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Plant Kindom — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Biology & Life Sciences MCQs on Plant Kindom — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for MDCAT, PPSC, FPSC, NTS.

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Exam-Level MDCAT PPSC FPSC NTS
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Question 1 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Sporangia bearing leaf of a fern is called as

Question 2 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The latex cells differ from the latex vessels in that

Question 3 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

According to which of the following rules, it was suggested that when the species is shifted from one genus to another the author suggesting the shifting is free tp suggest any specific epithet of his own choice and the original specific epithet need not necessarily be retained?

Question 4 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The principles of ICBN include:

Question 5 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Eyes of potato are useful for

Question 6 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

According to Cheadle (1963), xylem vessels first appeared in the

Question 7 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The floral part that receives pollen grains during pollination is

Question 8 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Which of the following algae belongs to the tubular series?

Question 9 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

In which of the following, the flagellin subunits are ovoid, giving the flagellum a pinecore appearance?

Question 10 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Fucus, an alga, quite comparable with animal body

Question 11 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The fleshy thalamus is edible in

Question 12 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List-I List-II a. Neotype 1. One or more specimens, denoted by the author when no holotype is assigned already or hototype is destroyed b. Isotype 2. Specimen duplicate of holotype from the same collection of the same date and same locality c. Syntype 3. Also termed as co-types, and are the specimens referred to in original description other than holotypes d. Paratype 4. The specimen or other element selected by any author to serve as nomenclatural type as long as the whole material on which the name of the taxon is based gets lost

Question 13 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The innermost part of a flower is called the

Question 14 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Coralloid root' of Cycas helps in

Question 15 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Which of the following genera has often been called a "living fossil"?

Question 16 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The cells of compactly aggregated hyphae in Ascomycetes become isodiametric forming a pseudoparenchymatous structure of macroscopic size called

Question 17 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Lichens, which are capable of intiating ecological succession even on a bare rock, are actually a symbiotic association of

Question 18 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

. . . . . . . . is the pattern of veins in the blade of a leaf.

Question 19 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

In case of Zygomycetes, a small, terminal multinucleate cell, the gametangium is cut off by a septum at the tip of each progametangium, the remainder of which is called

Question 20 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The spring wood and the summer wood which form a cylindrical layer of secondary xylem during one season's growth constitute a/an

Question 21 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The first link in the food chain is the

Question 22 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Which of the following elements is obtained from the sea algae?

Question 23 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The Arteether medicine which is used to cure malaria is obtained from a

Question 24 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The part of root involved in water absorption is zone of

Question 25 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Which of the following antibiotics blocks protein synthesis by acting as an analogue to the adenosine terminal of phenylalanyl tRNA, and thus displacing aminoacyl tRNA?

Question 26 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

In Phlox, the vascular cylinder is continuous and consists of a single layered pericycle, a complete ring of phloem, a complete ring of cambium and a complete cylinder of xylem with a pith in the centre. This arrangement of the vascular tissue is called

Question 27 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

In Clostridium aceticum, the final electron acceptor during respiration is

Question 28 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Desert plants are generally

Question 29 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

During classification, only those characters are taken into consideration which

Question 30 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

In cauliflower plant, the useful part is

Question 31 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

What is a mushroom?

Question 32 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The reserve food in fungi invariably accumulates in the form of

Question 33 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Peeling of onions causes tears as onions release

Question 34 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Which of the following species is the largest of the 'toothed-whales'?

Question 35 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Which one of the following is a distinctive characteristic of angiosperm?

Question 36 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Which of the following groups of living beings belong to the same species?

Question 37 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

In Ascomycetes, the residual cytoplasm which is not used up in the formation of ascospores is called

Question 38 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

According to Clowes, a cap-like region of inactive cells between the root cap and the active meristematic region is known as

Question 39 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

The morphological or taxonomical studies concerned with an area are more adequately termed as

Question 40 of 40
★ MDCAT ★ PPSC

Which one of the following is commonly known as 'pond silk'?

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