Gemmae are present in:

1. Some Gymnosperms

2. Some Liverworts

3. Mosses

4. Pteridophytes

Subtopic:  Bryophytes (Liverworts) |
 81%
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Genera like Selaginella and Salvinia produce two kinds of spores. Such plants are known as

1. Homosporous 2. Heterosporous 
3. Homosorus 4. Heterosorus
Subtopic:  Pteridophytes: Heterospory |
 93%
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Which of the following algae produce Carrageen?

1. Red algae 2. Blue-green algae
3. Green algae 4. Brown algae
Subtopic:  Rhodophyceae: Red Algae and Importance of Algae |
 86%
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Which of the following algae contains mannitol as reserve food material?

1. Volvox 2. Ulothrix
3. Ectocarpus 4. Gracilaria
Subtopic:  Pheophyceae: Brown Algae |
 83%
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Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched?
1.  Salvinia - Prothallus
2.  Viroids – RNA
3.  Mustard-Synergids
4.  Ginkgo-Archegonia

Subtopic:  Pteridophytes |
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Given are the following five statements (I - V) for your consideration:

I: In Equisetum, the female gametophyte is retained on the parent sporophyte
II: In Ginkgo, male gametophyte is not independent
III: The sporophyte in Marchantia is more developed than that in Polytrichum
IV: Sexual reproduction in Volvox is isogamous
V: The spores of slime moulds lack cell walls


How many of the above statements is/are correct?

1. Three 2. Four
3. One 4. Two
Subtopic:  Algae | Pteridophytes | Gymnosperms |
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Which of the following statements is incorrect about gymnosperms?

1. They are heterosporous

2. Male and female gametophytes are free-living

3. Most of them have narrow leaves with thick cuticles

4. Their seeds are not covered

Subtopic:  Gymnosperms |
 77%
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NEET - 2020
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Phycoerythrin is the major pigment in:
1. Red algae
2. Blue-green algae
3. Green algae
4. Brown algae

Subtopic:  Rhodophyceae: Red Algae and Importance of Algae |
 86%
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Hydrocolloid carrageen is obtained from:
1. Phaeophyceae only 
2. Chlorophyceae and Phaeophyceae
3. Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae
4. Rhodophyceae only
Subtopic:  Algae |
 74%
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NEET - 2022
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Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
1. Volvox - Starch
2. Ectocarpus - Fucoxanthin
3. Ulothrix - Mannitol
4. Porphyra - Floridian starch
Subtopic:  Chlorophyceae: Green Algae: I |
 81%
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