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Which is responsible for peat formation?

  1. Riccia

  2. Funaria

  3. Sphagnum

  4. Marchantia


Correct Option: C

Consider the following four statements and select the two wrong ones.
(a) Sporophyte of liverworts is more elaborate than that of mosses
(b) Salvinia is heterosporous
(c) Life cycle of all seed plants is diplobiontic
(d) In Pinus, male and female cones are borne on different trees

  1. $a$ and $c$

  2. $a$ and $d$

  3. $b$ and $c$

  4. $a$ and $b$


Correct Option: B

Which is true about mosses?

  1. Dominant and independent sporophyte

  2. Archegonia produce many eggs

  3. Antherozoids require water for fertilization

  4. Antherozoids are multiflagellate


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following is a fat-soluble vitamin and its related deficiency disease ?

  1. Calciferol Pellagra

  2. Ascorbic acid Scurvy

  3. Retinol Xerophthalmia

  4. Cobalamine Beri-beri


Correct Option: C

Peat moss is 

  1. Sphagnum

  2. Funaria

  3. Riccia

  4. Marchantia


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sphagnum is the scientific name of peat moss. It is a moss. It is also called as bog moss. It has high pH. Hence, it is used for plants growing in acidic condition, such as blueberries. It helps in moisture absorption from the soil.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer.

List-I(Plants) List-II(Plant groups)
a. Ophiologlossum $1$. Musci
b. Notothylas $2$. Filicineae
c. Sphagnum $3$. Anthocerotae
d. Rhynia $4$. Psilophytineae
$5$. Hepaticeae
  1. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$5$, D-$3$

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

  3. A-$2$, B-$3$, C-$5$, D-$4$

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


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following liverworts was discovered in India.

  1. Sewardiella

  2. Wiesnerella

  3. Gollaniella

  4. Riella


Correct Option: A

Match List-I (Orders of Bryophyte) with List-II(characters present) are select the correct answer.

List-I List-II
a. Marchantiales $1$. Neck of arch gonium composed of five vertical rows of cells
b. Leafy Jungerm anniales $2$. Absence of elaters in capsule
c. Anthocerotales $3$. Archesporium arises from amphithecia
d. Funerals $4$. Presence of scales on thralls
  1. A-$4$, B-$1$, C-$3$, D-$2$

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

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

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


Correct Option: A

In which one of the following bryophytes does archesporium arise from endothelium?

  1. Marchantia

  2. Funaria

  3. Sphagnum

  4. Anthoceros


Correct Option: A

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
In which one of the following plants sporophyte is completely dependent on gametophyte?

  1. Riccia

  2. Funaria

  3. Angiosperms

  4. Gymnosperms


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Plant body of bryophyte is differentiated than that of algae and it is thallus like and prostate and effect. The main plant body is haploid and is known as gametophyte. There is a multicellular body which is known as sporophyte which is not free living and is attached to the gametophyte and derives nourishment from it.

So, the correct answer is Riccia which is a bryophyte.