Multiple Choice Questions

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Which one is a wrong statement?

  • Archegonia are found in Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Gymnosperms

  • Mucor has biflagellate zoospores

  • Haploid endosperm is typical feature of gymnosperms

  • Haploid endosperm is typical feature of gymnosperms


B.

Mucor has biflagellate zoospores

All the statements are correct except the statement (b). Mucor (fungus) belongs to the class-Zygomycetes. The members of Zygomycetes bear non-motile non-flagellated gametes. 

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Metagenesis refers to

  • Presence of different morphic forms

  • Alternation of generation between asexual and sexual phases of an organism

  • Occurrence of a drastic change in form during post-embyonic development

  • Occurrence of a drastic change in form during post-embyonic development

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The function of the gap junction is to

  • performing cementing to keep neighbouring cells together

  • facilitate communication between adjoining cells by connecting the cytoplasm for rapid transfer of ions, small molecules and some large molecules.

  • separate two cells from each other

  • separate two cells from each other

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A jawless fish, which lays eggs in fresh water and whose ammocoetes larvae after metamorphosis return to the ocean is:

  • Eptatretus

  • Myxine

  • Neomyxine

  • Neomyxine

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Cell wall is absent in

  • Aspergillus

  • Funaria

  • Mycoplasma

  • Mycoplasma

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Destruction of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord would result in loss of

  • Sensory impulses

  • Voluntary motor impulses

  • Commissural impulses

  • Commissural impulses

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The chitinous exoskeleton of arthropods is formed by the polymerisation of

  • Keratin sulphate and chondraitin sulphate

  • D-glucosamine

  • N-acetyl glucosamine

  • N-acetyl glucosamine

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Which one of the following hormones though synthesised elsewhere, is stored and released by the master gland?

  • Antidiuretic hormone

  • Luteinizing hormone

  • Prolactin

  • Prolactin

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Choose the wrong statement

  • Penicillium is multicellular and produces antibiotics

  • Neurospora is used in the study of biochemical genetics

  • Morels and truffles are poisonous mushrooms

  • Morels and truffles are poisonous mushrooms

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Roots play insignificant role in absorption of water in

  • Sunflower

  • Pistia

  • Pea

  • Pea

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