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NEET / AIPMT BIOLOGY

PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS : PLANT KINGDOM
Previous year questions
1. Incorrect character of brown algae is [AIPMT 2008]
(1) presence of chlorophyll a and b (2) They remain attached to substratum
(3) Presence of chlorophyll a and c (4) Presence of fucoxanthin
2. Which of the following classification is based on some morphological characters?
[AIPMT 2008]
(1) Natural (2) Artificial (3) Phylogenetic (4) Both A and C
3. Select one of the following pairs of important features distinguishing Gnetum from Cycas
and Pinus and showing affinities with angiosperms. [AIPMT 2008]
(1) Perianth and two integuments
(2) Embryo development and apical meristem
(3) Absence of resin duct and leaf venation
(4) Presence of vessel elements and absence of archegonia
4. Which one of the following is heterosporous? [DPMT 2008]
(1) Adiantum (2) Dryopteris (3) Salvinia (4) Equisetum
5. Which of the following is/are grouped under phanerogams? [DPMT 2008]
(1) Angiosperms (2) Gymnosperms (3) Pteridophytes (4) Both A and B
6. Which of the following is true about bryophytes? [AFMC 2008]
(1) They are thalloid (2) They contain chloroplasts
(4) They posses archegonia (4) All of the above
7. A gymnospermic leaf carries 16 chromosomes. The number of chromosomes in its
endosperm is [BHU 2008]
(1) 8 (2) 12 (3) 16 (4) 24
8. Coralloid root is the feature of [Manipal 2008]
(1) Mosses (2) Selaginella (3) Cycas (4) Pinus
9. Phylogenetic system of classification is based on [AMU 2008]

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(1) Morphological features (2) Chemical constituents
(3) Evolutionary relationships (4) Floral characters
10. Mannitol is the stored food in: [AIIMS 2008]
(1) Prophyra (2) Chara (3) Gracillara (4) Fucus
11. Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogam? [AMU 2008]
(1) Cedrus (2) Equisetum (3) Ginkgo (4) Marchantia
12. Which one of the following is considered important in the development of seed habit?
(1) Free living gametophyte (2) Dependent sporophyte
(3) Haplontic life cycle (4) Heterospory [West Bengal 2008]
13. Natural system of classification was given by
(1) George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker [DPMT 2009]
(2) Hutchinson
(3) Carolus Linnaeus
(4) Ernst Haeckel
14. An alga which is rich in protein [AIPMT 2009]
(1) Nostoc (2) Ulothrix (3) Spirogyra (4) Chlorella
15. Young sporophyte of fern draws nourishment form prothallus through [AIPMT 2009]
(1) Rhizoids (2) Foot (3) Haustoria (4) Roots
16. Which of the following is not a feature of gymnosperms? [AIPMT 2009]
(1) Perennial plant (2) Parallel venation
(3) Distinct branches (4) Xylem with vessels.
17. In which of the following all listed genera belong to the same class of algae [H.P. 2009]
(1) Volvox, Spirogyra, Chlamydomonas (2) Chara, Fucus, Polysiphonia
(3) Porphyra, Ectocarpus, Ulothrix (4) Sargassum, Laminaria, Gracillaria
18. Sphagnum is commonly used as packing material for transshipment of living material due
to its
(1) Capacity to hold water (2) Easy availability
(3) Nature as it grows any where (4) All the above [AFMC 2009]
19. Laminaria and Fucus belong to [West Bengal 2009]
(1) Phaeophyceae (2) Chlorophyceae (3) Rhodophyceae (4) Cyanophyceae
20. A dominant gametophytic phase alternated by multicellular dependent sporophytic phase
is represented by [Kerala PMT 2009]
(1) Adiantum (2) Polytrichum (3) Chalmydomonas (4) All of these

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21. Both chlorophyll a and b are present in [DPMT 2009]
(1) Chlorophyceae (2) Rhodophyceae (3) Phaeophyceae (4) None of these.
22. Which of the following is called amphibians of plant kingdom? [DPMT 2009]
(1) Algae (2) Bryophytes (3) Pteriodophytes (4) Gymnosperms
23. Macrocystis is a [BHU 2009]
(1) Red alga (2) Fungus (3) Brown alga (4) bryoplayta
24. Sago is obtained from [AIIMS 2009]
(1) Ginkgo (2) Cycas (3) Pinus (4) Zamia
25. Alginic acid is present in [AMU 2009]
(1) Green algae (2) Brown algae (3) Red algae (4) Bacteria
26. Primary protonema is present in [AMU 2009]
(1) Agaricus (2) Alternaria (3) Sphagnum (4) Funaria
27. Comparable to angiosperms which of the following algae exhibits diplontic life cycle?
[DPMT 2010]
(1) Spirogyra (2) Ectocarpus (3) Fucus (4) Polysiphonia
28. Which one of the following is related to vascular cryptogams? [DPMT 2010]
(1) Bryophytes (2) Pteridophytes (3) Gymnosperms (4) Angiosperms
29. Iodine is found in [AMU 2010]
(1) Laminaria (2) Diatom (3) Fucoxanthin (4) Polysiphonia
30. The seed habit is considered an important step in evolution, which is due to [AIPMT 2010]
(1) Heterogamy (2) Heterospory (3) Homospory (4) All of these
31. One germination moss spores produce [AIPMT 2010]
(1) Theca (2) Protonema (3) Prothallus (4) Annulus
32. The floridean starch is found in [AIPMT 2010]
(1) Rhodophyceae (2) Phaeophyceae (3) Chlorophyceae (5) Cyanophyceae
33. Which one of the following is an example of chlorphyllous thallophyte? [BHU 2010]
(1) Nephrolepis (2) Volvariella (3) Spriogyra (4) Gnetum
34. Pinus belongs to the class [BHU 2010]
(1) Gnetopsida (2) Cycadopsida (3) Coniferopsida (4) Sphenopsida
35. Gametophyte is dominant phase in the life cycle of [DPMT 2011]
(1) Hibiscus (2) Riccia (3) Nephrolepis (4) Cycas
36. Consider the following 4 statements whether they are correct or wrong [DPMT 2011]
(1) The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses.

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(2) Salvinia is heterosporous.
(3) The life cycle in all seed bearing plants is diplontic.
(4) In pinus male and female cones are borne on different trees.
The two wrong statements together are
(1) a and c (2) a and d (3) b and c (4) a and b
37. Selaginella and salvinia are considered to represent a significant step towards evolution
of seed habit because [DPMT 2011]
(1) Female gametophyte is free and gets dispersed like seeds.
(2) Female gametophytes lack archegonia.
(3) Magaspores posses endosperm an embryo surrounded by seed coat.
(4) Embryo develops in female gametophyte which is retained on parent sporophyte.
38. The gametophyte is not an independent, free living generation in [AIPMT 2011]
(1) Adiantum (2) Marchantia (3) Pinus (4) Polytrichum
39. A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing symbiont is found in [AIPMT 2011]
(1) Cycas (2) Cicer (3) Pisum (4) Alnus
40. Archegoniophore is present in [AIPMT 2011]
(1) Chara (2) Adiantum (3) Funaria (4) Marchantia
41. Cycas and Adiantum resemble each other in having: [AIPMT 2012]
(1) Cambium (2) Vessels (3) Seeds (4) Motile Sperms
42. Gymnosperms are also called soft wood spermatophytes because they lack:[AIPMT 2012]
(1) Thick-walled tracheids (2) Xylem fibres
(3) Cambium (4) Phloem fibres
43. Read the following five statements (A E) and answer as asked next to them
(A) In Equisetum the female gametophyte is retained on the parent sporophyte.
(B) In Ginkgo male gametophyte is not independent. [AIPMT 2012]
(C) The sporophyte in Riccia is more developed than that in Polytrichum.
(D) Sexual reproduction in Volvox is isogamous.
(E) The spores of slime molds lack cell walls.
How many of the above statements are correct?
(1) Four (2) One (3) Two (4) Three
44. Isogamous condition with non-flagellated gametes is found in [NEET 2013]
(1) Fucus (2) Chlamydomonas (3) Spirogyra (4) Volvox

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