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 mutlicellular sporophyte Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

(a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)

(a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)

Dominant phase of gametophyte which produces spores.

Small sporophyte phase and generally parasitic on gametophyte

Sporophyte phase is of longer duration

Dominant phase of sporophyte which is parasitic.

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Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : The first stage of gametophyte in the life cycle of moss is protonema stage.

Reason (R): Protonema develops directly from spores produced in capsule.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Which one of the following organisms is a bryophyte?

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Gemmae are present in:

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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 mutlicellular sporophyte

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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In which of the following groups do the male and female gametophytes have independent, free-living existence?

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Arrange the functions of the following respectively:
(A) Elaters
(B) Indusium
(C) Agar

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Which of the following is responsible for peat formation?

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Assertion (A): Bryophytes are the amphibians of the plant kingdom.

Reason (R): They are found in swamps and areas, where water and land meet.

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In bryophytes and pteridophytes, transport of male gametes requires:

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Plants like Marchantia and Funaria produce gametes by mitosis, because

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Match the following lists:

	List- $I$		List- $II$
A.	Protonema	$I .$	Useful in spore dispersal
B.	Circinate venation	$II .$	Coiling of young leaves in Pteridophytes
C.	Elaters	$III .$	Storage food in Rhodophyceae
D.	Floridean starch	$IV .$	Juvenile stage of Bryophytes
		$V .$	Naked ovules