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Plant Kingdom

NEET 2016 (Phase 2)MCQEasy📈 Topic in 38% papers+4−1
Ques. 1NEET 2016 (Phase 2)

Which one of the following statements is wrong?

  1. Algae increase the level of dissolved oxygen in the immediate environment.
  2. Algin is obtained from red algae, and carrageenan from brown algae.
  3. Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria.
  4. Laminaria and Sargassum are used as food.

Answer

(2) Algin is obtained from red algae, and carrageenan from brown algae.

Solution

As per NCERT, algin is obtained from brown algae and carrageen from red algae; both are commercially used hydrocolloids.

∴ Statement (2) has them interchanged and is wrong.

∵ Algae increase the level of dissolved oxygen through photosynthesis, agar is obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria, and many marine algae like Laminaria and Sargassum are used as food,

⇒ statements (1), (3) and (4) are correct.

Answer: (2)

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Ques. 2AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)

Which one of the following statements is wrong?

  1. Chlorella and Spirulina are used as space food.
  2. Mannitol is stored food in Rhodophyceae.
  3. Algin and carrageenan are products of algae.
  4. Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria.
Ques. 3AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)

In which of the following, gametophyte is not independent free living?

  1. Pteris
  2. Pinus
  3. Funaria
  4. Marchantia
Ques. 4AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)

Read the following five statements (A to E) and select the option with all correct statements.

  1. A, D and E
  2. B, C and E
  3. A, C and D
  4. B, C and D
Ques. 5AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)

Male gametes are flagellated in

  1. Ectocarpus
  2. Spirogyra
  3. Polysiphonia
  4. Anabaena.
Ques. 6AIPMT 2014

Which one of the following is wrong about Chara?

  1. Upper oogonium and lower round antheridium
  2. Globule and nucule present on the same plant
  3. Upper antheridium and lower oogonium
  4. Globule is male reproductive structure
Ques. 7AIPMT 2014

Which of the following is responsible for peat formation?

  1. Marchantia
  2. Riccia
  3. Funaria
  4. Sphagnum
Ques. 8AIPMT 2014

Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in

  1. Pteris
  2. Funaria
  3. Lilium
  4. Pinus.
Ques. 9AIPMT 2014

Which one of the following shows isogamy with non-flagellated gametes?

  1. Sargassum
  2. Ectocarpus
  3. Ulothrix
  4. Spirogyra
Ques. 10AIPMT 2014

An alga which can be employed as food for human being is :

  1. Polysiphonia
  2. Chlorella
  3. Ulothrix
  4. Spirogyra
Ques. 11NEET 2013

Select the wrong statement

  1. In Oomycetes, female gamete is smaller and motile, while male gamete is larger and non-motile.
  2. Chlamydomonas exhibits both isogamy and anisogamy and Fucus shows oogamy.
  3. Isogametes are similar in structure, function and behaviour.
  4. Anisogametes differ either in structure, function or behaviour.

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