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Kingdom Plantae ❖ EXERCISE 1. Give the general characters of Algae with two examples. 2. Enlist the general characters of Pteridophyta with two examples. 3. Give the salient features of Bryophyta with two examples. 4. Enlist the general characters of Angiosperms with two examples. 5. Name various groups of vascular plants. Give one characteristic feature of each group. 6. Differentiate between Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 7. Write a note on Botanical Gardens. 8. Give a brief account of Herbaria. 9. Give an outline of classification of Kingdom Plantae with one example each. 10. Distinguish between Dicotyledonae and Monocotyledonae. 11. Distinguish between Bryophytes and pteridophytes. 12. Give the importance of botanical gardens. 13. Give the importance of herbaria. 14. What are Cryptogams ? 15. Give the salient features of gryptogame. 16. Name the accessory pigments of Algae. 17. Give any two examples of Bryophyta. 18. Who first used the term “Gymnosperms’? 19. What is meant by heterosporous plants? 20. What do you mean by indirect pollination ? 21. Define the term ‘Siphonogamy’. 22. To which group does Ginkgo belong ? 23. Which are the most essential biotic components of the ecosystem? 24. Why are plants called as most essential biotic components of ecosystem? 25. What are the general characteristics of kingdom plantae? 26. Which are the two sub - kingdoms of kingdom plantae? 27. Both gymnosperms and angiosperms bear seeds. But, then why are they classified separately? 28. Distinguish between Cryptogams and Phanerogams. 29. What are phanerogams? State their divisions. 30. Differentiate between red algae and brown algae. 31. Which type of reserved food material is present in algae? 32. Explain in detail the classification of Bryophytes.
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33. Differentiate between the liverworts and moss. 34. What are the structures responsible for vegetative reproduction in Bryophyta? 35. Why Bryophytes are known as “Amphibians of the plant kingdom”? 36. Distinguish between the following. Thallophyta and Bryophyta 37. Which era is regarded as the era or age of pteridophytes? 38. Which plants are vascular cryptogams? 39. Which phase is dominant in the life cycles of Bryophyta and Pteridophyta? 40. Explain the terms apogamy and apospory. 41. Explain briefly the following terms with suitable example. i. Protonema
ii. Antheridium
ii. Archegonium
iv. Sporophyll
42. Write the most important character of gymnosperm. 43. Describe the important characteristics of gymnosperm. 44. Name the tallest and smallest living gymnosperm plant in the world. 45. How pollination takes place in Gymnosperms? 46. Distinguish between Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. 47. Write a distinguishing character of angiosperm. 48. Name the smallest and tallest angiosperm. 49. Which are essential whorls of a flower. 50. What is double fertilization. 51. Write a note on a class dicotyledonae. 52. Write a note on the class monocotyledonae. 53. What is the meaning of botanical garden? List some botanical gardens of India. 54. Enlist important herbaria of India. 55. Which are the processes involve in a herbarium techniques? 56. Write a short note on taxonomic key. 57. Which are the taxonomic aids used in taxonomic studies? 58. Which are the two phases of plant life cycle? 59. Explain the phenomenon of alternation of generation. 60. Which two plant groups show distinct alternation of generation? ❖ MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION 1. Unicellular, non-motile alga is (A) Riccia
(B) Chlorella
(C) Funaria
(D) Chlamydomonas
(C) Pectin
(D) Phycoerythrin
2. Outer cell wall in alga consists of (A) Cellulose
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INFOMATICA ACADEMY 3. Algae are mostly (A) aquatic
(B) parasitic
(C) terrestrial
(D) saprophytic
4. Bryophytes show leaf like structure in (A) Spirogyra
(B) Riccia
(C) horn worts
(D) mosses.
5. Bryophytes reproduce by vegetative mean through (A) tubers and gemmae
(C) formation of gametes.
(B) spore formation
(D) fragmentation.
6. Which of the following are the amphibians of the plant kingdom? (A) Pteridophytes (B) Bryophytes
(C) Gymnosperms (D) Angiosperms
7. Riccia is also called (A) Liverwort
(B) Homworts
(C) Mosses
(D) pteridophytes
8. Bryophytes differ from Pteridophytes in being (A) vascular
(B) seeded
(C) non-vascular (D) sporophytic
9. Presence of rhizoids in place of the roots is a characteristic feature of (A) Gymnosperms (B) Bryophyta
(C) Pteridophyta
(D) Angiosperms
(C) sporophyll
(D) blades
(C) Pteris
(D) Lycopodium.
10. The fern leaves are known as (A) lamina
(B) fronds
11. Aquatic pteridophyte is (A) Azolla
(B) Equisetum
12. Which is the dominant phase of pteridophyte ? (A) capsule
(B) gametophyte
(C) sporophyte
(D) embryo
(C) Stomium
(D) Archegonium
13. In ferns, spores are produced in (A) Oogonium
(B) Sporangium.
14. The first vascular plants are (A) algae
(B) bryophytes
(C) pteridophytes (D) angiosperms
15. Pteridophyta include about _________ genera. (A) 100
(B) 170
(C) 210
(D) 400
16. Both homosporous and heterosporous plants are found in _________ group. (A) algae
(B) bryophytes
(C) pteridophytes (D) gymnosperm
17. The xylem of Pteridophytes contains __________ only. (A) vessels
(C) xylem parenchyma
(B) tracheids
(D) xylem sclerenchyma
18. Gymnosperms and angiosperms are similar in having (A) triploid endosperm
(C) fruits
(B) naked seeds
(D) haploid pollen
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19. The smallest gymnosperm among the following is (A) Wolffia
(C) Sequoia sempervirens
(B) Zamia pygmaea
(D) Taxodium mucronatum
20. Gymnosperms are characterized by the absence of (A) tracheids in xylem
(C) heterosporous condition
(B) sieve cells in phloem
(D) fruit formation
21. Endophytic fungi or mycorrhizae are found in the roots of (A) Cycas
(B) Pinus
(C) Equisetum
(D) Hibiscus
22. In gymnosperm, vegetative reproduction takes place by (A) tuber
(B) runner
(C) leaf
(D) bulbils
23. Ginko biloba are called (A) tallest plant
(B) smallest plant (C) living fossils
(D) fossils.
24. Pinus produces (A) no seeds
(C) no vascular tissue
(B) flowers
(D) naked seeds in cone.
25. Fruits in angiosperms develop from (A) ovary
(B) ovule
(C) archegonium (D) strobili
26. In monocotyledons, the leaves (A) arise at the tip of stem only
(C) sheath the stem
(B) do not sheath the stem
(D) shed off.
27. The dicotyledonous leaf show the following venation (A) parallel
(C) pinnate parallel
(B) palmate
(D) reticulate
28. Double fertilization is a rule in (A) pteridophytes
(C) bryophytes
(B) gymnosperms
(D) angiosperms
29. The transfer of pollen grains from anther to stigma is called (A) fertilization
(C) fragmentation
(B) pollination
(D) sporulation
30. A characteristic of angiospenns is (A) presence of xylem and phloem
(C) presence of photosynthetic leaves
(B) presence of tap roots
(D) presence of triploid endosperm
31. The type of pollination in angiosperm is (A) self pollination only
(C) indirect pollination
(B) cross pollination only
(D) direct pollination
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INFOMATICA ACADEMY 32. Monocots generally do not exhibit (A) secondary growth
(C) endosperm formation
(B) double fertilization
(D) pollination
33. Parallel venation is a characteristic feature of (A) Monocotyledons
(C) Pteridophytes
(B) Dicotyledons
(D) Bryophytes
34. Secondary growth is absent in (A) monocotyledons
(C) all angiosperms
(B) dicotyledons
(D) gymnosperms
35. The Lloyd botanical garden is located at (A) Darjeeling
(B) Shillong
(C) Pune
(D) Nainital
36. The National Botanical Garden is located at (A) Delhi
(B) Lucknow
(C) Mysore
(D) Darjeeling
37. The Central National Herbarium is located at (A) Chennai
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Delhi
(D) Kolkata
38. Herbarium is (A) a garden where herbs are cultivated (B) a type of nursery (C) a collection of well dried and nicely preserved plants (D) a collection of well dried and nicely preserved plants which are correctly identified and arranged according to approved system of classification 39. The southern circle herbarium is located at (A) Chennai
(B) Coimbatore
(C) Madurai
(D) Mumbai
40. Distinct alternation of generation is observed in Bryophytes and _________. (A) Algae
(B) Pteridophytes (C) Fungi
(D) Protists
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2. (C)
3. (A)
4. (D)
5. (A)
6. (B)
7. (A)
8. (C)
9 (B)
10. (B)
11. (A)
12. (C)
13. (B)
14. (C)
15. (D)
16. (C)
17. (B)
18. (D)
19. (B)
20. (D)
21. (B)
22. (D)
23. (C)
24. (D)
25. (A)
26. (C)
27. (D)
28. (D)
29. (B)
30. (D)
31. (C)
32. (A)
33. (A)
34. (A)
35. (A)
36. (B)
37. (D)
38. (C)
39. (B)
40. (B)
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