Q. No.Which of the following does not belong to the class Pteropsida?
1.
Dryopteris
2.
Adiantum
3.
Pteris
4.
Lycopodium
In gymnosperms, the ovules are:
| 1. | not enclosed by any ovary wall before and after fertilization |
| 2. | not enclosed by any ovary wall only before fertilization |
| 3. | not enclosed by any ovary wall only after fertilization |
| 4. | enclosed by an ovary wall before and after fertilization |
Coralloid roots in Cycas are associated with nitrogen fixing:
| 1. | Rhizobium | 2. | Frankia |
| 3. | Azospirillum | 4. | Cyanobacteria |
All the following regarding Pinus are correct except:
1. Obligate association with mycorrhiza
2. Unbranched stems
3. Male and female strobili on the same plant
4. Leaves in fascicles
Identify the incorrect statement:
| 1. | As compared to the bryophytes, pteridophytes have sporophyte as the main plant body |
| 2. | Pteridophyte sporophyte has well differentiated true roots, stem and leaves |
| 3. | Selaginella has macrophylls like ferns |
| 4. | In sporophyte of ferns, leaf-like appendages called sporophylls subtend sporangia |
Identify the incorrectly matched comparison between liverworts and mosses:
|
Character |
Liverworts |
Mosses |
|
|
1. |
Gametophyte |
Thalloid and dorsiventral |
Leafy and radial |
|
2. |
Rhizoids |
Unicellular, mostly unbranched |
Multicellular, generally branched |
|
3. |
Protonema |
Mostly absent or small |
Distinct and well developed |
|
4. |
Elaters |
Absent |
Present |
The earliest land plants lacked true roots. What may have enabled them the most to colonize land?
| 1. | Symbiotic associations with fungi |
| 2. | Prostrate thalloid body |
| 3. | Motile antherozoids capable of reaching the egg through water |
| 4. | Parasitic and saprophytic modes of nutrition |
Charophytes are the only living algae that share distinctive derived traits with land plants that other algae don’t. All the following will be examples of such derived traits except:
1. Rings of cellulose-synthesizing proteins
2. Structure of flagellated sperms
3. Formation of a phragmoplast
4. Presence of chlorophyll a and b
In the given diagram of the green alga Chara, the parts labeled A and B respectively are called :
1. Nucule and Globule
2. Globule and Nucule
3. Antheridium and Archegonium
4. Archegonium and Antheridium
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