Quiz_Angiosperm

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

 
 
 
 

2. In angiosperms double fertilization represents:

 
 
 
 

3. Spermatophyta are characterized by producing:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Green plants are classified as:

 
 
 
 

6. Bentham and Hooker placed gymnosperms:

 
 
 
 

7. The smallest unit of classification is:

 
 
 
 

8. Ovules are not found enclosed in ovary of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Tautonyms are illegitimate in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. In a diplontic life cycle:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Which is a tautonym?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. Most primitive kind of flower is represented by:

 
 
 
 

26. Fruits are not found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. In binomial system most of the words are:

 
 
 
 

29. The chromosomal number in:

 
 
 
 

30. Seeds are characteristically found in:

 
 
 
 

31. The role of meiosis is for:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. Generic name of mango is:

 
 
 
 

34. Classification system proposed by Linnaeus was artificial because:

 
 
 
 

35. John Hutchinson divided dicots into two divisions:

 
 
 
 

36. Most primitive embryophytes are placed in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. Extremely reduced gametophyte in plant kingdom is:

 
 
 
 

39. Embryophyta includes:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. The orders generally have the uniform endings:

 
 
 
 

43. Which of the following are included in Tracheophyta?

 
 
 
 

44. In tracheophyta:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. Linnaeus is credited with introducing:

 
 
 
 

47. Endemic plants are characterised by their:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. The order generally ends with:

 
 
 
 

50. ‘Snakes of Plant Kingdom’ is:

 
 
 
 

51. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. Standard size of a herbarium sheet is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. Vascular cryptogams is the term used for:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

59. NBG of Lucknow is now named as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. Siphonogamy is found in:

 
 
 
 

64. Ovary is absent in:

 
 
 
 

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