Sexual reproduction of Spirogyra is an advanced feature as it shows
1. Different sizes of motile sex organs
2. Same size of motile sex organs
3. Morphologically different sex organs
4. Physiologically different sex organs
Wood of Pinus is
1. Manoxylic and homoxylous
2. Manoxylic and heteroxylous
3. Pycnoxylic and homoxylous
4. Pycnoxylic and heteroxylous
Chl a, Chl d and phycoerythrin occur in
1. | Chlorophyceae | 2. | Bacillariophyceae |
3. | Cyanophyceae | 4. | Rhodophyceae |
Which one of the following statements is wrong?
1. | Laminaria and Sargassum are used as food. |
2. | Algae increase the level of dissolved oxygen in the immediate environment. |
3. | Algin is obtained from red algae, and carrageenan from brown algae. |
4. | Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria. |
Which of the following pairs is of unicellular algae?
1. | Gelidium and Gracilaria |
2. | Anabaena and Volvox |
3. | Chlorella and Spirulina |
4. | Laminaria and Sargassum |
Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of
1. | Marchantia | 2. | Fucus |
3. | Funaria | 4. | Chlamydomonas |
Examine the figure given below and select the right option giving all the four parts (a, b, c and d) correctly identified.
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
1. | Archegoniophore | Female thallus | Gemma cup | Rhizoids |
2. | Archegoniophore | Female thallus | Bud | Foot |
3. | Seta | Sporophyte | Protonema | Rhizoids |
4. | Antheridiophore | Male thallus | Globule | Roots |
In a moss, the sporophyte
1. Manufactures food for itself, as well as for the gametophyte
2. Arises from a spore produced from gametophyte
3. Is partially parasitic on the gametophyte
4. Produces gametes that give rise to the gametophyte
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 |
Conifers are adapted to tolerate extreme environmental conditions because of
1. | presence of vessels | 2. | broad hardy leaves |
3. | superficial stomata | 4. | thick cuticle |