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MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
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Which one of the following is not found in Gymnosperms?
NEET 2024 (Re-Examination)
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Identify the incorrect pair :
NEET 2024 (Re-Examination)
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Which of the following is the correct match?
NEET 2024 (Re-Examination)
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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
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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
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Which classes of algae possess pigment fucoxanthin and pigment phycoerythrin, respectively ?
NEET 2023 Manipur
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Which of the following statements is true?
NEET 2023 Manipur
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Identify the pair of heterosporous pteridophytes among the following :
NEET 2023
9
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
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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
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Read the following statements and identify the characters related to the alga shown in the diagram :
(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
12
Hydrocolloid carrageen is obtained form :
NEET 2022 Phase 1
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Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
NEET 2022 Phase 1
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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
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Which of the following algae produce Carrageen?
NEET 2021
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Which of the following algae contains mannitol as reverse food material?
NEET 2021
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Which of the following pairs is of unicellular algae?
NEET 2020 Phase 1
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Floridean starch has structure similar to
NEET 2020 Phase 1
20
Strobili or cones are found in
NEET 2020 Phase 1
21
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
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Which one is wrongly matched?
NEET 2018
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Which of the following statements is correct?
NEET 2018
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An example of colonial alga is
NEET 2017
25
Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of
NEET 2017
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Select the mismatch
NEET 2017
27
Life cycles of Ectocarpus and Fucus respectively are
NEET 2017
28
Which one of the following statements is wrong?
NEET 2016 Phase 2
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Conifers are adapted to tolerate extreme environmental conditions because of
NEET 2016 Phase 2
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Select the correct statement
NEET 2016 Phase 1
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In bryophytes and pteridophytes, transport of male gametes requires
NEET 2016 Phase 1
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Which one is a wrong statement?
AIPMT 2015
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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.
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
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Which of the following is responsible for peat formation?
AIPMT 2014
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Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in
AIPMT 2014
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Which one of the following is wrong about Chara?
AIPMT 2014
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Syngamy can occur outside the body of the organism in
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
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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)
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Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
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Select the wrong statement
NEET 2013
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Isogamous condition with non-flagellated gametes is found in
NEET 2013
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Monoecious plant of Chara shows occurrence of
NEET 2013
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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) 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
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Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched?
AIPMT 2012 Mains
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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?
(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
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How many organisms in the list given below are autotrophs?
Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Saccharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyra, Wolffia
Lactobacillus, Nostoc, Chara, Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter, Streptomyces, Saccharomyces, Trypanosoma, Porphyra, Wolffia
AIPMT 2012 Mains
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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The gametophyte is not an independent, free-living generation in
AIPMT 2011 Prelims
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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
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Male and female gametophytes are independent and free-living in
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
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Algae have cell wall made up of:
AIPMT 2010 Prelims
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Which one of the following plants is monoecious?
AIPMT 2009
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Which one of the following has haplontic life cycle?
AIPMT 2009
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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
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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
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Flagellated male gametes are present in all the three of which one of the following sets?
AIPMT 2007
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In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam, the antherozoids and eggs mature at different times. As a result
AIPMT 2007
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If you are asked to classify the various algae into distinct groups, which of the following characters you should choose?
AIPMT 2007
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Spore dissemination in some liverworts is added by
AIPMT 2007
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In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents
AIPMT 2007
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Conifers differ from grasses in the
AIPMT 2006
79
Peat moss is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places because
AIPMT 2006
80
In a moss, the sporophyte
AIPMT 2006
81
Top-shaped multiciliate male gametes and the nature seed which bears only one embryo with two cotyledons, are characterised features of
AIPMT 2005
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Ectophloic siphonostele is found in
AIPMT 2005
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Auxospores and hormogonia are formed, respectively, by
AIPMT 2005
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Match items in column $${\rm I}$$ with those in column $${\rm I}$$$${\rm I}$$.
Select the correct answer from the following.
| 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
85
Angiosperms have dominated the land flora primarily because of their
AIPMT 2004
86
Diversification in plant life appeared
AIPMT 2004
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Sexual reproduction in Spirogyra is an advanced feature because it shows
AIPMT 2003
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Which one of the following pairs of plants are not seed producers?
AIPMT 2003
89
Plants reproducing by spores such as mosses and ferns are grouped under the general term
AIPMT 2003
90
Which one pair of examples will correctly represent the grouping spermatophyta according to one of the schemes of classifying plants?
AIPMT 2003
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Which of the following plants produces seeds but not flowers?
AIPMT 2002
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Which of the following is without exception in angiosperms?
AIPMT 2002
93
Cycas has two cotyledons but not included in angiosperms because of
AIPMT 2001
94
In ferns, meiosio takes place at the time of
AIPMT 2000
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A student observed an algae with chlorophyll a, b and phycoerythrin, it should belong to
AIPMT 2000
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Plant group with largest ovule, largest tree, and largest gametes is
AIPMT 2000