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201.

Largest moss is

  • Pogonatum

  • Funaria

  • Dawsonia

  • Polytrichum


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202.

Which one of the following is a saprophytic bryophyte?

  • Riccia fluitans

  • Buxbaumia aphylla

  • Funaria hygrometrica

  • Sphagnum


B.

Buxbaumia aphylla

Bryophytes usually grow in moist and shady places. Some bryophytes grow in diverse habitats such as aquatic (eg. Riccia jluitans), epiphytic (eg. Dendroceros and many mosses), saprophytic (eg. Buxbaumia aphylla) and in dry habitats such as dry sites (eg. Polytrichum juniperinum) deserts (eg. Tortula desertorum) and dry rocks (eg. Porella platyphylla).


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203.

Iodine is obtained from

  • Laminaria 

  • Chlorella

  • Polysiphonia

  • Porphyra


204.

Agar-agar is obtained from

  • Chlorella

  • Spirogyra

  • Ulothrix

  • Gelidium


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205.

In Funaria, stomata are present on the

  • stem

  • leaves

  • capsule

  • apophysis


206.

Phycobilins absorb light of wavelength

  • 670-700 nm

  • 610-650 nm

  • 500-650 nm

  • 420-520 nm


207.

A plant having seeds but lacking flowers and fruits belong to

  • pteridophytes

  • mosses

  • ferns

  • gymnosperms


208.

Pigments common to all algae are

  • chlorophyll- a and phycobilins

  • chlorophyll- a and carotenoids

  • chlorophyll- a and chlorophyll- b

  • chlorophyll- b and carotenoids


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209.

Pratonema is found in the life cycle of:

  • Spirogyra

  • Rhizopus

  • Escherichia

  • Funaria


210.

Agar-agar commonly used in bacterial cultures and medication is obtained from :

  • Sargassum 

  • Gelidium

  • Ulothrix

  • Ulva


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