Plant Kingdom Questions and Answers - Algae Part-1

1. Marine algae used as food are
a) Laminaria
b) Sargassum
c) Porphyra
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

2. Hydrocolloids are secreted by
a) All of the algae
b) Only brown algae
c) Only red algae
d) Both red and brown algae

Answer: d
Explanation: Hydrocolloids are secreted by both red and brown algae.

3. Algin is secreted by
a) All of the algae
b) Only brown algae
c) Only red algae
d) Both red and brown algae

Answer: b
Explanation: Algin is secreted by only brown algae.

4. Carrageen is secreted by
a) All of the algae
b) Only brown algae
c) Only red algae
d) Both red and brown algae

Answer: c
Explanation: Carrageen is secreted by only red algae.

5. Microbes used in the preparation of ice cream and jellies are grown on the product secreted by
a) Chlorella
b) Spirullina
c) Gelidium and gracilaria
d) All of these

Answer: c
Explanation: Microbes used in the preparation of ice cream and jellies are grown on the product secreted by gelidium and gracilaria.

6. The algae rich in proteins and used as food by space travellers is
a) Chlorella
b) Spirullina
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Laminaria

Answer: c
Explanation: Both (a) and (b)

7. Agar is commercially obtained from
a) Gelidium and gracilaria
b) Laminaria and spirulina
c) Chlorella and spirullina
d) Chlamydomonas and spirogyra

Answer: a
Explanation: Agar is commercially obtained from gelidium and gracilaria.

8. Green algae are kept in
a) Phaeophyceae
b) Xanthophylls
c) Xhlorophyceae
d) Rhodophyceae

Answer: c
Explanation: Green algae are kept in Xhlorophyceae.

9. The organism which contain chlorophyll ‘a’ and ‘b’ cup-shaped chloroplast and is unicellular is
a) Spirogyra
b) Chlamydomonas
c) Volvox
d) Ulothrix

Answer: b
Explanation: Chlamydomonas

10. Dominance of chlorophyll ‘a’ and ‘b’, pyrenoids and starch as stored food are found in
a) Members of chlorophyceae
b) Members of rhodophyceae
c) Members of phaeophyceae
d) All of these

Answer: a
Explanation: Dominance of chlorophyll ‘a’ and ‘b’, pyrenoids and starch as stored food are found in members of chlorophyceae.

11. Chlorophyceae are grass green due to the dominance of pigment
a) Chlorophyll a, c
b) Chlorophyll b, a
c) Chlorophyll d, c
d) All of these

Answer: b
Explanation: Chlorophyll b, a

12. Pyrenoids are located in
a) Cytoplasm
b) Mitochondria
c) Chloroplast
d) Nucleus

Answer: c
Explanation: Pyrenoids are located in chloroplast.

13. Pyrenoids store
a) Protein
b) Starch
c) Lipids
d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer: d
Explanation: Pyrenoids store protein and starch.

14. Cell wall of green algae is made up of
a) Cellulose and pectose
b) Cellulose and pectin
c) Inner layer of pectose and outer layer of cellulose
d) Inner layer of cellulose and outer layer of pectose

Answer: d
Explanation: Cell wall of green algae is made up of inner layer of cellulose and outer layer of pectose.

15. Zoospores are formed during asexual reproduction of algae and formed in
a) Sporangia
b) Zoosporangia
c) Microsporangia
d) Megasporangia

Answer: b
Explanation: Zoospores are formed during asexual reproduction of algae and formed in zoosporangia.

16. Sexual reproduction is of isogamous, anisogamous and oogamous in
a) Chlorophyceae
b) Rhodophyceae
c) Chlorophyceae and Phaeophyceae
d) Chlorophyceae and Rhodophyceae

Answer: c
Explanation: Chlorophyceae and Phaeophyceae

17. Algae which are primarily marine is
a) Red algae
b) Brown algae
c) Green algae
d) All of these

Answer: b
Explanation: Brown algae

18. Filamentous brown algae is
a) Spirogyra
b) Laminaria
c) Ectocarpus
d) Porphyra

Answer: c
Explanation: Filamentous brown algae is Ectocarpus.

19. Green algae performs _______ oogamous type sexual reproduction
a) Sphagnum
b) Volvox
c) Dictyota
d) Spirogyra

Answer: b
Explanation: Green algae performs volvox oogamous type sexual reproduction.

20. Kelps represent the group of
a) Bryophytes
b) Red algae
c) Green algae
d) Brown algae

Answer: d
Explanation: Brown algae