Multiple Choice Questions

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Pneumatophores occur in

  • Halophytes

  • Free-floating hydrophytes

  • Submerged hydrophytes

  • Carnivorous plants


A.

Halophytes

  1. Halophytes like mangrooves have pneumatophores.
  2. Apogeotropic (–vely geotropic) roots having lenticels called pneumathodes to uptake O2.

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Plants having little or no secondary growth are

  • Grasses

  • Deciduous angiosperms

  • Cycads

  • Conifers


The difference between spermiogenesis and spermiation is

  • In spermiogenesis spermatids are formed, while in spermiation spermatozoa are formed.

  • In spermiogenesis spermatozoa are formed, while in spermiation spermatids are formed.

  • In spermiogenesis spermatozoa are formed, while in spermiation spermatozoa are released from sertoli cells into the cavity of seminiferous tubules.

  • In spermiogenesis spermatozoa from sertoli cells are released into the cavity of seminiferous tubules, while in spermiation spermatozoa are formed.


Which one is wrongly matched?

  • Uniflagellate gametes – Polysiphonia

  • Biflagellate zoospores – Brown algae

  • Unicellular organism – Chlorella

  • Gemma cups – Marchantia


After karyogamy followed by meiosis, spores are produced exogenously in

  • Neurospora

  • Alternaria

  • Saccharomyces

  • Agaricus


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Casparian strips occur in

  • Epidermis

  • Pericycle

  • Endodermis

  • Cortex


Select the wrong statement :

  • Cell wall is present in members of Fungi and Plantae

  • Mushrooms belong to Basidiomycetes

  • Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell in all kingdoms except Monera

  • Pseudopodia are locomotory and feeding structures in Sporozoans


Sweet potato is a modified

  • Stem

  • Adventitious root

  • Rhizome

  • Tap root


Stomata in grass leaf are

  • Dumb-bell shaped

  • Kidney Shaped

  • Barrel shaped

  • Rectangular


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Secondary xylem and phloem in dicot stem are produced by

  • Apical meristems

  • Vascular cambium

  • Axillary meristems

  • Phellogen