Plant Kingdom - NCERT Based MCQ Questions for NEET

This article contains NCERT based 45 MCQ questions test on Biology chapter "Plant Kingdom". These questions are highly valuable for the NEET exam. You can attempt these questions in the form of an interactive quiz and calculate your score. Read the below quiz rules carefully before you start

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• Quiz contains 45 questions of 4 marks each.
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• Total test is of 180 marks.
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Question 1. Green algae often differ from land plants in that some green algae

(1) are heterotrophs

(2) are unicellular

(3) have plastids

(4) have alternation of generations

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Question 2. A biologist discovers an alga that is marine, multicellular, and lives at a depth reached only by blue light. This alga probably belongs to which group?

(1) red algae 

(2) brown algae

(3) green algae 

(4) dinoflagellates

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Question 3. In life cycles with an alternation of generations, multicellular haploid forms alternate with

(1) unicellular haploid forms.

(2) unicellular diploid forms.

(3) multicellular haploid forms.

(4) multicellular diploid forms.

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Question 4. A botanist discovers a new species of plant in a tropical rain forest. After observing its anatomy and life cycle, the following characteristics are noted: flagellated sperm, xylem with tracheids, separate gametophyte and sporophyte generations with the sporophyte dominant, and no seeds. This plant is probably most closely related to

(1) mosses 

(2) charophytes

(3) ferns 

(4) gymnosperms

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Question 5. Sporophylls can be found in which of the following?

(1) mosses 

(2) liverworts

(3) hornworts 

(4) pteridophytes

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Question 6. Which structure is common to both gymnosperms and angiosperms?

(1) stigma 

(2) carpel

(3) ovule 

(4) ovary

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Question 7. Which of the following is a structure of angiosperm gametophytes?

(1) immature ovules 

(2) pollen tubes

(3) ovaries 

(4) stamens

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Question 8. Angiosperm double fertilization is so-called because it features the formation of

(1) two embryos from one egg and two sperm cells.

(2) one embryo from one egg fertilized by two sperm cells.

(3) two embryos from two sperm cells and two eggs.

(4) one embryo involving one sperm cell and of endosperm involving a second sperm cell.

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Question 9. How have fruits contributed to the success of angiosperms?

(1) by nourishing the plants that make them

(2) by facilitating dispersal of seeds

(3) by attracting insects to the pollen inside

(4) by producing sperm and eggs inside a protective coat

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Question 10. Which of the following is the correct sequence during the alternation of generations life cycle in a flowering plant?

(1) sporophyte-meiosis-gametophyte-gametesfertilization-diploid zygote.

(2) sporophyte-mitosis-gametophyte-meiosissporophyte

(3) haploid gametophyte-gametes-meiosis-fertilizationdiploid sporophyte.

(4) sporophyte-spores-meiosis-gametophyte-gametes.

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Question 11. Which of the following are true of most angiosperms?

(1) a triploid endosperm within the seed

(2) an ovary that becomes a fruit

(3) a small (reduced) sporophyte

(4) 1 and 2 only

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Question 12. Fusion of two gametes which are dissimilar in size is

termed

(1) Oogamy 

(2) Isogamy

(3) Anisogamy 

(4) Zoogamy

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Question 13. The heterosporous pteridophytes are

(1) Lycopodium and Pteris

(2) Selaginella and Psilotum

(3) Selaginella and Salvinia

(4) Dryopteris and Adiantum

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Question 14. Haplo-diplontic life cycle is found in

(1) bryophytes 

(2) pteridophytes

(3) fungi 

(4) both (1) and (2)

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Question 15. The female sex organ in Funaria is

(1) antheridium 

(2) paraphysis

(3) archegonium 

(4) oogonium.

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Question 16. _____ classification systems were based on evolutionary relationships between various organisms.

(1) Natural 

(2) Artificial

(3) Phylogenetic 

(4) Both (1) and (2)

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Question 17. Gemmae are multicellular green structures for vegetative propagation. These are found inside gemma cups in

(1) Riccia capsule 

(2) Marchantia thallus

(3) Funaria protonema 

(4) Fern prothallus

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Question 18. Select the incorrect pair.

(1) Numerical taxonomy - All observable characteristics

(2) Cytotaxonomy - Cytological information

(3) Chemotaxonomy - Chromosome number and structure

(4) Cladistic taxonomy - Origin from a common ancestor

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Question 19. Identify the plants shown in figure and select the correct option.

	A	B
(1)	Sphagnum	Dictyota
(2)	Selaginella	Ginkgo
(3)	Selaginella	Salvinia
(4)	Cycas	Ginkgo

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Question 20. Identify the given figures of algae and select the correct option.

	A	B
(1)	Fucus	Polysiphonia
(2)	Dictyota	Polysiphonia
(3)	Dictyota	Porphyra
(4)	Porphyra	Polysiphonia

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Question 21. Holdfast, stipe and frond constitutes the plant body in case of –

(1) Rhodophyceae 

(2) Chlorophyceae

(3) Phaeophyceae 

(4) All of the above

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Question 22. Which of the following options correctly identifies the plant shown in figure and the group it belongs to? 

 

(1) Selaginella – Pteridophyte

(2) Sphagnum – Moss

(3) Sphagnum – Liverwort

(4) Funaria – Moss

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Question 23. Select the incorrect statement regarding reproduction in Rhodophyceae.

(1) Asexual reproduction occurs by non-motile spores.

(2) Sexual reproduction occurs by motile gametes.

(3) Sexual reproduction is oogamous.

(4) Complex post-fertilization developmental events occur.

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Question 24. Read the given statements about algae and select the correct option.

(i) Plant body is thalloid.

(ii) Largely aquatic.

(iii) Reproduction by vegetative, asexual & sexual methods.

(iv) Chlamydomonas, Volvox, Ulothrix are the multicellular algae.

(1) Statements (i) and (ii) are true

(2) Statements (ii) and (iii) are true

(3) Statements (i), (ii) and (iii) are true

(4) All statements are true

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Question 25. ln double fertilization, one male gamete fuses with the     i     to form zygote and the other male gamete fuses with     ii     to form primary endosperm nucleus.

(1) synergids (n), antipodals (n)

(2) egg (n), antipodals

(3) egg (n), secondary nucleus (2n)

(4) egg (n), synergids (n)

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Question 26. _______ do not have free living gametophyte.

(1) Bryophytes 

(2) Pteridophytes

(3) Gymnosperms 

(4) both (2) and (3)

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Question 27. The giant Redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) is a/an

(1) Angiosperm 

(2) Free fern

(3) Pteridophyte 

(4) Gymnosperm

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Question 28. Select the option that correctly identifies A and B in the given figure.

 

	A	B
(1)	Sporophyte	Gametophyte
(2)	Gametophyte	Sporophyte
(3)	Male shoot	Female shoot
(4)	Female shoot	Male shoot

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Question 29. Coralloid roots of ______ have symbiotic association with N2 - fixing cyanobacteria.

(1) Pinus 

(2) Cedrus

(3) Cycas 

(4) Ginkgo

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Question 30. A plant shows thallus level of organization. It shows rhizoids and is haploid. It needs water to complete its life cycle because the male gametes are motile. Identify the group to which it belongs to –

(1) Pteridophytes 

(2) Gymnosperms

(3) Monocots 

(4) Bryophytes

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Question 31. In pteridophytes, prothallus produces –

(1) sporangia

(2) antheridia and archegonia

(3) vascular tissues

(4) root, stem and leaf.

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Question 32. Artificial systems gave equal weightage to vegetative and sexual characteristics; this is not acceptable because often _____ characters are more easily affected by environment.

(1) vegetative 

(2) sexual

(3) anatomical 

(4) physiological

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Question 33. Major photosynthetic pigments in green algae are

(1) Chlorophyll a and b

(2) Chlorophyll a, c and fucoxanthin

(3) Chlorophyll a, d and phycoerythrin

(4) Chlorophyll a and c.

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Question 34. A Prothallus is

(1) A structure in pteridophytes formed before the thallus develops.

(2) A sporophytic free living structure formed in pteridophytes.

(3) A gametophyte free living structure formed in pteridophytes.

(4) A primitive structure formed after fertilization in pteridophytes.

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Question 35. The given figure shows two phases, A and B of a typical angiospermic life cycle. Select the correct option regarding it. 

(1) A-Gametophytic generation (n) B-Sporophytic generation (2n)

(2) A-Sporophytic generation (2n) B-Gametophytic generation (n)

(3) A-Sporophytic generation (2n) B-Sporophytic generation (2n)

(4) A-Gametophytic generation (n) B-Gametophytic generation (n)

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Question 36. Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct option from the codes given below. 

Column-I	Column-II
A. Food	(i) Brown algae
B. Agar	(ii) Porphyra, Laminaria
C. Algin	(iii) Gelidium, Gracilaria
D. Carrageenin	(iv) Red algae

(1) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(iv)

(2) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)

(3) A-(iii), B-(ii), C-(iv), D-(i)

(4) A-(iii), B-(ii), C-(i), D-(iv)

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Question 37. Common example of red algae is

(1) Porphyra 

(2) Gracilaria

(3) Ectocarpus 

(4) both (1) and (2)

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Question 38. In pteridophytes, main plant body is a (i) which is (ii) into true roots, stem and leaves.

Fill the blanks in above statement and select the correct option.

(1) (i)-Sporophyte, (ii)-differentiated

(2) (i)-Sporophyte, (ii)-not differentiated

(3) (i)-Gametophyte, (ii)-differentiated

(4) (i)-Gametophyte, (ii)-not differentiated

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Question 39. The leaves of gymnosperms are well-adapted to withstand extremes of temperature, humidity and wind, because of which of the following features?

(1) Needle like leaves 

(2) Thick cuticle

(3) Sunken stomata 

(4) All of these

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Question 40. In gymnosperms the development of pollen grains take

place with in the

(1) megasporangia 

(2) microsporangia

(3) male gametophyte 

(4) female gametophyte

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Question 41. Spirogyra, Volvox and Chlamydomonas shows

(1) haplontic life cycle

(2) diplontic life cycle

(3) haplo-diplontic life cycle

(4) diplobiontic life cycle

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Question 42. In gymnosperms ovules are borne on

(1) microsporophyll (2) megasporophyll

(3) macrosporophyll (4) Both (1) and (3)

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Question 43. In Angio spermic fertilisation, one male gamete fuses with egg to form     A    , this event is called     B     .Identify A and B and choose the correct option.

(1) A-endosperm; B-syngamy

(2) A-zygote; B-syngamy

(3) A-embryo; B-triple fusion

(4) A-endosperm; B-triple fusion

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Question 44. In angiosperms embryo sac consists of

(1) one egg cell

(2) two synergids

(3) three antipodal and two polar nuclei

(4) All of the above

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Question 45. The cones bearing megasporophyll with ovules are

called

(1) male strobili 

(2) female strobili

(3) megasporangia 

(4) microsporangia

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