A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen-fixing symbiont is found in:
1. Cycas 2. Cicer
3. Pisum 4. Alnus

Subtopic:  Gymnosperms: I | Gymnosperms |
 88%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2011
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Mannitol is the stored food in:

1. Chara 2. Porphyra
3. Fucus 4. Gracillaria
Subtopic:  Pheophyceae: Brown Algae |
 89%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2009
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Phylogenetic system of classification is based on:

1. evolutionary relationships

2. morphological features

3. chemical constituents

4. floral characters

Subtopic:  Classification System: I | Classification System: II | Classification System |
 95%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2009
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Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogam?

1. Equisetum 2. Ginkgo
3. Marchantia 4. Cedrus
Subtopic:  Classification of Pteridophytes: I | Classification of Pteridophytes: II | Pteridophytes | Classification of Pteridophytes |
 63%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2009
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Which one of the following is considered important in the development of seed habit?

1. Dependent sporophyte 2. Heterospory
3. Halplontic life cycle 4. Free-living gametophyte
Subtopic:  Pteridophytes: Heterospory |
 72%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2009
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Reduction in vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and cuticle is characteristic of:

1. xerophytes

2. mesophytes

3. epiphytes

4. hydrophyte

Subtopic:  Classification System: I | Classification System: II | Classification System |
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 2009
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In which one of the following, the male and female gametophytes don't have free-living independent existence?
1. Pteris 2. Funaria
3. Polytrichum 4. Cedrus
Subtopic:  Gymnosperms |
 67%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2008
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Which one of the following is heterosporous?

1. Dryopteris

2. Salvinia

3. Adiantum

4. Equisetum

Subtopic:  Pteridophytes: Heterospory | Pteridophytes |
 92%
Level 1: 80%+
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.
1. absence of resin duct and leaf venation
2. presence of vessel elements and absence
of archegonia
3. periandl and two integuments
4. embryo development and apical meristem
Subtopic:  Examples of Gymnosperms |
 68%
Level 2: 60%+
AIPMT - 2008
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Flagellated male gametes are present in all three of which one of the following sets?

1. Anthoceros, Funaria, and Spirogyra

2. Zygnema, Saprolegnia, and Hydrilla

3. Fucus, Marsilea, and Calotropis

4. Riccia, Dryopteris, and Cycas

Subtopic:  Bryophytes | Pteridophytes: Heterospory | Gymnosperms: I | Gymnosperms |
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 2007
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