| (i) | The redwood tree, Sequoia, is one of the tallest tree species |
| (ii) | Mycorrhizal roots are found in Pinus and coralloid roots in Cycas |
| (iii) | The roots of gymnosperms are generally tap roots |
| (iv) | In gymnosperms, stems may be unbranched (e.g., Pinus) or branched (e.g., Cycas) |
| (v) | In Cycas, the pinnate leaves persist for a few years. |
| (i) | Majority of the pteridophytes are heterosporous |
| (ii) | Selaginella and Salvinia are homosporous |
| (iii) | The megaspore germinate to form male gametophyte |
| (iv) | Pteridophytes may show seed formation in a few cases |
| (v) | Selaginella is a type of fern |
| (i) | The main plant body is the sporophyte. |
| (ii) | The sporophyte is differentiated into true roots, stems, and leaves. |
| (iii) | Their gametophyte lacks vascular bundle. |
| (iv) | Microphylls are found in Selaginella and macrophytes in the ferns like Dryopteris. |
| (v) | Strobili or cones are found in Selaginella and Equisetum. |
| 1. | Four | 2. | Five |
| 3. | Two | 4. | Three |
| (i) | Mosses serve as food for birds and herbivores |
| (ii) | Sphagnum, a liverwort, provide peat that have long been used as fuel |
| (iii) | Sphagnum, because of their high capacity to hold water is used as packaging-material for trans-shipment of living plant materials |
| (iv) | Mosses have a little role during ecological succession |
| (v) | Mosses, as they form dense mat, prevent soil erosion |
| (i) | Sporophyte is multicellular |
| (ii) | Sporophyte is free living |
| (iii) | The spores germinate to produce sporophyte |
| (iv) | Some cells of sporophyte undergo reduction division to produce haploid spores |
| (v) | Gametophyte is non-photosynthetic structure How many of the above statements are correct? |
| (i) | Majority of the red algae are marine, mostly found in warmer sea |
| (ii) | They occur in both well lighted regions close to the surface of water and also at great depths in ocean where relatively less light penetrates |
| (iii) | These lack chlorophyll-d |
| (iv) | These are mostly unicellular |
| (v) | These lack vegetative propagation |
| (i) | Vegetative reproduction usually takes place by fragmentation in unicellular forms. |
| (ii) | Zoospore formation is rare. |
| (iii) | Sexual reproduction can be isogamous, anisogamous, or oogamous. |
| (iv) | Asexual reproduction can occur by flagellated zoospores produced in zoosporangia. |
| (v) | Chlamydomonas, Chara, Spirogyra, Volvox, and Ulothrix belong to green algae. |
Consider the following statements regarding brown algae:
I. The pigments are chl a, c and xanthophylls, fucoxanthin
II. Storage food is laminarin and mannitol
III. The cellulosic cell wall is covered with algin
IV. They have a centrally located vacuole
V. Their photosynthetic organs are called as fronds - leaf like structures
VI. They have pear shaped biflagellate zoospores
VII. They have two unequal laterally attached flagella.
The number of correct statements is
1. 5
2. 6
3. 7
4. 4
Identify the following statements as true (T) or false (F) and select the option accordingly
| (A) | Members of Rhodophyceae asexually reproduce by motile spores |
| (B) | Members of Phaeophyceae do not show isogamous type of sexual reproduction |
| (C) | In some green algae, food is stored in the form of oil droplets |
| (A) | (B) | (C) | |
| 1. | T | F | T |
| 2. | F | F | F |
| 3. | F | F | T |
| 4. | T | T | F |