All the following regarding resemblances of Gnetum with angiosperms are true except:
1. Presence of true vessels in secondary wood
2. Only one integument surrounding the ovule
3. Perianth in both male and female flowers
4. Absence of archegonia

Subtopic:  General Account of Angiosperms (OLD NCERT) |

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The diagram below shows:

1. Female strobilus of Cycas
2. Male strobilus of Cycas
3. Female strobilus of Pinus
4. Male strobilus of Pinus

Subtopic:  Examples of Gymnosperms |

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Consider the given statements:
I. A homosporous life history occurs in nearly all bryophytes and in most pteridophytes.
II. A heterosporous life history occurs in some pteridophytes and in all seed plants.
III. Heterosporous pteridophytes, unlike their homosporous counterparts, lack archegonia, antheridia, and motile flagellate sperm.
IV. The seed plants completely lack antheridia.

The correct statements include:
1. Only I, II and III
2. Only I, II and IV
3. Only II, III and IV
4. I, II, III and IV

Subtopic:  Pteridophytes: Heterospory |
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Seeds make their appearance for the first time in gymnosperms. All the following factors are responsible for its development except:
1. Heterospory and differentiation of sporophylls and sporangia
2. Retention of megaspore within the megasporangium
3. Female gametophyte devoid of any integument
4. Development of young sporophyte within tissue of the megasporangium

Subtopic:  General Accounts of Gymnosperms: II |
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In Cycas:

I. Micro sporophylls bear two elongated sac like structures at the base on the ventral side called pollen sacs.
II. Pollen grains are winged.
III. Megasporophylls are compact when young but spread apart when mature.
IV. Each megasporophyll has (a) bract scale and (b) ovuliferous scale which bears 2 ovules on the ventral side.

1. Only I, II and III are correct
2. Only I, III and IV are correct
3. Only II, III and IV are correct
4. I, II III and IV are correct

Subtopic:  Examples of Gymnosperms |

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All the following regarding Dryopteris are true except:
1. Involute vernation
2. Obliquely growing subterranean rhizome
3. Large compound leaves called fronds
4. Hair like ramenta covering petiole

Subtopic:  Pteridophytes |

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The description of which of the following features of reproductive structures of Funaria is correct?

I. Reproductive organs are borne on separate branches of the same thallus
II. Antheridia are club shaped
III. Archegonia are flask shaped

1. I and II only
2. I and III only
3. II and III only
4. I, II and III

Subtopic:  Bryophytes |
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The seed of a gymnosperm is a complex structure with three generations locked up in it. Identify the correct match:

I. Female gametophyte: Old generation
II. Seed coat: Present generation
III. Embryo: Future generation

1. Only I
2. Only III
3. Only I and II
4. Only II and III

Subtopic:  General Accounts of Gymnosperms: II |

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Consider the two trends in evolution of plants:

I. A reduction of vascular tissues occurs from gymnosperms and woody dicots to herbaceous dicots to monocots
II. The gametophytes of vascular plants have become smaller and simpler

1. Both I and II are correct
2. Only I is correct
3. Only II is correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect

Subtopic:  Gymnosperms: I |
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Consider the given two statements:

I. The term ‘embryophytes’ is an appropriate synonym for plants.
II. The occurrence of a multicellular, matrotrophic embryo in plants from bryophytes through angiosperms.

1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I
2. Both I and II are incorrect but II does not explain I
3. I is correct but II is incorrect
4. Both I and II are incorrect

Subtopic:  General Account of Angiosperms (OLD NCERT) |
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