Evolutionarily, the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues are:
| 1. | Bryophytes | 2. | Pteridophytes |
| 3. | Gnetales | 4. | Cycads |
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 |
| I: | the main plant body is a gametophyte |
| II: | body is differentiated into true root, stem and leaves |
| III: | organs possess well-differentiated vascular tissues |
| 1. | microphylls in Selaginella or macrophylls in ferns. |
| 2. | macrophylls in Selaginella or microphylls in ferns. |
| 3. | microphylls in Selaginella and ferns. |
| 4. | macrophylls in Selaginella and ferns. |
A prothallus is
| 1. | A structure in pteridophytes formed before the thallus develops |
| 2. | A sporophytic free living structure formed in pteridophytes |
| 3. | A gametophyte free living structure formed in pteridophytes |
| 4. | A primitive structure formed after fertilization in pteriodophytes |
Consider the following two statements:
| I: | The spread of living pteridophytes is restricted to narrow geographical regions |
| II: | They are the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues |
1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I
3. I is true but II is false
4. I is false but II is true
| Assertion (A): | The spread of living pteridophytes is limited and restricted to narrow geographical regions. |
| Reason (R): | Evolutionarily, pteridophytes are the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues – xylem and phloem. |
| 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. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |
| 1. | Red algae | 2. | Bryophytes |
| 3. | Pteridophytes | 4. | Gymnosperms |
| I: | transfer of male gamete to the female gamete does not require water |
| II: | all the spores are of similar kinds |
| Assertion (A): | Ferns exhibit an alternation of generations where the gametophyte is dominant. |
| Reason (R): | In ferns, the gametophyte is independent and photosynthetic but smaller and less complex than the sporophyte. |
| 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. |