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 |