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What is not true for red algae?
1. Lack centriole and flagella
2. Accessory pigments include phycocyanin, phycoeythrin and allophycocyanin
3. They reproduce using alternation of generation
4. The stored food is floridean starch very similar to cellulose

Consider the following adaptations seen in plants:
I. Lack of cuticle
II. Presence of stomata for exchange of gases
III. Evolution of leaf
IV. Dominance of sporophyte
V. Structural support of vascular tissue
Which of the above adaptations would be required in a plant if it has to be successfully adapted to life on land?
1. All but I
2. All but I and III
3. I, II, III and IV
4. All

Consider the following statements regarding bryophytes:
I. Bryophytes are also called amphibians of the plant kingdom because they are dependent on water for sexual reproduction.
II. They play an important role in plant succession on bare rocks.
III. They lack true roots, stem or leaves.
IV. The sex organs in bryophytes are multicelluar.
V. They produce biflagellate zoospres.
VI. Archegonium is flask-shaped and produces a single egg.
The number of corrected statements is
1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

Male gametophyte with least number of cells is
(1) Pteris
(2) Funaria
(3) Lilium
(4) Pinus

Megasporangium is equivalent to
(1) embryo sac
(2) fruit
(3) nucellus
(4) ovule

Gymnosperms are also called soft wood spermatophytes because they lack
(1) cambium
(2) phloem fibres
(3) thick-walled tracheids
(4) xylem fibres

Which one of the following  has haplontic life cycle?
(1) Funaria
(2) Polytrichum
(3) Ustilago
(4) Wheat

Flagellated male gametes are present in all the three of which one of the following sets?
(1) Anthoceros, Funaria and Spirogyra
(2) Zygnema, Saprolegnia and Hydrilla
(3) Fucus, Marsilea and Calotropis
(4) Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas

In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents:
(1) a cell in the pollen grain in which the sperms are formed
(2) a cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination
(3) an opening in the megagametophyte through which the pollen tube approaches the egg
(4) the microsporangium in which pollen grains develop

Non flowering plants are included under
(1) cryptogamae
(2) phanerogamae
(3) angiosperms
(4) Both a and b

Shape of chloroplast present in Ulothrix is
(1) cup shaped
(2) girdle shaped
(3) star shaped
(4) diffused type

This plant is used as a packing material and also forms an excellent fodder for feeding cattle.
(1) Medicago
(2) Pongamia
(3) Cratolaria
(4) All of these

The green alga rich in proteins used as food supplements even by space travelers is
(1) Chlorella
(2) Scendesmus
(3) Porphyra
(4) Carrageen 

Roots of higher plants show symbiosis with mycorrhiizas for obtaining
(1) sulphates
(2) nitrogen
(3) phosphates
(4) All of these

The wood of Pinus is
(1) manoxylic
(2) polyxylic
(3) pycnoxylic
(4) manoxylic and pycnoxylic

Porous wood has abundance of
(1) vessels
(2) fibres only
(3) tracheids
(4) sieve tubes

Chlorenchyma is known to develop in the
(1) cytoplasm of Chlorella
(2) mycelium of a green mould such as Aspergillus
(3) spore capsule of a moss
(4) pollen tube of Pinus

Fertilisation is internal is Spirogyra. Where would you get zygospores, if 3 filaments are conjugating by scalariform conjugation?
(1) Lateral filaments
(2) Central filaments
(3) Central filament and both lateral filaments
(4) Either central or lateral filament

Gelatin, an important raw material for preparation of photographic emulsion is a by product of
(1) chicken
(2) forest
(3) cattle
(4) fish

Under natural system of classification which of the following cahracter is not considered?

Term new systematics was introduced by
1.  Julian Huxley
2.  de Candolle
3.  Lamarck
4.  Carolus Linnaeus

Phenetics is
1.  Natural Classification
2.  Numerical Taxonomy
3.  Cytotaxonomy
4.  Chemotaxonomy

Which of the following is included in New Systematics.
1.  Karyotaxonomy and Cytotaxonomy
2.  Morphotaxonomy and Numerical taxonomy
3.  Experimental taxonomy and Chemotaxonomy
4.  All of the above.

Dendrogram is based on
1.  phenetic taxonomy
2.  adansonian taxonomy
3.  numerical taxonomy
4.  all the above

Three phases of taxonomy $\mathrm{\alpha }. \mathrm{\beta }. \mathrm{\gamma }$ were recognised by
1.  De candolle
2.  Julian Huxley
3.  Takhatajan
4.  Turril

The alga which has calcium deposition and is toxic to larvae of mosquito is
1.  Spirogyra
2.  Chara
3.  Chlamydomonas
4.  Spirulina

Kombu is the common name of an edible brown alga which is
1.  Ulva
2.  Porphyra 
3.  Laminaria
4.  Macrocystis

A parasitic colourless red alga living on other red algae is
1.  Harveyella
2.  Batrachospermum
3.  Porphyra 
4.  Cephaleuros

Flagella are totally absent in
1.  Kelps
2.  Seaweeds
3.  Red algae and blue-green algae
4.  Green algae and brown algae

A red algae that is neither red in colour nor marine is
1.  Polysiphonia
2.  Gracilaria
3.  Batrachospermum
4.  Gelidium

Stomata are absent in
1.  Algae
2.  Liver worts
3.  Mosses
4.  Ferns

Neuromotor apparatus to control movement is found in
1.  Chlamydomonas / flagellated algae
2.  Ulothrix in nonflagellated form
3.  Selaginella
4.  kelps

Which statement about bryophytes is not correct
1.  Absence of vascular tissue
2.  Heterospory
3.  Pigments similar to green algae
4.  Body gametophytic

Which characters of bryophytes are similar to pteridophytes
1.  Sterile jacket around reproductive organs
2.  Archegonium like a flask
3.  Antherozoid flagellate
4.  All the above

What is meant by apospory
1.  Formation of thallus without spore formation
2.  Formation of thallus without gamete formation
3.  Formation of gametophyte by any cell of the sporophyte without undergoing meiosis
4.  Formation of thallus without gametic fertilisation

The entry of antherozoids into archegonium is an example of
1.  Chemotropic movement
2.  Chemotactic movement
3.  Chemonastic movement
4.  All the above

Sporocarp is found in
1.  Azolla
2.  Salvinia
3.  Marsilea
4.  All the above

Among pteridophytes, in which plant circinate coiling is found
1.  Fern
2.  Cycas
3.  Both of above
4.  None of these

Reproduction in walking fern mainly occurs
1.  From tuber 
2.  From leaf tip
3.  From spore 
4.  Bulbil

Who is known as the Father of pteridology
1.  Bowers
2.  Bir
3.  Cavers
4.  Kashyap

What is necessary for seed formation
1.  Heterospory
2.  Growth of the megaspore within sporangium
3.  Both of above
4.  Growth of microspore within the sporangium

The wood with dense xylem and reduced parenchyma in xylem is called
1.  Pycnoxylic
2.  Manoxylic
3.  Diarch
4.  Monarch

Which is the most degenerated structure in gymnosperms
1.  Male gametophyte
2.  Female gametophyte
3.  Embryo 
4.  Sporophyte

Embryo development in gymnosperms is
1.  Holoblastic
2.  Meroblastic
3.  Lateral
4.  Apical

Where the microsporangia are located in gymnosperms
1.  At the apex of microsporophyll
2.  On the adaxial surface of microsporophyll
3.  On the abaxial surface of microsporophyll
4.  At the margin of microsporophyll

Man made angiosperm is
1.  Barley
2.  Maize (corn)
3.  Triticale
4.  Potato

A rootless aquatic insectivorous plant that traps water insects by its leaf bladders
1.  Drosera
2.  Utricularia
3.  Nepenthes
4.  Dionaea

Read statement (A-D) & find which is/are wrong statement
(A) Asexual reproduction in liverworts takes place by fragmentation of thalli or by the formation of
      specialised structure called Gemmae
(B) Bryophytes are known as a amphibians of plant kingdom
(C) Funaria, Polytrichum & Sphagnum are classified under mosses.
(D) Vascular tissues (xylem & phloem) are present in Bryophytes.
1.  only A
2.  A & D
3.  only C
4.  only D

Read the statement A to D & select wrong statement
(A) The pteridophytes include horse tails & fern.
(B) Pteridophytes are the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues xylem & phloem.
(C) In Bryophytes the dominant phase in the life cycle is the sporophytic plant body.
(D) In Pteridophytes, the main plant body is a gametophyte.
1.  only B
2.  only A & C
3.  only C & D
4.  only B & D

Which is/are wrong regarding gymnosperms
(A) Heterosporous
(B) Produce haploid microspore & megaspore
(C) Two kinds of spore are produced within sporangia that are borne on sporophyll
(D) The microspores develop into a male gametophytic generation, which is highly reduced
1.  only A & D
2.  only B & D
3.  only B & C
4.  none