State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 107

Pine, fir, spruce, cedar, larch and cypress, well-known timber plants found in India's hills, are all:

  1. Gymnosperms
  2. Monocots
  3. Dicots
  4. Angiosperms
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
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Answer: (A) Gymnosperms

Explanation

Conifers are gymnosperms with seeds borne on cones.

  • (A) Correct

    Correct: these conifers bear naked seeds.

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: these are angiosperms.

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: these are angiosperms.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: conifers do not have enclosed seeds.

  • (E) Incorrect

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.