Quiz_Plantae

1. Club moss and Peat moss belong to:

 
 
 
 

2. A control measure prior to the appearance of a particular disease comes under :

 
 
 
 

3. Leaves of pea show white powdery patches due to the growth of fungal mycelium with conidia and conidiophores. These are the symptoms of :

 
 
 
 

4. Vascular tissue is found in :

 
 
 
 

5. Leaf spot of groundnut is caused by :

 
 
 
 

6. Which part of the plant is not affected by Albugo?

 
 
 
 

7. The plants with soft and delicate stems, about a meter tall are known as :

 
 
 
 

8. Which of the following is a monocot?

 
 
 
 

9. Green plants are classified as :

 
 
 
 

10. Aflatoxin is produced as a product in :

 
 
 
 

11. Liverworts are included in :

 
 
 
 

12. Disease resistant plant varieties can be produced by :

 
 
 
 

13. Vascular cryptogam is the term used for :

 
 
 
 

14. Fruits are not found in :

 
 
 
 

15. In which group would you place a plant that reproduces by spores, develops embryo but plant body remains undifferentiated into root, stem and leaves?

 
 
 
 

16. Which of the following is the most destructive enemies of mankind?

 
 
 
 

17. The pathogen that causes covered smut of Sorghum is :

 
 
 
 

18. The disease occurring more or less regularly from year to year in a particular locality is referred to as :

 
 
 
 

19. Which of the following is not a correct match?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. If a disease appear on large scale after a long interval it is :

 
 
 
 

22. Multicellular and jacketed sex organs are found in :

 
 
 
 

23. Ovary is absent in :

 
 
 
 

24. Which one of the following belong to cryptogams only:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. There is a class of phenolic compounds produced by the host plant in response to fungal infections :

 
 
 
 

27. When the seeds are borne on megasporophylls and are not enclosed in a fruit, the plant belongs to :

 
 
 
 

28. Mixed cropping helps :

 
 
 
 

29. A branch of science that deals with nature, symptoms, development and control of plant diseases is called :

 
 
 
 

30. There are some dead and corky areas with definite margins on the stem, branches and fruits of lemon. This disease should be :

 
 
 
 

31. The disease symptom necrosis refers to :

 
 
 
 

32. When an infection is very wide in occurrence, it is called :

 
 
 
 

33. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by :

 
 
 
 

34. Most primitive embryophytes are placed in :

 
 
 
 

35. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

36. Gymnosperms could also be called as:

 
 
 
 

37. Body disorders due to harmful physiological changes are known as :

 
 
 
 

38. Which of the following statements is not correct?

 
 
 
 

39. Embryo formation is not known in :

 
 
 
 

40. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by :

 
 
 
 

41. Quarantine regulations are concerned with:

 
 
 
 

42. Rice, pea, potato are :

 
 
 
 

43. Chemicals which are applied soon after the outset of infection, suppress the development of pathogen, thus curing the plant, are called :

 
 
 
 

44. Which of the following organisms has characters of both animals and plants?

 
 
 
 

45. The causal organism of early blight of potato is :

 
 
 
 

46. Which of the following are included in Tracheophyta?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. Spermatophyta are characterized by producing:

 
 
 
 

49. Severe famine of West Bengal of 1942-43 was due to destruction of rice crop by a fungus called :

 
 
 
 

50. Etiology includes the study of :

 
 
 
 

51. Ovules are not found enclosed in ovary in :

 
 
 
 

52. A disease is abnormal state that may result due to :

 
 
 
 

53. Propagating materials like seeds, tubers, grafts and bulbs can be kept free of pathogens by :

 
 
 
 

54. A part of pathogen that is transmitted to the host is termed as :

 
 
 
 

55. Cryptogams include :

 
 
 
 

56. The scientist who is famous for his research on rust fungi in India is :

 
 
 
 

57. Chief constituents of bordeaux mixture are :

 
 
 
 

58. Rigid cell wall and embryo formation characterise kingdom :

 
 
 
 

59. Bryophyta have been placed in cryptogams because:

 
 
 
 

60. Small epidermal swellings due to infection are called :

 
 
 
 

61. Pteridophytes are also known as :

 
 
 
 

62. In which of the following plants would you place heterotrophs like slime moulds, rusts, mushrooms, etc.?

 
 
 
 

63. ‘Snakes of Plant Kingdom’ is :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

65. Which of the following is not a viral disease?

 
 
 
 

66. Which of the following is not a fungal disease?

 
 
 
 

67. An excessive enlargement of diseased organ because of increase in the number of cells is called :

 
 
 
 

68. The inability of a plant to resist the effects of a pathogen or any other damaging factors is known as :

 
 
 
 

69. Which of the following is the kingdom of multicellular producers?

 
 
 
 

70. The smut mycelium which initiates the infection is usually :

 
 
 
 

71. In plants, the substances which accumulate around the site of infection are :

 
 
 
 

72. Atracheata term has been used by Oswald Tippo for :

 
 
 
 

73. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

74. Which among the following is a shrub?

 
 
 
 

75. Oswald Tippo’s classification is:

 
 
 
 

76. Oswald Tippo’s classification was based on :

 
 
 
 

77. A perennial that bears flowers and fruits once in a life time is known as :

 
 
 
 

78. Citrus canker is caused by :

 
 
 
 

79. Woody climbers are known as :

 
 
 
 

80. Which one of the following is a monocot?

 
 
 
 

81. Helminthosporium oryzae was the cause of disaster :

 
 
 
 

82. Maximum diversity of life forms occurs in :

 
 
 
 

83. Ergot is obtained from :

 
 
 
 

84. Embryophyta includes :

 
 
 
 

85. When a diseased plant is legally stopped from export, this is done under :

 
 
 
 

86. Which group of plants is called “Amphibians of Plant World”?

 
 
 
 

87. Downy mildew disease is caused by :

 
 
 
 

88. According to Woese, fungi were placed in the domain :

 
 
 
 

89. Late blight of potato is caused by :

 
 
 
 

90. Which of the following does not help in penetration of pathogen into the host?

 
 
 
 

91. Smut of maize is caused by :

 
 
 
 

92. Club moss is the common name of :

 
 
 
 

93. Roots are absent in :

 
 
 
 

94. A diseased leaf shows some areas with dead tissue. This symptom is often referred to as :

 
 
 
 

95. Which of the following does not contain chlorophyll?

 
 
 
 

96. Which of the following causes smut disease in cultivated plants?

 
 
 
 

97. Seeds are characteristically found in :

 
 
 
 

98. Banana bunchy top is caused by :

 
 
 
 

99. The tallest living gymnosperm tree in the world belongs to :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

101. All but one group are included in tracheophyta; which group is this :