Quiz_Angiosperm

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. The smallest unit of classification is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. NBG of Lucknow is now named as:

 
 
 
 

7. Embryophyta includes:

 
 
 
 

8. The orders generally have the uniform endings:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Which of the following are included in Tracheophyta?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Siphonogamy is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. Fruits are not found in:

 
 
 
 

21. Ovary is absent in:

 
 
 
 

22. Endemic plants are characterised by their:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Most primitive embryophytes are placed in:

 
 
 
 

25. Green plants are classified as:

 
 
 
 

26. The role of meiosis is for:

 
 
 
 

27. Tautonyms are illegitimate in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. ‘Snakes of Plant Kingdom’ is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. Bentham and Hooker placed gymnosperms:

 
 
 
 

33. The order generally ends with:

 
 
 
 

34. Extremely reduced gametophyte in plant kingdom is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. Which is a tautonym?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. Vascular cryptogams is the term used for:

 
 
 
 

40. In angiosperms double fertilization represents:

 
 
 
 

41. Spermatophyta are characterized by producing:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. Most primitive kind of flower is represented by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. The chromosomal number in:

 
 
 
 

48. Generic name of mango is:

 
 
 
 

49. In binomial system most of the words are:

 
 
 
 

50. Standard size of a herbarium sheet is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. In tracheophyta:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Ovules are not found enclosed in ovary of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. In a diplontic life cycle:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

59. Linnaeus is credited with introducing:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

61. Seeds are characteristically found in:

 
 
 
 

62. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. John Hutchinson divided dicots into two divisions:

 
 
 
 

65. Classification system proposed by Linnaeus was artificial because: