Multiple Choice Questions

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Terpentine is obtained from :

  • flowers of angiosperm

  • wood of gymnosperms

  • pteridophytes

  • bacteria


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wood of gymnosperms

Terpentines are oleoresin which obtained by the conifers (gymnosperm). The main source of tertpentine is Pinus australis, Pinus ponderosa and Pinus canbibeae.


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Pinus seed is originated in :

  • capsule

  • microsporophyll

  • microsporangia

  • megasporophyll


The plant body of moss (Funaria) is

  • completely sporophyte

  • predominantly sporophyte with gametophyte

  • completely gametophyte

  • predominantly gametophyte with sporophyte


Hydrophytes are characterised by :

  • thick and large leaf

  • delicate and mucilagenous stem

  • short spinous stem

  • all of the above


Gymnosperms are called naked seed plants because these lack :

  • cotyledon

  • endosperm

  • ovary wall

  • testa


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The circinate vemation is the characteristic feature of ferns. It refers to :

  • coiling of young leaves

  • arrangement of leaves on stem

  • attachment of sori on leaves

  • heterophilly


The endosperm of Pinus is :

  • haploid

  • diploid

  • triploid

  • polyploid


Algae are useful because they

  • are large in number

  • are used in alcoholic fermentation

  • purify the atmosphere

  • are used in curdling of milk.


Which of the following groups of algae belongs to class Rhodophyceae?

  • Laminaria, Fucus, Porphyra, Volvox

  • Gelidium, Porphyra, Dictyota, Fucus

  • Gracilaria, Gelidium, Porphyra, Polysiphonia

  • Volvox, Spirogyra, Ulothrix, Sargassum

  • Volvox, Spirogyra, Ulothrix, Sargassum


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Which of the following plant yields oil and fibre both ?

  • Cocos nucifera

  • Eucalyptus

  • Brassica campestris

  • Euphorbia hirta


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