MCQs on Classification of Plants
Q. Plant diversification is a result of
(a) seed dispersal
(b) suddenly appeared
(c) abrupt mutations
(d) a long period of evolutionary changes
Answer: : (d)
Q. Domination of angiosperms on land due to
(a) domestication
(b) self-pollination
(c) a large number of seeds
(d) adaptability in diverse habitats
Answer: : (d)
Q. A quality of angiosperms without any exception is
(a) autotrophic nutrition
(b) secondary growth
(c) double fertilization
(d) presence of vessels
Answer: : (c)
Q. Which of the following is a characteristic of bryophytes?
(a) They possess chloroplasts
(b) They have archegonia
(c) The plant body is thalloid
(d) All of the above
Answer: : (d)
Q. Which of the following characteristics differentiates bryophytes from algae?
(a) They lack vascular tissue
(b) The plant body is thalloid
(c) They have chloroplasts
(d) They possess archegonia
Answer: : (d)
Q. Which of the following differentiates pteridophytes from bryophytes and thallophytes?
(a) Alternation of generation
(b) Archegonia
(c) Motile antherozoids
(d) Vascular tissues
Answer: : (d)
Q. Which of the following plants is an example of a cryptogam with vascular tissues?
(a) Equisetum
(b) Cedrus
(c) Marchantia
(d) Ginkgo
Answer: : (a)
Q. Which of the following plants does not have independent and free-living male and female gametophytes?
(a) Funaria
(b) Pteris
(c) Cedrus
(d) Polytrichum
Answer: : (c)
Q. Algae are further classified into different classes based on which of the following characteristics?
(a) Types of pigments
(b) Composition of cell wall
(c) Thallus organization
(d) Food reserve
Answer: : (a)
Q. Which of the following differentiates conifers from grasses?
(a) Absence of pollen tubes
(b) Lack of xylem tracheids
(c) Seeds are produced from ovules
(d) endosperm formation without fertilization
Answer: : (d)
