Year: 2022

(a)  Date Palm                          (b)  Sea Palm (c)   Royal Palm                        (d)  Sago Palm Ans. d (6)

(a)  Total stem parasite          (b)  Partial stem parasite (c)   Total root parasite           (d)  Partial root parasite Answer:c (12)

(a)  Mucilage ducts                  (b)  Laticiferous vessels (c)   Resin ducts                        (d)  Oil ducts Ans. a (12)

(a)  Rounded and nonciliate (b)  Sickle – shaped biflagellate (c)   Boat – shaped nonciliate (d)  Large, top–like, spirally twisted with cilia Ans. d (15)

(a)  Sporophytic structure      (b)  Gametophytic structure (c)   New structure                   (d)  Formed after fertilization Ans. b (10)

(a)  One – celled                       (b)  Two – celled (c)   Three – celled                   (d)  Four – celled Ans. c (11)

(a)  Circinate vernation in leaves (b)  Vessels (c)   Motile sperms (d)  Ovules Ans. d (10)

(a)  Laterally                            (b)  Dorsally (c)   Ventrally                            (d)  Apically Ans. a (4)

(a)  Wind                                  (b)  Insect (c)   Water                                 (d)  Both (a) and (b) Ans. a   (10)

(a)  Monoxylic and manoxylic (b)  Manoxylic and polyxylic (c)   Diploxylic (d)  Monoxylic Ans. b (13)

(a)  Saccharomyces                  (b)  Spirogyra (c)   Cycas                                  (d)  Moss Ans. a (11)

(a)  Sessile, straight, oval (b)  Sessile, straight, linear-lanceolate (c)   Sessile, straight, spiny (d)  Sessile, smooth, twisted Ans. b (11)

(a)  Male Cycas                         (b)  Female Cycas (c)  Male Pinus                         (d)   Female Pinus Ans. b (6)

(a)  Unisexual                           (b)  Bisexual (c)   Hermaphrodite                 (d)  Gynandrous Ans. a (9)

(a)  Polypetalous angiosperms (b)  Gamopetalous angiosperms (c)   Conifers (d)  Cycads Ans. d (2)

(a)  Hermaphrodite                 (b)  Dioecious (c)   Monoecious                       (d)  None of these Ans. b (8)

(a)  Ovule                                  (b)  Egg (c)   Sperm                                (d)  All of these Ans. d (7)

(a)  Naked ovules                    (b)  Circinate vernation (c)   Vessels                               (d)  Girdling leaf traces Ans. c (11)

(a)  Biflagellate                        (b)  Nonflagellate (c)   Uniflagellate                      (d)  Multiciliated Ans. d (7)

(a)  South America                  (b)  North America (c)   South East Asia                 (d)  Europe Ans. c (6)

(a)  Apophysis                         (b)  Sporophore (c)   Middle part                       (d)  Lower part Ans. a (7)

(a)  Monopodium                    (b)  Sympodium (c)   Rhizomatous                     (d)  Dichotomous Ans. a   (11)

(a)  Resin                                  (b)  Timber (c)   Essential oil                       (d)  Starch (Sago) Ans. d (7)

(a)  Conjoint (b)  Collateral and closed (c)   Conjoint, collateral and open (d)  Conjoint, collateral and closed Ans. c (6)

(a)  Hydrophobic characters (b)  Xerophytic characters (c)   Mesophytic characters (d)  Lithophytic characters Ans. b (11)

(a)  Only one                            (b)  One pair (c)   1 – 6 pairs                          (d)  Absent Ans. c (15)

(a)  Male strobilus and megasporophylls occurs on the same individual (b)  The same cone consists of both micro and megasporophylls (c)   The same sporophyll bears microsporangia and ovules (d)  Male strobilus (cone) and megasporophylls occur on separate individuals Ans. d …

(a)  Tracheids                           (b)  Vessels (c)   Protoxylem                    (d)   Metaxylem Ans. b (10)

(a)  Monopodial in both (b)  Sympodial in both (c)   Monopodial in male and sympodial in female plant (d)  Sympodial in male and monopodial in female plant Ans. d (37)

(a)  Cycas revoluta                   (b)  C. rumphii (c)   C. circinalis                        (d)  C. beddomei Ans. c (11)

(a)  Persistant cambium (b)  Short lived cambium (c)   Number of cambia produced in succession (d)  Isolated strips of cambium Ans. c (10)

(a)  Simple                                (b)  Circular (c)   Circinate                            (d)  None of these Ans. c (6)