Which one of the following statements is wrong?
| 1. | Algae increase the level of dissolved oxygen in the immediate environment |
| 2. | Algin is obtained from red algae and carrageenan from brown algae |
| 3. | Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria |
| 4. | Laminaria and Sargassum are used as food |
Which of the following statement is correct?
| 1. | Ovules are not enclosed by the ovary wall in gymnosperms. |
| 2. | Selaginella is heterosporous, while Salvinia is homosporous. |
| 3. | Horsetails are gymnosperms. |
| 4. | Stems are usually unbranched in both Cycas and Cedrus. |
| 1. | Uniflagellate gametes - Polysiphonia |
| 2. | Biflagellate zoospores - Brown algae |
| 3. | Gemma cups - Marchantia |
| 4. | Unicellular organism - Chlorella |
Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of?
1. Fucus
2. Funaria
3. Chlamydomonas
4. Marchantia
Life cycles of Ectocarpus and Fucus respectively are:
1. Diplontic, Haplodiplontic
2. Haplodiplontic, Diplontic
3. Haplodiplontic, Haplontic
4. Haplontic, Diplontic
Select the mismatch
1. Cycas - Dioecious
2. Salvinia - Heterosporous
3. Equisetum - Homosporous
4. Pinus - Dioecious
In bryophytes and pteridophytes, transport of male gametes requires?
| 1. | insects | 2. | birds |
| 3. | water | 4. | wind |
| 1. | Salvinia, Ginkgo and Pinus all are gymnosperms |
| 2. | Sequoia is one of the tallest trees |
| 3. | The leave of gymnosperms are not well adapted to extremes of climate |
| 4. | Gymnosperms are both homosporous and heterosporous |
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 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 sporophytes. |
| 1. | I, III and IV | 2. | II, III and IV |
| 3. | I, IV and V | 4. | II, III and V |
In which of the following gametophyte is not independent free-living?
| 1. | Funaria | 2. | Marchantia |
| 3. | Pteris | 4. | Pinus |