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WorksheetsRAPID REVISION QUIZ
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ORDER OF MANGO
PRIMATA
CARNIVORA
DIPTERA
SAPINDALES
ORDER OF WHEAT
SAPINDALES
POACEAE
POALES
PRIMATA
A PAIR OF CONTRASTING STATEMENT IS CALLED
KEY
LEAD
COUPLET
HERBARIUM
PLANTS DRIED AND PASTED TO FORM
MUSEUMS
BOTANY
BOTANICAL GARDENS
HERBARIUM
Taxon is the _________________
Species
Unit of classification
Highest rank in classification
Group of closely related
Who proposed the five kingdom classification?
Whittaker
Linnaeus
Copeland
Haeckel
Who is the father of modern taxonomy?
Aristotle
Theraphrastus
John Ray
Carolus Linnaeus
Binomial nomenclature refers to
Two names of a species
One specific and one local name of a species
Two words for the name of a species
Two life cycles of an organism
Organisms have the ability to grow in extreme conditions like volcano vents,hot springs and polar ice caps are called ____________.
Methanogens
Halophiles
Pathogens
Extremophiles
Cladogram considers the following characters
Physiological and biochemical
Evolutionary and phylogenetic
Taxonomic and systematic
None of the above
The scientific name of our national bird is ___________.
Pavo cristatus
Zoothera
Panthers tigris
Felis silvestris
Naja naja is the scientific name of ___________.
The Indian lion
The Indian Tiger
The Indian bird
The Indian Cobra
Who wrote the book 'Origin of species'?
Carolus Linnaeus
Charles Darwin
Walter Rose
Cavalier Smith
Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclature and correctly described?
Musca domestica - the common house lizard, a reptile
Plasmodium falciparum - a protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria.
Felis tigris - the Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests.
E.coli - full name Entamoeba coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine.
ICBN stands for:
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
International Congress of Biological Names
Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature
Indian Congress of Biological Names.
Who is called as the Darwin of 20th century ?
Carolus linnaeus
Ernst Mayr
Aristotle
R.H.Whittaker
A famous botanical garden known as Royal Botanical Garden is located in
Lucknow, India
Kew, England
Howrah, India
Darjeeling, India
Animals in zoological parks are kept in
Fully man-made environment
Containers with preservative solutions
Conditions similar to natural habitats
Harbarium sheets
A taxonomical key is used for
Conserving various plant species
Identification of plants and animals
Study geography of a plant
Nomenclature of plants and animals
Flora contains
Dead specimens of plants which are carefully preserved
Collections of skeletons of animals only
Actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of a given area
Information on any one taxon of plants
Information about any one taxon of plants or animals can be found in
Museum
Herbarium
Monograph
Flora
Prokaryotic cells are
cells lack organized nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
Cells that have a nucleus with cell wall and membrane
Cells that are free of ribosomes and DNA
Cells that do not have a membrane or flagellum
2.All statements listed below are true about Chlamydomonas sp. EXCEPT
It has green pigment called chlorophyll
It’s mode of nutrition is autotrophic
It’s grouped under protozoa
It’s store carbohydrate in the form of starch
3.What Kingdom are amoebas, parameciums and euglenas in?
Fungi
Protista
Plantae
Animalia
4.Which protistan has a flagellum, an eyespot, and chloroplasts but can also be heterotrophic?
Paramecium
Amoeba
Trypanosoma
Euglena
The two kingdom Classification was Proposed by
Whittaker
Bentham
Hutchinson
Linnaeus
The five kingdom classification includes the following kingdoms
Monera, Algae, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
Bacteria, Algae, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
Fungi was separated from kingdom Plantae and introduced as a new kingdom because fungi
i) have cell wall which is made of Chitin
ii) are mostly unicellular
iii) are prokaryotic
iv) have heterotrophic mode of nutrition
Chose the correct combination from below
i) and ii)
i) and iii)
i) and iv)
ii) and iv)
Which of the following is not common characteristics of plants and animals in Five kingdom classification
i) Eukaryotic cell type
ii) Presence of Cell wall
iii) Presence of Organ system
iv) Presence of Nuclear membrane
Chose the correct combination from below options
i) and ii)
ii) and iv)
i) and iii)
ii) and iii)
Which of the following is NOT the main criteria for classification proposed by Whittaker?
Cell structure
Mode of nutrition
Locomotion
Phylogenetic Relationship
Mycobiont and Phycobiont forms association in
Mycorrhiza
B-G algae
Lichen
root of higher plants
Naked cytoplasm, multinucleated saprophytes belongs to
Monera
Protista
Fungi
Slime mould
Contagium vivum fluidum was proposed by
Ivanowsky
Beijerinck
Stanley
Robert Hook
Which of the following organism is not an eukaryote?
Paramoecium
Euglena
Escherichia
Amoeba
A common nitrogen fixer in paddy field is
Rhizobium
Azospirillum
Frankia
Oscillatoria
The envelope of a virus is called
core
virion
capsid
cell envelope
Which of the following diseases is caused by virus but transmitted by mosquito?
Typhoid
Yellow fever
Plague
COVID-1
Which of the following is a characteristic feature of Chrysophytes?
parasitic forms causing disease in animals
have protein rich layer called pellicle
have indestructible siliceous cell wall
commonly called dinoflagellates
Sexual reproduction is absent in
Phycomycetes
Ascomycetes
Basidiomycetes
Deuteromycetes
Trypanosoma gambiense causes
kala- azar
sleeping sickness
malaria
dysentry
Which among the following is a Basidiomycetes fungi?
Polyporus
Penicillium
Rhizopus
Trichoderma
Which of the following is not a fungal asexual spore?
Zoospore
Sporangiospore
Conidia
Ascospore
Which of the following is also known as Composer - Decomposer protist?
Euglenoids
Slime moulds
Amoeboid protists
Sporozoan protists
With respect to the fungal sexual cycle, choose the correct sequence of events.
Karyogamy, plasmogamy and meiosis
Meiosis, plasmogamy and karyogamy
Plasmogamy, karyogamy and meiosis
Meiosis, karyogamy and plasmogamy
The imperfect fungi which are decomposers of litter and help in mineral cycling belong to
Ascomycetes
Deuteromycetes
Basidiomycetes
Phycomycetes
Cyanobacteria are classified under
Protista
Monera
Plantae
Algae
The giant Redwood tree( Sequoia sempervirens) is a / an
Giant fern
Angiosperm
Gymnosperm
Bryophyte
Gemma cup is found in
Marchantia
Salvinia
Selaginella
Funaria
Holdfast, Stipe and frond are usually found in members of
Chlorophyceae
Phaeophyceae
Rhodophyceae
All algae
Which of the following is a Red alga?
Chara
Laminaria
Fucus
Polysiphonia
Sphagnum is used as a packaging material to transport living plants because (most appropriate)
It is bushy
It lasts long
it is easily available
it retains huge amount of water
Which statement about Brown algae is correct?
Reserve food is Floridean starch
Two Equal apical flagella present
Cell wall made of cellulose and algin
Chlorophyll a and d present
Which of the following is not a Pteridophyte?
Salvinia
Equisitum
Polytrichum
Dryopteris
Prothallus is a
sporophytic stage of fern
gametophytic stage of fern
Sporophytic stage of mosses
gametophytic stage of mosses
Conifers have several adaptive features to reduce water loss. Which one of the following is incorrect?
Needle like leaves
thick cuticle
sunken stomata
producing pollen grains
Find the incorrect match from the following pairs i) Psilopsida - Psilotum, ii) Lycopsida - Lycopodium iii) Sphenopsida - Selaginella iv) Pteropsida - Pteris
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
Which of the following is not a gymnosperm?
Cycas
Gingko
Pinus
Equisetum
While most of the algal species are haplontic, which among the following is haplo-diplontic?
Fucus
Chara
Polysiphonia
Spirogyra
Study the paired combinations on Classification and find out the incorrect pair: i) Artificial system - based on few characteristics ii) Natural system - natural affinities among organisms iii) Phylogenetic - using computers comparing lot of characteristics iv) Cytotaxonomy- chromosome number, structure etc.
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
Which of the following pairs is a true aquatic fern?
Azolla, Salvinia
Azolla, Selaginella
Azolla, Lycopodium
Salvinia, Equisetum
Zygotic meiosis is the characteristics of
funaria
chlamydomonas
marchantia
fucus
Non-vascular plants belongs to which group?
pteridophytes
bryophytes
gymnosperms
angiosperms
Which of the following is the unique characteristics for Kingdom Plantae
cell wall consist of peptidoplycan
carbohydrate storage is glycogen
has alternation of generation
motile
Mosses and liverworts are called non-vascular plant because
they lack motile sperm
they lack seed
they lack vascular tissue
they lack true roots, stems and leaves
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of pteridophytes?
Sporophyte generation is dominant
Gametophyte generation is dominant
Produce spores
Has true roots, stems and leaves
Alternation of generations in plants refers to the alternation of
diploid and haploid stages
male and female stages
meiotic and mitotic stages
spore and seed stages
Angiosperms are the most successful terrestrial plants. Which of these features is unique to them and helps account for their success?
Dominant gametophytes
Fruits enclosing seeds
Embryos enclosed within seed coats
Sperm cells without flagella
This plant is classified under
Bryophytes
Pteridophytes
Gymnoperms
Angiosperms
In a fern life cycle, the ____________ is the dominant generation.
haploid gametophyte
haploid sporophyte
diploid gametophyte
diploid sporophyte
Why Gymnosperms is more advance compared to Pteridophyes?
Vascular plants
Sporophyte generation is dominant
Produce seed
Has true roots, stems and leaves
Dominant generation is gametophyte generation. This statement is TRUE for...
pteridophytes
bryophytes
angiosperms
gymnosperms
Which of the following is NOT a unique characteristic of Angiosperms?
Double fertilization
Formation of pollen tube
Seed is protected within ovary
Produce cone
All statements below is true about gymnosperms EXCEPT
heterosporous
seed does not enclosed within ovary
non-vascular plants
less dependent on water for fertilization
2. The large opening at the top of the sponge is called the
Osculum
Spicule
Porocyte
Spongocoel
3. Which of the following is NOT what a sponge skeleton can be made of?
Spongin
Cnidocyst
Silica
Spicule
4. Choanocytes are also known as _____.
epithelial cells
collar cells
pore cells
amoeboid cells
7. What are stinging organelles with a coiled thread found in the tentacles which are used to capture prey or defend against predators?
cnidocytes
nematocytes
choanocytes
pinacocytes
This picture of a sea anemone would represent which form of a Cnidarian?
Medusa
Larval
Polyp
Free-swimming
Ctenophora is commonly called as:
Flatworms
Sea Anemone
Comb Jellies
Cnidaria
The function of Flame cells are:
Excretion and Osmoregulation
Digestion and excretion
Anchorage and excretion
None of these
which features helps birds in flying?
Vertebral column
Crop
Gizzard
Pneumatic bones
Circulatory system in cockroach is ------------
Haemocoel
Pseudocoel
Enterocoelom
Eucoelom
Animal having a water canal system and spicules
Pleurobrachia
Antedon
Spongilla
Aurelia
Locomotory organs in Neries
Setae
Parapodia
Jointed legs
Arms
Emission of light in aquatic animals
Bioluminescence
Hot light
Thermal radiation
Cold receptors
Rasping organ in molluscs
Ctenidia
Nephridia
Radula
Gills
Which is the arthropodan living fossil
Locusta
Bombyx mori
Limulus
Laccifer
Chordates that have notochord in larval tail
Balanoglossus
Hemichordata
Cephalochordata
Urochordata
Scientific name of Angel fish
Pterophyllum
Betta
Exocoetus
Clarias
Limbless amphibian
Bufo
Salamndra
Ichthyopis
Rana tigris
Pteropus is a ---------
Flying fox
Flying fish
Marsupials
Eutherians
Gnathostomata means
Absence of jaw
Oval shaped jaw
Circular jaw
Presence of jaw
Fish that possess electric organ
Trygon
Torpedo
Carchorodon
Scoliodon
Hooks and suckers present in
Tape worm
Round worm
Earthworm
Tube worm
Which is the balancing organs in arthropoda?
Compound eyes
Antennae
Statocysts
Appendages
Blood sucking leech
Neries
Pheretima
Hirudinia
Ascaris
The parasite that cause elephantiasis
Filarial worm
Round worm
Tapeworm
Hookworm
A scientist has encountered a new organism in the kingdom Animalia with the following characteristics: jointed legs, exoskeleton, segmented body, and bilateral symmetry. What is it?
Annelida
Arthropoda
Cnidaria
Mollusca
Organisms with this type of body plan have no regular symmetry.
Bilateral
Radial
Symmetrical
Asymmetrical
These vertebrates live on land and water. They undergo metamorphosis and must lay their eggs in water.
Reptiles
Fish
Amphibians
Birds
The phylum that includes your tapeworms (parasitic). They have flattened bodies and some of the young form cysts in the muscles of other animals.
Platyhelminthes
Nematoda
Mollusca
Cnidaria
Organisms in this phylum have soft bodies covered by a mantle and a muscular foot.
Arthropoda
Porifera
Echinodermata
Mollusca
Scutellum is
Grass embryo
Grass seed
Grass fruit
Grass cotyledon
Dioecy states
Uniseuality of flwer
Bisexuality of flower
Bisexuality of plant
Unisexuality of a plant
Autogamy can occur in a chasmogamouus flower if
Pollen matures before maturity of ovule
Ovule mature before maturity of pollen
Both ovule and pollen matures simultaneously
Both anther and stigma are of equal length
During microsporogenesis meiosis occurs in
Endothecium
Microspore mother cell
Microspore tetrad
pollen grains
A particular species of a plant produces,light non sticky ,numerous pollen grains and long and feathery stigma. These modifications facilitates the pollination by
Insects
Water
Wind
Animals
In an embryo sac,the cells that degenerate after fertilization are
Synergies and primary endosperm cell
Synergids and antipodal cell
Antipodal cell and primary endosperm cell
Egg and antipodals
In a fertilized embryo sac ,haploid,diploid, triploid structures are
Synergid,zygote, PEN
Synergids, antipodal, polar nuclei
Antipodal, synergids, PEN
Synergids, polar nuclei, zygote
In the embryo of a typical dicot and a grass true homologous structures are
Coleorhiza, coleoptile
Coleoptile,scutellum
Cotyledon,scutellum
Hypocotyl,radicle
In a flower ,if megaspore mother cell forms megaspore ,without undergoing meiosis and if one megaspore develops into an embryo sac its nuclei would be
Haploid
Diploid
A few haploid ,a few diploid
With variable ploidy
The outermost and innermost wall layers of a microsporangium in an anther are
Endothecium ,tapetum
Epidermis, endodermis
Epidermis, middle layers
Epidermis, tapetum
Rewards and attractants are required for
entomophily
cleistophily
anemophily
hydrophily
The process of formation of seeds without fertilization in flowering plants is known as
budding
apomixis
sporulation
somatic hybridisation
Which of the following fruit is produced by parthenocarpy?
brinjal
apple
banana
jackfruit
Perisperm and endosperm differ in
Being a diploid tissue
Being a haploid tissue
Having no reserve food
Formation of perisperm by fusion of the secondary nucleus with many sperms
Flowers which have single ovule in the ovary and are packed into inflorescence are usually pollinated by
water
bee
wind
bat
Functional megaspore in an angiosperm develops into
ovule
endosperm
embryo sac
embryo
The ovule of an angiosperm is technically equivalent to :
megaspore mother cell
megaspore
megasporangium
megasporophyll
Coconut water from a tender coconut is
Degenerated nucellus
Immature embryo
Free nuclear endosperm
Innermost layers of the seed coat
Advantage of cleistogamy is
Higher genetic variability
More vigorous offspring
No dependence on pollinators
Vivipary
Filiform apparatus is characteristic feature of
Synergids
Generative cell
Nucellar embryo
Aleurone cell
the correct sequence of wall layers in a typical anther is
endothecium, epidermis, middle layer, tapetum
Epidermis , Middle layer, Endothecium, Tapetum
Epidermis, Endothecium, middle layers, Tapetum
Endothecium, Tapetum, Middle layer, Epidermis
The cells of this layer are having more than one nucleus and dense cytoplasm
Endothecium
Tapetum
Middle layer
Epidermis
cells of sporogenous tissue under go which division to form microspore tetrad
mitosis
meiosis
amitosis
cleavage
size of pollen is approx _________ micrometers in diameter
25-30
25-50
25-100
25-45
The outermost layer of pollengrain is made up of a resistant substance called
sporogenous tissue
calcium pectate
sporopollenin
pollinium
The points where sporopollenin is absent in exine is called
tube pores
germ pores
germ cells
tube cells
intine is the inner wall of pollen grain and is made up of
cellulose and pectin
Calcium and pectin
Hemicellulose and cellulose
Hemicellulose and pectin
The cell of pollengrain with large food reserves is
generative cell
vegetative cell
both
tube cell
in what % of species pollengrains are shed in 2 celled stage
40%
50%
60%
70%
generative cell divides to give rise to ---------- male gametes
2
3
1
4
--------------is the cause of pollen allergy
chenopodium
amaranthus
wild oats
parthenium
Pollens are stored in liquid nitrogen at a temperature
-196 degree celcius
-200 degree celcius
-197 degree celcius
-192 degree celcius
An Ovule is
integumented microspore
integumented megaspore
integumented microsporangium
integumented megasporangium
Syncarpous gynoecium is a condition, where
carpels are free
carpels are fused
ovules are many
gynoecium is fused with androecium
All the statements given below about megasporangium is correct, except.
megasporangium is covered by integuments
megasporangium encloses the embryosac
megasporangium encloses nucells
megasporangium encloses tapetum
identify the haploid structures
Pollen grain and Tapetum
Micropore and Megaspore mother cell
Pollen grain and megaspore
Megaspore and nucellus
The number of chromosomes in the cells of nucellus are 24, then what will be the number of chromosomes in the endosperm of that plant
48
12
36
38
Identify the diploid structures
Nucellus and antipodal cells
Egg apparatus and Secondary cell
Integuments and nucellus
integuments and antipodal cells
Which cells present near the micropyle
Synergids and antipodal cells
egg and antipodal cells
egg apparatus and central cell
egg apparatus
Ategmic ovules are
With a single integument
Without integument
With two layers of integuments
Without nucellus
An embryosac is
Male prothallus
Female sporophyte
Female gametophyte
Male sporophyte
Filiform apparatus were observed in
antipodal cells
synergids
central cells
nucellus
Functions of synergids
Provide platform for the entry of pollen tube
Filiform apparatus of synergids secrete some chemicals
Guides the pollen tube towards the micropyle
All of the above
Ovule is attached to placenta by
pedicel
hilum
funicle
integument
A megaspore mother cell having 28 chromosomes, the number of chromosome in the antipodal cells
28
14
12
56
Bird-pollinated flowers typically have
Large amounts of nectar
No fragrance
Large amounts of pollen
A dull colour
Insect-pollinated flowers typically have
Small, inconspicuous flowers
No scent
Light, powdery pollen grains
Relatively large, and often sticky grains of pollen
Which type of outbreeding devices prevents both autogamy as well as geitonogamy?
Monoecy
Dioecy
Heterostyly
Self Incompatibility
Geitonogamy is genetically similar to self-pollination but functionally similar to crosss-pollination because
Geitonogamy involves flowers of the same plant so it is similar to self-pollination and it also requires pollinating agent so it is similar to cross-pollination.
Geitonogamy involves two different flowers of the same plant and does not result in genetic variation in the progeny.
Both 1 and 2.
None of the above
Mechanisms that ensure self-pollination include:
Chasmogamy
Cleistogamy
Both 1 and 2
None of the above
In self-incompatible species:
Self-pollination does not lead to seed formation.
Pollen grains of a flower do not germinate on the stigma of the same flower.
There is presence of similar self-sterile genes.
All of the above.
1. Which of the following statements on cross-pollination is not true?
Pollen from a flower is transferred to on the stigma of a different flower on another plant
Cross-pollination produces health offspring
An example of a new variety of plant produced is the orchid.
Pollen from a flower is transferred to the stigma of a different flower on the same plant.
6. Self-pollination is a process that happens
I when the pollens from a flower is transferred to the stigma of the same flower
II when the pollens from a flower is transferred to the stigma of a different flower on the same plant
III when the pollens from a flower is transferred to the stigma of a flower on a different plant
I only
I and II only
II and III only
I, II and III
Which of the following statements about fruit is false?
Apple and strawberry are false fruits
Parthenocarpic fruits are seedless
True fruit develops from ovule after fertilisation
In some cases thalamus also develops into fruit.
The ploidy of endosperm is :
Haploid
Diploid
Triploid
Tetraploid
Which of the statement about emasculation is not true?
It helps in artificial hybridisation
It involves mechanical removal of anthers
Sitgmas of emasculated flowers are set free for cross pollination
Emasculation is not required for unisexual flowers.
In seeds, the residual persistent nucellus is called:
Periderm
Pericarp
Perisperm
Periblem
The development of fruit without fertilisation is:
Parthenogenesis
Parthenocarpy
Apomixis
Polyembryony
Angiospermic plant having chromosome number of 12. What will be chromosome number in integuments and nucellus
4
6
12
24
Non-endospermic seeds are found in:
castor
rice
wheat
bean
The plant parts which consist of two generationsone within the other
(1) pollen grains inside the anther
(2) germinated pollen grain with two male gametes
(3) seed inside the fruit
(4) embryo sac inside the ovule
(a) (1) only
(b) (1), (2), and (3)
(c) (3) and (4)
(d) (1) and (4)
a
b
c
d
In water hyacinth and water lily, pollination takes place by
(a) insects or wind
(b) water currents only
(c) wind and water
(d) insects and water.
a
b
c
d
Which is the most common type of embryo sac in angiosperms ?
(a) Tetrasporic with one mitotic stage of divisions
(b) Monosporic with three sequential mitotic divisions
(c) Monosporic with two sequential mitotic divisions
(d) Bisporic with two sequential mitotic divisions
a
b
c
d
In which one of the following, both autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented?
(a) Wheat
(b) Papaya
(c) Castor
(d) Maize
a
b
c
d
Which of the following statements best describes double fertilisation?
A male gametes fertilises an egg cell while another male gametes fertilises a polar nucleus
A male gametes fertilises an egg cell and two fused polar nuclei
A male gametes fertilises two fused polar nuclei
A male gametes fertilises an egg while another male gametes fertilises two polar nuclei
Which of the following parts will develop into a fruit after fertilisation in plants?
Integument
Ovary
Ovule
Triploid nucleus
Which of the following structures labelled A, B, C and D is an egg
A
B
C
D
What will happen if the stigma of a flower is cut?
Ovules are not produced
Pollen grains cannot be formed
Ovary does not develop into a fruit
Embryo sac is not developed
Which of the following takes place after fertilisation?
Zygote ----> testa
Intergument ----> fruit
Ovary ----> pericap
Ovule ----> seed
Which of the following is a characteristic of a pollen grain that is wind-pollinated?
It has a rough surface
It contains a diploid cell
It is small and light
It has a large food storage
Why do flowering plants show double fertilisation?
To produce the endosperm which contains food and ensures the seed can germinate succesfully
To protect the seeds
The diploid zygote can survive
The ovary will not develop if double fertilisation does not take place
What type of body symmetry do all adult echinoderms have?
Bilateral
Asymmetrical
Radial
All the above
Which organisms are in the class Agnatha?
Lampreys
frogs
snakes
birds
Which of the following is a characteristic of the class Chondrichthyes?
They have a cartilage skeleton (not bone)
they have a bone skeleton
they do not have jaws
they go through metamorphosis
How many chambers does a fish heart have?
1
2
3
4
