Quiz_Angiosperm

1. The orders generally have the uniform endings:

 
 
 
 

2. Vascular cryptogams is the term used for:

 
 
 
 

3. The smallest unit of classification is:

 
 
 
 

4. The species which are highly restricted in distribution are called:

 
 
 
 

5. Most primitive embryophytes are placed in:

 
 
 
 

6. Which of the following are included in Tracheophyta?

 
 
 
 

7. Most of the biological names have been derived from:

 
 
 
 

8. Characters drawn from flowers are mainly used as basis for classification in seed plants because:

 
 
 
 

9. Siphonogamy is found in:

 
 
 
 

10. ‘Snakes of Plant Kingdom’ is:

 
 
 
 

11. In the life of all plant groups, the first cell of gametophytic generation is:

 
 
 
 

12. In binomial system most of the words are:

 
 
 
 

13. A group of genera which show general structural resemblances to one another mainly in their floral organs is referred to as:

 
 
 
 

14. A plant which reproduces by spores, has vascular tissue but lacks flowers should belong to:

 
 
 
 

15. A plant bears fruit, has a column of vascular bundle and a tap root system. This plant is a:

 
 
 
 

16. Linnaeus is credited with introducing:

 
 
 
 

17. Which are non-seed-bearing vascular plants?

 
 
 
 

18. Who is known as ‘Father of Taxonomy’?

 
 
 
 

19. Genera Plantarum which appeared in three volumes from 1862-1883 was written by:

 
 
 
 

20. Tautonyms are illegitimate in:

 
 
 
 

21. The total number of families of Angiosperm in Hutchinson’s classification are:

 
 
 
 

22. Seeds are characteristically found in:

 
 
 
 

23. Endemic plants are characterised by their:

 
 
 
 

24. The chromosomal number in:

 
 
 
 

25. Classification system proposed by Linnaeus was artificial because:

 
 
 
 

26. Extremely reduced gametophyte in plant kingdom is:

 
 
 
 

27. Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature:

 
 
 
 

28. In a diplontic life cycle:

 
 
 
 

29. Scientific name of Mango is Mangifera indica L. Here L represents:

 
 
 
 

30. Which of the following organism has characters of both animals and plants?

 
 
 
 

31. John Hutchinson, who was associated with Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, England, initially gave his system of classification in:

 
 
 
 

32. Bentham and Hooker placed gymnosperms:

 
 
 
 

33. Green plants are classified as:

 
 
 
 

34. The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information of:

 
 
 
 

35. All but one group are included in tracheophyta; which group is this?

 
 
 
 

36. Ovules are not found enclosed in ovary of:

 
 
 
 

37. Atracheata term has been used by O. Swiald Tippo for:

 
 
 
 

38. Generic name of mango is:

 
 
 
 

39. Capsella bursa-pastoris exhibit a life cycle which is:

 
 
 
 

40. Parthenium hysterophorus is a native of South America but it grows luxuriantly in most of the area of India. In India, it is considered as:

 
 
 
 

41. The order generally ends with:

 
 
 
 

42. Most primitive kind of flower is represented by:

 
 
 
 

43. A group of plants with similar characteristics of any rank is termed:

 
 
 
 

44. In tracheophyta:

 
 
 
 

45. In angiosperms double fertilization represents:

 
 
 
 

46. ‘Die naturlichen Pflanzen Familien’ which runs into 20 volumes was written by:

 
 
 
 

47. Fruits are not found in:

 
 
 
 

48. Sometimes different authors give different names to one and the same species. In such a situation:

 
 
 
 

49. Ovary is absent in:

 
 
 
 

50. John Hutchinson divided dicots into two divisions:

 
 
 
 

51. Binomial system of nomenclature means that every organism has:

 
 
 
 

52. Spermatophyta are characterized by producing:

 
 
 
 

53. The oldest book of botanical work which now exists was written by Theophrastus. Its name is:

 
 
 
 

54. Total number of families of angiosperms in Bentham and Hooker’s system classification is:

 
 
 
 

55. The role of meiosis is for:

 
 
 
 

56. Which is a tautonym?

 
 
 
 

57. Embryophyta includes:

 
 
 
 

58. “Families of flowering plants” Vol I (1926) and Vol II (1934) was written by:

 
 
 
 

59. System of classification presented by a Russian botanist A. Takhtajan is:

 
 
 
 

60. India possesses wide biodiversity of flora and fauna. It is mainly due to its:

 
 
 
 

61. Standard size of a herbarium sheet is:

 
 
 
 

62. Ex situ conservation of endangered wildlife flora and fauna is possible through:

 
 
 
 

63. NBG of Lucknow is now named as:

 
 
 
 

64. System of classification proposed by Bentham and Hooker is:

 
 
 
 

65. Which of the following plants does not belong to Embryophyta?