The pyrenoids are made up of
| 1. | Proteinaceous centre and starchy sheath | 
| 2. | Core of protein surrounded by fatty sheath | 
| 3. | Core of starch surrounded by sheath of protein | 
| 4. | Core of nucleic acid surrounded by protein sheath | 
Consider the following features:
| I. | Chlorophyll a and Chlorophyll c | 
| II. | Fucoxanthin | 
| III. | Floridean starch | 
| IV. | Flagella 2 in number, unequal and lateral | 
Which of these are seen in Phaeophyceae?
1. I, II, III
2. I, II, IV
3. II, III, IV
4. I, II, III, IV
The endosperm of a gymnosperm develops _______ fertilization, whereas the endosperm of an angiosperm develops _________ fertilization.
(1) before, before
(2) after, after
(3) after, before
(4) before, after
In Pinus,
| I. | The stem is branched | 
| II. | Roots have fungal association in the form of mycorrhiza | 
| III. | The male and female strobili are borne on different trees | 
| 1. | Only I is correct | 
| 2. | Only II is correct | 
| 3. | Only I and II are correct | 
| 4. | I, II and III are correct | 
Identify the incorrect statement:
| 1. | The earliest systems of classification used only gross superficial morphological characters. | 
| 2. | Linnaeus classification of plants was a natural classification as it was based on the androecium structure. | 
| 3. | Artificial systems gave equal weightage to vegetative and sexual characteristics. | 
| 4. | Natural classification systems are based on natural affinities among the organisms | 
Identify the incorrect statement:
| 1. | Numerical Taxonomy is based on all observable characteristics. | 
| 2. | More weightage is given to reproductive characters and all other characters are given equal importance in numerical taxonomy. | 
| 3. | Cytotaxonomy is based on cytological information like chromosome number, structure, behaviour | 
| 4. | Chemotaxonomy uses the chemical constituents of the plant | 
Match each term with its definition and choose your answer from the codes given:
| I. | Isogamy | 1. | The union of two gametes | 
| II. | Syngamy | 2. | Two gametes, one larger than the other | 
| III. | Heterogamy | 3. | Two kinds of gametes, one motile and other non motile | 
| IV. | Anisogamy | 4. | Two kinds of morphologically distinct gametes | 
| V. | Oogamy | 5. | Both gametes morphologically indistinguishable | 
Codes:
| 
 | I | II | III | IV | V | 
| 1. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 
| 2. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 
| 3. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 
| 4. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
| 1. | Chlamydomonas: | Microscopic unicellular algae | 
| 2. | Volvox: | Colonial algae | 
| 3. | Ulothrix: | Filamentous algae | 
| 4. | Fucus: | Isogamous algae | 
Identify the incorrect statement regarding algae:
| 1. | At least a half of the total carbon dioxide fixation on earth is carried out by algae through photosynthesis. | 
| 2. | Around 70 species of freshwater algae can be used as food. | 
| 3. | Certain marine brown and red algae produce large amounts of hydrocolloids (water holding substances), e.g., algin (brown algae) and carrageen (red algae) which are used commercially. | 
| 4. | Agar, obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria are used to grow microbes and in preparations of ice-creams and jellies. | 
What is not true for red algae?
| 1. | Lack centriole and flagella | 
| 2. | Accessory pigments include phycocyanin, phycoeythrin and allophycocyanin | 
| 3. | They reproduce using alternation of generation | 
| 4. | The stored food is floridean starch very similar to cellulose |