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Read the following five statements and answer as asked to them
I. In Equisetum the female gametophyte is retained on the parent sporophyte.
II. In Ginkgo male gametophyte is not independent.
III. The sporophyte in Riccia is more developed than that in Polytrichum.
IV.  Sexual reproduction in Volvox is isogamous.
V. The spores of the above statements are correct?

  • Two

  • Three

  • Four

  • Four


D.

Four

The spore of Equisetum germinate shortly after shedding and give rise to form prothallus. Prothalli of Equisetum are basically monoecious and the gametophytes are rarely seen.
The simplest known sporophyte among bryophytes is that of Riccia while highest evolved known is Bryopsida (Polytrichum, Pogonatum).
Sexual reproduction in Volvox is oogamous type.
The spores in slime molds (e.g., Physarum) are haploid, unicellular usually globose with smooth, spiny or reticulately thickened cell walls.

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Gymnosperms are also called soft wood spermatophytes because they lack

  • cambium

  • phloem fibres

  • thick-walled tracheids

  • thick-walled tracheids


The second stage of hydrosere is occupied by plants like

  • Azolla

  • Typha

  • Salix

  • Salix


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.

  • I, III and IV

  • II, III and IV

  • I, IV and V

  • I, IV and V


A prokaryoticv autotrophic nitrogen-fixing symbiont is found in 

  • Cycas

  • Cicer

  • Pisum

  • Pisum


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