The earliest land plants lacked true roots. What may have enabled them the most to colonize land?
1. | Symbiotic associations with fungi |
2. | Prostrate thalloid body |
3. | Motile antherozoids capable of reaching the egg through water |
4. | Parasitic and saprophytic modes of nutrition |
Plants of this group are diploid and well adapted to extreme conditions. They grow bearing sporophylls in compact structures called cones. The group in reference is
1. | Monocots | 2. | Dicots |
3. | Pteridophytes | 4. | Gymnosperms |
The giant Redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) is a/an
1. | Angiosperm | 2. | Free fern |
3. | Pteridophyte | 4. | Gymnosperm |
Which of the following Greek root word means "naked" and hence gives name to plants like cycas and pines?
1. | angeion | 2. | sperm |
3. | gymnos | 4. | gynos |
The term ‘strobilus’ in a gymnosperm defines a:
1. | collection of megasporophylls |
2. | collection of microsporophylls |
3. | site of sporangial development |
4. | collection of megasporophylls, microsporophylls and/or a site of sporangial development |
Female sex organs of gymnosperms are called:
1. | Archegonia | 2. | Female strobili |
3. | Megasporangium | 4. | Megasporophyll |
Unlike bryophytes and pteridophytes, in gymnosperms:
1. | the male and female gametophytes do not have an independent existence |
2. | the vascular tissue is poorly developed |
3. | the reproduction is dependent on water in most cases |
4. | the plants bodies are clearly differentiated into root, stem and leaves |
Which of the following regarding Cycas is incorrect?
1. Pinnate leaves persist for a few years
2. Male and female cones are born on different plants
3. Coralloid roots are in association with cynobacteria
4. Homosporous gymnosperm
In gymnosperms, the ovules are:
1. | not enclosed by any ovary wall before and after fertilization |
2. | not enclosed by any ovary wall only before fertilization |
3. | not enclosed by any ovary wall only after fertilization |
4. | enclosed by an ovary wall before and after fertilization |
Coralloid roots in Cycas are associated with nitrogen fixing:
1. | Rhizobium | 2. | Frankia |
3. | Azospirillum | 4. | Cyanobacteria |