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MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

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Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of gymnosperms?

NEET 2025
2

Match List-I with List-II.

List - I
List - II
A Pteridophyte I Salvia
B Bryophyte II Ginkgo
C Angiosperm III Polytrichum
D Gymnosperm IV Salvinia

Choose the option with all correct matches.

NEET 2025
3

In bryophytes, the gemmae help in which one of the following?

NEET 2025
4

Given below are the stages in the life cycle of pteridophytes. Arrange the following stages in the correct sequence.

A. Prothallus stage

B. Meiosis in spore mother cells

C. Fertilisation

D. Formation of archegonia and antheridia in gametophyte.

E. Transfer of antherozoids to the archegonia in presence of water.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

NEET 2025
5

The correct sequence of events in the life cycle of bryophytes is

A. Fusion of antherozoid with egg.

B. Attachment of gametophyte to substratum.

C. Reduction division to produce haploid spores.

D. Formation of sporophyte.

E. Release of antherozoids into water.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

NEET 2025
6

Which one of the following is not found in Gymnosperms?

NEET 2024 (Re-Examination)
7

Identify the incorrect pair :

NEET 2024 (Re-Examination)
8

Which of the following is the correct match?

NEET 2024 (Re-Examination)
9

Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements:

In the members of Phaeophyceae,

A. Asexual reproduction occurs usually by biflagellate zoospores.

B. Sexual reproduction is by oogamous method only.

C. Stored food is in the form of carbohydrates which is either mannitol or laminarin.

D. The major pigments found are chlorophyll a, c and carotenoids and xanthophyll.

E. Vegetative cells have a cellulosic wall, usually covered on the outside by gelatinous coating of algin.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

NEET 2024
10

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I List - II
(A) Pteropsida (I) Psilotum
(B) Lycopsida (II) Equisetum
(C) Psilopsida (III) Adiantum
(D) Sphenopsida (IV) Selaginella

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

NEET 2023 Manipur
11

Which classes of algae possess pigment fucoxanthin and pigment phycoerythrin, respectively ?

NEET 2023 Manipur
12

Which of the following statements is true?

NEET 2023 Manipur
13

Identify the pair of heterosporous pteridophytes among the following :

NEET 2023
14

Given below are two statements : One labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R:

Assertion A : The first stage of gametophyte in the life cycle of moss is protonema stage.

Reason R : Protonema develops directly from spores produced in capsule.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from options given below:

NEET 2023
15

Match List-I with List-II :

List-I
List-II
(a) Chlamydomonas (i) Moss
(b) Cycas (ii) Pteridophyte
(c) Selaginella (iii) Alga
(d) Sphagnum (iv) Gymnosperm

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

NEET 2022 Phase 2
16

Read the following statements and identify the characters related to the alga shown in the diagram :

NEET 2022 Phase 2 Biology - Plant Kingdom Question 15 English

(a) It is a member of Chlorophyceae

(b) Food is stored in the form of starch

(c) It is monoecious plant showing oogonium and antheridium

(d) Food is stored in the form of laminarin or mannitol

(e) It shows dominance of pigments Chlorophyll a, c and Fucoxanthin

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

NEET 2022 Phase 2
17

Hydrocolloid carrageen is obtained form :

NEET 2022 Phase 1
18

Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

NEET 2022 Phase 1
19

Match the plant with the kind of life cycle it exhibits:

List - I List - II
(a) Spirogyra (i) Dominant diploid sporophyte vascular plant, with highly reduced male or female gametophyte
(b) Fern (ii) Dominant haploid free-living gametophyte
(c) Funaria (iii) Dominant diploid sporophyte alternating with reduced gametophyte called prothallus
(d) Cycas (iv) Dominant haploid leafy gametophyte alternating with partially dependent multicellular sporophyte

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

NEET 2022 Phase 1
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Gemmae are present in
NEET 2021
21
Which of the following algae produce Carrageen?
NEET 2021
22
Which of the following algae contains mannitol as reverse food material?
NEET 2021
23
Which of the following pairs is of unicellular algae?
NEET 2020 Phase 1
24
Floridean starch has structure similar to
NEET 2020 Phase 1
25
Strobili or cones are found in
NEET 2020 Phase 1
26
From evolutionary point of view, retention of the female gametophyte with developing young embryo on the parent sporophyte for some time, is first observed in :
NEET 2019
27
Which one is wrongly matched?
NEET 2018
28
Which of the following statements is correct?
NEET 2018
29
An example of colonial alga is
NEET 2017
30
Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of
NEET 2017
31
Select the mismatch
NEET 2017
32
Life cycles of Ectocarpus and Fucus respectively are
NEET 2017
33
Which one of the following statements is wrong?
NEET 2016 Phase 2
34
Conifers are adapted to tolerate extreme environmental conditions because of
NEET 2016 Phase 2
35
Select the correct statement
NEET 2016 Phase 1
36
In bryophytes and pteridophytes, transport of male gametes requires
NEET 2016 Phase 1
37
Which one is a wrong statement?
AIPMT 2015
38
Which one of the following statements is wrong?
AIPMT 2015 Cancelled Paper
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In which of the following, gametophyte is not independent free living?
AIPMT 2015 Cancelled Paper
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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.
AIPMT 2015 Cancelled Paper
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Male gametes are flagellated in
AIPMT 2015 Cancelled Paper
42
Which of the following is responsible for peat formation?
AIPMT 2014
43
Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in
AIPMT 2014
44
Which one of the following is wrong about Chara?
AIPMT 2014
45
Syngamy can occur outside the body of the organism in
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
46
What is common in all the three, Funaria, Dryopteris and Ginkgo?
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
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The plant body is thalloid in
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
48
Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
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Select the wrong statement
NEET 2013
50
Isogamous condition with non-flagellated gametes is found in
NEET 2013
51
Monoecious plant of Chara shows occurrence of
NEET 2013
52
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?
NEET 2013
53
Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched?
AIPMT 2012 Mains
54
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 moulds lack cell walls.

How many of the above statements are correct?
AIPMT 2012 Mains
55
How many organisms in the list given below are autotrophs?
Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Saccharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyra, Wolffia
AIPMT 2012 Mains
56
Which one of the following is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
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Which one of the following is a correct statement?
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
58
Cycas and Adiantum resemble each other in having
AIPMT 2012 Prelims
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Selaginella and Salvinia are considered to represent a significant step toward evolution of seed habit because
AIPMT 2011 Mains
60
Consider the following four statements whether they are correct or wrong.
A.   The sporophyte in liverworts is more eleborate 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
AIPMT 2011 Mains
61
Examine the figure given below and select the correct option giving all the four parts (A, B, C and D) rightly identified. AIPMT 2011 Mains Biology - Plant Kingdom Question 30 English
AIPMT 2011 Mains
62
A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing symbiont is found in
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
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Archegoniophore is present in
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
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Compared with the gametophytes of the bryophytes, the gametophytes of vascular plants tend to be
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
65
The gametophyte is not an independent, free-living generation in
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
66
Which one of the following is monoecious?
AIPMT 2010 Mains
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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? AIPMT 2010 Mains Biology - Plant Kingdom Question 29 English
AIPMT 2010 Mains
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Male and female gametophytes are independent and free-living in
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
69
Algae have cell wall made up of:
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
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Which one of the following plants is monoecious?
AIPMT 2009
71
Which one of the following has haplontic life cycle?
AIPMT 2009
72
Mannitol is the stored food in
AIPMT 2009
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Which one of the following is considered important in the development of seed habit?
AIPMT 2009
74
Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogam?
AIPMT 2009
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In which one of the following male and female gametophytes do not have free living independent existance?
AIPMT 2008
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Select one of the following pairs of important features distinguishing Gnetum from Cycas and Pinus and showing affinities with angiosperms.
AIPMT 2008
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Which one of the following is heterosporous?
AIPMT 2008
78
Flagellated male gametes are present in all the three of which one of the following sets?
AIPMT 2007
79
In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam, the antherozoids and eggs mature at different times. As a result
AIPMT 2007
80
If you are asked to classify the various algae into distinct groups, which of the following characters you should choose?
AIPMT 2007
81
Spore dissemination in some liverworts is added by
AIPMT 2007
82
In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents
AIPMT 2007
83
Conifers differ from grasses in the
AIPMT 2006
84
Peat moss is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places because
AIPMT 2006
85
In a moss, the sporophyte
AIPMT 2006
86
Top-shaped multiciliate male gametes and the nature seed which bears only one embryo with two cotyledons, are characterised features of
AIPMT 2005
87
Ectophloic siphonostele is found in
AIPMT 2005
88
Auxospores and hormogonia are formed, respectively, by
AIPMT 2005
89
Match items in column $${\rm I}$$ with those in column $${\rm I}$$$${\rm I}$$.

Column $${\rm I}$$ Column $${\rm I}$$$${\rm I}$$
(A) Peritrichous flagellation (J) Ginkgo
(B) Living fossil (K) Macrocystis
(C) Rhizophore (L) Eschericha coli
(D) Smallest flowering plant (M) Selaginella
(E) Largest perennial alga (N) Wolffia

Select the correct answer from the following.
AIPMT 2005
90
Angiosperms have dominated the land flora primarily because of their
AIPMT 2004
91
Diversification in plant life appeared
AIPMT 2004
92
Sexual reproduction in Spirogyra is an advanced feature because it shows
AIPMT 2003
93
Which one of the following pairs of plants are not seed producers?
AIPMT 2003
94
Plants reproducing by spores such as mosses and ferns are grouped under the general term
AIPMT 2003
95
Which one pair of examples will correctly represent the grouping spermatophyta according to one of the schemes of classifying plants?
AIPMT 2003
96
Which of the following plants produces seeds but not flowers?
AIPMT 2002
97
Which of the following is without exception in angiosperms?
AIPMT 2002
98
Cycas has two cotyledons but not included in angiosperms because of
AIPMT 2001
99
In ferns, meiosio takes place at the time of
AIPMT 2000
100
A student observed an algae with chlorophyll a, b and phycoerythrin, it should belong to
AIPMT 2000
101
Plant group with largest ovule, largest tree, and largest gametes is
AIPMT 2000
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