Different Plant Groups (Botany)

Total Questions: 25

11. Which of the following bears flowers? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-1) 25.01.2017 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (a) Angiosperms
Solution:

Angiosperms -
Angiosperms are flowering plants. Their reproductive structures are flowers, which develop into fruits containing seeds.

12. Which of the following type of plant has woody tissue to supply water and minerals to different parts of the plant? [S.S.C. Online C.P.O. S.I. 7.06.2016 (Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (d) vascular plants
Solution:Vascular plants -
Vascular plants possess specialized woody tissues (xylem) that conduct water and minerals from the roots to other parts of the plant, providing structural support as well.

13. Plants which do not have distinct morphological forms are called _____ . [S.S.C. Online MTS (1-1) 19.08.2019 (Shih-II)]

Correct Answer: (c) Thallophyta
Solution:

Thallophyta -
Thallophytes, such as algae, lack distinct morphological structures like true roots, stems, and leaves; their plant body is often a simple, undifferentiated thallus.

14. Which of the following plant is a bryophyte? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-1) 5.08.2019 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (a) Moss
Solution: Moss -
Mosses are a classic example of bryophytes. Bryophytes are non-vascular plants that include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.

15. Companion cells are unique to- [SS.C. Online Graduate Level (T-1) 27.08.2016 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (c) Angiosperms
Solution:

Angiosperms -
Companion cells are specialized parenchyma cells that are closely associated with sieve tube elements in the phloem of angiosperms. They play a role in the transport of sugars.

16. Which non-flowering, spore bearing plants have roots? [S.SC. Online CHSL (T-1) 21.01.2017 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (c) Ferns
Solution:

Ferns -
Ferns are non-flowering, spore-bearing vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and leaves (often called fronds).

17. Which of the following is NOT an example of Pteridophyta? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-1) 12.07.2022 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (a) Funaria
Solution:

Funaria -
Funaria is a genus of mosses and belongs to the division Bryophyta, not Pteridophyta. Selaginella, Equisetum, and Pteris are all examples of pteridophytes (ferns and their allies).

18. Which phylum of the plant kingdom consists of vascular plants, leaves (known as fronds), roots and sometimes true stems and entire trunks in tree ferns? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-1) 02.06.2022 (Shift-11)]

Correct Answer: (d) Pteridophyta
Solution: Pteridophyta -
The phylum Pteridophyta includes vascular plants like ferns, which have leaves (fronds), roots, and sometimes true stems and trunks in the case of tree ferns. They reproduce via spores.

19. Which of the following is studied under phycology? [S.S.C. Online Stenographer 13.09.2017 (Shift-11)]

Correct Answer: (d) algae
Solution:Algae -
Phycology is the branch of botany that deals with the study of algae.

20. _______ is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting organ of the fungus. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-1) 21.01.2017 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (d) mushroom
Solution:

Mushroom -
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source.