Read the following statements about green algae:
(i) Vegetative reproduction usually takes place by fragmentation in unicellular forms.
(ii) Zoospore formation is rare.
(iii) Sexual reproduction can be isogamous, anisogamous, or oogamous.
(iv) Asexual reproduction can occur by flagellated zoospores produced in zoosporangia.
(v) Chlamydomonas, Chara, Spirogyra, Volvox, and Ulothrix belong to green algae.
How many of the above statements are correct?
1. Four
2. Two
3. Three
4. One
Subtopic:  Algae |
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Identify the following statements as true (T) or false (F) and select the option accordingly

(A) Members of Rhodophyceae asexually reproduce by motile spores
(B) Members of Phaeophyceae do not show isogamous type of sexual reproduction
(C) In some green algae, food is stored in the form of oil droplets

(A) (B) (C)
1. T F T
2. F F F
3. F F T
4. T T F

Subtopic:  Algae |
 75%
Level 2: 60%+
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Out of the following four statements how many of them are correct for Fucus.

I. Life – cycle is diplontic.
II. Fertilisation is internal.
III. Sexual reproduction is Oogamous.
IV. Frond is photosynthetic.


1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 1

Subtopic:  Algae |
 50%
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Match the following

        Algae

Stored food

Flagellation

(a)    Brown algae

(b)    Red algae

(c)     Green alage

(p) Floridean  starch

(q) Mannitol

(r) Starch

(i) 2, lateral

(ii) 2-4, apical

(iii) absent

1. (a-r-ii), (b-p-iii), (c-q-i)

2. (a-q-i), (b-p-iii), (c-r-ii)

3. (a-q-i), (b-r-ii), (c-p-iii)

4. (a-q-i), (b-p-ii), (c-r-iii)

Subtopic:  Algae |
 87%
Level 1: 80%+
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