Biology Today - May 2018

(Rick Simeone) #1
Figure Based Questions


  1. Refer the given figure and answer the following questions.


(a) The given life cycles, (A and B) are found in protists.
Identify the type of cycle A and B.
(b) Give the examples of groups in which these two
cycles (A and B) are found respectively.
(c) Differentiate between life cycle A and B.


  1. Consider the given figure and answer the following questions.
    B A


C
D

(a) Identify A, B, C and D in the given figure.
(b) What are the functions of A and B?
(c) What will happen if this organism is allowed to grow
in dark?

CHAPTER-3 : PLANT KINGDOM
Multiple Choice Questions


  1. Select the mismatched pair.
    (a) Agar – Gelidium
    (b) Carrageenin – Chondrus
    (c) Funori – Gloiopeltis
    (d) Algin – Gracilaria
    2. Read the following statements and select the incorrect
    option.
    (a) Sargassum is used as fodder and manure.
    (b) In chlorophyta the food reserve is starch.
    (c) Archegonium is partially embedded in bryophytes.
    (d) Coralline algae produce limestone.
    3. Identify A, B, C and D in the given table of different algae
    and their characteristics.
    Algae Stored food Flagellar number
    A Floridean starch Absent
    Cholorophyceae B 2 – 8
    C Mannitol D
    Select the correct option.
    A B C D
    (a) Phaeophyceae Starch Rhodophyceae 2
    (b) Phaeophyceae Laminarin Rhodophyceae Absent
    (c) Rhodophyceae Starch Phaeophyceae 2
    (d) Rhodophyceae Starch Phaeophyceae Absent
    4. Select the correct option to fill up the blanks in the following
    statements.
    (i) The sperms of are the largest in the biological
    world.
    (ii)
    is a living fossil which has natural immunity
    to several plant diseases.
    (iii) _____ has branched stem with mycorrhizal roots
    occurring near the soil surface.
    (i) (ii) (iii)
    (a) Pinus Cycas Ginkgo
    (b) Cycas Ginkgo Pinus
    (c) Ginkgo Cycas Pinus
    (d) Cycas Pinus Ginkgo
    5. Consider the following table for comparison between dicot
    and monocot.


Dicot Monocot
(i) Flowers are trimerous. Flowers are
pentamerous.
(ii) Pollen grains have
three germ pores.

Pollen grains possess a
single germinal furrow.
(iii) Vascular bundles are
scattered.

Vascular bundles are
arranged in a ring.
(iv) Xylem vessels are
polygonal.

Xylem vessels are
rounded.

How many of the above differences are correct?
(a) One (b) Three
(c) Two (d) All of these
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