Questions
Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
In gymnosperms, seeds are produced in
- pairs
- multiples of three
- aggregates
- cones
- singles
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
In which of the following plants are the largest sperms found?
- Cycas circinalis
- Sequoia
- Pinus
- Cedrus
- Wollemia
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
The wood of pinus lacks
- tracheids
- vessels
- metaxylem
- protoxylem
- phloem
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
A stamen in gymnosperm is equivalent to
- megasporophyll
- male cone
- microsporophyll
- sporophyll
- female cone
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Wood in pinus is mainly composed of
- vessel
- tracheid
- fibre
- sclereid
- phloem
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following gymnosperms has male motile gametes?
- Cycas
- Pinus
- Ginkgo
- Sequoia
- Bowenia
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Cycas revoluta is also known as
- date palm
- sea palm
- sagopalm
- royal palm
- none of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Gymnosperms differ from angiosperms in having
- seeds
- ovules
- fruits
- naked ovules
- roots
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Transfusion tissue serves the function of veins in
- cycas
- pinus
- cedrus
- cycads
- gnetum
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
In cycas, wood is known as
- pycnoxylic
- cycads
- monoxylic
- polyxylic
- willow
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Resin and turpentine oil are obtained from
- cycas
- selaginella
- lycopodium
- pinus
- austrotaxus
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
The endosperm of gymnosperm is
- tetraploid
- triploid
- diploid
- haploid
- none of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
The embryo of cycas is
- polycotyledonous
- triploid
- haploid
- dicotyledonous
- tetraploid
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Abundant parenchyma is found in the wood of
- cycas
- pinus
- pisum
- cedrus
- amentotaxus
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following, among the gymnosperms, is a living fossil?
- Cycas
- Pinus
- Selaginella
- Equisetum
- Agathis