2025 Plant KingdomGymnosperms Characteristics Easy Question 6 of 105 in Plant Kingdom

Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of gymnosperms?

A Seeds are enclosed in fruits.
B Seeds are naked.
C Seeds are absent.
D Gymnosperms have flowers for reproduction.

The answer is B.

Solution

Gymnosperms possess naked ovules/seeds not enclosed by an ovary wall or fruit.

Gymnosperms (gymnos = naked, sperma = seed) are seed-bearing tracheophytes whose ovules are exposed freely on megasporophylls before and after fertilization, without an enclosing ovary or fruit.

Concept Gymnosperm Seed Nature

Plant Kingdom in past papers

105 questions from this chapter have appeared across 27 exam years.