Which one of the following structures is haploid in its ploidy level? 
1. Primary Endospore Nucleus 
2. Microspore Mother cell 
3. Protonemal cell of a moss 
4. Primary endosperm nucleus in dicot 

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Read the following statements (A-E) and answer the question which follows them. 

A: In liverworts, mosses, and ferns gametophytes are free-living 
B: Gymnosperms and some ferns are heterosporous 
C: Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvox and Albugo is oogamous 
D: The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses 
E: Both, Pinus and Marchantia are dioecious 

How many of the above statements are correct?

1. Two 

2. Three

3. Four

4. One

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Match the plant with the kind of life cycle it exhibits:
List-I List-II
(a) Spirogyra (i) Dominant diploid sporophyte vascular plant, with highly reduced male or female gametophyte
(b) Fern (ii) Dominant haploid free-living gametophyte
(c) Funaria (iii) Dominant diploid sporophyte alternating with reduced gametophyte called prothallus
(d) Cycas (iv) Dominant haploid leafy gametophyte alternating with partially dependent multicellular sporophyte


Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
2. (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
3. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
4. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
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Match List-I with List-II:

List-I List-II
a. Cedrus  (i) Pteridophyte
b. Adiantum (ii) Gymnosperm
c. Sphagnum (iii) Liverwort 
d. Marchantia (iv) Moss

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

a b c d
1. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
2. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
3. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
4. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
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Given are the following five statements (I - V) for your consideration:

I: In Equisetum, the female gametophyte is retained on the parent sporophyte
II: In Ginkgo, the male gametophyte is not independent
III: The sporophyte in Marchantia is more developed than that in Polytrichum
IV: Sexual reproduction in Volvox is isogamous
V: The spores of slime moulds lack cell walls


How many of the above statements is/are correct?

1. Three 2. Four
3. One 4. Two
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Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched?
1. Salvinia - Prothallus 2. Viroids – RNA
3. Mustard-Synergids 4. Ginkgo-Archegonia
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What is common in all the three, Funaria, Dryopteris and Ginkgo?
1. Presence of archegonia
2. Well-developed vascular tissues
3. Independent gametophyte
4. Independent sporophyte
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Read the following five statements (I to V) and select the option with all correct statements. 

I: Mosses and lichens are the first organisms to colonise bare rock. 
II: Selaginella is a homosporous pteridophyte. 
III: Coralloid roots in Cycas have VAM. 
IV: Main plant body in bryophytes is gametophytic, whereas in pteridophytes it is sporophytic. 
V: In gymnosperms, male and female gametophytes are present within sporangia located on sporophytes.
1. I, III and IV 2. II, III and IV
3. I, IV and V 4. II, III and V
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