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Heterospory and seed habit are often discussed in relation to a structure called:

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Important Questions on Plant Kingdom

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Pteriodophytes, especially ferns possess the following characteristics

i) Circinate vernation

ii) Ramenta

iii) Eustele

iv) Paraphysis

The correct combination is 

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Choose correct pair from the following
I) Primary producers: Important step in evolution

II) Specific water requirement for fertilization of Pteridophytes: Restricted to narrow geographical regions

III) Growth of young embryo in female gametophyte: Food cycle of aquatic animals

IV) Colonization of mosses and Lichens on rocks: Ecological significance

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Micropyle of seed is involved in the passage of
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Assertion (A): In pteridophytes, the gametophytes require cool, damp, shady places to grow.

Reason R: Specific requirement and the need for water for fertilization, the spread of living pteridophytes is limited and restricted to narrow geographical regions.

The correct answer is:

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From the evolution point of view, retention of the female gametophyte with developing young embryo on the parent sporophyte for some time, is first observed in:
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Assertion (A): In evolution, the distribution of Bryophytes and Pteridophytes, was limited.

Reason (R) : The need for water for the transportation of male gametes and fertilization limited their distribution.

The correct option among the following is:

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The scutellum observed in a grain of wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons
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In which of the following gametophyte is not independent free living?
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Character of Pteridophyte considered as an important step in evolution
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A large persistent cotyledon in the embryo of the wheat grain is called:
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Assertion: In Bryophytes & Pteridophytes, the number of male gametes produced is several thousand times the number of female gametes produced.

Reason: A large number of male gametes fail to reach the female gametes during transport.

HARD
Match the following lists:
  List-I   List-II
(A) Siphonostele (I) Dissected siphonostele with overlapping leaf gaps
(B) Solenostele (II) Siphonostele with scattered leaf gaps
(C) Dictyostele (III) Central core of xylem surrounded by phloem
(D) Protostele (IV) Medullated protostele

The correct match is:

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Genera like Selaginella and Salvinia produce two kinds of spores. Such plants are known as:
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Assertion (A): The development of zygote into young embryo with in female gametophyte indicates the precursor for the seed habit.

Reason (R) : In pteridophytes, the gametophyte requires cool, damp, shady place to grow.

The correct option among the following is:

MEDIUM

Arrange the following plants with their respective classes in the same order. Sphenopsida, Psilopsida, Pteropsida, Lycopsida, Gnetopsida

A) Selaginella
B) Equisitum
C) Sphagnum
D) Adiantum
E) Psilotum
F) Gnetum

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Read the following five statements (A to E) and select the option with all correct statements:

(a) Mosses and lichens are the first organisms to colonize bare rock.
(b) Selaginella is a homosporous pteridophyte.
(c) Coralloid roots in Cycas have VAM.
(d) Main plant body in bryophytes is gametophytic, whereas in pteridophytes it is sporophytic.
(e) In gymnosperms, male and female gametophytes are present within sporangia located on sporophytes.
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Which one of the following statements is correct?