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Multiple choice botany classification of plants common diseases in humans epidemics transmission of diseases

Identify the scientists who worked extensively on chlorophyllous and non chlorophyllous thallophytes respectively :
(a) Iyengar
(b) Swaminathan
(c) Mehta
(d) Maheshwari

  1. a, d

  2. b, c

  3. c, d

  4. a, c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Iyengar and mehta are scientists who worked extensively on chlorophyllous and non chlorophyllous thallophytes.

So the correct option is D.

Multiple choice biology classification of plants phanerogams gymnosperms angiosperms

Mature gymnosperms lack

  1. Seeds

  2. Leaves

  3. Flowers

  4. Vascular tissue

  5. Woody growth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Gymnosperms are seed-bearing plants but lack the specialized features  of flowering plants. The gymnosperms do not bear flowers hence the seeds are naked i.e these are not enclosed within fruits.

Multiple choice biology classification of plants phanerogams gymnosperms angiosperms

Which of the following pairs produces spores and seeds respectively?

  1. Monocot and dicot

  2. Algae and fungi

  3. Mosses and ferns

  4. Ferns and gymnosperms

  5. Gymnosperms and angiosperms
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Ferns reproduce via spores, while gymnosperms are seed-bearing plants that do not produce flowers.

Multiple choice biology classification of plants phanerogams gymnosperms angiosperms

Which of the following is not a characteristic of gymnosperms?

  1. Seed plants

  2. Predominantly diploid

  3. to flower

  4. Conifers

  5. Naked seed plants
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Gymnosperms are 'naked seed' plants and do not produce flowers; flowers are a defining characteristic of angiosperms.

Multiple choice biology classification of plants phanerogams gymnosperms angiosperms

Which group of plants bear flowers?

  1. Pteridophytes

  2. Angiosperms

  3. Gymnosperms

  4. Bryophytes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Angiosperms or flowering plants include all those plants in which seeds are enclosed in the fruits. An ovule is well developed in angiosperms. Thus option B is the correct answer.

Multiple choice biology classification of plants phanerogams gymnosperms angiosperms

Vessels are found in

  1. All pteridophyta

  2. All angiosperms

  3. Some gymnosperms

  4. Both (B) and (C)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Vessels are present in most of the angiosperms and also in certain lower plants like Gnetum, Marsilea and Selaginella. Tracheids are found in pteridophytes, most of the gymnosperms and a few angiosperms.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.