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The smallest antheridia in vascular plants, producing the smalles number of sperms are found in.

  1. Equisetum

  2. Isoetes

  3. Lycopodium

  4. Selaginella


Correct Option: A

Match List I (Colloquial Name) with List II (Plant) and select the correctanswer using the code given below the Lists:

List I List II
A. Adder's tongues 1. Lycopodium
B. Horse tails 2. Sphagnum
C. Club moss 3. Ophioglossum
D. Bog moss 4. Equisetum
  1. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

  2. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

  3. A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

  4. A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3


Correct Option: A

Cones with out sporophylls are found in ____________.

  1. Lycopodium

  2. Psilotum

  3. Rhynia

  4. Equisetum


Correct Option: A

Consider the following statements.
a. In Pteridophytes, the phloem lacks companion cells
b. The xylem lacks vessels in majority of Pterifophytes
c. Heterosporous Pteridophytes have inconspicuous gametophytes
d. Water is essential for fertilization in Pteridophytes.
Which of these statements are correct?

  1. $1, 2, 3$ and $4$

  2. $2, 3$ and $4$

  3. $1$ and $3$

  4. $1, 2$ and $4$


Correct Option: A

Heterospory and ligulate leaves are the characteristic features of ____________.

  1. Lycopodium

  2. Equisetum

  3. Selaginella

  4. Adianthum


Correct Option: A

You discover a new species of a plant. You discover that it produces motile sperms and dominant generation has diploid cells. It belongs to

  1. Bryophyte

  2. Angiosperm

  3. Gymnosperm

  4. Pteridophyte


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Amongst Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms, only bryophytes and pteridophytes produce motile sperms which swim in the surrounding medium to reach female gamete for the process of fertilisation. While. in pteridophytes only the dominant generation is diploid. The dominant generation in bryophytes is haploid.
So, the correct answer is 'Option D- Pteridophytes'.

Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogram ?

  1. Cedrus

  2. Equisetum

  3. Ginkgo

  4. Marchantia


Correct Option: B

If the root cell of a pteridophyte contains 10 chromosomes, then the chromosome number in indusium, sperm mother cell and spore mother cell are respectively.

  1. 10,5,10

  2. 10,5,5

  3. 10,10,10

  4. 5,10,10


Correct Option: A

Find the odd man.

  1. Adiantum

  2. Equisetum

  3. Selaginella

  4. Riccia


Correct Option: A

Sporangiosphores of Equisetum are ___________.

  1. Peltate

  2. Whorled

  3. Stalked

  4. All the above


Correct Option: A