An alga which can be employed as food for human beings:

1. Ulothrix

2. Chlorella

3. Spirogyra

4. Polysiphonia

Subtopic:  Algae | Chlorophyceae: Green Algae: I | Chlorophyceae: Green Algae: II | Chlorophyceae: Green Algae: III |
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Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2014
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Besides paddy fields, cyanobacteria are also found inside vegetative part of:
1. Cycas 2. Equisetum
3. Psilotum 4. Pinus
Subtopic:  Gymnosperms: I | Gymnosperms |
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AIPMT - 2013
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Isogamous condition with non-flagellated gametes are found in:
1. Spirogyra
2. Volvox
3. Fucus
4. Chlamydomonas
Subtopic:  Algae |
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Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2013
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Select the wrong statement:

1. Anisogametes differ either in structure, function or behaviour
2. In Oomycetes, the female gamete is smaller and motile, while the male gamete is larger and non-motile
3. Chlamydomonas exhibits both isogamy and anisogamy and Fucus shows oogamy
4. Isogametes are similar in structure, function and behaviour

Subtopic:  Algae |
 79%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 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?

1. Two 

2. Three

3. Four

4. One

Subtopic:  Miscellaneous |
 57%
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 2013
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Cycas and Adiantum resemble each other in having:
1. Seeds
2. Motile sperms
3. Cambium
4. Vessels

Subtopic:  Miscellaneous |
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 2012
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Which one of the following is the correct statement?

1. Pteridophyte gametophyte has a protonemal and leafy stage
2. In gymnosperms, female gametophyte is free-living
3. Antheridiophores and protonema are present in pteridophytes
4. Origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes

Subtopic:  Miscellaneous |
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Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2012
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Compared with the gametophytes of the bryophytes, the gametophytes of vascular plants tends to be:
1. larger but to have smaller sex organs
2. larger and to have large sex organs
3. smaller and to have smaller sex organs
4. smaller but to have larger sex organs
Subtopic:  Pteridophytes: Heterospory |
Level 4: Below 35%
AIPMT - 2011
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The gametophyte is not an independent, free-living generation in:
1.  Adiantum
2.  Marchantia
3.  Pinus
4.  Polytrichum
Subtopic:  Gymnosperms: I | Gymnosperms |
 81%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2011
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Mannitol is a sugar alcohol. It is as stored food in:

1.  Fucus
2.  Gracillaria
3.  Chara
4.  Porphyra

Subtopic:  Pheophyceae: Brown Algae |
 86%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2011
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