NEET Biology Plant Kingdom MCQs Set C

Question: Gametophytic plant body is nonvascular in

• a) All of these
• b) Mosses and ferns
• c) Algae and liverworts
• d) Gymnosperms and angiosperms

Answer: All of these

Question: Endosperm of gymnosperm is ontogenetically similar to angiospermic

• a)  Embryo sac
• b) Archegonium
• c) Megasporangia
• d) Endosperm

Answer: Embryo sac

Question: Flowering plants are more successful than other members of the plant world because

• a) All of these
• b) They carry out variety of pollination mechanism
• c) The protected plant embryo can survive in the period of unfavourable conditions
• d) They are large and have a good vascular tissue system

Answer: All of these

Question: 

A. Heterospory is found in all members of pteropsida
B. Selaginella is advance among pteridophytes as it produces seeds
C. Pinus leaves are monomorphic, pinnate compound and have sunken stomata as adaptation against transpiration
D. Sporic meiosis is characteristic of life cycle in many organisms like Volvox, Chlamydomonas and Ulothrix.

• a) All are incorrect
• b) Both B and C are correct
• c) Only B is correct
• d) Only D is incorrect

Answer:  All are incorrect

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Question: Read the following five statements (A to E) and select the option with all correct statements

(A) Mosses and Lichens are the first organisms to colonise a bare rock.
(B) Selaginella is a homosporous pteridophyte.
(C) Coralloid roots in Cycas have VAM.
(D) Main plant body in bryophytes is gametophytic, whereas in pteridophytes it is sporophytic.
(E) In gymnosperms, male and female gametophytes are present within sporangia located on sporophyte.

• a) (A), (D) and (E)
• b) (B), (C) and (D)
• c) (A), (C) and (D)
• d) (B), (C) and (E)

Answer: (A), (D) and (E)

Question: In which of the following gametophyte is not independent free living?

• a) Pinus
• b) Funaria
• c) Marchantia
• d) Pteris

Answer: Pinus

Question: Which one of the following statements is wrong?

• a) Mannitol is stored food in Rhodophyceae
• b) Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria
• c) Algin and carragen are products of algae
• d) Chlorella and Spirulina are used as space food

Answer: Mannitol is stored food in Rhodophyceae

Question: Male gametes are flagellated in

• a) Ectocarpus
• b) Anabaena
• c) Polysiphonia
• d) Spirogyra

Answer: Ectocarpus

Question: Select the wrong statement:

• a) In Oomycetes female gamete is smaller and motile, while male gamete is larger and non-motile
• b) Anisogametes differ either in structure, function or behaviour
• c) Chlamydomonas exhibits both isogamy and anisogamy and Fucus shows oogamy
• d) Isogametes are similar in structure, function and behaviour

Answer:  In Oomycetes female gamete is smaller and motile, while male gamete is larger and non-motile

Question: Monoecious plant of Chara shows occurrence of

• a) Upper oogonium and lower antheridium on the same plant
• b) Upper antheridium and lower oogonium on the same plant
• c) Stamen and carpel on the same plant
• d) Antheridiophore and archegoniophore on the same plant

Answer: Upper oogonium and lower antheridium on the same plant

Question: Gymnosperms are also called soft wood spermatophytes because they lack

• a) Xylem fibres
• b) Cambium
• c) Phloem fibres
• d) Thick-walled tracheids

Answer: Xylem fibres

Question: Which one of the following is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?

• a) Multiplication by fragmentation
• b) Diplontic life cycle
• c) Mode of Nutrition
• d) Members of kingdom Plantae

Answer: Multiplication by fragmentation

Question: Cycas and Adiantum resemble each other in having

• a) Motile Sperms
• b) Seeds
• c) Vessels
• d) Cambium

Answer: Motile Sperms

Question: Which one of the following is a correct statement?

• a) Origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes
• b) Antheridiophores and archegoniophores are present in pteridophytes
• c) Pteridophyte gametophyte has a protonemal and leafy stage
• d) In gymnosperms, female gametophyte is free-living

Answer: Origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes

Question: Read the following five statements (A-E) and answer as asked next to them

(A) In Equisetum, the female gametophyte is retained on the parent sporophyte
(B) In Ginkgo, male gametophyte is not independent
(C) The sporophyte in Riccia is more developed than that in Polytrichum
(D) Sexual reproduction in Volvox is isogamous
(E) The spores of slime molds lack cell walls
How many of the above statements are correct ?

• a) One
• b) Four
• c) Two
• d) Three

Answer: One

Question: Selaginella and Salvinia are considered to represent a significant step toward evolution of seed habit because

• a) Embryo develops in female gametophyte which is retained on parent sporophyte
• b) Megaspores possess endosperm and embryo surrounded by seed coat
• c) Female gametophyte is free and gets dispersed like seeds
• d) Female gametophyte lacks archegonia

Answer:  Embryo develops in female gametophyte which is retained on parent sporophyte

Question: Examine the figure given below and select the right option giving all the four parts (a, b, c, d) correctly identified

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Question: Consider the following four statements whether they are correct or wrong?

(A) The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses
(B) Salvinia is heterosporous
(C) The life–cycle in all seed bearing plants is diplontic
(D) In Pinus, male and female cones are borne on different trees
The two wrong statements together are

• a) (A) and (D)
• b) (A) and (C)
• c) (A) and (B)
• d) (B) and (C)

Answer: (A) and (D)

Question:  Examine the figures A, B, C and D. In which one of the four options all the items A, B, C and D are correct?

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Question: Which one of the following plants is monoecious?

• a) Pinus
• b) Cycas
• c) Papaya
• d) Marchantia

Answer: Pinus

Question: Phylogenetic system of classification is based on:

• a) Evolutionary relationships
• b) Chemical constituents
• c) Morphological features
• d) Floral characters

Answer: Evolutionary relationships

Question: Mannitol is the stored food in:

• a) Fucus
• b) Porphyra
• c) Gracillaria
• d) Chara

Answer: Fucus

Question: In the prothallus of vascular cryptogam, the antherozoids and eggs mature at different times. As a result:

• a) Self fertilization is prevented
• b) There is no change in success rate of fertilization
• c) One can conclude that the plant is apomictic
• d) There is high degree of sterility

Answer:  Self fertilization is prevented

Question: If you are asked to classify the various algae into distinct groups, which of the following characters you should choose?

• a) Types of pigments present in the cell
• b) Structural organization of thallus
• c) Chemical composition of the cell wall
• d) Nature of stored food materials in the cell

Answer: Types of pigments present in the cell

Question: Flagellated male gametes are present in all the three of which one of the following sets?

• a) Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas
• b) Zygnema, Saprolegnia and Hydrilla
• c) Anthoceros, Funaria and Spirogyra
• d) Fucus, Marsilea and Calotropis

Answer: Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas

Question: In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents

• a) A cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination
• b) A cell in the pollen grain in which the sperms formed
• c) The microsporangium in which pollen grains develop
• d) An opening in the mega gametophyte through which the pollen tube approaches the egg

Answer: A cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination

Question: Spore dissemination in some liverworts is aided by

• a) Elaters
• b) Indusium
• c) Calyptra
• d) Peristome teeth

Answer: Elaters

Question: Moss peat is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places because

• a) It is hygroscopic
• b) It serves as a disinfectant
• c) It is easily available
• d) It reduces transpiration

Answer:  It is hygroscopic

Question: Conifers differ from grasses in the

• a) Formation of endosperm before fertilization
• b) Lack of xylem tracheids
• c) Production of seeds from ovules
• d) Absence of pollen tubes

Answer:  Formation of endosperm before fertilization

Question:

• a) a(iii), b(i), c(iv), d(v), e(ii)
• b) a(v), b(iii), c(ii), d(v), e(i)
• c) a(ii),b(i), c(iii), d(iv), e(v)
• d) a(i), b(ii), c(v), d(iii), e(ii)

Answer: a(iii), b(i), c(iv), d(v), e(ii)

Question: Ectophloic siphonostele is found in :

• a) Osmunda and Equisetum
• b) Dicksonia and maiden hair fern
• c) Adiantum and Cucurbitaceae
• d) Marsilea and Botrychium

Answer: Osmunda and Equisetum

Question:  Read the following statements (A-E) and answer the question which follows them

(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 liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses.
(E) Both, Pinus and Marchantia are dioecious.
How many of the above statements are correct?

• a) Three
• b) Two
• c) Four
• d) One

Answer: Three

Question: Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched ?

• a) Salvinia – Prothallus
• b) Mustard – Synergids
• c) Ginkgo – Archegonia
• d) Viroids – RNA

Answer:  Salvinia – Prothallus

Question: In a moss, the sporophyte

• a) Is partially parasitic on the gametophyte
• b) Produces gametes that give rise to the gametophyte
• c) Arises from a spore produced from the gametophyte
• d) Manufactures food for itself, as well as for the gametophyte

Answer: Is partially parasitic on the gametophyte

Question: Which one of the following is monoecious ?

• a) Pinus
• b) Date palm
• c) Cycas
• d) Marchantia

Answer:  Pinus

Question: Which of the following is responsible for peat formation ?

• a) Sphagnum
• b) Funaria
• c) Riccia
• d) Marchantia

Answer: Sphagnum

Question: Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in

• a) Lilium
• b) Pinus
• c) Funaria
• d) Pteris

Answer: Lilium

Question: Archegoniophore is present in

• a) Marchantia
• b) Funaria
• c) Chara
• d) Adiantum

Answer:  Marchantia

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

• a) Pinus
• b) Polytrichum
• c) Adiantum
• d) Marchantia

Answer: Pinus

Question: Which one of the following shows isogamy with non-flagellated gametes?

• a) Spirogyra
• b) Ulothrix
• c) Ectocarpus
• d) Sargassum

Answer: Spirogyra

Question: Compared with the gametophytes of the bryophytes, the gametophytes of vascular plants tend to be

• a) Smaller and to have smaller sex organs
• b) Larger but to have smaller sex organs
• c) Smaller but to have larger sex organs
• d) Larger and to have larger sex organs

Answer:  Smaller and to have smaller sex organs

Question: Male and female gametophytes are independent and free-living in

• a) Sphagnum
• b) Mustard
• c) Castor
• d) Pinus

Answer: Sphagnum

Question: Which one of the following is considered important in the development of seed habit?

• a) Heterospory
• b) Haplontic life cycle
• c) Dependent sporophyte
• d) Free-living gametophyte

Answer: Heterospory

Question: Select one of the following of important features distinguishing Gnetum from Cycas and Pinus and showing affinities with angiosperms

• a) Presence of vessel elements and absence of archegonia
• b) Absence of resin duct and leaf venation
• c) Embryo development and apical meristem
• d) Perianth and two integuments

Answer: Presence of vessel elements and absence of archegonia

Question: Which one of the following is heterosporous?

• a) Salvinia
• b) Adiantum
• c) Dryopteris
• d) Equisetum

Answer:  Salvinia

Question: In which one of the following male and female gametophytes do not have free living independent existence?

• a) Cedrus
• b) Pteris
• c) Funaria
• d) Polytrichum

Answer: Cedrus

Question: Top-shaped multiciliate male gametes and the mature seed which bears only one embryo with two cotyledons, are characteristic features of

• a) Cycads
• b) Gamopetalous angiosperms
• c) Polypetalous angiosperms
• d) Conifers

Answer: Cycads

Question: A system of classification, in which a large number of traits are considered, is

• a) Natural system
• b) Phylogenetic system
• c) Artificial system
• d) Synthetic system

Answer:  Natural system

Question: The book ‘Genera plantarum’ was written by

• a) Bentham & Hooker
• b) Bessey
• c) Hutchinson
• d) Engler & Prantl

Answer: Bentham & Hooker

Question: Phylogenetic classification is one which is based on

• a) Common evolutionary descent
• b) Utilitarian system
• c) Overall similarities
• d) Habits of plants

Answer: Common evolutionary descent

Question: According to which phylogenetic system, dicots are advanced with sympetalae conditions?

• a) Engler & Prantl
• b) Hutchinson
• c) Bentham & Hooker’s
• d) Takhtajan

Answer: Engler & Prantl

Question: Phenetic classification is based on

• a) Observable characteristics of existing organisms
• b) Sexual characteristics
• c) The ancestral lineage of existing organisms
• d) Dendrograms based on DNA characteristics

Answer: Observable characteristics of existing organisms

Question: Which one of the following is wrongly matched?

• a) Spirogyra-Motile gametes
• b) Basidiomycetes-Puffballs
• c) Nostoc-Water blooms
• d) Sargassum-Chlorophyll c

Answer: Spirogyra-Motile gametes

Question: In chlorophyceae, the mode of sexual reproduction is

• a) All of these
• b) Oogamy
• c) Anisogamy
• d) Isogamy

Answer: All of these

Question: An alga as the source of protein is

• a) Chlorella
• b) Nostoc
• c) Spirogyra
• d) Ulothrix

Answer: Chlorella

Question: Ulothrix can be described as a

• a) Filamentous alga with flagellated reproductive stages
• b) Coenobial alga producing zoospores
• c) Filamentous alga lacking flagellated reproductive stages
• d) Non-motile colonial alga lacking zoospores

Answer: Filamentous alga with flagellated reproductive stages

Question: Sexual reproduction in Spirogyra is an advanced feature because it shows

• a) Physiologically differentiated sex organs
• b) Same size of motile sex organs
• c) Different sizes of motile sex organs
• d) Morphologically different sex organs

Answer: Physiologically differentiated sex organs

Question: The pyrenoids are made up of

• a) Proteinaceous centre and starchy sheath
• b) Core of protein surrounded by fatty sheath
• c) Core of nucleic acid surrounded by protein sheath
• d) Core of starch surrounded by sheath of protein

Answer: Proteinaceous centre and starchy sheath

Question: Brown algae is characterised by the presence of

• a) Fucoxanthin
• b) Haematochrome
• c) Phycocyanin
• d) Phycoerythrin

Answer: Fucoxanthin

Question: Ulothrix filaments produce

• a) Isogametes
• b) Anisogametes
• c) Basidiospores
• d) Heterogametes

Answer: Isogametes

Question: In bryophytes

• a) Sporophyte is dependent upon gametophyte
• b) Gametophyte is dependent upon sporophyte
• c) Both generations are independent
• d) Sporophyte is free living

Answer: Sporophyte is dependent upon gametophyte

Question: The plant body is thalloid in

• a) Marchantia
• b) Salvinia
• c) Sphagnum
• d) Funaria

Answer: Marchantia

Question: Which of the following in plant kingdom is called ‘amphibians’?

• a) Bryophyta
• b) Tracheophyta
• c) Thallophyta
• d) Gymnosperm

Answer: Bryophyta

Question: Bryophytes can be separated from algae, because they

• a) Possess archegonia
• b) Contain chloroplast
• c) Have no conducting tissue
• d) Are thalloid forms

Answer:  Possess archegonia

Question: Bryophytes are dependent on water, because

• a) The sperms can easily reach upto egg in the archegonium
• b) Water is essential for their vegetative propagation
• c) Water is essential for fertilization for their - homosporous nature
• d) None of these

Answer: The sperms can easily reach upto egg in the archegonium

Question: Bryophytes comprise

• a) Small sporophyte phase and generally parasitic on gametophyte
• b) Dominant phase of gametophyte which produces spores
• c) Sporophyte is of longer duration
• d) Dominant phase of sporophyte which is parasitic

Answer: Small sporophyte phase and generally parasitic on gametophyte

Question: The antherozoids of Funaria are

• a) Biciliated
• b) Aciliated
• c) Monociliated
• d) Multiciliated

Answer: Biciliated

Question: The plant body of moss (Funaria) is

• a) Predominantly gametophyte with sporophyte
• b) Predominantly sporophyte with gametophyte
• c) Completely sporophyte
• d) Completely gametophyte

Answer: Predominantly gametophyte with sporophyte

Question: Which of the following is true about bryophytes?

• a) All of these
• b) They possess archegonia
• c) They are thalloid
• d) They contain chloroplast

Answer: All of these

Question: Multicellular branched rhizoids and leafy gametophytes are the characteristics of

• a) Some bryophytes
• b) Pteridophytes
• c) All bryophytes
• d) Gymnosperms

Answer: Some bryophytes

Question: Elater for spore dispersal mechanism is exhibited by

• a) Marchantia
• b) Riccia
• c) Funaria
• d) Liverworts

Answer:  Marchantia

Question: Dichotomous branching is found in

• a) Liverworts
• b) Pteridophytes
• c) Fern
• d) Funaria

Answer: Liverworts

Question: In which of the following would you place the plants having vascular tissue lacking seeds?

• a) Pteridophytes
• b) Gymnosperms
• c) Algae
• d) Bryophytes

Answer: Pteridophytes

Question: Which aquatic fern performs nitrogen fixation?

• a) Azolla
• b) Nostoc
• c) Salvia
• d) Salvinia

Answer: Azolla

Question: A well developed archegonium with neck consisting of 4-6 rows and neck canal cells, characterises

• a) Bryophytes and pteridophytes
• b) Pteridophytes and gymnosperms
• c) Gymnosperms and flowering plants
• d) Gymnosperms only

Answer: Bryophytes and pteridophytes

Question: Plants reproducing by spores such as mosses and ferns are grouped under the general term

• a) Cryptogams
• b) Bryophytes
• c) Sporophytes
• d) Thallophytes

Answer: Cryptogams

Question: The walking fern is so named because

• a) It propagates vegetatively by its leaf tips
• b) It knows how to walk by itself
• c) Its spores are able to walk
• d) It is dispersed through the agency of walking animals

Answer:  It propagates vegetatively by its leaf tips

Question: Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogram?

• a) Equisetum
• b) Ginkgo
• c) Marchantia
• d) Cedrus

Answer: Equisetum

Question: Heterospory and seed habit are often exhibited by a plant possessing

• a) Ligule
• b) Bract
• c) Spathe
• d) Petiole

Answer: Ligule

Question: What is common in all the three, Funaria, Dryopteris and Ginkgo?

• a) Presence of archegonia
• b) Independent gametophyte
• c) Independent sporophyte
• d) Well developed vascular tissues

Answer: Presence of archegonia

Question: In Pinus, the wing of the seed develops from

• a) Ovuliferous scale
• b) Integument
• c) Nucellus
• d) Bract

Answer: Ovuliferous scale

Question: The smallest plant group gymnosperm has how many species?

• a) 900
• b) 1000
• c) 300
• d) 640

Answer: 900

Question: Which one of the following statements about Cycas is incorrect?

• a) Its xylem is mainly composed of xylem vessel
• b) It has circinate vernation
• c) Its roots contain blue-green algae
• d) It does not have a well organized female flower

Answer: Its xylem is mainly composed of xylem vessel

Question: Largest sperms in the plants world are found in

• a) Cycas
• b) Thuja
• c) Pinus
• d) Banyan

Answer: Cycas

Question: Transfusion tissue is present in the leaves of

• a) Both
• b) Cycas
• c) Pinus
• d) None of these

Answer: Both

Question: The endosperm of gymnosperm is

• a) Haploid
• b) Triploid
• c) Polyploid
• d) Diploid

Answer: Haploid

Question: Plant group with largest ovule, largest tree, and largest gametes is

• a) Gymnosperm
• b) Angiosperm
• c) Bryophyta
• d) Pteridophyta

Answer:  Gymnosperm

Question: Cycas have two cotyledons but not included in angiosperms because of

• a) Naked ovules
• b) Seeds like monocot
• c) Circinate ptyxis
• d) Compound leaves

Answer: Naked ovules

Question: Which of the following plants produce seeds but not flowers?

• a) Pinus
• b) Peepal
• c) Mint
• d) Maize

Answer: Pinus

Question:  Which one of the following is a living fossil?

• a) Cycas
• b) Moss
• c) Saccharomyces
• d) Spirogyra

Answer: Cycas

Question: Which of the following is without exception in angiosperms?

• a) Syngamy
• b) Secondary growth
• c) Autotrophic nutrition
• d) Presence of vessels

Answer: Syngamy

Question: Which one of the following pairs of plants are not seed producers ?

• a) Fern and Funaria
• b) Punica and Pinus
• c) Ficus and Chlamydomonas
• d) Fern and Funaria

Answer:  Fern and Funaria

Question: Angiosperms have dominated the land flora primarily because of their

• a) Power of adaptability in diverse habitat
• b) Nature of self pollination
• c) Domestication by man
• d) None of these

Answer: Power of adaptability in diverse habitat