CBSE Questions for Class 11 Medical Biology Plant Kingdom Quiz 16 - MCQExams.com

Cycas circinalis is source of
  • Resin
  • Timber
  • Essential oil
  • Starch (Sago)
Wood of Cycas is
  • Monoxyhc and manoxyhc
  • Manoxylic and polyxylic
  • Diploxyli
  • Monoxylic
One of the following is a social foresting species with multiple utility 
  • Mangifera indica (Mango)
  • Leucaena leucocephala (Subabul)
  • Borassus flabelliformis (Palmyrah palm)
  • Rosa grandiflora (Rose)
 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 sporophytes in liverworts are more elaborate than those in mosses.
(E) Both, Pinus and Marchantia are dioecious.
How many of the above statements are correct?
  • One
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four
The members of algae found in littoral zone is
  • Volvox
  • Spirogyra
  • Ectocarpus
  • Ulothrix
The first division of zygote is a reduction division in
  • Algae
  • Bryophyta
  • Pteridophyta
  • All of the above
The only asexual algal spores formed during favourable conditions is
  • Akinete
  • Zoospore
  • Zygospore
  • Aplanospore
Heterotrichous habit is shown by
  • Stigeoclonium
  • Chlamydomonas
  • Oedogonium
  • Ulothrix
Glowing of sea water at night is because of
  • Cyclotella
  • Gonyalaux
  • Noctiluca
  • Triceratium
One of the following occurs both in fresh water and marine habitat.
  • Spirogyra
  • Riccia
  • Cladophora
  • Oedogonium
By which of the following methods an algae can perennate under unfavourable condition?
  • Zoospores
  • Palmella stage
  • Akinete
  • Both B and C
Living fossil pteridophyte is
  • Rhynia
  • Psilotum
  • Fern
  • Horneophyton
Batrachospermum (frog spawn alga) is
  • Red algae of sea
  • Brown algae
  • Blue algae
  • Red algae of fresh water
In Chlamydomonas, meiosis occurs in
  • Gamete
  • Zygote
  • Sporogonium
  • Zoospore
Monoecious plant of Chara shows occurrence of
  • Stamen and carpel on the same plant
  • Upper antheridium and lower oogonium on the same plant
  • Upper oogonium and lower antheridium on the same plant
  • Antheridiophore and archegoniophore on the same plant
Which species of protists are known as the 'whirling whips' because of the spin produced by two flagella beating in opposing grooves along their hard surfaced bodies?
  • Diatoms
  • Chrysophytes
  • Dinoflagellates
  • None of the above
Monkey's puzzle is common name for
  • Araucaria araucana
  • Cycas revoluta
  • Gnetum genon
  • Pinus gerardiana
Which of the following is a copper moss?
  • Bryum
  • Tortella
  • Merceya
  • All of the above
Japanese food 'kombu' is prepared from
  • Chlorella
  • Laminaria
  • Porphyra
  • All of the above
When meiosis occurs in club mosses, then
  • Gametes are formed
  • Prothallus is formed
  • Sex organs are formed
  • Spores are formed
Movement of peristomial teeth is called
  • Holochasy
  • Xerochasy
  • Chemochasy
  • Hydrochasy
Transfusion tissue replaces the veins in
  • Cycas and Ferns
  • Cycas and Pinus
  • Cycas
  • Selaginella
Match items in column I with those in column II.
Column IColumn II
A.Coralloid roots1.Cycas
B.Monoxylic wood2.Mass of seeds dispersed
C.Schizogenous canals3.Stores blue-green algae
D.Sulphur shower4.Resin duct of conifers
5.Mass of pollen
  • A- 1, B- 3, C- 5, D- 4
  • A- 3, B- 1, C- 4, D- 5
  • A- 3, B- 4, C- 1, D- 5
  • A- 1, B- 4, C- 3, D- 5
Top-shaped multiciliate male gametes, and the mature seed which bears only one embryo with two cotyledons, are characteristic features of
  • Polypetalous angiosperms
  • Gampetalous angiosperms
  • Conifers
  • Cycads
In ................, female cone is not found.
  • Cycas
  • Pinus
  • Taxus
  • None of the above
Exine modified to wings thereby strongly suggesting anemophily is exceptional to
  • Cycas
  • Pinus
  • All gymnosperms
  • Only Gnetum
Largest ovule is present in
  • Cycas
  • Pinus
  • Wolffia
  • Rafflesia
Polyembryony seen in Cycas is
  • Potential true polyembryony
  • Potential true and potential cleavage polyembryony
  • Adventive polyembryony
  • Psendopolymbryony
Match the plants with their respective rate of growth. Choose the answer which gives the correct combination of alphabets of two columns.
  Plants  Rate of growth
 ACycas  p 40 centimeters per day
 B Gaint bamboo q 10 feet in hundred years
 C Cucumber tendril r 6 centimeters per hour
  • A-r, B-p, C-q
  • A-p, B-r, C-q
  • A-q, B-p, C-r
  • A-p, B-q, C-r
Cycas and fern share one of the following feature
  • Bipinnate leaves
  • Circinate venation of young leaves
  • Motile spermatozooids
  • All of the above
"Fire algae" belongs to group
  • Pyrrophyta
  • Bacillariophyta
  • Euglenophyta
  • Rhodophyta
Heterotrichous habit is common among
  • Brown algae
  • Red algae
  • Yellow green algae
  • Green algae
Which of the following best explains the evolution of sexual reproduction?
  • Chlamydomonas
  • Ulothrix
  • Puccinia
  • Albugo
Motile stages are not found in life cycle of
  • Red Algae and green Algae
  • Red Algae and brown Algae
  • Red Algae and blue green Algae
  • Green Algae and brown Algae
Most advanced group of Algae is
  • Myxophyta
  • Chlorophyta
  • Xanthophyta
  • Phaeophyta
Red algae is red due to the presence of
  • R-Phycocyanin
  • R-Phycoerythrin
  • C-Phycocyanin
  • C-Phycoerythrin
If you are asked to classify the various algae into distinct groups, which of the following characters you should choose?
  • Chemical composition of the cell wall
  • Types of pigments present in the cell
  • Nature of stored food materials in the cell
  • Structural organization of thallus
"Golden algae" is the common name of algae belonging to
  • Chrysophyta
  • Pyrrophyta
  • Euglenophyta
  • Cyanophyta
Druse is
  • Calcium-oxalate crystals
  • Bicarbonate crystals
  • $$CaCO_3$$ crystals
  • None of the above
If the chromosome number in the somatic cell of gymnosperm isThen the number of chromosomes in the nucellus of $$Cycas$$ is ..........
  • 08
  • 04
  • 16
  • 32
Cephaleuros, which causes "Red rust of tea" is a
  • Red algae
  • Brown algae
  • Dinoflagellate
  • Green algae
In Cycas, the microsporangia are borne on which side of microsporophyll?
  • Adaxial
  • Abaxial
  • Lateral
  • Terminal
Cycas and ferns resemble each other in possessing
  • Seeds
  • Ovules
  • Pollen tube
  • Circinate ptyxis and ramenta
A leafy gametophyte plant with multicellular rhizoids and sporophyte differentiated in foot, seta and capsule should belong to
  • Psilopsida
  • Hepaticopsida
  • Bryopsida
  • Lycopsida
Which of the following algae produces synzoospores?
  • Chlamydomosonas
  • Polysiphonia
  • Chlorella
  • Vaucheria
Change in colour of algae, according to depth in sea is called as
  • Bohr's effect
  • Gaudikov's effect
  • Fogg's effect
  • Pasteur's effect
Gametophyte of Pteridophytes are
  • Short lived, free living and sex organ bearing
  • Heart shaped, dependent on sporophyte and sex organ bearing
  • Fibre like, dependent on sporophyte and sex organ bearing
  • Semi parasite on sporophyte
Sex organ in bryophytes are
  • Unicellular and jacketed
  • Unicellular and non-jacketed
  • Multicellular and jacketed
  • Multicellular and non jacketed
Phenetic classification is based on
  • The ancestral lineage of existing organisms
  • Observable characteristics of existing organisms
  • Dendograms based on DNA characteristics
  • Sexual characteristics
Rhizoid containing sporophytic plants are characteristic of
  • Bryopsida
  • Spenopsida
  • Cycadophyta
  • Psilopsida
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