1. | Polysiphonia | 2. | Laminaria |
3. | Gracilaria | 4. | Gelidium |
Statement I: | Bryophytes usually occur in damp, humid and shaded localities and are not truly ‘successful’ on land. |
Statement II: | They are dependent on water for sexual reproduction. |
1. | Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect |
2. | Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II explains Statement I |
3. | Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct |
4. | Both Statement I and Statement II are correct but Statement II does not explain Statement I |
1. | They are dependent on water for sexual reproduction. |
2. | Archegonium is flask shaped and produces multiple eggs. |
3. | Sporophyte is attached to the photosynthetic gametophytes and derives nourishment from it. |
4. | The antherozoids are released into water. |
Regarding Marchantia:
I: | The thallus is dorsi-ventral and closely appressed to the substrate. |
II: | The plant is monoecious. |
1. | Both I and II are incorrect |
2. | Only I is incorrect |
3. | Only I is correct |
4. | Both I and II are correct |
I: | Asexual reproduction is not seen. |
II: | Sexual reproduction takes place by multicellular gemmae. |
1. Only I | 2. Only II |
3. Both I and II | 4. Neither I nor II |
1. | Funaria | 2. | Marchantia |
3. | Polytrichum | 4. | Sphagnum |
I: | Protonema is a gametophyte stage that is creeping, green, branched and frequently filamentous. |
II: | Leafy stage bears sex organs and is attached to the soil through multicellular and branched rhizoids. |
III: | Sex organs are produced at the apex of the leafy shoot. |
IV: | They have an elaborate mechanism of spore dispersal. |
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): | Heterospory in some pteridophytes paved the way for the evolution of seeds in higher plants. |
Reason (R): | The megaspores and microspores in heterosporous ferns give rise to female and male gametophytes respectively. |
In the light of the above statements choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Statement I: | In Cycas, the pinnate leaves persist for a few years. |
Statement II: | In conifers, the needle-like leaves reduce the surface area helping to reduce water loss. |