MCQ on Plant kingdom :
1. In gymnosperms, the development of pollen grains occurs in____________
(1) Strobili
(2) Microsporangia
(3) Megasporangia
(4) Macrosporangia
Answer: 2
2. Which of the plant groups needs both land and water to complete their life cycle?
(1) Tracheophyta
(2) Pteridophyta
(3) Thallophyta
(4) Bryophyta
Answer: 4
3. An alga that can be employed as food for the human being is_________
(1) Ulothrix
(2) Chlorella
(3) Spirogyra
(4) Polysiphonia
Answer: 2
4. The transport of male gametes in bryophytes and pteridophytes occurs through________
(1) Wind
(2) Water
(3) Birds
(4) Insects
Answer: 2
5. Rhodophyceae is called red algae because of the pigment________
(1) Fucoxanthin
(2) Phycoerythrin
(3) Carotenoids
(4) Chlorophyll c
Answer: 2
6. Transgenic plants are the ones___________
(1) Grown in artificial medium after hybridization in the field
(2) Produced by a somatic embryo in artificial medium
(3) Generated by introducing foreign DNA in to a cell and regenerating a plant from that cell
(4) Produced after protoplast fusion in artificial medium
Answer: 3
7. A plant that has seeds but no flowers and fruits?
(1) Bryophytes
(2) Gymnosperms
(3) Moses
(4) Pteridophytes
Answer: 2
8. Which of the following is not correctly matched for the organism and its cell wall degrading enzyme?
(1) Plant cells-Cellulase
(2) Algae-Methylase
(3) Fungi-Chitinase
(4) Bacteria-Lysozyme
Answer: 2
9. Which one differs from Spirogyra based on its nucleus?
(1) Azygospore
(2) Zygospore
(3) Akinete
(4) Aplanospore
Answer: 2
10. Which of the following is a liverwort?
(1) Sphagnum
(2) Funaria
(3) Marchantia
(4) Polytrichum
Answer: 3
11. The cell wall of Spirogyra contains___________
(1) Cellulose
(2) Chitin
(3) Lignin
(4) Suberin
Answer: 1
12. Which one of the following is wrong about Chara?
(1) Upper oogonium and lower round antheridium
(2) Globule and nucule present on the same plant
(3) Upper antheridium and lower oogonium
(4) Globule is male reproductive structure
Answer: 3
13. Which of the following plants is used extensively for the study of photosynthesis?
(1) Amaranthus
(2) Asparagus
(3) Chlorella
(4) Sunflower
Answer: 3
14. Which of the following completely lacks cell wall?
(1) Blue-green algae
(2) Saccharomyces
(3) Sea-fan
(4) Cyanobacteria
Answer: 3
15. What is common in all three, Funaria, Dryopteris, and Ginkgo?
(1) Independent sporophyte
(2) Presence of archegonia
(3) Well developed vascular tissues
(4) Independent gametophyte
Answer: 2
16. In a monoecious plant_______
(1) Male and female sex organs are on the same individual
(2) Male and female gametes are of two morphologically distinct types
(3) Male and female sex organs are on different individuals
(4) All the stamens are fused to form one unit
Answer: 1
17. Bryophytes are called amphibians of plant kingdom because___________
(1) These plants live in soil and depend on marine organisms for asexual reproduction.
(2) These plants live in soil and depend on water for sexual reproduction.
(3) These plants live in water and depend on land animals for sexual reproduction.
(4) These plants live near water bodies.
Answer: 2
18. 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?
(1) Two
(2) Three
(3) Four
(4) One
Answer: 2
19. Seed bearing plants include________
(1) pteridophytes and gymnosperms
(2) bryophytes and pteridophytes
(3) gymnosperms and angiosperms
(4) bryophytes and angiosperms
Answer: 3
20. Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
(1) Nostoc-Water blooms
(2) Spirogyra-Motile gametes
(3) Sargassum-Chlorophyll c
(4) Basidiomycetes-Puffballs
Answer: 2
21. 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 colonize 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 the sporophyte
(1) (B), (C), and (D)
(2) (A), (D), and (E)
(3) (B), (C), and (E)
(4) (A), (C), and (D)
Answer: 2
22. Which of the following pair is wrongly matched?
(1) Chlorophyceae – Major pigments are Chl a and b.
(2) Phaeophyceae – Cell wall made up of cellulose and algin.
(3) Rhodophyceae – Stored food as mannitol.
(4) Chlorophyceae – The cell wall is made up of Cellulose.
Answer: 3
23. Bryophytes are dependent on water because__________
(1) water is essential for fertilization for their homosporous nature
(2) water is essential for their vegetative propagation
(3) the sperms can easily reach up to egg in the archegonium
(4) archegonium has to remain filled with water for fertilization
Answer: 3
24. The common characteristic between bryophytes and pteridophytes are_________
(1) vascularisation
(2) Terrestrial habit
(3) water for fertilization
(4) independent sporophyte
Answer: 3
25. Which of the following is called amphibians of the plant kingdom?
(1) Bryophytes
(2) Pteridophytes
(3) Gymnosperms
(4) Algae
Answer: 1