The bryophytes are also called as the amphibians of plants kingdom mainly because:

1. they respire through the moist epidermis
2. they depend on water for sexual reproduction
3. they require more water than most plants
4. they lack true roots
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Which characteristic feature is common to both Bryophytes and Pteridophytes?
1. Presence of flowers 
2. Production of seeds 
3. Dependence on water for fertilization 
4. Presence of vascular tissues
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In mosses, spores: 
I: are contained in capsule 
II: undergo meiosis 
 
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct 
4. Both I and II are incorrect
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The figure shows:
        
1. Female thallus of Marchantia
2. Male thallus of Marchantia
3. Gametophyte of Funaria
4. Sporophyte of Funaria
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Thallus like plant body, attached to substratum by rhizoids, requiring water for sexual reproduction and a dominant gametophyte characterise:
1. Pteridophytes 2. Gymnosperms
3. Monocots 4. Bryophytes
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Which stage in life cycle of mosses bears sex organs?
1. spore
2. prothallus
3. leafy stage
4. secondary protonema
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All the following will be correct for bryophytes in general, except:
1. The sex organs are multicellular.
2. The female sex organ called archegonium is flask-shaped and produces a single egg.
3. They produce biflagellate antherozoids.
4. Zygotes undergo reduction division immediately.
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Vegetative reproduction in mosses is by:

1. Fragmentation and budding in secondary protonema
2. Only budding in secondary protonema
3. Adventitious roots and budding in secondary protonema
4. Fragmentation and budding in sporophyte
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Study the Assertion statement followed by the Reason statement given below:
Assertion (A): Mosses reduce the impact of falling rain and prevent soil erosion.
Reason (R): Mosses form dense mats on the soil.
 
1. (A) is True and (R) is False.
2. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
3. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
4. (A) is False and (R) is True.
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In a moss, the sporophyte

1. Manufactures food for itself, as well as for the gametophyte
2. Arises from a spore produced from gametophyte
3. Is partially parasitic on the gametophyte
4. Produces gametes that give rise to the gametophyte
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