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Questions Related to biology

Coenobium occurs in

  1. Spirogyra

  2. Ulothrix

  3. Volvox

  4. Chlorella


Correct Option: C

After liberation of daughter colonies, the parent colony of Volvox

  1. Undergoes sexual reproduction

  2. Forms a new set of daughter colonies

  3. Undergoes fission

  4. Disintegrates


Correct Option: D

A daughter colony is formed in Volvox by

  1. Fission

  2. Gonidium

  3. Budding

  4. All the above


Correct Option: B

Calcium deposition and larvicidal properties are found in

  1. Diatoms

  2. Oscillatoria

  3. Chara

  4. Caulerpa


Correct Option: C

Which one grows over molluscan shell

  1. Characium

  2. Spirogyra

  3. Cladophora

  4. Protoderma


Correct Option: C

Sea Lettuce is

  1. Laminaria

  2. Chlorella

  3. Sargassum

  4. Ulva


Correct Option: D

Alga forming a motile colony is

  1. Nostoc

  2. Spirogyra

  3. Volvox

  4. Chlamydomonas


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Chlamydomonas - Unicellular flagellate

  2. Volvox - Colonial, non-flagellate

  3. Laminaria - Flattened leaf like thallus

  4. Chlorella - Unicellular, non-flagellate

  5. Spirogyra - Filamentous structure


Correct Option: B

Non flowering plants belong to 

  1. Monocots

  2. Dicots

  3. Cryptogams

  4. Phanerogams


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Non flowering plants are those plants which cannot produce flowers. They reproduce mainly through spores. Examples of non flowering plants include ferns, mosses and liverworts. They belong to cryptogams. Cryptogams are non flowering and seedless, spore-bearing plants. 

Thus, the correct answer is option C.

A nonflowering plant of submerged stage is 

  1. Vallisneria

  2. Ceratophyllum

  3. Chara

  4. Hydrilla


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Chara is a streptophytic algae that grows underwater. It does not produce flowers and remains in a submerged stage.

So the correct option is C.