Phylogenetic system of classification is based on:

1. evolutionary relationships

2. morphological features

3. chemical constituents

4. floral characters

Subtopic:  Classification System: I | Classification System: II | Classification System |
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Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogam?

1. Equisetum 2. Ginkgo
3. Marchantia 4. Cedrus
Subtopic:  Classification of Pteridophytes: I | Classification of Pteridophytes: II | Pteridophytes | Classification of Pteridophytes |
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Which one of the following is considered important in the development of seed habit?

1.Dependent sporophyte2.Heterospory
3.Halplontic life cycle4.Free-living gametophyte
Subtopic:  Pteridophytes: Heterospory |
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Reduction in vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and cuticle is characteristic of:

1. xerophytes

2. mesophytes

3. epiphytes

4. hydrophyte

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In which one of the following, the male and female gametophytes don't have free-living independent existence?
1. Pteris 2. Funaria
3. Polytrichum 4. Cedrus
Subtopic:  Pteridophytes |
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Which one of the following is heterosporous?

1. Dryopteris

2. Salvinia

3. Adiantum

4. Equisetum

Subtopic:  Pteridophytes: Heterospory | Pteridophytes |
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Select one of the following pairs of important features distinguishing Gnetum from Cycas and Pinus and showing affinities with angiosperms.
1. absence of resin duct and leaf venation
2. presence of vessel elements and absence
of archegonia
3. periandl and two integuments
4. embryo development and apical meristem
Subtopic:  Examples of Gymnosperms |
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Flagellated male gametes are present in all three of which one of the following sets?

1. Anthoceros, Funaria, and Spirogyra

2. Zygnema, Saprolegnia, and Hydrilla

3. Fucus, Marsilea, and Calotropis

4. Riccia, Dryopteris, and Cycas

Subtopic:  Bryophytes | Pteridophytes: Heterospory | Gymnosperms: I | Gymnosperms |
AIPMT - 2007
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In gymnosperms, the pollen chamber represents:

1. a cell in the pollen grain in which the sperms are formed
2. a cavity in the ovule in which pollen grains are stored after pollination
3. an opening in the megagametophyte through which the pollen tube approaches the egg
4. the microsporangium in which pollen grains develop

Subtopic:  General Accounts of Gymnosperms: II | Gymnosperms |
AIPMT - 2007
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In the prothallus of a vascular cryptogam, the antherozoids and eggs mature at different times. As a result:

1. there is no change in the success rate of fertilization

2. there is a high degree of sterility

3. one can conclude that the plant is apomictic

4. self-fertilization is prevented

Subtopic:  Pteridophytes: Heterospory | Pteridophytes |
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