AP EAMCET (EAPCET) Botany Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. What is a defining characteristic of living organisms?

a) Ability to move

b) Ability to reproduce and grow

c) Presence of a rigid cell wall

d) Lack of metabolic activity

Answer: b) Ability to reproduce and grow

2. Who proposed the Five Kingdom Classification system?

a) Aristotle

b) Linnaeus

c) Robert Whittaker

d) Charles Darwin

Answer: c) Robert Whittaker

3. In the Three Domain System, which domain includes extremophiles?

a) Bacteria

b) Archaea

c) Eukarya

d) Protista

Answer: b) Archaea

4. Which group of organisms is associated with the term "Viroid"?

a) Bacteria

b) Fungi

c) Pathogenic RNA

d) Algae

Answer: c) Pathogenic RNA

5. Which branch of Botany studies the relationship between plants and their environment?

a) Taxonomy

b) Ecology

c) Anatomy

d) Pathology

Answer: b) Ecology

6. Which of the following are non-vascular plants?

a) Bryophytes

b) Pteridophytes

c) Gymnosperms

d) Angiosperms

Answer: a) Bryophytes

7. What type of alternation of generations is seen in plants?

a) Zygotic meiosis

b) Sporic meiosis

c) Gametic meiosis

d) Binary fission

Answer: b) Sporic meiosis

8. Which kingdom includes organisms that are unicellular eukaryotes?

a) Monera

b) Protista

c) Fungi

d) Plantae

Answer: b) Protista

9. What is the primary mode of reproduction in viruses?

a) Binary fission

b) Budding

c) Using a host cell for replication

d) Fragmentation

Answer: c) Using a host cell for replication

10. Gymnosperms differ from angiosperms in that gymnosperms:

a) Do not produce seeds

b) Have seeds enclosed in fruits

c) Have naked seeds

d) Lack alternation of generations

Answer: c) Have naked seeds