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Plant Biology and Classification

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Plant Biology and Classification deals with the taxonomy, evolution, and morphological features of the plant kingdom. This collection offers practice questions on plant groups, taxonomic hierarchies, and specific plant characteristics. The questions are tailored for students preparing for biology competitive exams.

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Plant Biology and Classification Questions

Multiple choice botany plant tissues introduction to tissue tissues - "the teams of workers" introduction to tissues

Complex tissues are not found in

  1. Few bryophytes

  2. Pteridophytes

  3. All gametophytes

  4. All spermatophytes

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Tissues which are made up of more than one type of cells and they work together as a unit are termed as complex tissues; it includes xylem and phloem. Bryophytes are a group of simple and primitive plants that show alteration of generation between two distinct phases namely a haploid gametophytic and a diploid sporophytic phase. The gametophyte is the haploid plant body which is either thalloid or a leafy shoot with stem-like and leaf-like structures and thread-like rhizoids. It lacks vascular tissues xylem and phloem. Zygote represents the first cell of the sporophytic phase which divides and develops into sporogonium. Sporogonium is differentiated into a foot, a seta and a capsule and serve to produce spores. Thus, all bryophytes lack complex tissues.
All gametophytes are the simple haploid stage that develops from spore and lacks vascular tissues, thus no complex tissues. Pteridophytes are the first vascular plants and possess vascular tissues xylem and phloem. The main plant body is sporophyte which is differentiated into true root, stem and leaves having a well differentiated vascular tissue.
The spermatophytes are the seed plants and include gymnosperms and angiosperms both of which have well developed vascular tissues (xylem and phloem).
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice botany plant tissues introduction to tissue tissues - "the teams of workers" introduction to tissues

Passage cells are found in

  1. Epidermis

  2. Endodermis

  3. Pericycle

  4. Lenticels

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In terrestrial plants, the endodermis is the central, innermost layer of cortex, made up of compact living cells surrounded by an outer ring of endodermal cells. It is the boundary between the cortex and the stele and contains the passage cells which allows some symplastic flow to the inside. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice botany modes of reproduction alternation of generation in angiosperms alternation of generation angiosperms

Comparable to angiosperms which of the following alga exhibits diplontic life cycle?

  1. Spirogyra

  2. Ectocarpus

  3. Fucus

  4. Polysiphonia

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  • Fucus (rockweed) is a type of brown alga and it displays the diploid life history. 
  • The zygote becomes the embryo and develops into the mature Fucus. 
  • The receptacles are reproductive branches and so contain many cavities with external pores. These pores contain antheridia (male) and oogonia (female)
  • The correct option is C.

Multiple choice botany modes of reproduction alternation of generation in angiosperms alternation of generation angiosperms

Haplo-diplontic life cycle is observed in how many of the following plants.
Pinus, Sphagnum, Polytrichum, Polysiphonia, Dryopteris, Riccia, Marchantis, Pteris, Selaginella, Ectocarpous, Volvox.

  1. $6$
  2. $7$
  3. $8$
  4. $9$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Haplo-Diplontic life cycle observed in 8 in following plants. This life cycle present only in Bryophytes and pteridophytes. So, sphagum, polytrichum, marchantis and riccia belongs to Bryophyta and selaginella, pteris, dryopteris and polysiphonia belongs to pteridophyta. That's why they consists Haplo-Diplontic life cylcle. 

Multiple choice biology plant kingdom alternation of generation in angiosperms alternation of generation angiosperms

Choose the correct statement:

  1. bryophytes can live in soil but are dependent on water for sexual reproduction

  2. sex organ in bryophytes are unicellular

  3. Main plant body in bryophytes are gametophytes , differentiated into true root , stem and leaves

  4. Common examples of liverworts is Polytrichum

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Bryophytes are known as amphibians of the plant kingdom because they require water for the movement of male gametes to the archegonia. Option B is wrong because sex organs in bryophytes are multicellular. Option C is wrong because the plant body is a thallus, not differentiated into true roots, stems, or leaves. Option D is wrong because Polytrichum is a moss, not a liverwort.

Multiple choice biology plant kingdom alternation of generation in angiosperms alternation of generation angiosperms

Consider the following four statements whether they are correct or wrong
(A)The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses
(B)Salvinia is heterosporous
(C)The Life-cycle in all seed-bearing plants is diplontic
(D) In Pinus male and female cones are borne on different trees
 The two wrong statements together are

  1. Statements (A) and (C)

  2. Statements(A) and (D)

  3. Statements(B) and (C)

  4. Statements (A) and (B)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Statement (A) is wrong because the sporophyte in mosses is more elaborate than in liverworts. Statement (D) is wrong because Pinus is monoecious, meaning male and female cones are borne on the same tree. Statements (B) and (C) are correct.

Multiple choice biology plant kingdom alternation of generation in angiosperms alternation of generation angiosperms

In moss,antheridia and archegonia occur at the tips of two different branches of the same plant.The condition is called

  1. Monoecious and autoecious

  2. Monoecious and paroicous

  3. Monoecious and synoicous

  4. Dioecious.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In mosses, when antheridia and archegonia are on different branches of the same plant, the condition is monoecious (since both sexes are on one plant) and specifically paroicous (if they are on the same branch) or autoecious (if on different branches). Given the options, 'monoecious and paroicous' is the standard classification for this specific arrangement.

Multiple choice biology plant kingdom alternation of generation in angiosperms alternation of generation angiosperms

Which one has the larges gametophyte?

  1. Cycas

  2. Angiosperm

  3. Selaginella

  4. Moss

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In bryophytes and pteridophytes and gymnosperms the male and female gametophytes to not have an independent free-living existence. They remain within the sporophyte. The gametophytes are quite large in Bryophytes as compared to other phyla like pteridophytes or angiosperms.

So, the correct option is 'Moss'

Multiple choice morphology of angiosperms introduction to angiosperms morphology of flowering plants plant kingdom biology

Family poaceae is member of series

  1. Nudiflorae

  2. Glumaceae

  3. Epigynae

  4. Microspermae

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

  1. Nudiflora is a fungus of genus Cercospora.
  2. Glumaceae is a term used by Bentham and Hooker that include grasses.
  3. Epigyne is an order of plant which has an epigynous ovary.
  4. Microspermae is an order of flowering plant refers to the size of a seed.
So the correct option is 'Glumaceae'

Multiple choice morphology of angiosperms introduction to angiosperms morphology of flowering plants plant kingdom biology

Which is not included in Poaceae family

  1. Paddy

  2. Wheat

  3. Grasses

  4. Mustard

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses. Poaceae includes the cereal grasses such as paddy, wheat, rice; bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and cultivated lawns and pasture.
  • The mustard plant is a plant species in the genera Brassica and Sinapis belonging to the family Brassicaceae.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Mustard'
Multiple choice morphology of angiosperms introduction to angiosperms morphology of flowering plants plant kingdom biology

Bamboos belong to family

  1. Liliaceae

  2. Poaceae

  3. Palmaceae

  4. Asteraceae

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Poaceae or Gramineae is a large family of monocotyledonous flowering plants which are collectively referred to as grasses. It includes bamboos, cereals, grasses of natural grassland etc. It is an economically important plant family, providing cereals such as maize, wheat etc. Bamboo which is used as a building material belongs to the family Poaceae.

So, the correct answer is 'Poaceae'.

Multiple choice morphology of angiosperms introduction to angiosperms morphology of flowering plants plant kingdom biology

Poaceae was formerly called

  1. Compositae

  2. Cruciferae

  3. Papilionaceae

  4. Gramineae

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Poaceae, formerly called as Gramineae because it includes grasses. It is a large family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. Poaceae includes cereals, bamboos and grasses of natural grassland. It is an economically important family of plants, providing staple foods from domesticated cereal crops such as maize, wheat, barley etc. 

So, the correct answer is 'Gramineae'.

Multiple choice morphology of angiosperms introduction to angiosperms morphology of flowering plants plant kingdom biology

Approximately one hundred diseases and pests are reported on

  1. Wheat

  2. Gram

  3. Ground nut

  4. Rice

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Wheat is a common crop that is facing many pests and diseases problem. Such as Barley Yellow Dwarf, Black Chaff, Crown and Root Rot, Fusarium Head Blight (Scab), Leaf Rust., Tan Spot, Wheat Soil-borne Mosaic, and Wheat Streak Mosaic. But gram, groundnut, and rice are also having pests and diseases but not in large numbers in comparison to wheat.

Thus the correct option is A.