Tag: botany

Questions Related to botany

Which one is not a pteridophyte?

  1. Selaginella

  2. Equisetum

  3. Salvinia

  4. Polytrichum


Correct Option: D

Mosses and ferns are

  1. Thallopohytes of plant kingdom

  2. Angiosperms of plant kingdom

  3. Gymnosperms of plant kingdom

  4. Amphibians of plant kingdom


Correct Option: D

In hepaticae/liverworts of bryophytes, the majority is

  1. Flattened thalloids

  2. Foliose

  3. Discoid

  4. Rosette


Correct Option: A

Read (i) to (v) and answer question which follows : (i) In liverworts, mosses and ferns, gametophytes are free living (ii) Gymnosperms and some ferns are heterosporous (iii) Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvox and Albugo is oogamous (iv) The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than in mosses (v) Both Pinus and Marchantia are dioecious. How many statement are correct?

  1. Four

  2. One

  3. Two

  4. Three


Correct Option: D

Match the columns and choose the correct combination.

     $I$       $II$
$(a)$ Algae $(p)$ Gymnosperms
$(b)$ Riccia $(q)$ Pond scum
$(c)$ Spirogyra $(r)$ Autotrophic
$(d)$ Gnetum $(s)$ Liverwort
  1. $a - r, b -s , c - q, d - p$

  2. $a - p, b - s, c - q, d - r$

  3. $a - s, b - p, c - r, d - q$

  4. $a - r, b - q, c - s, d - p$


Correct Option: A

Which is responsible for peat formation?

  1. Riccia

  2. Funaria

  3. Sphagnum

  4. Marchantia


Correct Option: C

Consider the following four statements and select the two wrong ones.
(a) Sporophyte of liverworts is more elaborate than that of mosses
(b) Salvinia is heterosporous
(c) Life cycle of all seed plants is diplobiontic
(d) In Pinus, male and female cones are borne on different trees

  1. $a$ and $c$

  2. $a$ and $d$

  3. $b$ and $c$

  4. $a$ and $b$


Correct Option: B

Which is true about mosses?

  1. Dominant and independent sporophyte

  2. Archegonia produce many eggs

  3. Antherozoids require water for fertilization

  4. Antherozoids are multiflagellate


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following is a fat-soluble vitamin and its related deficiency disease ?

  1. Calciferol Pellagra

  2. Ascorbic acid Scurvy

  3. Retinol Xerophthalmia

  4. Cobalamine Beri-beri


Correct Option: C

Peat moss is 

  1. Sphagnum

  2. Funaria

  3. Riccia

  4. Marchantia


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sphagnum is the scientific name of peat moss. It is a moss. It is also called as bog moss. It has high pH. Hence, it is used for plants growing in acidic condition, such as blueberries. It helps in moisture absorption from the soil.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.