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Introduction to angiosperms - class-XI

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In angiosperms, the chalazal megaspore undergoes mitosis how many times?

  1. Never

  2. Twice

  3. Thrice

  4. Repeatedly


Correct Option: A

Identify the incorrect statement.

  1. In over $60$ percent of angiosperms, pollen grains all shed at $2$-celled stage

  2. In less than $40$ percent species of angiosperms pollination occurs at $3$-celled stage of pollen grains

  3. Intine of pollen grain is made up of cellulose and pectin

  4. Pollen grains of a few species cause severe allergies and bronchial


Correct Option: A

What are cotyledons?

  1. They are the leaves of embryo.

  2. They are the leaves.

  3. They are the stems of embryo.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cotyledons are the leaves of embryo. Their number is either one or two. Sometimes, they store food materials and become fleshy.

Angiosperms were the first plants to have

  1. Petals

  2. Seed coats to protect seeds

  3. Fleshy fruit

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Angiosperms are the most advanced group of vascular plants. They are commonly called 'Flowering plants'. 
The most important feature in angiosperms is that they exhibit reproductive structures called flowers. The flowers contain certain structures arranged in four whorls. The outer whorls contain accessory structures such as sepals and petals and the two inner whorls containing essential structures such as stamens and carpels.
The stamens represent microsporophylls. Each stamen has an anther and a filament. The anther produces pollen grains containing the highly reduced male gametophyte. The carpels represent megasporophyll. They enclose ovules containing the egg cell which with the associated cells represent the female gametophyte.
A characteristic feature of angiosperms is the occurrence of a phenomenon called double fertilization one male gamete fuses with the egg cell to form a zygote while another male gamete fuses with a diploid secondary nucleus, to form a triploid endosperm (triple fusion). Following pollination and fertilization, the ovule transforms into the seed while the ovary that encloses the ovule transforms into the fruit. Thus, seeds are enclosed in fruits.

.......... is an example of monocot.

  1. Nutmeg

  2. Maize

  3. Cinnamon

  4. Sunflower

  5. Both B and C


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Monocot plants seeds have one cotyledon. Rice, wheat, maize, bamboo, palm, banana, ginger, onion, garlic, lilies, daffodils, iris, orchids, bluebells, tulips, amaryllis are examples of monocots.
Dicot plants seeds have two cotyledons. Magnolias, nutmeg, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, water lily, star anise, hornwort are examples of dicots.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

The plants whose seeds have only one cotyledon are called as

  1. Monocots

  2. Dicots

  3. Biennials

  4. Annuals


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Angiosperms are also called as flowering plants. Monocots contain a single cotyledon as because the endosperm needed to nourish is not present outside the seed leaf. Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Sunflower is a 

  1. Dicot

  2. Monocot

  3. Pteridophyte

  4. Nonflowering plant


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sunflower is a dicot plant meaning that it produces two cotyledons. Dicots produce two leaves when they first germinate. The leaves of a dicot vary in shape and size, with the veins extending out from the center. Roots of a dicot are tough and branched. A sunflower seed is a dicot that contains the characteristic double cotyledon. The cotyledon, also known as a seed leaf, holds food reserves for the developing seed. Sunflower is a flowering plant and not a monocot or pteridophyte.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

An example of angiosperm (closed-seeded plant) is

  1. Mango

  2. Cycas

  3. Pinus

  4. Ginkgo 


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Angiosperms are the flowering plants. Their seeds develop inside a female reproductive part of the flower, called as the ovary, which usually ripens into a protective fruit. Gymnosperms do not have flowers or ovaries. Their seeds mature inside cones. Seeds may be carried away from the parent plant by wind, water, or animals. Mango is an angiosperm. Cycas, Ginkgo and Pinus are gymnosperms. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Phanerogamae having vascular tissue and reproductive tissue

  1. Thallophyta

  2. Bryophyta

  3. Phanerogamae

  4. All of above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Thallophyta and bryophyta are cryptogams. They do not have vascular tissue and reproductive tissue, they are non-vascular plants and they reproduce asexually by formation of spores. They are flowering plants and have vascular and reproductive tissue.

So, the correct answer is 'Phanerogamae'.

The plants whose seeds have two cotyledons are called as

  1. Monocots

  2. Dicots

  3. Biennials

  4. Annuals


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Angiosperms are also called as flowering plants. They are classified based on characteristics that include cotyledon structure, pollen grains, as well as flower and vascular tissue arrangement. Basal angiosperms, classified separately, contain features found in both monocots and dicots, as they are believed to have originated before the separation of these two main groups. Monocots contain a single cotyledon and have veins that run parallel to the length of their leaves; their flowers are arranged in three to six-fold symmetry. Dicots have flowers arranged in whorls, two cotyledons, and a vein arrangement that forms networks within their leaves. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Angiosperms are classified into 

  1. Phanerogams and cryptogams

  2. Thallophytes and bryophytes

  3. Monocots and dicots

  4. Vertebrates and invertebrates


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Angiosperms are also called as flowering plants that are classified based on characteristics that include cotyledon structure, pollen grains, as well as flower and vascular tissue arrangement. Basal angiosperms, classified separately, contain features found in both monocots and dicots, as they are believed to have originated before the separation of these two main groups. Monocots contain a single cotyledon and have veins that run parallel to the length of their leaves; their flowers are arranged in three to six-fold symmetry. Dicots have flowers arranged in whorls, two cotyledons, and a vein arrangement that forms networks within their leaves. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Maize is a __________.

  1. Dicotyledonous plant

  2. Monocotyledonous plant

  3. Crytogamae

  4. Gymnosperm


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Angiosperm are subdivided into two classes which are cotyledons and dicotyledons depending on the number of cotyledons in their embryo. Maize has just one cotyledon in its embryo.

Angiosperms are subdivided into two classes which are cotyledons and dicotyledons.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Ambiguous

  4. Data insufficient


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Phanerogamae are the sub-kingdom of kingdom Plantae. They include seed bearing and flowering plants. They are further grouped into angiosperms and gymnosperms. Angiosperms are subdivided into two classes which are cotyledons and dicotyledons depending on the number of cotyledons in their embryo.

What is true of angiosperms?

  1. Seeds are naked

  2. They have tracheids only

  3. They are not cryptogams

  4. They lack companion cells


Correct Option: C

Endosperm cell of an angiosperm has $24$ chromosomes. The number of chromosomes in the gametes would be.

  1. $8$

  2. $16$

  3. $24$

  4. $48$


Correct Option: A

In angiosperms, a mature male gametophyte is formed from a pollen mother cell through.

  1. Two meiotic divisions

  2. Three mitotic divisions

  3. One meiotic and two mitotic division

  4. A single meiotic division


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Meiosis produces pollen grain. Its cell divides mitotically to form generative nucleus and tube cell. The generative nucleus undergoes another mitosis to form two male gametes.

So, the correct answer is 'One meiotic and two mitotic division'

In angiosperms, formation of two male gametes from a pollen grain involves - divisions.

  1. One mitotic and one mitotic

  2. Two meiotic and two mitotic

  3. Only two mitotic

  4. Only two meiotic


Correct Option: C

A natural sequence of developmental stages in the life cycle of an angiosperm is?

  1. Cleavage $\rightarrow$ Fertilization $\rightarrow$ Differentiation $\rightarrow$ Fruit formation

  2. Pollination $\rightarrow$ Fertilization $\rightarrow$ Seed formation $\rightarrow$ Germination

  3. Germination $\rightarrow$ Double fertilization $\rightarrow$ Endosperm formation $\rightarrow$ Seed dispersal

  4. Maturation $\rightarrow$ Mitosis $\rightarrow$ Differentiation $\rightarrow$ Fertilization


Correct Option: B

Centrospermae is regarded a natural order of angiosperms. All except two of its families contain the pigments that are collectively called battalions. Some of the families of the order are enumerated below. Which two families lack betalains?
a. Amaranthaceae
b. Aizoaceae
c. Chenopodiaceae
d. Caryophyllaceae
e. Mouginaceae
Select the correct answer using the codes given.

  1. $1$ and $2$

  2. $2$ and $3$

  3. $3$ and $4$

  4. $4$ and $5$


Correct Option: A

The male germ unit(MGU) in angiosperms comprises of __________________.

  1. Vegetative nucleus and the generative cell

  2. The two sperm cells

  3. Vegetative nucleus and one of the sperms

  4. Vegetative nucleus arid the two sperms


Correct Option: A

In angiosperms, which one of the following processes does NOT involve an unequal division?

  1. Formation of microspores

  2. Formation of generative cell

  3. Zygotic embryogenesis

  4. Helobial endosperm development


Correct Option: A

In angiosperms during development of embryo, the suspensor cell develops from.

  1. Oospore

  2. Integument

  3. Endosperm

  4. Cotyledon


Correct Option: A

Which one induces agamospermy in Apple?

  1. Hormones

  2. Low temperature

  3. Cross pollination

  4. Self pollination


Correct Option: A

In an angiosperm, a female plant having $2n=24$ is crossed with a male plant having $2n=12$. What will be the chromosome number of endosperm.

  1. $12$

  2. $18$

  3. $24$

  4. $30$


Correct Option: D

In angiosperms, microsporogenesis and megasporogenesis.

  1. Occur in anthers

  2. Form gametes without further divisions

  3. Involve meiosis

  4. Occur in ovule


Correct Option: C
Which of the following pairs in angiosperms are diploid and triploid respectively?
  1. Microspore mother cell and egg cell

  2. Secondary nucleus and endosperm

  3. Polar nucleus and secondary nucleus

  4. Endosperm and antipodal cells


Correct Option: B

Vessels are absent in which one of the following families of angiosperms?

  1. Ranunculaceae

  2. Emteraceae

  3. Myrtaceae

  4. Casuarinaceae


Correct Option: A

Which fossil group formed the basis of Anthostrobilus theory of origin of angiosperms?

  1. Caytaniales

  2. Cycadeoidales

  3. Czekanowskiales

  4. Pentoxylales


Correct Option: A

Consider the following statements associated with the germination of an angiosperm us seed.
a. As the seed gets hydrated and germinates. Enzymatic activity is increased.
b. The respiration rate of the germinating seed increases along with the increased enzymatic activity.
c. The increase in the respiratory rate continues till senescence.
Of the statements.

  1. $1, 2$ and $3$ correct

  2. $1$ and $2$ are correct

  3. $2$ and $3$ are correct

  4. $1$ and $3$ are correct


Correct Option: A

Consider the following floral characteristics.
a. Spirally arranged floral parts on the torus
b. Inferior ovary
c. Actinomorphic corolla
d. Stamens many
According to Hutchinson's concept, primitive angiosperm us flowers are characterized by.

  1. $1, 2$ and $3$

  2. $4$ only

  3. $1$ and $2$

  4. $1, 3$ and $4$


Correct Option: A

Starting with microspore mother cells, what is the least number of meiotic and mitotic divisions needed for the formation of $500$ male gametes in an angiosperm?

  1. $65$ and $500$

  2. $63$ and $252$

  3. $63$ and $500$

  4. $63$ and $504$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In angiosperms, one microspore mother cell undergo meiosis, form into four microspores or pollen grains. Each pollen grain by undergoing two mitotic divisions produces two male gametes. 63 microspore mother cells undergo 63 meiotic divisions and form into 252 microspores or pollen grains. These microspores undergo 500 mitotic divisions and form into 500 male gametes.

So, the correct option is ’63 and 500’. 

A seed is

  1. A female gametophyte

  2. A mature pollen tube

  3. A mature ovule

  4. A mature ovary


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When the male nucleus fertilizes the egg cell, the entire ovule is converted into a structure which is known as a seed. The endosperm which is formed after double fertilization or triple fusion nourishes this growing seed.

So, the correct option is 'a mature ovule'

How many meiotic divisions are required to produce 250 pollen grains in an angiosperm?

  1. 60

  2. 63

  3. 626

  4. 312


Correct Option: B

Pinus/Cedrus Differs from angiospermic plants in the absence of ________________.

  1. Flowers

  2. Fruits

  3. Enclosed seeds

  4. All the above.


Correct Option: A

Find correct match
Column  I                 Column  II
a.  Sinigrin              (i)  Liliaceae
b.  Carthamin        (ii) Brassicaceae
c.  Atropine          (iii) Solanaceae
d.  Aloin               (v)  Asteraceae

  1. $a(ii),b(iv),c(iii),d(i)$

  2. $a(ii),b(iv),c(i),d(iii)$

  3. $a(i),b(ii),c(iii),d(iv)$

  4. $a(ii),b(ii),c(iv),d(iii)$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sinigrin is a glucosinolate that belongs to the family of glucosides found in some plants of the Brassicaceae family such as Brussels sprouts, broccoli etc. Carthamin is a natural red pigment obtained from safflower oilseed crops belongs to the family Asteraceae. Atropine and vasopressors act to combat bradycardia and hypotension and are derived from the plants that belong to the family Liliaceae.  Aloe vera produces secondary metabolites, such as aloin, which is used in cosmetics and this plant belongs to the family Solanaceae.

So, the correct option is ' a(ii),b(iv),c(i),d(iii)'.

The plant 'Hibisus' belongs to division _____

  1. Bryophta

  2. Pteridophyta

  3. Gymnosperms

  4. Angiosperms


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A.Bryophyta – chlorophyllous, aquatic, embryophytic, archegoniatic, plants in the plant kingdom. These are also called amphibian of the plant kingdom.

B.Pteridophyta – Chlorophyllous, terrestrial, embryophytic, tracheophytes in the plant kingdom. These are also called vascular cryptogams.

C.Gymnosperms – Naked seeded plants in the plant kingdom.

D.Angiosperms -  Fruit producing plants in the plant kingdom. These are highly advanced plants. Hibiscus is an angiosperm.

So, the correct option is ‘ Angiosperms’.

Consider the following statements:

(a) Plants are divided into five groups: Thallophytes, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and Angiosperms.
(b) Monera is divided into Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.
(c) $Penicillium$ and Yeast both belong to group fungi.

Which of the above statements are correct?

  1. (a) and (b)

  2. (b) and (c)

  3. (a), (b) and (c)

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The first level of classification among plants depends on whether the plant body is well-differentiated or not. The next level of classification is based on whether the differentiated body has special vascular tissues for the transport of water and other substances. Further classification is based on the ability to bear seeds and whether the seeds are naked or enclosed within fruits. 
Monera is a kingdom that contains unicellular organisms with no nuclear membrane, such as bacteria. It can be divided into Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.
A fungus is any member of a large group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. Penicillium and Yeast both belong to group fungi.

The orchid plants, which are found growing on the trees, are

  1. Parasites

  2. Epiphytes

  3. Saprophytes

  4. Lithophytes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Different types of epiphytes may grow on the same tree, including orchidsThe name 'epiphyte' comes from the Greek word 'epi' meaning 'upon' and 'phyton' meaning 'plant'

So, the correct answer is 'Epiphytes'

Umbrella plant is

  1. Melia azedarach

  2. Panicum decompositum

  3. Acetabularia

  4. Acacia oswaldii


Correct Option: A

Characteristic of series thalamiflorae is

  1. Absence of disc below ovary

  2. Presence of nectariferous disc below ovary

  3. Presence of non-nectariferous disc below ovary

  4. Occurrence of gynophore


Correct Option: A

Match Column - I with Column - II and select the correct option from the codes given below.

Column - I  Column - II
A. Thallophyta 1. Marsilea
B. Bryophyta 2. Pinus
C. Pteridophyta 3. Ulothrix
D. Gymnospermae 4. Ficus
E. Angiospermae 5. Funaria
  1. A- 3, B- 5, C- 1, D- 4, E- 2

  2. A- 3, B- 5, C- 1, D- 2, E- 4

  3. A- 3, B- 5, C- 2, D- 1, E- 4

  4. A- 5, B- 3, C- 1, D- 2, E- 4


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ulothrix is a genus of filamentous green algae, generally found in fresh and marine water. They are eukaryotic and unicellular. The plant body consists of unbranched, uniseriate filaments. The Ulothrix is a thallophyte having undifferentiated bodies. Funaria are nonvascular plants, i.e., they do not have conductive tissues and they perform transport of water and nutrients by diffusion; they are cryptogamic, they are small in size; in their life cycle the lasting form is haploid (the gametophyte) and the sporophyte depends on the gametophyte to survive. Hence it is a bryophyte. The living species of heterosporous pteridophytes are small herbaceous perennials like Marsilea. These pteridophytes possess only one kind of non-sexual reproductive spores and possess the true fibro-vascular system, true roots, and leaves. The genus Pinus can be distinguished by long needles on very short shoots in bundles of 2,3, or 5, strobili on long shoots, and the shoots and foliage are strongly dimorphic. Male and female flowers are separate structures: the female flowers are the structures that will eventually become the familiar cones containing the seeds, and male flowers release pollen, which is then captured by the female cones. Gymnosperm seeds develop either on the surface of scales or leave, often modified to form cones. Thus pinus is a gymnosperm. Ficus is an angiosperm because they are seed-producing plants and have flowers, endosperm within the seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds.

Find out and select the incorrect pair from the following.

  1. Phanerogamae- Gymnosperms and angiosperms

  2. Angiosperms- Monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous

  3. Cryptogamae- Bryophyta and Pteridophyta

  4. Pteridophytes- Horsetails and mosses


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mosses are small flowerless plants that usually grow in dense green clumps or mats, in damp or shady locations. They are bryophytes in the nature.

The horsetails are a class in the Pteridophyta (ferns). They were one of the most important plant groups in the Palaeozoic era.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

.............. are the reproductive organs of flowering plants.

  1. Seeds

  2. Flowers

  3. Fruits

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Angiosperms are flowering plants. They reproduce by the formation of gametes and flowers act as reproductive organs. 
  • Parts of the flower include petals, sepals, one or more carpels (the female reproductive structure) and stamens (the male reproductive structure)
  • So, the correct answer is 'Flowers'

Which of the following is an example of dicotyledon seed?

  1. Maize

  2. Mustard

  3. Banana

  4. Garlic


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • The flowering plants (angiosperms) are divided into two groups, namely monocots and dicots. 
  • Monocots- Plants which have only one cotyledon in the seeds are called as monocots. For example, maize, banana, garlic, etc.
  • Dicots- Plants that have two cotyledons in their seeds are called as dicots. For example, mustard, beans, legumes, apples, etc.

Cotyledons are also called as______________

  1. Seed fruit

  2. Seed stem

  3. Seed leaves

  4. Seed


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Cotyledons are actually part of the seed. 
  • They are the first part of the plant to emerge and they look like little green leaves (hence, "seed leaves"). 
  • The cotyledons store food reserves for the growing seedling. The plant relies on this stored food for early growth. 
  • The cotyledons also can photosynthesize, which supplies extra energy until the first true leaves emerge.

Which among the following is the correct definition of monocots?

  1. Plants having single cotyledons in the seed

  2. Plants having two cotyledons in the seed

  3. Plants having three cotyledons in the seed

  4. Plant without seeds


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • The angiosperms are divided into two groups on the basis of the number of cotyledons present in the seed. 
  • The plants with seeds having single cotyledons are known as monocots. The plants with seeds having two cotyledons are known as dicots.

Angiosperms have____________

  1. Naked seeds

  2. Enclosed seeds

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Subkingdom phanerogams include two divisions, gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Gymnosperms have naked seed whereas angiosperms have seeds enclosed within a fruit. 
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