Biology miscellaneous


  1. Which angiosperm is vessel-less ?









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    Trochodendron is a genus of flowering plants with one living species. It is vesselless angiosperm. Fewer than 200 species of angiosperms have the primitive feature of vesselless wood. With two exceptions— Trochodendron and Tetracentron—, all vesselless angiosperms occur in the Magnoliidae.

    Correct Option: B

    Trochodendron is a genus of flowering plants with one living species. It is vesselless angiosperm. Fewer than 200 species of angiosperms have the primitive feature of vesselless wood. With two exceptions— Trochodendron and Tetracentron—, all vesselless angiosperms occur in the Magnoliidae.


  1. How many neck canal cells are found in the archegonium of a fern ?









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    Archegonium is the female reproductive organ in ferns and mosses. The upper part of the archegonium, the neck, consists of four rows of cells containing central neck cells. The uppermost of the neck cells are the neck canal cells; the lowest cell is the ventral canal cell. It has one neck canal cell with two nuclei.

    Correct Option: A

    Archegonium is the female reproductive organ in ferns and mosses. The upper part of the archegonium, the neck, consists of four rows of cells containing central neck cells. The uppermost of the neck cells are the neck canal cells; the lowest cell is the ventral canal cell. It has one neck canal cell with two nuclei.



  1. Cactus is referred to as









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    Cactus is a xerophyte as it specializes in surviving in hot and dry environments. Xerophytes are plants that are adapted to survive in an environment with little water, such as a desert or an ice- or snowcovered region in the Alps or the Arctic.

    Correct Option: C

    Cactus is a xerophyte as it specializes in surviving in hot and dry environments. Xerophytes are plants that are adapted to survive in an environment with little water, such as a desert or an ice- or snowcovered region in the Alps or the Arctic.


  1. Carolus Linnaeus System of classification is









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    Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus established the binomial system of naming living organisms, setting a format and a structured process for classifying the interrelationships between plants (among which he included all fungi), and between animals. The binomial system that Linnaeus devised enables an author to refer to a species confident that it will mean the same thing to informed readers anywhere else in the world.

    Correct Option: C

    Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus established the binomial system of naming living organisms, setting a format and a structured process for classifying the interrelationships between plants (among which he included all fungi), and between animals. The binomial system that Linnaeus devised enables an author to refer to a species confident that it will mean the same thing to informed readers anywhere else in the world.



  1. The International Commisson on Zoological Nomenclature was established in











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    The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) was founded in 1895. It provides and regulates a uniform system of zoological nomenclature ensuring that every animal has a unique and universally accepted scientific name.

    Correct Option: E

    The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) was founded in 1895. It provides and regulates a uniform system of zoological nomenclature ensuring that every animal has a unique and universally accepted scientific name.