The life cycle is not haplo-diplontic in:
1. Bryophytes
2. Pteridophytes
3. Polysiphonia
4. Fucus
Asexaul reproduction by pear shaped biflagellate zoospores is seen in most:
1. Green algae
2. Brown algae
3. Red algae
4. Both (2) and (3)
All the following pteridophytes belong to the Class Pteropsida except:
1. Dryopteris
2. Pteris
3. Selaginella
4. Adiantum
Sexual reproduction by non-flagellated but similar in size gametes is seen in:
1. Chlamydomonas
2. Volvox
3. Spirogyra
4. Fucus
In mosses, the sex organs are seen in:
1. Protonema stage
2. Leafy stage
3. Capsule of the sporophyte
4. Seta of the sporophyte
The features seen in the gymnosperm Cycas include:
I. Coralloid roots
II. Unbranched stems
III. Pinnate persistent leaves for a few years
IV. Male cones and megasporophyllys borne on same plant
1. I and II only
2. I and IV only
3. I, II and III only
4. I, II, III, and IV
Both bryophytes and pteridophytes:
1. are vascular cryptogams
2. have a dominant sporophyte
3. reproduce only sexually
4. are haplo-diplontic
The first group of terrestrial plants to get rid of the swimming sperm was the:
(1) Club mosses
(2) Ferns
(3) Gymnosperms
(4) Angiosperms
Which one is a wrong statement?
(1) Archegonia are found in Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Gymnosperms.
(2) Mucor has biflagellate zoospores.
(3) Haploid endosperm is typical feature of gymnosperm.
(4) Brown algae have chlorophyll-a and c, and fucoxanthin.
Read the following five statements (I to V) and select the option with all correct statements.
I. | Mosses and lichens are the first organisms to colonise a bare rock. |
II. | Selaginella is a homosporous pteridophyte. |
III. | Coralloid roots in Cycas have VAM. |
IV. | main plant body in bryophytes is gametophytic, whereas in pteridophytes it is sporophytic. |
V. | In gymnosperms, male and female gametophytes are present within sporangia located on sporophyte. |
1. I, III and IV
2. II, III and IV
3. I, IV and V
4. II, III and V