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The pyrenoids are made up of                                     
1. Proteinaceous centre and starchy sheath
2. Core of protein surrounded by fatty sheath
3. Core of starch surrounded by sheath of protein
4. Core of nucleic acid surrounded by protein sheath 

In Pinus,
I. The stem is branched
II. Roots have fungal association in the form of mycorrhiza
III. The male and female strobili are borne on different trees
Of the above statements:
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Only I and II are correct
4. I, II and III are correct

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 statements regarding bryophytes:
I. Bryophytes are also called amphibians of the plant kingdom because they are depndent on water for sexual reproduction.
II. They play an important role in plant succession aquatic ecosystems.
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

All the following differentiate gymnosperms from the higher cryptogams except:
1. Presence of an independent green gametophyte
2. development of an ovule
3. Formation of the pollen tube
4. Presence of cambium

Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of
1. Marchantia
2. Fucus
3. Funaria
4. Chlamydomonas

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

Megasporangium is equivalent to
1. embroy sac
2. fruit
3. nucellus
4. ovule

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

Compared with the gametophytes of the bryophytes, the gametophytes of vascular plants tends to be
1. larger but to have smaller sex organs
2. larger and to have large sex organs
3. smaller and to have smaller sex organs
4. smaller but to have larger sex organs

Archegoniophore is present in
1. Chara
2. Adiantum
3. Funaria
4. Marchantia

Male and female gametophytes are independent and free-living in
1. mustard
2. castor
3. Pinus
4. Sphagnum

Algae have cell wall made up of
1. cellulose, galactans and mannans
2. hemicellulose, pectins and proteins
3. pectins, cellulose and proteins
4. cellulose, hemicellulose and pectins

Which one of the following has haplontic life cycle?
1. Funaria
2. Polytrichum
3. haplon
4. Wheat

Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogam?
1. Equisetum
2. Ginkgo
3. Marchantia
4. Cedrus

Which one of the following is considered important in the development of seed habit?
1. Dependent sporophyte
2. Heterospory
3. Haplontic life cycle
4. Free-living gametophyte

In which one of the following, the male and female gametophytes don't have free-living independent existence?
1. Pteris
2. Funaria
3. Polytrichum
4. Cedrus

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

Spore dissemination in some liverworts is aided by:
1. elaters
2. indusium
3. calyptra
4. peristome teeth

Conifers differ from grasses in the :
1. production of seeds from ovules
2. lack of xylem tracheids
3. absence of pollen tubes
4. formation of endosperm before fertilization

In a moss the sporophyte:
1. is partially parasitic on the gametophyte
2. produces gametes that give rise to the gametophyte
3. arises from a spore produced from the gametophyte
4. manufactures food for itself, as well as for the gametophyte

Monoecious plant of Chara shows occurrence of
1. antheridiophore and archegoniophore on the same plant
2. stamen and carpel on the same plant
3. upper antheirdium and lower oogonium on the same plant
4. upper oogonium and lower antheridium on the same plant

The most primitive among the living vascular plants are the
1. ferns
2. brown algae
3. mosses
4. cycads

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

Maximum protein is present in (which is used as food in space)
1. Chlorella
2. Scendesmus
3. Porphyra
4. Spirulina

The world's tallest (angiosperm) flowering tree is
1. Sequoia
2. Eucalyptus
3. Pinus
4. Cedrus

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

The plant body of moss (funaria) is
1. completely sporophyte
2. predominatly sporophyte with gametophyte
3. completely gametophyte
4. predominantly gametophyte with sporophyte

Elater mechanism for seed dispersal is exhibited by
1. Riccia
2. Dryopteris
3. Funaria
4. Marchantia

In Ulothrix meiosis takes place in
1. cells of the filament
2. holdfast
3. zygote
4. zoospores

Ectophloic siphonostel is found in
1. Osmunda and Equisetum
2. Marsilea and Botrychium
3. Adiantum and Cucurbitaceae
4. Dicksonia and Maidenhair fern

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

Which of the following statements about Spirogyra is correct?
1. Lateral conjugation takes place in homothallic species.
2. Scalariform conjugation takes place in homothallic species.
3. Lateral conjugation takes place in heterothallic species.
4. The type of conjugation is unrelated to homothallic and heterothallic species.

Gametophyte and sporophyte are independent of each other in which of the following groups?
1. Pteridophytes
2. Angiosperms
3. Gymnosperms
4. Bryophytes

Which of the given genera is homosporous?
1. Cycas
2. Pinus
3. Selaginella
4. Lycopodium

Classical Taxonomy is based on
1. morphological traits
2. habitat of organisms
3. similarities and dissimilarities of behaviour
4. phylogeny

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

Elaters are absent in
1. Funaria
2. Marchantia
3. Pellia
4. Porella

Under natural system of classification which of the following cahracter is not considered?
1. External features
2. Ultra-structure, Phylogeny
3. Anatomy, Embryology
4. Phytochemistry

Phylogenetic classification systems based on
1. Evolutionary relationships between the various organism
2. Organisms belonging to the same taxa may have a different ancestor
3. Both A and B
4. Based on cytological information like chromosome number, structure, behavior.

If we do not have any kind of fossil evidence, we will have a difficulty in classification which can be resolved by
1. Artificial classification
2. Natural classification
3. Cytotaxonomy
4. Phylogenetic classification

Which of the following has flagellated male and female gametes?

Which of the following is an example of anisogamous reproduction in Algae?

Vegetative reproduction in chlorophyceae takes place by

Asexual reproduction in chlorophyceae is by