GK Questions with Answer in English about Plant Kingdom

                 GK Questions with Answer in English

 about    PLANT KINGDOM 

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1. Phylogenetic system of classification is based on

ANS- Evolutionary relationships

2. Phenetic classification of Organisms is based on

ANS-Observable characteristics of existing organisms

3.A system of classification, in which a large number of traits are considered, is

ANS-Natural system

4.Phylogenetic classification is one which is based on

ANS- Common evolutionary descent.

5. System of classification used by Linnaeus was

ANS-Artificial system

6. Artificial system of classification was first used by

Ans- Linnaeus

7. Classification given by Bentham and Hooker is

ANS- Natural

8. Floridian starch has structure similar to

ANS-Amylopectin and Glycogen

9. Which of the following pairs is of unicellular algae?

ANS-Chlorella and Spirulina

10. An example of colonial alga is

ANS-Volvox

11. Male gametes are flagellated in

ANS-Ectocarpus

12. A genus of freshwater green algae 

ANS-Chara

13. Which is shows isogamy with non-flagellated gametes.

ANS-Spirogyra

14. Isogamous condition with non-flagellated gametes is land in

ANS-Spirogyra

15. Upper oogonium and lower antheridium on the same plant antheridiophore and archegoniophore on the same plant 

ANS-Monoecious plant of Chara

16. Algae have cells made up of

ANS- Cellulose, Galactans and mannans

17. Mannitol is the stored food in

ANS- Fucus

18. Sexual reproduction in Spirogyra is an advanced feature because it shows

ANS- Physiologically differentiated sex urgans

19. A Child observed an algae with chlorophyll a. b and phycoerythrin, it should belong to

ANS-Rhodophyta

20. Ulothes can be described as a

ANS-filamentous alga with flagellated reproductive stage

21. An alga, very rich in protein, is

ANS-Chlorella

22. Ulothrix filaments produce

ANS-Isogametes

23. Brown algac is characterised by the presence of

ANS-Fucoxanthin

24. The pyrenoids are made up of

ANS- Proteinaceous centre and starchy sheath

25. In Chlorophyceae, the mode of sexual reproduction is

ANS-Isogamy, anisogamy, zoogamy

26. Pyrenoids are the centres for formation of

ANS-Starch

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27. Chloroplast of Chlamydomonas is

ANS- Cup-shaped

28. The common mode of sexual reproduction in Chlamydomonas is

ANS-Isogamous

29. The product of conjugation in Spirogyra or fertilization of Chlamydomonas is

ANS- Zygospore

30. Sexual reproduction involving fusion of two cells in Chlamydomonas is

ANS- Hologamy

31. Which is responsible for peat formation?

ANS- Sphagnum

32. Which is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?

ANS- Multiplication by fragmentation

33. Spore dissemination in some liverworts is aided by

ANS-Elaters

34. Peat moss is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places because

ANS- Hygroscopic

35 . In a moss, the sporophyte

ANS- Is partially parasitic on the gametophyte

36. The antherozouds of Funaria are

ANS-Biciliated

37.Small sporophyte phase and generally parasitic on gametophyte

  ANS- Bryophytes

38. Bryophytes are dependent on water, because

ANS-The sperms can easily reach upto egg in the archegonium

39. Bryophytes can be separated from algae, because they

ANS-Possess archegonia

40. Elater mechanism for spore dispersal is exhibited by

ANS- Marchantia

41. The plant body of moss (Funaria) is

ANS- Predominantly gametophyte with sporophyte

42. Sporophytes are dependent upon gameto-phytes

ANS-Bryophytes

43. Protonema occurs in the life cycle of

ANS- Funaria

44. Bryophytes are amphibians because

ANS-They require a layer of water for carrying out sexual reproduction

45. Moss peristome takes part in

ANS- Spore dispersal

46. Apophysis in the capsule of Funaria is

ANS- Lower part

47. Strobili cones are found in

ANS- Equisetum

48. In bryophytes and pteridophytes, transport of male gametes requires

ANS-Water

49. Syngamy can occur outside the body of the organism

ANS-Algae

50. The plant body is thalloid in

ANS-Marchantia

51. Compared with the gametophytes of the bryophytes, the gametophytes of vascular plants tend to be

ANS-Smaller and to have smaller sex organs

52. Archegoniophore is present in

ANS- Marchantia

53. Selaginella and Salvinia are comidered to represent a sigruficant step toward evolution of seed habit because

ANS- Embryo develops in female gametophyte which is retained on parzot sporophyte 

54. Which is considered important in the development of seed heist?

ANS-Heterospory

55.Salvmia is a 

ANS-Heterosporous

56. In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam, the antherozoids and eggs mature at different times. As a result

ANS- Self fertiliration is prevented.

57. Plants reproducing by spores such as mosses and ferns are grouped under the general term

ANS-Cryptogama

58. In ferns, mesosis takes place at the time of

ANS-Spore formation

59. Dichotomous branching is found in

ANS- Liverworts

60. The walking fern is so named because

ANS- It propagates vegetatively by its leaf tips 

61. Which plant kingdom is called amphibians?

ANS- Bryophyta

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62. Pteridophytes differ thallophytes in having from bryophytes and

ANS-Vascular tissues

63. Pridophytes difer from mosses beyophytes in possessing

ANS- Well developed vascular system

64. Which is not coition(sexual intercourse) between Famaria and Selaginella!

ANS- Roots

65. The plant group that produces spores and embryo but lacks vascular tissues and seeds is

ANS- Bryophyta

66. Sperms of both Fumaria arid Pteris were released together near the archegonia of Pteris. Only its sperms enter the archegonia as

ANS- Pteris archegonia release chemical to attract its sperms

67. Evolutionary important character of Selaginella is

ANS-Heterosporous nature

68. Ovules are not enclosed by ovary wall in gymnosperт

ANS- Statements is correct

69. Conifers are adapted to tolerate environmental conditions because of extreme

ANS-Thick cuticle

70. What is common in all the three, Funaria, Dryopteris and Ginkgo

ANS-Presence of archegonia

71.Cysts and Adiantum resemble each other in having

ANS-Vessel

72............................ is a vascular cryptogam?

ANS-Equisetum

73.  Male and female gametophytes do not have free living independent existence!

ANS- Codrus

74. In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents fall a cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination

ANS-The microsporangium in which pollen grains develop

75. Flagellated male gametes are present in all the three  sets

ANS- Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas

76. A pairs of plants are not seed producers

ANS-Fern and Fumaria

77. Which  is a living fossil

ANS- Cycas

78. Example of  categorised under Irving fossils

ANS-Cyras

79. Cynas has two cotyledons but not included in angiosperms because of

ANS-Naked ovules

80. In which place the plants having vascular tissue lacking seeds

ANS- Pteridophytes

81. The endosperm of gymnosperm is

ANS- Bryophytes

82. Multicellular branched rhizoids and leafy gametophytes are the characteristics of

Ans- Some bryophytes

83. The smallest plant family Gymnosperm has 

ANS-930

84. In Pinus, the wings of the seed develops from

ANS-Ovuliferous scale

85. Which one is the most advanced from evolutionary view point

ANS- Pinus

86. Resin and turpentine are obtained from

ANS- Pinus

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87. In Pinus, the pollen grain has 6 chromosomes then in its endosperm will have

ANS-Cedrus

88. A plant having seeds but lacking flowers and fruits belongs to

ANS-Gymnosperms

89.A plant in which sporophytic generation is represented by zygote is

ANS- Chlamydomimas

90. In Pinus/gymnosperms, the haploid structure are

ANS- Megaspore, pollen grain and endosperm

91. In Pinus/Cycar/gymnosperms, the endosperm is

ANS- Haploid

92. Male and female gametophytes are independent and free living in a mustard

ANS-Sphagnum

93. Name the pairs which is a important features distinguishing Gnetum from Cycas and Pinus and showing affituties with angiosperms

ANS-Presence of vessel elements and absence of archegonia

94. Conifers differ from grasses in the

ANS-Formation of endosperm before fertilization

95. Ectophloic siphonostele is found in

ANS-Osmunda and Equisetum

96. Top-shaped multiciliate male gametes and the mature seed which bears only one embryo with two

cotyledons

ANS-Cycads

97. Angiosperms have dominated the land flora primarily because of their

ANS- Power of adaptability in diverse habitat

98. Name the pair which will correctly represent the grouping spermatophyta according to one of the schemes of classifying plants

ANS-Ginkgo, Pisum 

99. Name the term without exception in angiosperms

 ANS-Double fertilisation

100. Which  plants produces seeds but not flowers

ANS- Pinus, cycads, ginkgo

101. Plant group with largest ovule, largest tree and largest gametes is

ANS-Gymnosperm

102. Largest sperms in the plants world are found in

ANS- Cycas

103. A well developed archegonium with neck consisting of 4-6 rows and neck canal cells, characterises

ANS-Bryophytes and pteridophytes.

104. Pinus differs from mango in having

ANS-Ovules not enclosed in ovary

105. Turpentine is got from

ANS-Gymnosperms wood

106.The largest gametophyte is 

ANS- Moss

107. Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of

ANS- Chlamydomonas

108. Life cycles of Ectocarpus and Fucus respectively are

ANS-Haplodiplontic, Diplontic

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