ORBIT MBBS PREPARATION

Gymnosperms
1. Phanerogams without ovary are:
a)Pteridophytes b) Gymnosperms c) Angiosperms d) All of these
2. Which of the following is not included in Archegoniatae ?
a) Bryophytes b) Pteridophytes c) Gymnosperms d) Angiosperms
3. Gymnosperms constitute dominant flora of :
a) Tropical regions b) Temperate regions c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these
4. Red wood tree is:
a) Cedrus b) Pinus c) Dalbergia d) Sequoia
5. Which acts as a connecting link between gymnosperms and angiosperms ?
a) Cycadales b) Ginkgoales c) Gnetales d) None of these
6. Ovule in gymnosperms is generally:
a) Anatropous and bitegmic b) Orthotropous and bitegmic c) Orthotropous and unitegmic d) Anatropous and unitegmic
7. Pollination in gymnosperms occurs by:
a) Wind b) Insects c) Water d) All of these
8. Pycnoxylic wood is:
a) Compact and hard b)Soft and loose c) porous d) Thick
9. Maximum cellulose content is found in:
a) Cupressus b) Spruce (Picea) c) Cedrus (Deodar) d) Pinus
10. Sago palm is:
a) Cycas revolute b) C. circinalis c) C. rumphii d) Pinus
11. In plants, largest egg is found in:
a) Cycas b) Pinus c) Sequoia d) Selaginella
12. Gymnosperms lack:
a) Spores b) Vegetative reproduction c) Sexual reproduction d) All of these
13. Wood gas and wood tar are obtained from:
a) Pinus b)Cycas c)Abies d)Cedrus
14. The microsporangia are present on. Surface of microsporophyll in pinus.
a) Dorsal b) Ventral c) Both (a) and (b) d) none of these
15. Phenomenon of Sulphur shower is related with:
a) Cycas b) Pinus c) Ginkgo d) None of these
16. The interval between pollination and fertilization in Pinus is:
a) 1 day b) 1 week c) 1 month d) 1 year
17. Pollination in Pinus occurs at . Celled stage of microspores.
a) 2 b)1 c) 3 d) 4
18. The number of neck canal cells in archegonium of pinus is:
a) 4 b) 6 c) 1 d) 0
19. The number of cotyledons in embryo of pinus seed is:
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3-18 d) 0
20. If chromosome number in nucellus is 20, the number of chromosomes in pinus endosperm is:
a) 20 b) 10 c) 30 d) 40
21. Megasporophyll of pinus is made of:
a) Bract scale b)Ovuliferous scale c) Both (a) and(b) d)None of these
22. Gymnosperm of medicinal use is:
a)Ephedra b) pinus c)Zamia d) Cycas
23. How many species of Cycas are found in India?
a) 20 b) 4 c) 2 d) 1
24. Cycas trunk is covered with:
a) Leaves b )leaf bases c) Scale leaves d) Both (a) and (b)
25. Inverted Omega ( ) shaped arrangement of vascular bundles is found in:
a) Cycas leaflet b) Cycas rachis c) Cycas stem d) Cycas root
26. The vegetative rep. in Cycas occurs by:
a) Gemma b) Fragmentation c) Bulbils d) Absent
27. How many archegonia develop on one gametophyte of cycas?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 1-5 d) 3-6
28. The number of neck canal cells in the archegonium of cycas is:
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 0
29. Vessels are present in:
a) cycas b) pinus c) cedrus d) Gnetum
30. In femal gameophyta of cycas, number of archegonia present is:
a) more than ten b) Two to eight c) One d) None of these
31. Largest ovule is that of:
a) cocos b) Gnetum c) pinus d) cycas
32. Antherozoids of cycas are:
a) Multiciliate b) Aflagellate c) Triflagellate d) Briflagellate
33. Kail is:
a) pinus roxburghii b) P. wallichiana c) P. gerardiana d) P. insularis
34. Number of ovules present on megasporophyll of cycas is:
a) Only one b) One pair c)1-6 pairs d) Absent
35. In cycas:
a) Male strobilus and megasporophylls occur on the same individual b) The same cone consists of both micro and megasporophylls
c) The same sporophyll bears microsporangia and ovules d) Male strobilus (cone) and megasporophylls occur on separate individuals
36. Coralloid roots are found in:
a) pinus b) Lycopodium c) Cycas d) Dryopteris
37. Sperms of cycas:
a) Are large and non ciliate b) Are small and non motile
c) Are very large and have numerous spirally arranged cilia d) Are very small and have two flagella
38. Secondary wood in cycas is devoid of:
a) Tracheids b) Vessels c) Protoxylem d) metaxylem
39. Largest ovules ( or largest gametes or longest plants ) are found among:
a) monocots b) Dicots c) Gymnosperms d) Angiosperms
40. Dwarf shoots of pinus have:
a) 1-4 leaves b) 1-5 leaves c) 2-4 leaves d) 2-5 leaves
41. Monkeys puzzle is the common name of:
a) pinus longifolia b )cycas revolute c) Gnetum gnemon d) Araucaria imbricate
42. The life cycle in pinus is :
a) Diplontic b) Haplodiplontic c) Haplontic d) Diplobiontic
43. Which of the following is called a living fossil ?
a) Pinus b) cycas c) Metasequoia d) Ephedra
44. In cycas the pollen grains are shed at:
a) one celled stage b) two celled stage c) three celled stage d) four celled stage
45. In cycas, during secondary growth large amount of parenchyma is cut off in the xylem. This wood is known as:
a) Porous b) Non- porous c) Manoxylic d) Pycnoxylic
46. A single microsporophyll in cycas revolute is having about sporangia.
a) 1000 b) 2000 c) 100-300 d) 400-500
47. Radicle (embryonic root) is covered by a hard pod- like covering coleorhiza in:
a) cycas b) pinus c) Both (a) and (b) d) none of these
48. Wood of pinus is:
a) Manoxylic and monoxylic b) Pycnoxylic and monoxylic c) Manoxylic and polyxylic d) Pycnoxylic and polyxylic
49. Pinus female cone matures completely in:
a) 1 year b) 1
1
/2 year c) 2 year d) 3 year
50. The term saccus is used for:
a) Wings of seeds of pinus b) Wings of pollen grains of pinus
c) Prothallial cell of pollen grains of pinus d) Intine of pollen grain of pinus
51. Wings in pollen grains of pinus develop from:
a) Exine or cappa b) Intine or tenuitas c) Exointine or capulla d) Sporangial wall
52. Testa in seed of pinus develops from:
a) Whole integument b) Outer fleshy layer of integument c) Middle stony layer of integument d) Inner fleshy layer of integument
53. Pollen tube in pinus is:
a) Unbranched b) Branched c) Both (a) and (b) d) none of these
54. Which wood is used for making pencils?
a) Juniperus b) Cedrus c) Abies d) Pinus
55. Gymnosperm of medicinal importance in treatment of cold, cough, etc. is:
a) Cycas b) Ephedra c) Juniperus d) Abies
56. During pollination, pollen grains in cycas are trapped by:
a) Malic acid drop b) Pseudostigma c) Prothallial cell d) None of these
57. Number of cotyledons in an embryo of Zea, cycas and pinus are respectively:
a) 1,2, many b) 1,1,2 c) 1,2,2 d) 2,2, many
58. Sequoiodendron giganteum is called:
a) Flame of the forest b) Father of the forest c) Tiny shrub d) None of these
59. Seed of pinus species is:
a) Uneconomic and non- endospermic b) Abaxial and rounded c) Abaxial and endospermic d) Hypogeal and monocotyledonous
60. Winged pollen grains of pinus species are produced in:


a) pollen chamber b) Anther c) Tapetum d) Microsporangium
61. In gymnosperms the seeds are naked because they lack:
a) Integument b) Nucellus c) Pericarp d) Perianth
62. Winged pollen grains are found in:
a) Cycas b) Pinus c) Pteris d) Selaginella
63. In pinus the approximate time for fertilization after pollination is:
a) only a few hours b) about one year c) only a few days d) only a few weeks
64. Characters of both conifers and cycads are found in:
a) Ginkgo b) Ephedra c) Cupressus d) Tsuga
65. Tracheophyta includes:
a) Bryophytes only b) Pteridophytes only c) Gymnosperms and angiosperms only d) Pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms
66. Which of the following statements about cycas is incorrect?
a) Its roots contain some blue- green algae b) It does not have a well organized female flower
c) It has circinate vernation d) Its xylem is mainly composed of xylem vessels
67. Gymnosperms are:
a) Annuals b) Biennials c) Perennials d) Al of these
68. The wood of pinus is:
a) Pycnoxylic and homoxylous b) Pycnoxylic and heteroxylous c) Manoxylic and homoxylous d) Manoxylic and heteroxylous
69. Vascular bundles in pinus stem are:
a) Radial b) Collateral and closed c) Collateral and open d) Bicollateral
70. Fern character in cycas is:
a) Coralloid roots b) Tap root system c) Circinate vernation d) Reticulate venation
71. Coralloid of cycas has:
a) Green algae b) Blue algae c) Blue- green algae d) Brown algae
72. Transfusion tissue is found in:
a) Cycas b) Ginkgo c) Triploid d) Tetraploid
73. The arrangement of megaspores in a tetrad in gymnosperms is:
a) Decussate b) Tetrahedral c) Sea palm d) Royal palm
74. A typical gymnospermous plant has 8 chromosomes in leaf cells. What will be the number of chromosomes in the cells of its gametophyte?
a) Polypetalous angiosperms b) Gamopetapous angiosperms
c) Conifers d) Cycads
75. In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents:
a) A cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination