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Botany

Pheophyceae Brown Algae

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Consistency: 20%
Weightage: 4 / 20 Yrs

High-Yield Trend

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2024
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2021
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2011
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2009

Questions
4 MCQs

01
PYQ 2009
easy
botany ID: neet-200

Mannitol is the stored food in:

1. Chara 2. Porphyra
3. Fucus 4. Gracillaria
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02
PYQ 2011
easy
botany ID: neet-201

Mannitol is a sugar alcohol. It is as stored food in:

1. Fucus
2. Gracillaria
3. Chara
4. Porphyra

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03
PYQ 2021
easy
botany ID: neet-202

Which of the following algae contains mannitol as reserve food material?

1. Volvox 2. Ulothrix
3. Ectocarpus 4. Gracilaria
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04
PYQ 2024
easy
botany ID: neet-202
Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements:
In the members of Phaeophyceae,
A: Asexual reproduction occurs usually by biflagellate zoospores.
B: Sexual reproduction is by oogamous method only.
C: Stored food is in the form of carbohydrates which is either mannitol or laminarin.
D: The major pigments found are chlorophyll a, c and carotenoids and xanthophyll.
E: Vegetative cells have a cellulosic wall, usually covered on the outside by gelatinous coating of algin.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. B, C, D and E only 2. A, C, D and E only
3. A, B, C and E only 4. A, B, C and D only
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