Multiple Choice Questions

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Algae are useful because they

  • are large in number

  • are used in alcoholic fermentation

  • purify the atmosphere

  • are used in curdling of milk.


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purify the atmosphere

Maximum solar energy is trapped by algae and hence they evolve maximum amount of oxygen by the process of photosynthesis. Therefore, algae are useful because they purify the atmosphere by releasing oxygen.


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Gymnosperms are called naked seed plants because these lack :

  • cotyledon

  • endosperm

  • ovary wall

  • testa


Pinus seed is originated in :

  • capsule

  • microsporophyll

  • microsporangia

  • megasporophyll


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


The plant body of moss (Funaria) is

  • completely sporophyte

  • predominantly sporophyte with gametophyte

  • completely gametophyte

  • predominantly gametophyte with sporophyte


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Hydrophytes are characterised by :

  • thick and large leaf

  • delicate and mucilagenous stem

  • short spinous stem

  • all of the above


Terpentine is obtained from :

  • flowers of angiosperm

  • wood of gymnosperms

  • pteridophytes

  • bacteria


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


Which of the following plant yields oil and fibre both ?

  • Cocos nucifera

  • Eucalyptus

  • Brassica campestris

  • Euphorbia hirta


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The endosperm of Pinus is :

  • haploid

  • diploid

  • triploid

  • polyploid


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