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Alternation of generations - class-V

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In the first year of a biennial plant, .......... grows then it enters a period of dormancy over the cold months

  1. Leaves

  2. Stem

  3. Roots

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

A monocarpic palm is

  1. Areca

  2. Borassus

  3. Corypha

  4. Calamus

  5. Elaeis


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Corypha is a monocarpic palm. It belongs to Arecaceae family (family of palms) which only flowers once in its lifetime.

So, the correct option is 'Corypha'.

A perennial plant differs from biennial in

  1. Having underground perennating structure

  2. Having asexual reproductive structures

  3. Being tree species

  4. Not dying after seasonal production of flowers


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Perennial plants are plants which can live for more than two years whereas a biennial plant is a flowering plant that takes two years to complete its biological lifecycle. So the difference between perennial plant and biennial is that perennial plants do not die after seasonal flower production.

So, the correct option is D.

Which of the following organisms breeds only once in life time

  1. Bamboo

  2. Oysters

  3. Pelagic fishes

  4. Birds

  5. Mammals


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Bamboo flower only once in their life, generally after 50 - 100 years. They produce a large number of fruits and die. They rely on seed to perpetuate themselves. 
Oysters usually reach maturity in one year. 
Birds mate only once per year.
Mammals breeding cycle comes once a month.
Pelagic fishes is a seasonal breeder.
So, the correct answer is option A.

In first year, biennial plants are only

  1. Reproductive

  2. Vegetative

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Biennial are plants whose entire life cycle occurs within two years. In the first year, these plants are only vegetative, meaning that they don't produce reproductive structures. Rather, these plants will grow roots below ground and a small rosette of leaves near the surface

Plants which flower only once are

  1. Pericarpic

  2. Monocarpic

  3. Polycarpic

  4. Cleistocarpic


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Monocarpic plants flower only once in their lifetime and die immediately after the seeds are set. Also known as hapaxanth and semelparous these plants may take a long time to flower and set seeds.Example of this type of plants is Agave americana, which takes many years to flower once at times more than 50 years. 

So, the correct answer is 'Monocarpic'

A plant lives for less than one year is called

  1. Annual

  2. Biennial

  3. Semi-annual

  4. Perennial


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A plant which can be grown only once in a year is an annual plant. A plant lives for less than one year is also called an annual plant because it cannot be grown again to complete two lifetimes in just one year.

So, the correct answer is "annual'.

Identify a monocarpic plant from the following

  1. Cuscuta

  2. Agave

  3. Mangifera

  4. Dalbergia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A. Cuscuta is a parasitic plant with smallest flowers many times. It blooms many times. so it is a polycarpic plant  

B. Agave americana is a monocarpic plant because it flowers only once in its lifetime of 10 years and dies.
C. Mangifera indica is also a polycarpic plant as it flowers every year during its season.
D. Dalbergia plant flowers more than once in its lifetime.
So, the correct option is B

Grasses, non flowering plants, shrubs and trees are examples of

  1. Climax Community

  2. Perennial Plants

  3. Secondary Succession

  4. Primary Succession


Correct Option: B

Some plants flower only once in their life, generally after 50 - 100 years. They produce a large number of fruits and die

  1. Strobidanthus kunthiana

  2. Bamboo

  3. Callistemon linearis

  4. Cymbopogon reptocus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bamboo flower only once in their life, generally after 50 - 100 years. They produce a large number of fruits and die. They rely on seed to perpetuate themselves. 

Strobidanthus kunthiana flowers one in twelve years.
Callistemon linearis flowers normally in spring and early summer every year.
Cymbopogon reptocus is a lemon grass which rarely flowers and has no specific pattern of flowering. It is a monocot.
So, the correct answer is option B. 

Select the monocarpic plant out of the following.

  1. Bamboo

  2. Litchi

  3. Mango

  4. All of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Monocarpic plants flower only once in their life. After flowering they produce fruits and die. Certain bamboo species. (e.g., Bambusa tulda) flower only once in their lifetimes, usually after $50-100$ years. They produce large number of fruits and then die.

Read the following statement 
A. Smaller organisms have shorter lifer span and larger organisms have longer life span. 
B. Maximum life span is the characteristic of the species.

  1. A is correct

  2. B is correct

  3. A & B are incorrect

  4. A & B are correct


Correct Option: A

Under extreme climatic conditions, a biennial plant may complete its life cycle 

  1. Rapidly

  2. Slowly

  3. Can't complete its life cycle

  4. No effect


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Under extreme climatic conditions, a biennial plant may complete its life cycle rapidly (i.e., three months instead of two years). This is quite common in vegetable or flower seedlings that were exposed to cold conditions, or vernalized, before they were planted in the ground. This behavior leads to many normally biennial plants being treated as annuals in some areas.

Tomato is 

  1. Annual

  2. Biennial

  3. Perennial

  4. Mammal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The tomato plant is perennial, but is cultivated as an annual. Tomatoes are called as "tender perennials" because they are truly perennials but they are generally grown as annuals. Other examples of "tender perennials" are bell peppers and sweet potatoes. An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates flowers and dies in one year. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed. A perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. Some perennials are grown in gardens as annuals, mostly for convenience especially, if they are not considered cold or climate hardy. Tomato are true perennials but tropical annuals includes tomato.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Mark the incorrect statement.

  1. Biennials are less common in the garden.

  2. Pelargonium grandiflorum is a perennial.

  3. Jute is a cash crop.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: B

Which of the following generation is dominant in vascular plants?

  1. Gametophytic generation

  2. Diploid sporophytic generation

  3. Haploid sporophytic generation

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

__________ are plants that go through their entire life cycle in one season and that can be sown outside in the open garden in spring when it flowers.

  1. Hardy annuals

  2. Half hardy annuals

  3. Woody perennials

  4. Ephemeral


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Seedlings of Hardy annuals can easily endure the spring. Hence, they can be sown outside in the open garden in spring on flowering.
So, the correct answer is 'Hardy annuals'

Plants that perform their entire life from seed to flower and then to seed within a single growing season is known as

  1. Annuals

  2. Biennials

  3. Perennials

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A- Annuals are plants that perform their entire life cycle within a single growing season. While biennials complete their life cycle in two years & Perennials live for more than two years.

Which among the following is monocarpic?

  1. Coconut

  2. Apple

  3. Bamboo$/$ Agave

  4. Mango


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Which among the following is monocarpic
$\Rightarrow$ Bamboo/Agave(century plant)
$\Rightarrow$ Monocarpic plants are those that flower, set seeds and then die.
$\Rightarrow$ The plant can live a number of years before it will flower. Flowering does not by itself result in the death of the plants but the production of fruits and seeds causes change changes within the plants which lead to death.

The gametophyte in alternation generation is described by

  1. Diploid generation

  2. Gamete producing generation

  3. Spores producing generation

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The gametophyte generation is also called a sexual phase. Here the haploid gametes are produced from the mother cell. Gametes have a single set of chromosomes, which gradually combine with another haploid gamete to give rise to a diploid cell.

The correct answer is B.

The leaves which fall down very soon after their formation are

  1. Deciduous

  2. Caducous

  3. Evergreen

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Depending upon the duration of leaf, the plants can be classified into caducous, decidous and evergreen. In evergreen plants, leaves are present in all the seasons and do not shed off combindled. Example includes Pine. In deciduous plants, all the leaves shed at one time. Hence, deciduous plants are without leaves during one season. Example includes Ficus. In caducous plants, leaves shed off as the new bud formation takes place. Example includes rose. In this, the leaves fall down very soon after their formation. Thus, the correct answer is 'Caducous.'

Lantana is a

  1. Liana

  2. Tree

  3. Herb

  4. Prickly shrub


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Lantana is a prickly shrub because it has medium-sized woody stems surrounded by pricks on the branches.
So, the correct answer is D.

Plants without leaves during one season are ________.

  1. Caducous

  2. Deciduous

  3. Evergreen

  4. Semigreen


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Depending upon the duration of leaf, the plants can be classified into caducous, decidous and evergreen. In evergreen plants, leaves are present in all the seasons and do not shed off combindly. Example includes Pine. In deciduous plants, all the leaves shed at one time. Hence, deciduous plants are without leaves during one season. Example includes Ficus. In caducous plants, leaves shed off during new bud formation. Example includes rose.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Deciduous.'

Independent alternation of generations is present in

  1. Angiosperms

  2. Gymnosperms

  3. Pteridophytes

  4. Bryophytes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Pteridophytes are independent of alteration in generation. They can live “independent of the parent plant”. While gametophytes cannot live independently and are very small. The pteridophytes have a vascular plant.

A plant living for a few days is called

  1. Annual

  2. Ephemeral

  3. Biennial

  4. Perennial


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Ephemeral is any short-lived plant, usually has one or more generations per year, growing only during favorable periods (as when adequate moisture is available) and passing the unfavorable periods in the form of seeds. 
  • Hence the correct option is B. 

The plants that live for more than two years are called :

  1. Annuals

  2. Perennials

  3. Biennials

  4. Triennials


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A.Annuals – Plants with a life span of one year or one season.

B.Perennials – Plants with a life span of more than two years.

C.Biennials – Plants with a life span of two years

D.Triennials – Plants with a life span of three years.

So, the correct option is ‘Perennials’

A biennial plant is one which ___________________.

  1. Lives for two years but flowers towards the end of the second year

  2. Produces two sets of flowers in a year

  3. Grows during the second year from seeds shed turning the previous year

  4. Lives and grows from year to year


Correct Option: A

All the individuals with the same genotype constitute an/a.

  1. Ecotype

  2. Phenotype

  3. Cerotype

  4. Biotype


Correct Option: A

Which is amphibious?

  1. Casuarina

  2. Wolffia

  3. Polygonum

  4. Hydrilla


Correct Option: C

Put a tick mark against the correct alternative in the following statements :
Identify the Kharif crop :

  1. Barley

  2. Mustard

  3. Rice

  4. Wheat


Correct Option: A,C
Explanation:

The crops are usually sown at the beginning of the monsoon season around June and harvested by September or October are called Kharif crops. Eg:Barley, Rice.

So, the correct option is ‘Barley and Rice’. 

Haplo-diplontic life cycle is found in ____________.

  1. bryophytes

  2. pteridophytes

  3. fungi

  4. both (a) and (b)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Haplo-diplontic type of life cycle involves the clear alternation of generations between a haploid gamete producing gametophyte and a diploid spore-producing sporophyte. Both bryophytes and pteridophytes exhibit this kind of life cycle pattern.

So the correct option is D.

Which kind of life-cycle pattern is exhibited by seed-bearing plants?

  1. Haplontic

  2. Diplontic

  3. Haplo-diplontic

  4. All of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In a diplontic life cycle, the dominant free-living phase is the diploid (2n). The sporophyte is photosynthetic. The gametophytic phase is represented by single to few-celled haploid gametophyte. All seed-bearing plants, i.e., gymnosperms and angiosperms exhibit this type of life cycle.

So the correct option is B.

Which of the following plants is biennial?

  1. Jack fruit

  2. Pineapple

  3. Banana

  4. Carrot


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist. The carrot is a biennial plant. Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Persia and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, although the stems and leaves are eaten as well. 

So the correct option is 'carrot'.

The Sporophyte is the dominant phase in

  1. Pteridophytes

  2. Gymnosperms

  3. Angiosperms

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The plant body  or the vegetative phase is diploid in pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms. The reproductive structures like the stobili in pteridophytes, ovules and microsporangium,  anther are also diploid. Here, only the reproductive cells undergo meiosis or gametogenesis to give rise to male and female gametes that are haploid. These fuse to produce a  diploid zygote. So, the gametophytic stage is restricted and of a very short duration as compared to the sporophytic stage. therefore, sporophyte is a dominant phase.

So, the correct answer is 'All of these'

Which of the following has the longest life span?

  1. Banyan tree

  2. Tortoise

  3. Parrot

  4. Elephant


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The period from birth to the natural death of an organism is called its life span. Banyan tree has the longest life span $(200-300\ years)$.

So, the correct answer is A 'Banyan tree'.

Sporophytic generation is represented only by one celled zygote in

  1. Algae

  2. Ferns

  3. Mosses

  4. Liverworts


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Algae are mostly haploid. They show haplontic lifestyle i.e. for the most part of the life haploid is the dominant stage. Fusion of gametes results in diploid sporophyte in algae which undergoes meiosis to form haploid gametophyte. There are no free-living sporophytes. The gametophyte is the dominant phase.

So, the correct option is 'Algae'.

Which of the following is monocarpic plant :-

  1. Shisham

  2. Mango

  3. Pinus

  4. Bamboo


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
The term monocarpic was first used by Alphonse de Candolle to refer to the plants that flower, produce seeds and then die. They are also called semelparous. Examples include plants like bamboo, rice, radish, carrot, wheat, etc.
So, the correct answer is 'Bamboo'.

Monocarpic perennial plant is 

  1. Maize

  2. Brassica

  3. Bambusa

  4. Mango


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Monocarpic plants are those plants that flower and fruit only once and then die. They are also called as semelparous plants. Most perennial plants are polycarpic. They flower many seasons in a lifetime. However, certain perennial plants are monocarpic. They flower only once and die after that. However, it can live up to 40 years before it flowers. Example includes Bambusa, Agave.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Bambusa.'

Isomorphic alternation of generations is found in

  1. Oedogonium

  2. Chara

  3. Ectocarpus

  4. Vaucheria


Correct Option: C

A plant living for a few days is

  1. Annual

  2. Ephemeral

  3. Biennial

  4. Perennial


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An ephemeral plant is the one which is marked by short life cycles. An annual plant is a plant that grows for one year whereas biennial and perennial plants are plants that grow for two years and infinite years, respectively.

So the correct option is B.

Identify the correct statement regarding a Monocarpic plant.

  1. Flowers twice in every year

  2. Bears only one type of flower

  3. Flowers once in every year

  4. Dies after flowering once in its life cycle.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Monocarpic plants are those plants which bear flower once in their life cycle, produce seeds and then die. It means they reproduce once in its life cycle. 

Examples; rice, wheat, radish and carrot.
So, the correct option is 'Option D'.

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