Multiple Choice QuestionsA prokaryoticv autotrophic nitrogen-fixing symbiont is found inÂ
Cycas
Cicer
Pisum
Pisum
The unequivocal proof of DNA as the genetic material came from the studies on aÂ
I) The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses
II) Salvinia is heterosporous
III) The life -cycle in all seed - bearing plants is diplontic
IV) In pinus male and female cones are borne on different trees
Statements (I) and (III)
Statement (I) and (IV)
Statements (II) and (III)
Statements (II) and (III)
Selaginella and Salvinia are considered to represent a significant step towards evolution of seed habit because
female  gametophyte is free and gets dispersed like seeds
female gametophyte lacks archegonia
megaspores possess endosperm and embryo surrounded by a seed coat
megaspores possess endosperm and embryo surrounded by a seed coat
The chief water conducting elements of xylem in gymnosperms areÂ
vessels
fibres
tansfusion tissue
tansfusion tissue
D.
tansfusion tissue
The tracheids are elongated, angular dead cells with hard lignified wide lumen and narrow end walls. The walls of tracheids posses different types of thickenings and the unthickened areas of its wall allow the rapid movement of water from one tracheid to another. Tracheids are the characteristic cells types of xylem tissue in gymnosperms and pteridophytes, where they are chief elements of water conduction.
Male and female gametophytes are independent and free - living in
mustard
castor
Pinus
Pinus
The scutellum observed in a grain of Wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons?
Cotyledon
Endosperm
Aleurone layer
Aleurone layer
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