MCQs on Plant Kingdom

1. Which of the plant groups needs both land and water to complete their life cycle?
a. Tracheophyta
b. Pteridophyta
c. Thallophyta
d. Bryophyta
2. A plant that has seeds but no flowers and fruits?
a. Bryophytes
b. Gymnosperms
c. Mosses
d. Pteridophytes
3. Most primitive vascular plants?
a. Mosses
b. Cycads
c. Kelps
d. Ferns
4. Plants that possess spores and embryo but lack vascular tissues and seeds?
a. Rhodophyta
b. Bryophyta
c. Pteridophyta
d. Phaeophyta
5. Which one is not an exception in angiosperms?
a. Double fertilization
b. Secondary growth
c. Presence of vessels
d. Autotrophic nutrition
6. Pteridophytes differ from mosses in
a. Independent gametophyte
b. Dependent gametophyte
c. Flagellate antherozoids
d. Independent and dominant sporophyte
7. Angiosperms are the dominant flora because of
a. Domestication by man
b. Power of adapting in diverse habitats
c. Self-pollination property
d. Property of producing a large number of seeds
8. Plants reproducing by spores are grouped under
a. Bryophytes
b. Sporophytes
c. Cryptogams
d. Thallophytes
9. Plants having vascular tissue without seeds
a. Angiosperm
b. Pteridophytes
c. Bryophytes
d. Gymnosperms
10. The plant group that posses the largest ovule, largest gametes, and largest tree
a. Angiosperms
b. Gymnosperms
c. Pteridophytes
d. Bryophytes
11. Zygotic meiosis is the characteristic of
a. Fucus
b. Funaria
c. Marchantia
d. Chlamydomonas
12. Pick the mismatched pair
a. Cycas – Dioecious
b. Equisetum – Homosporous
c. Salvinia – Heterosporous
d. Pinus – Dioecious
13. A colonial alga is
a. Volvox
b. Chlorella
c. Ulothrix
d. Spirogyra
14. Double fertilization is the characteristic of
a. Algae
b. Gymnosperms
c. Fungi
d. Angiosperms
15. Conifers can tolerate extreme environments because of
a. Presence of vessels
b. Thick cuticle
c. Superficial stomata
d. Broad hardy leaves
16. First plants to inhabit the land
a. Angiosperms
b. Bryophytes
c. Gymnosperms
d. Pteridophytes
17. Agar is commercially obtained from
a. Blue-green algae
b. Red algae
c. Brown algae
d. Green algae
18. Which one differs from Spirogyra based on its nucleus?
a. Azygospore
b. Zygospore
c. Akinete
d. Aplanospore
19. The cell wall of Spirogyra contains
a. Cellulose
b. Chitin
c. Lignin
d. Suberin
20. Which of the following completely lacks cell wall?
a. Blue-green algae
b. Saccharomyces
c. Sea-fan
d. Cyanobacteria
21. Prothallus gives rise to sporophyte without fertilization. This is known as
a. Apogamy
b. Parthenocarpy
c. Parthenogenesis
d. Apospory
22. Chromatophores participate in
a. Photosynthesis
b. Respiration
c. growth
d. Movement
23. Which one is responsible for the formation of peat?
a. Riccia
b. Sphagnum
c. Marchantia
d. Funaria
24. Isogamous condition with non-flagellated gametes is found in
a. Chlamydomonas
b. Volvox
c. Spirogyra
d. Fucus
25. The exine of pollen grain comprises
a. Pectin and cellulose
b. Lignocellulose
c. Pollenkit
d. Sporopollenin
26. Meiosis occurs in
a. Conidia
b. Meiocyte
c. Megaspore
d. Gemmule
27. An evolutionary important character of Selaginella is
a. Strobili
b. Rhizophore
c. Heterosporous nature
d. Ligule
28. Which is the common characteristic of multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?
a. Mode of nutrition
b. Diplontic life cycle
c. Multiplication by fragmentation
d. Members of Plant Kingdom
29. Vascular bundles are not found in
a. Gymnosperms
b. Pteridophytes
c. Angiosperms
d. Bryophytes
30. The transport of male gametes in bryophytes and pteridophytes occurs through
a. Wind
b. Water
c. Birds
d. Insects

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