Plant Classification and Types

Total Questions: 12

1 - Non flowering plants are called as----?

A ) Gymnosperm
B ) Pteridophyte
C ) Angiosperm
D ) Cryptogam ✅

2 - Pollen grains are produced by------- by

A ) Anther ✅
B ) Stigma
C ) Filament
D ) Ovary

3 - Which plant growth over another plants is called-----

A ) Hydrophyte
B ) Xerophyte
C ) Epiphyte ✅
D ) None of these

4 - Salt-tolerant plants are -----:

A ) Xerophytes ✅
B ) Epiphytes
C ) Mesophytes
D ) None of these

5 - Which of the following plants are called arthrophytes?

A ) Sphenopsides ✅
B ) Psilopsids
C ) Lycopsids
D ) None of these

6 - Which plant does not produce food itself?

A ) Algae
B ) Fern
C ) Japanese Iris
D ) Fungus ✅

7 - Insectivorous plants among these are------:

A ) Tropical pitcher plant
B ) Sundew
C ) Venus Flytrap
D ) All of these ✅

8 - Amborella is----:

A ) Group of animals
B ) A large worm
C ) Shrub or small tree ✅
D ) None of these

9 - Dead plants on the surface of water and oxygen depletion of the water body is called----:

A ) Eutrophication ✅
B ) De-Nitrogenization
C ) Deoxygenation
D ) None of these

10 - موٹی جلد والے خشک ترین ماحول میں رہنے والے پودے کہلاتے ہیں؟

A ) ہائڈروفائٹس
B ) ہیلو فائٹس ✅
C ) زیرو فائٹس
D ) میزو فائٹس

11 - Which plants engulf and digest other plants?

A ) Phagocytosis
B ) Carnivorous plants ✅
C ) Pinocytosis
D ) Parasitic plants

Explanation:

Insectivorous plants (also called carnivorous plants) are known to engulf and digest other small organisms — mainly insects, not plants.But no known plant naturally engulfs and digests other plants.

📌 Important Point for Exams:

🔹 Examples of Insectivorous Plants:

  •  ✅  Venus flytrap
  •  ✅  Pitcher plant
  •  ✅  Sundew
  •  ✅  Bladderwort

These plants:

  • Grow in nutrient-poor soils
  • Trap and digest insects to get nitrogen and minerals.

12 - The process of a cell engulfing another cell is called-----:

A ) Gulping
B ) Pinocytic
C ) Phagocytosis ✅
D ) Cannibalism