Quiz_Angiosperm

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. Most primitive kind of flower is represented by:

 
 
 
 

8. 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:

 
 
 
 

9. Linnaeus is credited with introducing:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. The order generally ends with:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. Endemic plants are characterised by their:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. Ovary is absent in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Extremely reduced gametophyte in plant kingdom is:

 
 
 
 

20. Tautonyms are illegitimate in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. John Hutchinson divided dicots into two divisions:

 
 
 
 

23. The chromosomal number in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. The role of meiosis is for:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Generic name of mango is:

 
 
 
 

32. The orders generally have the uniform endings:

 
 
 
 

33. Embryophyta includes:

 
 
 
 

34. Ovules are not found enclosed in ovary of:

 
 
 
 

35. ‘Snakes of Plant Kingdom’ is:

 
 
 
 

36. In tracheophyta:

 
 
 
 

37. Bentham and Hooker placed gymnosperms:

 
 
 
 

38. The smallest unit of classification is:

 
 
 
 

39. In a diplontic life cycle:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. Siphonogamy is found in:

 
 
 
 

42. In binomial system most of the words are:

 
 
 
 

43. Which is a tautonym?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. Spermatophyta are characterized by producing:

 
 
 
 

46. Most primitive embryophytes are placed in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. In angiosperms double fertilization represents:

 
 
 
 

51. Seeds are characteristically found in:

 
 
 
 

52. Standard size of a herbarium sheet is:

 
 
 
 

53. Fruits are not found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. NBG of Lucknow is now named as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

61. Which of the following are included in Tracheophyta?

 
 
 
 

62. Green plants are classified as:

 
 
 
 

63. Classification system proposed by Linnaeus was artificial because:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

65. Vascular cryptogams is the term used for: