1. | Salvinia, Ginkgo and Pinus all are gymnosperms |
2. | Sequoia is one of the tallest trees |
3. | The leave of gymnosperms are not well adapted to extremes of climate |
4. | Gymnosperms are both homosporous and heterosporous |
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 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 sporophytes. |
1. | I, III and IV | 2. | II, III and IV |
3. | I, IV and V | 4. | II, III and V |
In which of the following gametophyte is not independent free-living?
1. | Funaria | 2. | Marchantia |
3. | Pteris | 4. | Pinus |
Which one of the following statements is wrong?
1. Algin and carrageenan are products of algae
2. Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria
3. Chlorella and Spirulina are used as space food
4. Mannitol is stored food in Rhodophyceae
Male gametes are flagellated in:
1. Polysiphonia
2. Anabaena
3. Ectocarpus
4. Spirogyra
Which one of the following shows isogamy with non-flagellated gametes?
1. Sargassum
2. Ectocarpus
3. Ulothrix
4. Spirogyra
An alga which can be employed as food for human beings:
1. Ulothrix
2. Chlorella
3. Spirogyra
4. Polysiphonia
1. | Cycas | 2. | Equisetum |
3. | Psilotum | 4. | Pinus |
Read the following statements (A-E) and answer the question which follows them.
A: | In liverworts, mosses, and ferns gametophytes are free-living |
B: | Gymnosperms and some ferns are heterosporous |
C: | Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvox and Albugo is oogamous |
D: | The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses |
E: | Both, Pinus and Marchantia are dioecious |
How many of the above statements are correct?
1. Two
2. Three
3. Four
4. One
Which one of the following is the correct statement?
1. | Pteridophyte gametophyte has a protonemal and leafy stage |
2. | In gymnosperms, female gametophyte is free-living |
3. | Antheridiophores and protonema are present in pteridophytes |
4. | Origin of seed habit can be traced in pteridophytes |