Pick the correct group consisting of all genera exhibiting homospory.

(1) Lycopodium, Psilotum, Selaginella, Equisetum

(2) Equisetum, Pteris, Salvinia, Psilotum

(3) Salvinia, Pteris, Lycopodium, Selaginella

(4) Equisetum, Psilotum, Lycopodium, Pteris

In the given diagrams, some of the algae have been labelled as A, B, C, D and E. Choose the correct option to identify these algae.

Classical Taxonomy is based on

(1) morphological traits

(2) habitat of organisms

(3) similarities and dissimilarities of behaviour

(4) phylogeny

Read the following statements reagrding bryophytes and choose the incorrect option.

(1) Gametophytic phase is dominant in life cycle

(2) Fertilisation takes place in presence of water

(3) Zygote undergoes meiosis to produce sporophyte

(4) Sporophyte isphysiologically dependent on gametophyte

Gelatin, an important raw material for preparation of photographic emulsion is a by product of

(1) chicken

(2) forest

(3) cattle

(4) fish

Phylogenetic system of classification includes

(1) evolutionary trends only

(2) genetic trends only

(3) evolutionary trend as well as morphology

(4) behavioural trends in environment

Match items in Column I with those in Column II.

Cycas is classified as a gymnosperms due to its

(1) motile sperms

(2) fruit formation

(3) naked ovule

(4) pycnoxylic wood

Elater mechanism for seed dispersal is exhibited by

(1) Riccia

(2) Marchantia

(3) Dryopteris

(4) Funaria

Who proposed a five-kingdom classification and named kingdoms as Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia?

(1) Herbert Copeland

(2) RH Whittaker

(3) Carl Woese

(4) Carolus Linnaeus