1. Bryophytes consist of plants that are…?
a. Vascular
b. Non-vascular
c. Flowering
d. Non-flowering
Answer: b. Non-vascular
2. Which of the following are known as the amphibians of the plant world?
a. Psilopsida
b. Filicineae
c. Bryophyta
d. Tracheophyta
Answer: c. Bryophyta
3. Which of the following are the properties of Bryophyta?
a. Gametophyte dominant
b. Sporophyte attached to gametophyte
c. Homosporous
d. All of these
Answer: d. All of these
4. How many phyla are there in the kingdom Plantae?
a. 8
b. 14
c. 31
d. 20
Answer: b. 14
5. Which of the following Sporophyte is present in Psilopsida?
a. Rooted
b. Rootless
c. Non-vascular
d. Non-vasculated
Answer: b. Rootless
6. Which of the following is the first cell of female gametophytic generation in angiosperms?
a. Megaspore mother cell
b. Functional megaspore
c. Microspore mother cell
d. Egg cell
Answer: b. Functional megaspore
7. Which of the following group of plants were the first to develop into an independent sporophytic generation?
a. Angiosperms
b. Gymnosperms
c. Bryophytes
d. Pteridophytes
Answer: d. Pteridophytes
Recommended: Plant Kingdom Practice Test
8. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of bryophytes??
a. Dominant gametophytic generation
b. Filamentous rhizoids
c. Amphibious habitat
d. Vascular tissue
Answer: d. Vascular tissue
9. The oldest demonstrably vascular plant is…?
a. Dryopteris
b. Cooksonia
c. Tmesipteris
d. Psilotum
Answer: b. Cooksonia
10. All of the following are heterosporous EXCEPT:
a. Selaginella
b. Cycas
c. Brassica
d. Adiantum
Answer: d. Adiantum
11. Which of the following do not show the characteristics of heterospory and heterophily?
a. Psilotum, Lycopodium, Pteris and Adiantum
b. Selaginella, Salvinia, Lycopodium and Pteris
c. Salvinia, Lycopodium, Selaginella, Psilotum
d. Salvinia, Selaginella, Azolla and Lycopodium
Answer: a. Psilotum, Lycopodium, Pteris and Adiantum
12. Which of the following plant group requires both land and water to complete its life cycle?
a. Bryophyta
b. Tracheophyta
c. Pteridophyta
d. Thallophyta
Answer: a. Bryophyta
13. A plant having seed but lacking flowers and fruit belong to…?
a. Bryophytes
b. Gymnosperms
c. Mosses
d. Pteridophytes
Answer: b. Gymnosperms
14. Choose the correct example of the most primitive vascular plants?
a. Cycas
b. Ferns
c. Moss
d. Brown algae
Answer: b. Ferns
15. Which of the following plants produces spores and embryos but they do not have a vascular tissue system?
a. Bryophyta
b. Phaeophyta
c. Pteridophyta
d. Rhodophyta
Answer: a. Bryophyta
16. How do gymnosperms differ from Pteridophytes?
a. Presence of tracheids
b. Presence of embryo
c. Presence of ovule
d. Companion cell
Answer: c. Presence of ovule
17. Angiosperms have dominated the land flora primarily because of…?
a. Domestication by man
b. Self-pollination property
c. Power of adapting in diverse habitats
d. Property of producing a large number of seeds
Answer: c. Power of adapting in diverse habitats
18. Plants reproducing by spores such as mosses and ferns belong to…?
a. Bryophytes
b. Sporophytes
c. Thallophytes
d. Cryptogams
Answer: d. Cryptogams
19. Plants having vascular tissues but lacking seeds belongs to…?
a. Bryophytes
b. Sporophytes
c. Thallophytes
d. Pteridophytes
Answer: d. Pteridophytes
20. Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of…?
a. Prokaryotes
b. Spermatophyta
c. Thallophytes
d. Pteridophytes
Answer: c. Thallophytes
21. Choose the incorrectly matched pair from the following:
a. Cycas ↔ Dioecious
b. Equisetum ↔ Homosporous
c. Salvinia ↔ Heterosporous
d. Pinus ↔ Dioecious
Answer: d. Pinus ↔ Dioecious
22. Choose the correct example of colonial alga:
a. Chlorella
b. Ulothrix
c. Spirogyra
d. Volvox
Answer: d. Volvox
23. Double fertilization or Triple fusion is a characteristic of…?
a. Algae
b. Gymnosperms
c. Angiosperms
d. Fungi
Answer: c. Angiosperms
24. Conifers are adapted to tolerate extreme environmental conditions because of…?
a. Thick cuticle
b. Presence of vessels
c. Superficial stomata
d. Broad hardy leaves
Answer: a. Thick cuticle
25. Agar is commercially obtained from…?
a. Red algae
b. Blue-green algae
c. Brown algae
d. Green algae
Answer: a. Red algae
26. Which of the following differs from Spirogyra based on its nucleus?
a. Azygospore
b. Zygospore
c. Akinete
d. Aplanospore
Answer: b. Zygospore
27. The cell wall of Spirogyra is made up of…?
a. Chitin
b. Cellulose
c. Lignin
d. Suberin
Answer: b. Cellulose
28. Which one of the following organisms completely lacks a cell wall??
a. Blue-green algae
b. Saccharomyces
c. Sea-fan (Gorgonia)
d. Cyanobacteria
Answer: c. Sea-fan (Gorgonia)
29. Prothallus gives rise to fern plants without fertilization; this phenomenon is known as…?
a. Parthenocarpy
b. Parthenogenesis
c. Apospory
d. Apogamy
Answer: d. Apogamy
30. Chromatophores play an essential role in the process of…?
a. Respiration
b. Gaseous exchange
c. Growth
d. Photosynthesis
Answer: d. Photosynthesis
31. Which bryophyte is responsible for the formation of peat?
a. Riccia
b. Funaria
c. Marchantia
d. Sphagnum
Answer: d. Sphagnum
32. Isogamous condition with non-flagellated gametes is found in…?
a. Chlamydomonas
b. Volvox
c. Spirogyra
d. Fucus
Answer: c. Spirogyra
33. The exine of the mature pollen grain is composed of…?
a. Lipids
b. Cellulose
c. Sporopollenin
d. Pollenkit
Answer: c. Sporopollenin
34. Which of the following is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?
a. Mode of nutrition
b. Multiplication by fragmentation
c. Diplontic life cycle
d. Members of Plant Kingdom
Answer: b. Multiplication by fragmentation
35. The transport of male gametes in bryophytes and pteridophytes takes place through…?
a. Birds
b. Water
c. Insects
d. Wind
Answer: b. Water