NEET Biology Kingdom Plantae Question Bank

done Funaria and Riccia

• question_answer1) Primitive types of stomata are found in the [AIIMS 1998, 99]

  A) Leaves of moss plants

  B) Axis of the moss plant

  C) Apophysis of capsule of moss

  D) All the above

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• question_answer2) Paraphysis in moss are

  A) One celled and club shaped

  B) Multicelled and club shaped

  C) One celled and bottle shaped

  D) Multicelled and bottle shaped

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• question_answer3) Protonema is [AIIMS 1993; BVP 2000; Kerala CET 2003]

  A) Fossil pteridophyte

  B) A part of the sporophyte of Funaria

  C) The juvenile phase of the moss gametophyte

  D) None of the above

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• question_answer4) The mode of nutrition of moss sporophyte is

  A) Autotrophic

  B) Parasitic

  C) Saprophytic

  D) Semiparasitic

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• question_answer5) Spore dispersal by sensor mechanism takes place in

  A) Funaria

  B) Selaginella

  C) Fern

  D) Pinus

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• question_answer6) Leafy gametophyte is formed from protonema in [BHU 1990]

  A) Marchantia

  B) Riccia

  C) Funaria

  D) Anthoceros

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• question_answer7) In moss, reduction division takes place in [EAMCET 1981]

  A) Capsule

  B) Archegonia

  C) Antheridium

  D) At the tip of rhizoids

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• question_answer8) Which is not a part of moss capsule [CBSE PMT 1988]

  A) Peristome

  B) Protonema

  C) Theca from operculum

  D) Annulus

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• question_answer9) Anchorage organs of Funaria are

  A) Unicellular rhizoids

  B) Adventitious roots

  C) Multicellular rhizoids

  D) True roots

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• question_answer10) A feature common to gametophytes and sporophytes of mosses and ferns is [BHU 1990]

  A) Independent existence

  B) Autotrophic nutrition

  C) Unbranched habit

  D) Branched habit

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• question_answer11) If a moss protonema is developed from few cells of the moss capsule wall, then most probably it will be [DPMT 1985]

  A) Haploid

  B) Diploid

  C) Triploid

  D) Polyploid

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• question_answer12) Protonema is found in the life cycle of [CBSE PMT 1990; AFMC 1990; CPMT 1975; JIPMER 1990; Kerala CET 2003]

  A) Spirogyra

  B) Rhizopus

  C) Funaria

  D) Escherichia

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• question_answer13) In Funaria, calyptra is derived from [AMU 1986; KCET 2000]

  A) Antheridium

  B) Columella

  C) Capsule

  D) Archegonium

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• question_answer14) In moss (Funaria) sporophyte is differentiated into [CPMT 1986]

  A) Stem and leaves

  B) Root, stem and leaves

  C) Rhizoid, stem and leaves

  D) None of the above

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• question_answer15) The dehiscence of moss capsule takes place by rupture of [CPMT 1990; BHU 1987]

  A) Operculum

  B) Peristome

  C) Annulus

  D) Calyptra

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• question_answer16) In archegonium of moss (Funaria) plant, the number of neck canal cells is [AFMC 1990]

  A) 2

  B) 3

  C) 5

  D) 6 to 18

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• question_answer17) Funaria gametophyte is [AMU 1990; AIIMS 2001; MP PMT 2001, 04]

  A) Dioecious and autoecious

  B) Monoecious and autoecious

  C) Dioecious and heteroecious

  D) Monoecious and heteroecious

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• question_answer18) In Funaria the following is not connected with spore dispersal [CPMT 1984]

  A) Seta

  B) Peristome

  C) Annulus

  D) Foot

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• question_answer19) The sporophytic phase in Funaria is well developed and is composed of [CMC Vellore 1993]

  A) Foot, seta and capsule

  B) Spore sac

  C) Capsule only

  D) Foot and capsule

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• question_answer20) In moss, medulla has [AIIMS 1992]

  A) Endodermis

  B) Hadrome

  C) Hypodermis

  D) Piliferous layer

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• question_answer21) Vegetative reproduction in Funaria takes place by [DPMT 1990; Kashmir MEE 1995]

  A) Primary protonema

  B) Gemmae

  C) Secondary protonema

  D) All the above

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• question_answer22) The dominant phase in the life cycle of Funaria is [DPMT 1991]

  A) Protonema

  B) Leafy gametophyte

  C) Spore

  D) Sporophyte

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• question_answer23) Apophysis is moss capsule in [BHU 1994]

  A) Upper part

  B) Middle part

  C) Lower part

  D) Fertile part

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• question_answer24) The peristome of Funaria has [Bihar MDAT 1992; MP PMT 1993; CPMT 1999; BHU 1999; BCECE 2005]

  A) 4 teeth in one ring

  B) 32 teeth in 2 rings

  C) 16 teeth in one rings

  D) 16 teeth in 2 rings

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• question_answer25) The protonema of moss differs from green alga in having

  A) Buds

  B) Colourless rhizoids

  C) Oblique septa and discoid chloroplast

  D) All of the above

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• question_answer26) The green upright sterile hair like structure among antheridia of Funaria are known as

  A) Apophysis

  B) Perigonial teeth

  C) Trabeculae

  D) Paraphyses

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• question_answer27) Which of the following is not a moss gametophyte

  A) Spore

  B) Protonema

  C) Columella

  D) Paraphysis

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• question_answer28) Which of the following is a diploid

  A) Capsule of moss

  B) Gametophyte, archegonia and egg of moss

  C) Gametophyte, antheridia and sperm of moss

  D) Gametophyte and spore of moss

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• question_answer29) Which of the following is not associated with moss capsule

  A) Trabeculae

  B) Peristome

  C) Columella

  D) Prostomium

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• question_answer30) Female sex organ in Funaria is called [BHU 2000]

  A) Paraphysis

  B) Oospores

  C) Archegonium

  D) Artheridium

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• question_answer31) In Funaria leaves are arrange on stem

  A)            Oppositely                               

  B)            Spirally

  C)            Opposite-decussate                

  D)            None of the above

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• question_answer32) The capsule of Funaria is

  A) Symbiont

  B) Semiparasite

  C) Total parasite

  D) Saprophyte

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• question_answer33) Funaria is a bryophyte because it

  A) Has no roots and stems

  B) Has sporophyte attached to the gametophyte

  C) Is vascular

  D) All the above

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• question_answer34) In mosses

  A) Gametophyte is independent of sporophyte

  B) Sporophyte is partly dependent on gameto~phyte

  C) Both (a) and (b)

  D) None of the above

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• question_answer35) Funaria may be differentiated from Pinus by the character

  A) No fruits are produced

  B) No seeds are produced

  C) Antheridia and archegonia are present

  D) Presence of sporophyte

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• question_answer36) Spores of Funaria gives rise to

  A) Prothallus

  B) Sporophyte

  C) Protonema

  D) Gametophyte

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• question_answer37) In Funaria stomata occur

  A) In the epidermis of stem

  B) In the capsule epidermis

  C) In the leaf epidermis

  D) All the above

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• question_answer38) Conducting tissue of moss is made up of

  A) Xylem and phloem

  B) Parenchyma

  C) Collenchyma

  D) Xylem

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• question_answer39) The apophysis region of capsule is concerned with

  A) Photosynthesis

  B) Formation of spores

  C) Dispersal of spores

  D) Retention of moisture

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• question_answer40) Protonema of Funaria is

  A) Thalloid

  B) Foliose

  C) Filamentous

  D) Crustaceous

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• question_answer41) In Funaria the leaves surrounding the archegonia cluster are called as

  A) Perichaetial leaves

  B) Perigonial leaves

  C) Acicular leaves

  D) Foliage leaves

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• question_answer42) The peristomial teeth in Funaria are

  A) Hydric

  B) Xeric

  C) Mesic

  D) Hygroscopic

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• question_answer43) Spore in Funaria is

  A) Three layered

  B) Two layered

  C) Four layered

  D) None of the above

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• question_answer44) Mosses show

  A) Isomorphic alternation of generation

  B) Heteromorphic alternation of generation

  C) Haplobiontic life cycle

  D) None of the above

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• question_answer45) The body of Funaria is

  A) Simple rosette thallus

  B) Differentiated into root, central axis and leaves

  C) Differentiated into rhizoids, stem and leaves

  D) None of the above

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• question_answer46) Antheridium in Funaria is

  A) Pear shaped

  B) Club shaped

  C) Flask shaped

  D) Spherical

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• question_answer47) The centre of moss axis is occupied by

  A) Xylem

  B) Phloem

  C) Pith

  D) Conducting tissue

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• question_answer48) Columella in Funaria is

  A) Fertile tissue

  B) Photosynthesis

  C) Nutrition

  D) Protecting tissue

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• question_answer49) Spore mother cells in Funaria are

  A) Haploid

  B) Tetraploid

  C) Diploid

  D) Triploid

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• question_answer50) Calyptra is seen in

  A) Antheridiophore

  B) Archegoniophore

  C) Sporophyte

  D) Gametophyte

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• question_answer51) Embryo development in Funaria is

  A) Meroblastic

  B) Coeloblastic

  C) Metablastic

  D) Holoblastic

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• question_answer52) The development of Funaria gametophyte always initiated from [MP PMT 2003]

  A) Antheredium

  B) Protonema

  C) Archegonia

  D) Capsule

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• question_answer53) In moss capsule, dispersal of spores takes place through [CPMT 1995]

  A) Peristome teeth

  B) Annulus

  C) Calyptra

  D) Operculum

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• question_answer54) Which of the following stage of Funaria is haploid [CPMT 1996]

  A) Gametophyte

  B) Sporophyte

  C) Both (a) and (b)

  D) None of these

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• question_answer55) Sporophyte of Funaria is

  A) Total parasite

  B) Partial parasite

  C) Independent

  D) All the above

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• question_answer56) The outer ring of peristomial teeth of Funaria is

  A) Hydrophobic

  B) Sensitive to touch

  C) Hygroscopic

  D) None of the above

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• question_answer57) The sporophyte of Funaria begins development within [MP PMT 1998, 2002]

  A) Antheridia

  B) Capsule

  C) Protonema

  D) Archegonium

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• question_answer58) In Funaria (moss) spore germinates to produce [MP PMT 1999; CPMT 1990, 93; Pb. PMT 2004]

  A) Protonema

  B) Prothallus

  C) Proembryo

  D) Embryo

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• question_answer59) In moss capsule, the number of peristome whorls are [CPMT 1999; BHU 1999]

  A) 1

  B) 2

  C) 3

  D) 4

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• question_answer60) Which one of the following is not a member of thallophyta

  A) Spirogyra

  B) Mucor

  C) Moss

  D) Both (b) and (c)

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• question_answer61) Meiosis (reduction division) in Funaria occurs in [AFMC 2001]

  A) Egg

  B) Zygote

  C) Antherozoids

  D) Spore mother cells

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• question_answer62) Thallus of Riccia is [CPMT 2003]

  A) Triploid

  B) Diploid

  C) Haploid

  D) Tetraploid

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• question_answer63) Plant body of Riccia is [CMC 1991]

  A) Sporophyte

  B) Gametophyte

  C) Aquatic

  D) Sporophyte

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• question_answer64) In Riccia, the archegonium is [AMU 1999]

  A) Rounded

  B) Cup-shaped

  C) Star-shaped

  D) Flask-shaped

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• question_answer65) Riccia gametophyte develops from spore and ends in [RPMT 1996; BHU 2001]

  A) Thallus

  B) Capsule

  C) Zygote

  D) Spore

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• question_answer66) Sporophyte of Riccia contains [RPMT 1998]

  A) Spores, elaters and nutritive cells

  B) Spores and nutritive cells

  C) Elaters and spores

  D) Spores only

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• question_answer67) Sex organs are embedded in the thallus in [BHU 1996]

  A) Moss

  B) Riccia

  C) Azolla

  D) Fern

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• question_answer68) In Riccia / Marchantia the rhizoids are [CPMT 1991]

  A) Branched unicellular

  B) Branched multicellular

  C) Unbranched multicellular

  D) Unbranched unicellular

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• question_answer69) Rhizoids in Riccia are [RPMT 1995, 2002]

  A) Unicellular smooth-walled

  B) Unicellular tuberculate

  C) Both smooth-walled and tuberculate unicellular

  D) Multicellular smooth-walled and tuberculate

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• question_answer70) What is not true for Riccia

  A) Simple sporophytic stage

  B) Spores are released by rupture of sporangiam

  C) Sporophyte is total parasite

  D) Rhizoids are unicellular

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• question_answer71) The sporophyte of Riccia is

  A) Chemoautotrophs

  B) Partial parasite

  C) Photosynthetically independent

  D) Total parasite

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• question_answer72) In Riccia / Bryophytes [RPMT 1987; CPMT 1994]

  A) Sporophyte is parasitic over gametophyte

  B) Gametophyte is parasitic over sporophyte

  C) Sporophyte is independent of gametophyte

  D) Sporophyte is semiparasite

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• question_answer73) Spores of Riccia are liberated by [RPMT 1987]

  A) Peristome teeth and seta

  B) Shrinkage of annulus and explosion of capsule

  C) Death and decay of thallus and external pressure on calyptra

  D) Xerochasy of elaters

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• question_answer74) An archegonium of Riccia has [Bihar PMT 1994]

  A) 4 neck canal cells, 1 venter canal cell and one oosphere

  B) 4 neck canal cells, 2 venter canal cells one oosphere

  C) 4 neck canal cells, one venter canal cell and two oospheres

  D) 6 neck canal cells, 2 venter canal cells and one oosphere

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• question_answer75) In Funaria, stomata are present on the [CPMT 1981, 94, 96; RPMT 1985; MP PMT 1986, 96, 2000; CBSE PMT 2001; MHCET 2001]

  A) Leaf

  B) Stem

  C) Upper part of capsule

  D) Lower part of capsule

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• question_answer76) The middle sterile portion in the capsule of moss (Funaria) is [CPMT 1992; RPMT 1997]

  A) Spore sac

  B) Protonema

  C) Collumela

  D) Apophysis

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• question_answer77) Funaria has [JIPMER 1986; MP PMT 1993; J&K CET 2002]

  A) Unicellular simple rhizoids

  B) Tuberculated rhizoids

  C) Distinct branched coenocytic rhizoids

  D) Multicellular, oblique septate rhizoids

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• question_answer78) Largest gametophyte is found in [BHU 1994]

  A) Funaria

  B) Selaginella

  C) Pinus

  D) Cycas

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• question_answer79) The antherozoids of Funaria are [CPMT 1993; CBSE PMT 1999]

  A) Aciliated

  B) Biciliated

  C) Multiciliated

  D) Monociliated

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• question_answer80) Where are the antheridia and archegonia situated in moss [AMU 1990; AIIMS 2000]

  A) On the apex of leaves

  B) In the axil of leaves

  C) On the apex of stem

  D) On the base of stem

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• question_answer81) Which one of the following is absent in sporophyte of Funaria [MP PMT 2000]

  A) Foot

  B) Seta

  C) Elaters

  D) Columella

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• question_answer82) Life cycle of Funaria is not completed without water. Choose the correct statement [CMC Vellore 1993]

  A) As Funaria is a bryophyte plant

  B) As branches will not develop

  C) As fertilization takes place in presence of water only

  D) As plant is delicate and will become dry and die without water

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• question_answer83) Funaria is attached to substratum by [CPMT 2005]

  A) Roots

  B) Rhizoids

  C) Haustoria

  D) Stem

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