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In mosses conducting tissue is _________.

  1. Phloem

  2. Parenchyma

  3. Xylem

  4. Coloured cells.


Correct Option: B

Rhizoids in Riccia are

  1. Unicellular smooth-walled

  2. Unicellular tuberculate

  3. Both smooth-walled and tuberculate unicellular

  4. Multicelhllar smooth-walled and tuberculate


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The rhizoids are unicellular and unbranched. They anchor the thallus to the substratum and are usually of two types, smooth walled and tuberculated. Rhizoids are present in the mid-rib region of thallus.

Match the columns
Column-I                                            Column-II
A  Hornwort                             1        Lycopodium
B  Liverwort                             2        Ricciocarpus
C Stonewort                            3        Anthoceros
D Club moss                           4        Chara







  1. A B C D

    2 3 4 1

  2. 2 3 1 4

  3. 3 2 1 4

  4. 3 2 4 1


Correct Option: D

Thallus of Riccia is

  1. Triploid

  2. Diploid

  3. Haploid

  4. Tetraploid


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The plant body  of Riccia is thallus. It is small, green flat and rather fleshy.  It is  gametophytic in nature and hence, haploid.

Plant body of Riccia is

  1. Sporophyte

  2. Gametophyte

  3. Aquatic

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Riccia plants are small. The plant body is a thallus that is not differentiated into root, stem and leaf. It is strap-shaped and about 0.5 to 4 mm wide and branches dichotomously (equally forked). It is gametophytic in nature.

In which of the following plants gametophytic phase is dominant?

  1. Fern

  2. Moss/Riccia

  3. Angiosperm

  4. Cycas


Correct Option: B

Sphagnum is also called 'Poet Moss' because it

  1. Occurs in peat

  2. Grows in acidic marshes

  3. Decays to form peat

  4. Quickens fossilisation


Correct Option: B

Antherozoids of moss are

  1. Short, curved and biflagellate

  2. Rod-shaped, biciliate

  3. Short and multiflagellate

  4. Long and multiciliate


Correct Option: A

Instead of elaters, the sporogonium of Riccia contains

  1. Nurse cells

  2. Pseudoelaters

  3. Photosynthetic cells

  4. Columella


Correct Option: A

Sex organs of Riccia are

  1. Projecting

  2. Embedded

  3. Occur in receptacles

  4. Borne laterally


Correct Option: B