Multiple Choice Questions

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Which is a useful product of epidermal origin?

  • Saffron

  • Cotton Fibres

  • Clove

  • Jute


B.

Cotton Fibres

Cotton is obtained from the epidermal hair present on the surface of seeds of Gossypium sp. These are made up of cellulose only and may be of two types, i.e., extractable lint and non-extractable fluffy fuzz. Cotton fibres are mainly used for textiles, celluloid, cellophane, rayon and paper pulp.


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 Fern spores are usually

  • Haploid

  • Diploid

  • Triploid

  • Tetraploid


 Protonema is the stage in the life cycle of

  • Cycas

  • Funaria

  • Selaginella

  • Mucor


Calyptra develops from

  • Venter wall of archegonium

  • Outgrowth of gametophyte

  • Neck wall of archegonium

  • Paraphysis of the archegonial branch


Nucleotides are formed by

  • purine, sugar and phosphate

  • purine, pyrimidine and phosphate

  • purine, pyrimidine sugar and phosphate

  • pyrimidine, sugar and phosphate


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Which of the following tissues consist of living cells?

  • Vessels

  • Tracheids

  • Companion cell

  • Sclerenchyma


A monocarpic plant is one, which

  • has only one carpel

  • Flowers once in a life-time

  • Produces only one seed

  • Produces only one fruit


Which of the following cell organelles stores hydrolytic enzymes?

  • Centriole

  • Lysosome

  • Chromoplast

  • Chloroplast


Which of the following plant cells is not surrounded by a cell wall?

  • Root hair cell

  • Stem hair cell

  • Gamete cell

  • Bacterial cell


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Which of the following cell organelles is associated with photorespiration?

  • Mitochondria

  • Peroxysome

  • Chloroplast

  • All of these