) (Examples)
1) Psilopsida 1. Selaginella
2) Lycopsida 2. Psilotum
3) Sphenopsida 3. Dryopteris
4) Pteropsida 4. Equisetum
1) A-2; B-1; C-4; D-3 2) A 1; B-1; C-4; D-3
3) A-2: B-1: C-3: D-4 4) A-2; B-4; C-1; D-3

Option 1
40. Match Column -I with Column -II.
Column I Column II
A. Algae 1. Solanum tuberosum
B. Fungi 2. Equisetum
C. Angiosperm 3. Cycas
D. Pteridophyte 4. Chlamydomonas
E. Gymnosperm 5. Rhizopus
1) A-5; B-4; C-1: D-2; E-3
2) A-4B-5C-1: D-2, E-3
3) A-4B-1: C-5: D-2, E-3
4) A-4B-1; C-5: D-3, E-2
Option 2
41. Holdfast, stipe and frond constitutes the plant
body in case of

1) Rhodophyceae 2) Chlorophyceae
3) Phaeophyceae 4) All of these

Option 3
42. The giant redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens)
is a/an

1) angiosperm 2) free fern

3) gymnosperm 4) pteridophyte

Option 3
43. Male gemetes are flagellated in:

1) Anabaena 2) Ectocarpus
3) Spirogyra 4) Polysiphonia

Option 2
44. Which one of the following is wrongly matched?

1) Nostoc-Water blooms
2) Spirogyra-Motile gametes
3) Sargassum-Chlorophyll c
4) Basidiomycetes-Puffbulls

Option 2
45. Which one is wrong statement?

1) Mucor has biflagellate zoospores

2) Haploid endosperm is typical feature of
gymnosperms
3) Brown algae have chlorophyll a and c
and fucoxanthin
4) Archegonia are found in Bryophyta,
Pteridophyta and Gymnosperms.

Option 1