If you are asked to classify the various algae into distinct groups, which of the following characters you should choose?
1. | Types of pigments present in the cell |
2. | Nature of stored food materials in the cell |
3. | Structural organisation of thallus |
4. | Chemical compositions of the cell wall |
Moss peat is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places because:
1. it is easily available
2. it is hygroscopic
3. it reduces transpiration
4. it serves as a disinfectant
In a moss the sporophyte:
1. | is partially parasitic on the gametophyte |
2. | produces gametes that give rise to the gametophyte |
3. | arises from a spore produced from the gametophyte |
4. | manufactures food for itself, as well as for the gametophyte |
Spore dissemination in some liverworts is aided by:
1. elaters
2. indusium
3. calypatra
4. peristome teeth
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
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 |
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
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 |
1. Dryopteris
2. Salvinia
3. Adiantum
4. Equisetum
1. | Pteris | 2. | Funaria |
3. | Polytrichum | 4. | Cedrus |