05-MODES OF REPRODUCTION

1.        Assertion (A): Survival advantages are enhanced in organisms due to sexual reproduction.

           Reason (R): Sexual reproduction enables creation of new variants.                                              

           1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A                                                                   

            2) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A                                                              

              3) A is true but R is false   4) A is false but R is true                                   

2.        P. Maheswari popularized the use of these characters in plant taxonomy.                                    

           1) Anatomical                            2) Embryological                      3) In vitro tissue culture   

              4) Morphological                                               

3.        Study the following.

           A. Production of offspring by a single parent is always asexual reproduction.

           B. Gametes are not formed in organisms which reproduce asexually.                               

           1) A and B are true       2) A is true, B is false   3) A and B are false      4) A is false, B is true         

4.        Cell division is itself a type of reproduction in

           1) Euglena                    2) Penicillum               3) Rhizopus                 4) Liver worts            

5.        Study the following with reference to yeast and choose the incorrect answer.

           A. Daughter cell is initially quantitatively unequal.

           B. Successively formed buds may remain attached to one another for some time.

           C. Bud is separated from the parent cell by cell plate formation.

           D. Parent cell doesn`t exist after the formation of a bud.                                                    

           1) A and C                    2) B and D                    3) B, C and D               4) C and D

6.        Choose the correct combination with reference to asexual spores.

           A. Chlamydomonas                            endogenous                motile

           B. Rhizopus                                         endogenous                non motile

           C. Penicillum                                       exogenous                   non motile 

           1) A only                       2) A and B only            3) B and C only            4) A, B and C                     

7.        Advantage of having “spore” as a asexual reproductive unit is

           I) They are adapted for dispersal                  II) They are produced by meiosis

           III) They can survive long periods of unfavorable conditions.                                             

           1) I and II                     2) II and III                  3) I, II and III               4) I and III             

8.        Regarding gemmae, the correct statements are

           A. Found in some liverworts and fungi

           B. Specialised structures for reproduction via

           C. In Marchantia they arise on male as well as female plants

           1) A and B only            2) B and C only            3) A, B and C               4) A and C only                 

9.        Organisms like plants, animals, protists, prokaryotes and fungi are quite diverse in many aspects. But they share a similar pattern with respect to                                                   

           1) Nutrition                   2) Survival                    3) Propagation              4) Sexual reproduction.

10.      End of juvenile/ vegetative phase and beginning of (sexual) reproductive phase can be easily seen in                                                                                                     

           1) An annual like rice plant                                2) In a biennial like radish plant                                            3) A perennial like century plant                             4) All the above                   

11.      Regarding the gametes involved in fusion in Cladophora

           A. They are planogametes/ zoogametes

           B. They are physically and physiologically identical

           C. They are anteriorly biflagellated

           D. They show homogametic contact                                                  

           1) A and B only correct                                      2) A, B, C and D correct                                                      3) A, C and D only correct                                      4) B and C only correct       

12.      Algae having heterogametes are                                                                     

          1) Funaria and Pteris     2) Liver worts               3) Chara and Fucus       4) Chara and Marchantia

13.      Regarding Chara, incorrect statements are

           I) A multicellular green alga                          II) Sex organs are multicellular

           III) Male and female flowers develop on the same plant – monoecious

           IV) Antheridium lies below the level of the archegonium.                                                   

           1) III and IV                 2) II and III                  3) I and IV                    4) III            only   

14.      Oogonium and archegonium are the female sex organs (gametangia) respectively in       

           1) Chara and Marchantia                                    2) Maize and carica                                                              

           3) Papaya and date palm    4) Marchantia and Fucus                                           

15.      Male and female sex organs develop on different vertically growing stalk – like structures of this plant which bears rhizoids.                                                                           

           1) Papaya                      2) Date palm                 3) Marchantia                4) Chara                  

16.      Assertion (A): Meiosis never occurs in haploid organisms.

           Reason (R): A haploid parent produces gametes (n) by mitotic division.                          

           1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A                                                                

          2) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A                                                                 

          3) A is true but R is false   4) A is false but R is true                                   

17.      Assertion (A): Reduction division occurs only in diploid organisms.

           Reason (R): Reduction division has to occur if diploid body has to produce haploid gametes. 

           1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A                                                                 

           2) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A                                                                 

             3) A is true but R is false   4) A is false but R is true

18.   Assertion (A): In several bryophytes and pteridophytes, the number of male gametes produced is several thousand times the number of female gametes produced.

            Reason (R):In these plant groups there is much wastage of pollen during its transfer through the water medium.                                                                        

           1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A                                                                 

        2) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A                                                              

        3) A is true but R is false   4) A is false but R is true                                   

19.      Significance of pollen tube in seed plants is 

           1) Carries the non – motile pollen grains to stigma / ovule                                                                          

              2) Carries the motile male gametes to the egg                                                                                                      

             3) Acts as haustorium

          4) Transfers the non motile sperms and discharges them near the egg.          

20.      In organisms exhibiting external fertilization, chances of syngamy are enhanced by.      

            1) Synchrony of release of gametes of both sexes into the surrounding medium                                     

            2) Swimming of male gametes towards the egg (chemotaxis)                                                                      

            3) Production of large no. of female gametes     4) Presence of water in their habitat 

21.      Regarding vivipary, the incorrect statement is                      

           1) It is a strategy for lowering the stress on envirnment                                                                                  2) Seeds have no dormancy and hence show precocious germination                                                                  3) Seedlings are formed on the parent plant itself                                                                                     4) It is the formation of young plant of new sporophytic generation on the sporophyte of parent

               generation.                                                     

22.      Type of life cycle in angiosperms is                                                     

           1) Haplo – diplontic      2) Diplo – haplontic      3) Diplontic                   4) Haplontic                       

23.      A feature unique to angiosperms is

           I) Triple fusion                        II) Syngamy               III) Fertilization involving pollen tube        

           IV) Fertilization preceded by pollination 

           1) I and III                    2) I only                        3) III and IV                 4) I, III and IV                   

24.      Swarm spores are produced by

           I) Chlamydomonas                 II) Some bacteria                   III) Some fungi                                   

           1) I only                        2) I and III only            3) I, II and III               4) II and III only

25.    Match the following given in column ‘A’ with the vegetative propagules given in column ‘B’

          Column –A                                 Column –B

          I. Agave                                      A. leaf buds

          II. Mentha                                  B. bulbils

          III. Potato                                  C. eyes

          IV. Water hyacinth                  D. suckers

          V. Liver worts                           E. gemmae

          VI. Bryophyllum                       F. off set

          The Correct match is

                              I       II       III     IV      V        VI                                  I       II      III    IV    V         VI

          1)      B        D      C        E        F        A                           2)       B      C      D      F       E       A

          3)      B        D      F        C        E        A                           4)       B      D      C      F       E       A        

26.    Choose the correct ascending sequence of the following plants with respect to their life-span

          A. Wolffia                   B. Daucus                    C. Rosa                       D. Oryza

          E. Osmunda                F. Musa                       G. Ficus                       H. moss plant

          1) G, E, C, F, B, D, H, A                                   2) A, H, D, B, F, C, E, G

          3) A, H, B, D, F, C, G, E                                   4) A, H, D, B, C, F, E, G

27.    Study the following lists

          List – I                                                 List – II

          I. Neelakuranji                                  A. Derris indica

          II. Flame of the forest                      B. Yucca gloriosa

          III. Kanuga                                         C. Butea monosperma

          IV. Aswagandha                                D. Strobilanthus kunthiana

          V. Spanish Dagger                             E. Withania somnifera

          The correct match is

                             I       II      III     IV                        V                    I         II       III     IV            V

          1)      D      C      A      E        B                          2)         D        C        A        B        E

          3)      D      C      E       A        B                          4)         D        A        C        E        B

28.    Rearrange the following events of sexual reproduction in the sequence in which they occur in majority of Angiospermic plants

          A. Fertilization          B. Pollination             C. Embryogenesis    D. Gametogenesis

          1) B, D, A, C                2) B, C, A, D                3) C, A, D, B               4) B, D, C, A

29.    ‘Swarm spores’ are produced by

          1) Penicillium             2) Rhizopus                3) Rockweed              4) Chlamydomonas

30.    Almost microscopic angiospermic plant is

          1) Eucalyptus              2) Chlamydomonas   3) Wolffia                   4) Chara

31.    Consider the following statements, and choose the correct one

          1) In organisms with external fertilization zygote is formed in the body of the organism

          2) Zygote is formed in all sexually reproducing organisms

          3) In all aquatic organisms, gametic union takes place in water

          4) ‘Parthenogenesis’ is the formation of embryo from an unfertilized male gamete

32.    The life-cycle of a Brown alga (Rockweed) is

          1) Diplontic life-cycle                                    2) Diplohaplontic life – Cycle

          3) Haplontic life – cycle                                 4) Haplo diplontic life -cycle

33.    Which of the following works of P. maheswari won world wide acclaim?

          1) Artificial culture of immature embryos   2) Use of embryological characters in Taxonomy

          3) Research on tissue culture                         4) Intra-ovarian pollination

34.    Which of the following is seen only in angiosperms?

          I. Syngamy                                                       II. Double fertilization

          III. Highly reduced female gametophyte  IV. Diplo – haplontic life-cycle

          1) I and II                     2) II and III                  3) II alone                    4) All

35.    Assertion (A) : Papaya is a bisexual plant

          Reason (R ) : In papaya, both staminate and pistillate flowers are present on the same plant

          1) A is true but R is false                                2) A is false, but R is true

          3) Both A and R are false                               4) Both A and R are true

36.    Choose the correct match

         Organism                                                               Reproductive Structure

         1. Chlamy domonas        -------------------               Non motile spore

         2. Rhizopus                     -------------------               Conidia

         3. Penicillium                  -------------------               Zoospore

         4. Pteridophyte               -------------------               Sporophyll

37.    Eukaryotic organisms which reproduce by binary fission

         1) Yeast                          2) Euglena                      3) Bacteria                            4) Fungi

38.    Perennial plant is

         1) Rice plant                   2) Royal fern                  3) Carrot                               4) Wolffia

39.     Bacteria and yeast reproduce asexually by binary fission and budding respectively, because they are

          1) Microscopic organisms                                   2) Uninucleated organisms

          3) Unicellular organisms                                     4) Heterotropic organisms

40.     Number of parents involved in asexual & sexual reproductions respectively

          1) 2, 1                            2) 1 ,2                            3) 2, 2                           4) 1, 1

05-MORPHOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

1.       Match column -I with column -II and select the correct option from the codes given below

          Column –I                                                           Column-II

          A) Marginal placentation                                   I) Sunflower, marigold

          B) Parietal placentation                                     II) Pea, bean

          C) Axile placentation                                          III) Mustard, Argemone

          D) Free central placentation                              IV) Hibiscus, tomato, lemon

          E) Basal placentation                                         V)  Dianthus, Primrose

                   A    B      C       D      E                                        A    B      C       D      E          

          1)     II     III    IV      V       I                               2)      II   III     I       V      IV

          3)     II      I      III       IV     V                             4)     III    II     IV     V     I

2.  Only one of the following features of inflorescence of Euphorbia also is present in Ficus inflorescence

       1) Pedicellate, achlamydeous flowers                                                        

       2) Cup like involucre of bracts

       3) Tricarpellary syncarpous gynoecium in female flower

       4) Unisexual flowers

3.      Read the given statements

         i) Ovary of the gynoecium occupies the highest position while the other floral parts are situated below it

         ii) Ovary  is superior                                           iii) It is observed in Brassica, Hibiscus, brinjal, etc

         Which condition of flowers is being described by the above statements ?

         1) Hypogyny                   2) Perigyny                   3) Epigyny                    4) Synandry

4.      Match  column - I with  column - II and select the correct option

         A) Thorns                                                            I) Vegetative propagation

         B) Phylloclades                                                    II) Defensive mechanism

         C) Runners                                                          III) Mechanical support

         D) Stilt roots                                                        IV) Absorption of nutrients

         E) Haustoria                                                        V) Photosynthesis

               A     B     C    D     E                                                A     B     C    D     E

         1)   V    IV    III   II    I                                        2)     II     V    II     I     IV

         3)   II    V      I    III   IV                                                                            4)    III    V     I    II     IV

5.      The region of root with exogenous appendages namely root hairs and endogenous appendages namely lateral roots is

         1) Meristematic region    2) Root cap region        3) Maturation region     4) Elongation region

6.       In a genus A modified root become aerial and grows vertically upwards (negatively geotropic) and in a genus B modified adventitious aerial roots grow vertically downwards (positively geotropic). A and B are respectively

          1) Zea mays, Pisum        2) Rhizophora, Ficus    3) Zea mays, Rhizophora     4) Vanda, Rhizophora

7.       Four statements regarding root hairs are given below. Choose the correct one from them

          I) They are unbranched tubular extensions    

          II) They are fine, delicate thread like structures

          III) They are present on tap root and absent in all adventitious roots

          IV) They are uniformly distributed in all regions of root

          1) I & II                          2) II & III                     3) III & IV                    4) I & IV

8.       Match the following

          I) A cluster of storage roots                               A) Raphanus

          II) Solitary adventitious storage root                B) Daucus

          III) Solitary pigmented storage root                 C) Ipomoea

          IV) Solitary colourless storage root                   D) Asparagus

                 I    II    III   IV                                                       I    II    III   IV

          1)    D   C    A     B                                               2)     C    D    B    A     

          3)    A   B    C     D                                               4)     D    C    B    A     

9.       Match the following with respect to underground stems

          I) Horizontally growing stem                                                A) Amorphophallus

          II) Vertically growing stem                                                   B) Zingiber

          III) Swollen tuberous tip of axillary branch                       C) Solanum

          IV) Discoid stem with scape                                                  D) Allium

                I   II   III   IV                                                           I   II   III   IV         

          1)   B  A   C    D                                                   2)      A   B    C   D      

          3)   B  C   D    A                                                   4)      A   B    D   C

10.     In the following table given below, choose the correct set of options corresponding to the blanks              A, B, C and D

Genus	Root	Stem	Leaf	Inflorescence
Zea mays	A	Herbaceous	Parallel venation	Spike
Casuarina	Nodular roots	B	Scale leaves	Catkin
Nerium	Tap root system	Stolons	C	Polychasial cyme
Euphorbia	Tap root system	Phylloclade	spines	D

          Identify A, B, C, D respectively

          1) Stilt roots, phylloclade, opposite phyllotaxy, polychasial cyme

          2) Brace roots, phylloclade, whorled phyllotaxy, cyathium

          3) Fibrous roots, cladophyll, compound leaves, dichasial cyme

          4) Prop roots, phylloclade, reticulate venation, cymule

11.     In the genus A, axillary buds help in vegetative reproduction and in genus B floral  buds help in vegetative reproduction and in genus C epiphyllous buds help in vegetative reproduction and in genus D floral buds help in sexual reproduction  A, B,C, D respectively are

          1) Agave, Dioscorea, Bryophyllum, Datura         2) Aloe, Drosera, Scilla, Hibiscus

          3) Drosera, Agave, Bryophyllum, Datura            4) Dioscorea, Agave, Bryophyllum, Hibiscus

12.     Match the following

          A) Runner                                                           I) Pistia and Eichhornia

          B) Stolon                                                              II) Musa and Chrysanthemum

          C) Sucker                                                            III) Nerium & Jasminium

          D) Offset                                                              IV) Oxalis and strawberry

          1) A - IV, B - III, C - II, D - I                             2) A - IV, B - I, C - II, D - III

          3) A - I, B - II, C - III, D - IV                             4) A - IV, B - I, C - III, D – II

13.     In the genus given below both stem and peduncle are condensed. The genus is

          1) Tridax                         2) Allium                       3) Cassia                               4) Crotalaria

14.     Assertion (A) : Dicot leaf show reticulate venation

          Reason (R) : Veinlets form a network in the lamina of dicot leaf

          1) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

          2) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.

          3) A is True but R is False.                                   4) R is True but A is False.

15.     Axillary bud could be present in the axil of

          A) Simple leaf                B) Compound leaf      C) Modified leaf          D) Leaflet

          1) A, B and D only         2) A, B, C only             3) C, D only                  4) A, B, C, D

16.     Four genera Taeniophyllum, Euphorbia, Acacia and Lathyrus possess chlorophyllous tissues in various plant parts. Choose the corresponding plant parts

          1) Leaf, root, stem, sepals                                    2) Stem, petiole, root, leaf

          3) Stem, root, sepals, petals                                  4) Root, stem, petiole, stipules

17.     Match the following.

          A) Corymb                                            I) All the flowers appear to arise from same point

          B) Umbel                                               II) All the flowers are brought to same height

          C) Spike                                                 III) Flower protected by modified bract called spathe

          D) Spadix                                               IV) Acropetal arrangement of sessile flowers on peduncle

          E) Head                                                  V) Sessile flowers develop centripetally on condensed peduncle

                A   B   C   D   E                                                  A   B   C   D   E              

          1)   II   I   IV  III  V                                             2)   I   II  IV  III  V

          3)   II   I   III  IV V                                              4)  V  III IV   I    II     

18.     Match the inflorescence with the corresponding plant family

          A) Cyathium                                                       I) Asteraceae (Compositae)                       

          B) Verticellaster                                                  II) Apiaceae (Umbelliflorae)         

          C) Spike                                                               III) Poaceae (Graminae)   

          D) Umbel                                                             IV) Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

          E) Head                                                               V) Euphorbiaceae      

                A  B   C   D   E                                                    A  B   C  D   E

          1)   II  I   III  IV  V                                              2)  IV  V III  II   I

          3)   II V  IV  III  I                                                4)  V  IV III  II   I

19.     The type of cymose infloresence without any arrangement of flowers is

          1) Solitary cyme             2) Cymule                     3) Dichasial cyme         4) Polychasial cyme

20.     A cymose inflorescence 'X' possess two flowers on either side of peduncle in the axil of bracts. In cymose inflorescence 'Y' two flower bearing branched peduncles arise in the axil of bracts. 'X' and 'Y' are

          1) Cymule and dichasial cyme                             2) Monochasial and dichasial cyme

          3) Solitary cyme and dichasial cyme                    4) Solitary cyme and cymule

21.     Select the correct statements regarding  inflorescences present in two genera given below

Character	Euphorbia	Ficus
A) Types of flowers (sexuality)	3	2
B) Cup like structure	involucre of bracts	Peduncle
C) Number of stamens in each male flower	3	1
D) Number of carpels in each female flower	3	1

          1) A and B                    2) B and D                    3) A and C                    4) A and D

22.     A flower could possess two types of               

          1) Placentation              2) Aestivation               3) Merosity                   4) Structural symmetry

23.     A flower is called trimerous due to the presence of

          1) Three whorls of floral leaves                         

          2) Three whorls of essential floral leaves

          3) Three members in each of the two whorls of perianth in a flower

          4) Flower can be cut into three equal halves

24.     Cymule producing thorny climber is

          1) Datura                      2) Jasminium                3) Citrus                        4) Bougainvillea

25.    Type of aestivation without overlapping of perianth member is

         1) Valvate aestivation                                         2) Vexillary aestivation

         3) Ascendingly imbricate aestivation                 4) Twisted aestivation

26.    Inflorescence with sessile flowers is observed in a genus

         1) Hibiscus                    2) Sunflower                 3) Euphorbia                 4) Datura

27.     Four floral characters of a flower in different genera are given below. Choose the incorrect one

Genus	Character 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4
1) Pea	Papilionaceous corolla	Diadelphous stamens	Zygomorphic symmetry	Imbricate aestivation
2) Mustard	Radial symmetry	Stamens of different length	Syncarpous ovary	Superior ovary
3) China rose	Perigynous flower	Diadelphous stamens	Actinomorphic symmetry	Apocarpous gynoecium
4) Sunflower (disc floret)	Actinomorphic symmetry	Bisexual	Inferior ovary	Tubular corolla

28.     Dry fruits are characterized by                                                                                                        

I)  Dry pericarp                                                                       II) Non-fleshy                       

III) Endocarp is hard, epicarp and mesocarp fleshy         IV) Hard pericarp that never splits

          1) I & II                        2) II &  III                              3) III & IV                  4) I & IV

29.     The fruit of A group dehisces dorsiventrally, of B group dehisces in different ways , of C dehisces into one seeded mericarps. A,B and C are respectively

            1) A) Pea, Beans B) Cotton, Coconut C) Acacia, Anacardium                                                                     2) A) Pea, beans B) Cotton,Datura C) Acacia, Castor                                                                             3) A) Cotton, Datura, B) Peas, rice C) Cotton, Acacia                                                                                  4) A) Cotton, Acacia B) Peas, Beans C) Cotton, Aristolochia

30.       Assertion(A): Dry indehiscent fruits are one seeded                                                                        Reason(R):All dry indehiscent fruits develop from monocarpellary gynoecia

            1)  A and R are true and R explains A           2) A and R are true but R does not explains A                      3) A is true but R is false                          4) A is false but R is true

31.       Match the following lists.

Example                                   Type of fruit                                                                         

I) Annona squamosa             A) Schizocarpic fruit

II) Acacia                               B) Capsule    

III) Tridax                              C) Berry

IV) Datura                             D) Aggregate fruit                                                                                                                               E) Cypsela     

            1) I-A,II-E,III-D,IV-B                                   2) I-C,II-E,III-A,IV-D          

3) I-D,II-B,III-E,IV-A                                   4) I-D,II-A,III-E,IV-B

32.       The fruit in pine-apple is

            1) Fleshy, simple         2) Composite               3) Aggregate               4) Dry indehiscent

33.       Seeds can be observed in

          A)  Fleshy pedicel of cashew              B)  Fleshy thalamus of apple

          C)  Nut of cashew                                D)  Pome of  apple

          1)  A, B, D                    2)  B, C, D                  3)  C, D                       4)  A, C, D

34.       Cotyledons are not edible part in the fruit of

            1) Citrus          2) Arachis hypogea     3) Dolichos lab lab      4) Pisum sativum

35.     Match the following lists                                                                    

I) Apple                                    A) Syconus    

II) Mango                                 B) Pepo

III) Fig                                      C) Pome

            IV) Cucumber                       D) Sorosis

                                                            E) Drupe                                                                   

          1) I-E,II-C,III-B,IV-D             2) I-A,II-E,III-B,IV-D          

          3) I-A,II-B,III-C,IV-D             4) I-C,II-E,III-A,IV-B          

36.     The wrong pair in the following  is

          1)Pyrus- Rosaceae         2) Oryza-Poaceae        3) Citrus-Palmaceae    4) Artocarpus-Moraceae

37.     Endosperm is edible in A, thalamus is edible in B, fleshy peduncle is edible in C. Then A,B and C are respectively

            A                     B                     C                                                                    

          1) Arachis          Annona           Ananas                                                                                   

2) Dolichos        Cocos              Cucurbita

          3) Cocos            Ananas            Artocarpus

          4) Oryza            Pyrus               Ficus

38.       Edible part in Annona squamosa is

            1) Cotyledons                                                                                2) Succulent perianth

            3) Mesocarp and Endocarp of each fruitlet                                  4) Endosperm

39.       There is no false fruit in

            1) Cashew                   2) Apple                      3) Strawberry              4) Coconut

40.       Match the following

Table - I	Table - II
1)  Mango	A) Pome
2) Grapes	B) Hesperidium
3) Cucumber	C) Berry
4) Citrus	D) Drupe
	E) Pepo

            1) 1-D,2-A,3-E,4-B                   2) 1-B,2-C,3-D,4-E

            3) 1-A,2-E,3-C,4-D                   4) 1-D,2-C,3-E,4-B