Identify the incorrect statement regarding mosses:

Consider the following statements regarding bryophytes:

I. Bryophytes are also called amphibians of the plant kingdom because they are dependent on water for sexual reproduction.

II. They play an important role in plant succession on bare rocks.

III. They lack true roots, stem or leaves.

IV. The sex organs in bryophytes are multicelluar.

V. The male sex organ produce biflagellate zoospores.

VI. Archegonium is flask-shaped and produces a single egg.

The number of corrected statements is

1. 3

2. 4

3. 5

4. 6

Read the following five statements (I to V) and select the option with all correct statements.

1. I, III and IV
2. II, III and IV
3. I, IV and V
4. II, III and V

In bryophytes and pteriodophytes, transport of male gametes requires

1. insects

2. birds

3. water

4. wind

Which of the following is responsible for peat formation?

1. Marchantia
2. Riccia
3. Funaria
4. Sphagnum

Archegoniophore is present in

1. Chara

2. Adiantum

3. Funaria

4. Marchantia

Male and female gametophytes are independent and free-living in

1. mustard

2. castor

3. Pinus

4. Sphagnum

Moss peat is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places because:

(1) it is easily available

(2) it is hygroscopic

(3) it reduces transpiration

(4) it serves as a disinfectant

In a moss, the sporophyte:

1. is partially parasitic on the gametophyte

2 . produces gametes that give rise to the gametophyte

3. arises from a spore produced from the gametophyte

4. manufactures food for itself, as well as for the gametophyte

The most primitive among the living vascular plants are the