Quiz_Plantae

1. Woody climbers are known as :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Multicellular and jacketed sex organs are found in :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. Rigid cell wall and embryo formation characterise kingdom :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Club moss and Peat moss belong to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. Which of the following is a monocot?

 
 
 
 

14. Green plants are classified as :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. The disease symptom necrosis refers to :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Etiology includes the study of :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. Quarantine regulations are concerned with:

 
 
 
 

24. ‘Snakes of Plant Kingdom’ is :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Club moss is the common name of :

 
 
 
 

27. Embryophyta includes :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Roots are absent in :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. Rice, pea, potato are :

 
 
 
 

34. Downy mildew disease is caused by :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. Pteridophytes are also known as :

 
 
 
 

37. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by :

 
 
 
 

38. Which among the following is a shrub?

 
 
 
 

39. Ergot is obtained from :

 
 
 
 

40. Oswald Tippo’s classification is:

 
 
 
 

41. Late blight of potato is caused by :

 
 
 
 

42. Ovary is absent in :

 
 
 
 

43. Seeds are characteristically found in :

 
 
 
 

44. Which of the following statements is not correct?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. Spermatophyta are characterized by producing:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. Cryptogams include :

 
 
 
 

49. Helminthosporium oryzae was the cause of disaster :

 
 
 
 

50. Mixed cropping helps :

 
 
 
 

51. Disease resistant plant varieties can be produced by :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Embryo formation is not known in :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Black rust of wheat is caused by:

 
 
 
 

57. Most primitive embryophytes are placed in :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

59. Oswald Tippo’s classification was based on :

 
 
 
 

60. Fruits are not found in :

 
 
 
 

61. Chief constituents of bordeaux mixture are :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. Which one of the following is a monocot?

 
 
 
 

65. Aflatoxin is produced as a product in :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

67. Liverworts are included in :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

73. Maximum diversity of life forms occurs in :

 
 
 
 

74. Ovules are not found enclosed in ovary in :

 
 
 
 

75. Vascular cryptogam is the term used for :

 
 
 
 

76. Gymnosperms could also be called as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. Banana bunchy top is caused by :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

80. Smut of maize is caused by :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. Pythium debaryanum is the causative agent of:

 
 
 
 

85. Which of the following does not contain chlorophyll?

 
 
 
 

86. Small epidermal swellings due to infection are called :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. Bryophyta have been placed in cryptogams because:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. Which of the following are included in Tracheophyta?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

94. Leaf spot of groundnut is caused by :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

96. Citrus canker is caused by :

 
 
 
 

97. Vascular tissue is found in :

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

101. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by :