Multiple Choice Quiz on Algae | Plant Science Quiz

Algae are pigmented thallophytes. They prepare their own food materials with the help of chlorophyll and sunlight. So they are said to be autrotrophs. Besides chlorophyll there are other colored pigments in algae.

Depending on the pigments presents, algae are further classified into Blue green algae( Cyanobacteria), Brown algae (Phaeophyceae), green algae (Chlorophyceae), red algae (Rhodophyceae)and so on. Read more>>
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1. Algae is a group of plants
very little range of sexual reproduction
less prolonged range of sexual reproduction
with no chloroplast
pioneer of the autotrophs
2. Which of the following is found most rare near the sea coast
mossess
brown algae
green algae
red algae
3. Which of the following is a parasitic algae?
Sargassus
Cladophora
Oedogonium
Celphaleuros
4. Which one of the following statements concerning the algae is wrong?
all algae are filamentous
most algae are photosynthetic
Spirogyra does not produce Zoospores
algae can be classified according to the pigments
5. All algae have
chlorophyll a and carotene
chlorophyll b and carotene
chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b
Phycobilins and carotene
6. Which of the following shows heterotrichous habit?
Ulotrix
Oedogonium
Chlamydomonas
Stigeoclonium
7. The non motile, greatly thickened asexual spores are called
Hypnospores
Macrozoospores
Aplanospore
Microzoospores
8. Pyrenoids are
starch surrounded by protein grains
starch surrounded by oil droplets
protein surrounded by oil droplets
protein surrounded by starch grains
9. Palmella stage is found in
Cystopus
Spirogyra
Chlamydomonas
Aspergillus
10. Eyespot or stigma is present in
Nostoc
Chlamydomonas
Spirogyra
Ulothrix
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