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Chapter 3 Plant Kingdom MCQ with Answers Class 11 Biology

MCQ Questions Class 11 Biology Plant Kingdom provided below have been prepared by expert teachers of grade 11. These objective questions with solutions are expected to come in the upcoming Standard 11 examinations. Learn the below provided MCQ questions to get better marks in examinations.

Question. Pollination that occurs in closed flowers is:-
(a) Allogamy 
(b) Autogamy
(c) Geitonogamy 
(d) Xenogany

Question. Cut-pieces of a Bryophyllum leaf, when put into wet soil, produce new plants. This phenomenon is called as-

(a) Vegetative propagation
(b) Tissue culture
(c) Leaf primordial culture
(d) Meristem culture

Question. Nucellar embryos are
(a) Amphimictic diploids
(b) Apomictic diploids
(c) Apomictic haploids
(d) Pentaploids

Question. What is common between vegetative reproduction and apomixis?
(a) Both are sexual method of reproduction
(b) Both produce progeny identical to the parent
(c) Both are applicable to only dicot plants
(d) Both bypass the flowering in plant

Question. Which of the following is not a post pollination development?
(a) Formation of male gametes in pollen tube
(b) Division of pollen cell into tube cell and generative cell.
(c) Secretion of hydrolytic enzyme by pollen tube.
(d) Swelling of vegetative cell and formation of pollen tube

Question. The development of male gametophyte in angiosperms is
(a) Partly in- situ in anther and partly ex-situ on stigma.
(b) Fully in- situ in anther.
(c) Fully ex- situ on stigma
(d) in- vitro only

Question. From the given list how many do not show vegetative / asexual reproduction naturally?
Sugarcane, ginger, maize, barley, tobacco, pea, sunflower, potato, Bryophyllum.
(a) Three 
(b) Two
(c) Five 
(d) Four

Question. Persistent nucellus in the seed is observed in :
(a) Castor and Turnip
(b) Black pepper and Beet
(c) Black pepper and Maize
(d) All of these

Question. During the development of helobial endosperm,
(a) The first nuclear division of primary endosperm nucleus is followed by equal cytoplasmic division
(b) The first nuclear division of primary endosperm nucleus is followed by another nuclear division
(c) The first nuclear division of primary endosperm nucleus is followed by unequal cytoplasmic division with the larger cell towards the chalaza
(d) The first nuclear division of primary endosperm nucleus is followed by unequal cytoplasmic division with the larger cell towards the micropyle.

Question. When only the first division is followed by unequal cytokinesis, the development of endosperm is called :
(a) Cellular 
(b) Ruminate
(c) Helobial 
(d) Nuclear

Question. How many cells are present in the embryo sac immediately after pollen tube ruptures with in the embryo sac?
(a) 10 
(b) 7
(c) 6 
(d) 9

Question. The pollen grain viability is highly variable. Select the least viable pollen grain from the following list of choices.
(a) Pea 
(b) Rose
(c) Potato 
(d) Rice

Question. Flowering plants have developed many devices to discourage self-pollination and to encourage cross-pollination except-
(a) Dicliny
(b) Dichogamy
(c)Homogamy
(d) Self-Incompatibility

Question. Which of the following is incorrect?
(a) Double fertilization is characteristics of angiosperm.
(b) Double fertilization was discovered by Nawaschin.
(c) Pollen tube shows apical growth and chemotropic movement.
(d) Basal part of ovule is called micropyle.

Question. In a mature 7 celled 8-nucleate embryo sac the ploidy level of the secondary nucleus is the same as that of the:
(a) Synergids 
(b) Antipodals
(c) Nucellus 
(d) Polar nuclei

Question. Leaves bearing sporangium are sporophylls. In some pteridophytes sporophylls form compact structure called
(a) Sporocarp
(b) Strobilus or cone
(c) Spike
(d) Flower

Question. Prothallus in pteridophytes is
(a) Non vascular, haploid, multicellular, small, mostly photosynthetic, thalloid, gametophyte
(b) Vascular, N, multicellular sporophyte
(c) 2N, Free-living gametophyte
(d) Is thallus/plant body in same pteridophytes

Question. Which one is wrongly matched?
(a) Gemma cups – marchantia
(b) Biflagellate zoospores – brown algae
(c) Uniflagellate gametes – polysiphonia
(d) Unicellular organism – chlorella

Question. In pteridophytes prothallus produces
(a) Sporangia
(b) Antheridia and archegonia
(c) Vascular tissues
(d) Root, stem, and leaf

Question. The sporophyte is dominant phase in
(a) Pteridophyte
(b) Gymnosperms
(c) Angiosperms
(d) All

Question. Match the following

Column – I	Column – II
A. Psilopsida	I. Dryopteris, pteris,adiantum
B. Lycopsida	II. Equisetum
C. Sphenopsida	III. Selaginella
D. Pteropsida	IV. Lycopodium
	V. Psilotum

Options :
(a) A – V, B – III, IV, C – II, D – I
(b) A – I, B – II, C – III, D – IV
(c) A – IV, B – III, C – II, D – I
(d) A – III, B – IV,V, C – II, D – I

Question. Integumented megasporangia are formed in :-
(a) Phanerogames
(b) Cryptogames only
(c) Gymnosperms only
(d) Pteridophytes only

Question. The most common type of spores produced in algae during asexual reproduction are :-
(a) Aplanospores
(b) Conidia
(c) Zoospores
(d) Hypnospores

Question. Which is not common in Chlorella and Spirulina ?
(a) both are unicellular
(b) both are rich in protein
(c) both are used as food supplement
(d) both are prokaryotes

Question. Zygotic meiosis occurs in :-
(a) Pinus
(b) Funaria
(c) Pteridium
(d) Chara

Question. In gymnosperms, the megaspore forms :-
(a) Endosperm
(b) Female gamete
(c) Male gamete
(d) Male cone

Question. Which is not an example of moss plants ?
(a) Funaria
(b) Polytrichum
(c) Sphagnum
(d) Colletotrichum

Question. Non vascular archegoniate plants are :-
(a) Thallophytes
(b) Bryophytes
(c) Pteridophytes
(d) Gymnosperm

Question. Which is not true about agar ?
(a) It is obtained from red alga
(b) It is used to grow (culture) microbes
(c) It is used to make ice-cream and gellies
(d) It is used as food supplement even by space travellers

Question. Which group of plants conduct water and minerals by xylem tracheids ?
(a) Algae
(b) Mosses
(c) Liverworts
(d) Gymnosperms

Question. Which one of the following is not the ecological importance of moss plants ?
(a) Some mosses provide food for herbaceous mammals birds and other animals
(b) Very high water holding capacity of mosses is useful for trans-shipment of living materials
(c) Mosses algong with lichens are the pioneering organisms to colonise rocks
(d) Mosses form dense mats on the soil and reduce the impact of falling rain.

Question. Fusion between a large, nonmotile (static) female gamete and a smaller, motile male gamete is termed as :-
(a) Isogamy
(b) Oogamy
(c) Anisogamy
(d) Autogamy

Question. Strobilli or cones are not formed in :-
(a) Lycopods
(b) Sphenopsids
(c) Conifers
(d) Ferns

Question. Evolutionary first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues xylem and phloem are :- 
(a) Psilopsids
(b) Lycopods
(c) Pteropsids
(d) Sphenopsids

Question. In a sphenopsid plant number of chromosome in the cells of scaly leaves is 24, what will be the number of chromosomes in its cells of stem, spore, and prothallus respectively :-
(a) 24, 12, 12
(b) 24, 24, 12
(c) 12, 24, 12
(d) 24, 12, 24

Question. Most reduced gametophyte is found in :-
(a) Bryophyta
(b) Pteridophyta
(c) Gymnosperms
(d) Angiosperms

Question. The phylogenetic classification was put forth by:
(a) Carolus Linnaeus
(b) Aristotle
(c) Adolf Engler and Karl Prantl
(d) Theophrastus

Question. Evolutionary history of an organism is known as:
(a) Phylogeny
(b) Ancestry
(c) Palaneotology
(d) Ontogeny

Question. Cytotaxonomy is based on
(a) Chemical constituents
(b) Morphological characters
(c) Structure and behaviour of chromosomes
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Question. Which of these is mismatched?
(a) Bryon – liverworts
(b) Kryptos – concealed
(c) Gymno – naked
(d) Phaneros – visible

Question. Trichoderma erythrium which gives colour to red sea is:
(a) Green alga
(b) Blue – Green alga
(c) Red alga
(d) Brown alga

Question. Non – motile, greatly thickened, asexual spore in Chlamydomonas is:
(a) Carpospores
(b) Aplanospores
(c) Akinetes
(d) Hypnospores

Question. Pyrenoids are made up of:
(a) Core of starch surrounded by sheath of protein
(b) Core of protein surrounded by fatty sheath
(c) Proteinaceous centre and starchy sheath
(d) Core of nuclei acid surrounded by protein sheath

Question. Spirogyral lateral conjugation takes place in:
(a) Heterosporous species
(b) Homosporous species
(c) Heterothallic species
(d) Homothallic species

Question. Which of the following is known as Pond Silk?
(a) Spirogyra
(b) Ulothrix
(c) Nostoc
(d) Anabaena

Question. Meiosis in Spirogyra, Ulothrix, Chlamydomonas and most of the algae / thallophyta is:
(a) Sporic
(b) Zygotic
(c) Gametic
(d) Unequal

Question. Ulothrix releases zoospore during:
(a) Evening
(b) Morning
(c) Night
(d) Noon

Question. Which algae is chew as tobacco in Scotland?
(a) Porphyra
(b) Rodimenia palmata
(c) Chlorella
(d) Spirogyra

Question. Which is Mermaid’s tresses?
(a) Nostoc
(b) Ulothrix
(c) Anabaena
(d) Spirogyra

Question. Ulothrix is:
(a) Nonmotile colonial alga lacking reproductive stages
(b) Filmaentous alga with nonflagellated reproductive stages
(c) Membranous alga producing zoospores
(d) Filamentous alga with flagellated reproductive stages

Question. Which of the following algae are used by space travellers as food suppliments?
(a) Gracilaria, Gelidium
(b) Volvox, Ulothrix
(c) Spirogyra, Kelps
(d) Spirulina, Chlorella

Question. Bacteria responsible for nitrificatin come under the following groups:
(a) Bacillus
(b) Vibrio
(c) Coccus
(d) Spirilla

Question. Bacteria were discovered by:
(a) Robert Koch
(b) A.V. Leeuwenhoek
(c) Robert Hooke
(d) Louis Pasteur

Question. The main difference in Gram (+)ve and Gram (-)ve bacteria resides in their:
(a) Flagella
(b) Cell membrane
(c) Cytoplasm
(d) Cell wall

Question. An obligate anaerobe is:
(a) Ulothrix
(b) Methane bacteria
(c) Spirogyra
(d) Onion

Question. Endospores develop in:
(a) Bacillus and Clostridium
(b) Saccharomyces and Clostridium
(c) Mnococcus and Clostridium
(d) Mucor and Bacillus

Question. Match the columns and find the correct answer:

Column I	Column II
A. Streptomyces	1. Food poisoning
B. Rhizobium	2. Source antibiotics
C. Nitrosomonas	3. Nitrogen fixation
D. Acetobacter	4. Nitrification
	5. Vinegar synthesis

(a) A-2 B-3 C-4 D-5
(b) A-5 B-2 C-3 D-4
(c) A-2 B-3 C-1 D-5
(d) A-4 B-5 C-1 D-3

Question. Entamoeba coil causes:
(a) None
(b) Diarrhoea
(c) Dysentery
(d) Pyorrhoea

Question. Recurrence of high temperature in malaria at intervals is due to completion of:
(a) Exoerythrocytic schizogony
(b) Sporogony
(c) Gamogony
(d) Erythrocytic schizogony

Question. Which of the following can be used as bacteriological filter?
(a) Cymbella
(b) Batrachospermum
(c) Oscillatoria
(d) Gelidium

Question. Chief producers in oceans are
(a) Diatoms
(b) Desmids
(c) Archaebacteria
(d) All of these

Question. Acellular slime mould:
(a) Physarum
(b) Physarella
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these

Question. Amoeba is found in:
(a) Fresh water
(b) Marine water
(c) Dirty water
(d) All of these

Question. Slime mould is characterized by the presence of
(a) Elaters
(b) Pseudoelaters
(c) Capillitum
(d) Capitulum

Question. Longitudinal binary fission found in
(a) Euglena
(b) Plasmodium
(c) Planaria
(d) Paramecium

Question. Amoeba secretes digestive enzymes for hydrolysing:
(a) Protein
(b) Starch
(c) Fat
(d) All the above

Question. Multiple fission in Plasmodium is:
(a) Schizogony
(b) Sproulation
(c) Gamogamy
(d) None of the above

Question. Infective stage of Entamoeba histolytica is:
(a) Pre-cyst
(b) Tetranucleate cyst
(c) Uninucleate cyst
(d) Trophozoite

Question. Haemozoin formed in malaria is produced by:
(a) Globin part of haemoglobin
(b) Dead leucocytes
(c) Cryptozoites
(d) Heme of haemoglobin

Question. What is not connected with reproduction of protozoans?
(a) Cryptogamy
(b) Autogamy
(c) Schizogamy
(d) Conjugation

Question. Malarial parasite is:
(a) Polygenetic
(b) Monogenetic
(c) Digenetic
(d) Monomorphic