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Previous year questions with solutions · 2000 – 2026

106Questions
35Papers covered
2.97% ↓67.9%Weightage in 2026
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Year-wise statistics questions · papers · average per paper · weightage
YearQuestionsPapersAvg / paperWeightage
2026321.52.97% ↓67.9%
20255159.26% ↑251.9%
2024321.52.63% ↓44.7%
20233134.76% ↑24.8%
2022522.53.82% ↓42.7%
20214146.67% ↑11.1%
20203136.00% ↑59%
20192123.77% ↑3.8%
20182123.64% ↓48.2%
20174147.02% ↑101.8%
20164223.48% ↓5.2%
20154223.67% ↓58.9%
20145158.93% ↑10.1%
2013924.58.11% ↑67%
2012522.54.85% ↓33.4%
2011723.57.29% ↑118.8%
2010321.53.33% ↓68.9%
200961610.71% ↑96.4%
20083135.45% ↓44.4%
20075159.80% ↑92.8%
20063135.08% ↑60.2%
20052123.17% ↓41.8%
20043135.45% ↓51.7%
200371711.29% ↑261.3%
20022123.12% ↑84.4%
20011111.69% ↓69.5%
20003135.56%

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106 questions · newest paper first · page 4 of 4

91

Phenetic classification of organisms is based on

  1. observable characteristics of existing organisms
  2. the ancestral lineage of existing organisms
  3. dendrogram based on DNA characteristics
  4. sexual characteristics
AIPMT 2004
92

Angiosperms have dominated the land flora primarily because of their

  1. power of adaptability in diverse habitat
  2. property of producing large number of seeds
  3. nature of self pollination
  4. domestication by man
AIPMT 2004
93

Which one of the following is living fossil ?

  1. Cycas
  2. Moss
  3. Spirogyra
  4. Saccharomyces
AIPMT 2004
94

Phenetic classification of organisms is based on

  1. observable characteristics of existing organisms
  2. the ancestral lineage of existing organisms
  3. dendrogram based on DNA characteristics
  4. sexual characteristics.
AIPMT 2003
95

Which one of the following pairs of plants are not seed producers?

  1. Fern and Funaria
  2. Funaria and Ficus
  3. Ficus and Chlamydomonas
  4. Funaria and Pinus
AIPMT 2003
96

Sexual reproduction in Spirogyra is an advanced feature because it shows

  1. different sizes of motile sex organs
  2. same size of motile sex organs
  3. morphologically different sex organs
  4. physiologically differentiated sex organs.
AIPMT 2003
97

Plants reproducing by spores such as mosses and ferns are grouped under the general term

  1. cryptogams
  2. bryophytes
  3. sporophytes
  4. thallophytes.
AIPMT 2003
98

Which one pair of examples will correctly represent the grouping spermatophyta according to one of the schemes of classifying plants?

  1. Acacia, sugarcane
  2. Pinus, Cycas
  3. Rhizopus, Triticum
  4. Ginkgo, Pisum
AIPMT 2003
99

Which one of the following is categorised under living fossils ?

  1. Cycas
  2. Metasequoia
  3. Pinus
  4. Selaginella
AIPMT 2003
100

Chlorenchyma is known to develop in the :

  1. Mycelium of a green mould such as Aspergillus
  2. Pollen tube of Pinus
  3. Cytoplasm of Chlorella
  4. Spore capsule of a moss
AIPMT 2003
101

Which of the following is without exception in angiosperms?

  1. Presence of vessels
  2. Double fertilisation
  3. Secondary growth
  4. Autotrophic nutrition
AIPMT 2002
102

Which of the following plants produces seeds but not flowers?

  1. Maize
  2. Mint
  3. Peepal
  4. Pinus
AIPMT 2002
103

Cycas has two cotyledons but not included in angiosperms because of

  1. naked ovules
  2. seems like monocot
  3. circinate ptyxis
  4. compound leaves
AIPMT 2001
104

A student observed an alga with chlorophyll a, d and phycoerythrin, it should belong to

  1. Phaeophyta
  2. Rhodophyta
  3. Chlorophyta
  4. Bacillariophyta
AIPMT 2000
105

In ferns, meiosis takes place at the time of

  1. spore formation
  2. spore germination
  3. gamete formation
  4. antheridia and archegonia formation
AIPMT 2000
106

Plant group with largest ovule, largest tree, and largest gametes is

  1. gymnosperm
  2. angiosperm
  3. bryophyta
  4. pteridophyta.
AIPMT 2000