Q. No.Consider the following statements regarding bryophytes:
I. Bryophytes are also called amphibians of the plant kingdom because they are dependent on water for sexual reproduction.
II. They play an important role in plant succession on bare rocks.
III. They lack true roots, stem or leaves.
IV. The sex organs in bryophytes are multicelluar.
V. They produce biflagellate zoospres.
VI. Archegonium is flask-shaped and produces a single egg.
The number of corrected statements is
1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6
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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 |
Subtopic: Â Bryophytes |Â Pteridophytes |Â Gymnosperms |
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Read the following statements (A-E) and answer the question which follows them.
| A: | In liverworts, mosses, and ferns gametophytes are free-living |
| B: | Gymnosperms and some ferns are heterosporous |
| C: | Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvox and Albugo is oogamous |
| D: | The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses |
| E: | Both, Pinus and Marchantia are dioecious |
How many of the above statements are correct?
1. Two
2. Three
3. Four
4. One
Subtopic: Â Algae |Â Bryophytes |Â Gymnosperms: I |Â Gymnosperms |
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Study the diagram given below and mark the correct statement.
1. Part A is dependent on part B.
2. Part B is dependent on part A.
3. Both parts are independent
4. Part A is haploid whereas part B is diploid
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Match the terms in Column-I with their correct description in Column-II and select the correct match from the codes given:
| Column-I | Column-II | ||
| A. | Protonema | P. | The first stage in development of the gametophyte in mosses. |
| B. | Prothallus | Q. | The photosynthetic gametophyte in ferns. |
| C. | Seta | R. | In bryophytes, the stalk that supports the capsule, if present. |
| D. | Stipe | S. | The stem-like part of the thallus of brown algae such as kelp. |
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | P | Q | R | S |
| 2. | Q | P | R | S |
| 3. | P | Q | S | R |
| 4. | Q | P | S | R |
Subtopic: Â Pheophyceae: Brown Algae |Â Bryophytes |Â Pteridophytes |
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Read the following statement with respect to bryophytes :
(i) Sporophyte is multicellular
(ii) Sporophyte is free living
(iii) The spores germinate to produce sporophyte
(iv) Some cells of sporophyte undergo reduction division to produce haploid spores
(v) Gametophyte is non-photosynthetic structure How many of the above statements are correct?
How many of the above statements are correct?
1. Three
2. Five
3. Four
4. Two
(i) Sporophyte is multicellular
(ii) Sporophyte is free living
(iii) The spores germinate to produce sporophyte
(iv) Some cells of sporophyte undergo reduction division to produce haploid spores
(v) Gametophyte is non-photosynthetic structure How many of the above statements are correct?
How many of the above statements are correct?
1. Three
2. Five
3. Four
4. Two
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Read the following statements about bryophytes :
(i) Mosses serve as food for birds and herbivores
(ii) Sphagnum, a liverwort, provide peat that have long been used as fuel
(iii) Sphagnum, because of their high capacity to hold water is used as packaging-material for trans-shipment of living plant materials
(iv) Mosses have a little role during ecological succession
(v) Mosses, as they form dense mat, prevent soil erosion
How many of the above statements are correct?
1. Three
2. Four
3. Five
4. Two
(i) Mosses serve as food for birds and herbivores
(ii) Sphagnum, a liverwort, provide peat that have long been used as fuel
(iii) Sphagnum, because of their high capacity to hold water is used as packaging-material for trans-shipment of living plant materials
(iv) Mosses have a little role during ecological succession
(v) Mosses, as they form dense mat, prevent soil erosion
How many of the above statements are correct?
1. Three
2. Four
3. Five
4. Two
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Match the plant with the kind of life cycle it exhibits:
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (a) | Spirogyra | (i) | Dominant diploid sporophyte vascular plant, with highly reduced male or female gametophyte |
| (b) | Fern | (ii) | Dominant haploid free-living gametophyte |
| (c) | Funaria | (iii) | Dominant diploid sporophyte alternating with reduced gametophyte called prothallus |
| (d) | Cycas | (iv) | Dominant haploid leafy gametophyte alternating with partially dependent multicellular sporophyte |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (ii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) |
| 2. | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) |
| 3. | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) |
| 4. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
Subtopic: Â Algae |Â Bryophytes |Â Pteridophytes |Â Gymnosperms |
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Match List-I with List-II:
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (a) | Chlamydomonas | (i) | Moss |
| (b) | Cycas | (ii) | Pteridophyte |
| (c) | Selaginella | (iii) | Alga |
| (d) | Sphagnum | (iv) | Gymnosperm |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) |
| 2. | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
| 3. | (iii) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) |
| 4. | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (iv) |
Subtopic: Â Algae |Â Bryophytes |Â Pteridophytes |Â Gymnosperms |
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Assertion(A): The main plant body of the bryophyte is haploid which possesses true roots, leaf-like and stem-like structures.
Reason(R): This main plant body produces gametes and it is known as gametophyte.
Choices for Assertions and reasons:
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Reason(R): This main plant body produces gametes and it is known as gametophyte.
Choices for Assertions and reasons:
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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