Consider the following statements regarding brown algae:

I. The pigments are chl a, c and xanthophylls, fucoxanthin

II. Storage food is laminarin and mannitol 

III. The cellulosic cell wall is covered with algin

IV. They have a centrally located vacuole

V. Their photosynthetic organs are called as fronds - leaf like structures

VI. They have pear shaped biflagellate zoospores

VII. They have two unequal laterally attached flagella.

The number of correct statements is

(1) 5

(2) 6

(3) 7

(4) 4

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Consider the following statements regarding brown algae:

I. The pigments are chl a, c and xanthophylls, fucoxanthin

II. Storage food is laminarin and mannitol 

III. The cellulosic cell wall is covered with algin

IV. They have a centrally located vacuole

V. Their photosynthetic organs are called as fronds - leaf like structures

VI. They have pear shaped biflagellate zoospores

VII. They have two unequal laterally attached flagella.

The number of correct statements is

(1) 5

(2) 6

(3) 7

(4) 4

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Carlous Linnaeus system is an artificial system because it is

1. Phylogenetic.                       

2. Based on evolutionary trends.

3. Based on number of characters.

4. Based on a few characters of superficial similarities and dissimilarities on morphology.

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Consider the following statements regarding brown algae:

I. The pigments are chl a, c and xanthophylls, fucoxanthin

II. Storage food is laminarin and mannitol 

III. The cellulosic cell wall is covered with algin

IV. They have a centrally located vacuole

V. Their photosynthetic organs are called as fronds - leaf like structures

VI. They have pear shaped biflagellate zoospores

VII. They have two unequal laterally attached flagella.

The number of correct statements is

(1) 5

(2) 6

(3) 7

(4) 4

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Consider the following statements regarding brown algae:

I. The pigments are chl a, c and xanthophylls, fucoxanthin

II. Storage food is laminarin and mannitol 

III. The cellulosic cell wall is covered with algin

IV. They have a centrally located vacuole

V. Their photosynthetic organs are called as fronds - leaf like structures

VI. They have pear shaped biflagellate zoospores

VII. They have two unequal laterally attached flagella.

The number of correct statements is

(1) 5

(2) 6

(3) 7

(4) 4

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Elaters are absent in

1. Funaria
2. Marchantia
3. Pellia
4. Porella

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Match the columns.

 

Column - I

 

Column - II

A.

Hornwort

1.

Lycopodium

B.

Liverwort

2.

Ricciocarpus

C. 

Stonewort

3.

Anthoceros

D.

Club moss          

4.  

Chara

 

 

A    

B    

C    

D    

(1)

2

3

4

1

(2)

2

3

1

4

(3)

3

2

1

4

(4)     

3

2

4

1

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In whcih of the following groups are seeds present?

1. Psilophyta 2. Ginkgopsida
3. Lycopodiophyta 4. Bryophyta
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What type of sorus is present in Nephrolepis?

1. Coenosorus

2. Simple

3. Mixed

4. None of these

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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

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