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Assertion: The bryophytes exist in two phases - gametophyte and sporophyte.

Reason: The sporophyte is nutritionally independent.

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Important Questions on Classification of Plant Kingdom

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Isogamous reproduction and flagellated gametes can be observed in
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Life cycle of Ectocarpus and Fucus respectively are:
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Which of the following is responsible for peat formation?
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Match the plant with the kind of life cycle it exhibits:

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(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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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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Which one of the following statements is wrong?
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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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In which of the following gametophyte is not independent free living?
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Which one of the following is wrong about Chara?
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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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An alga which can be employed as food for human beings:
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Identify the figures given below marked as A, B, C, and D.

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Which of the following pairs is of unicellular algae?
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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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Which one of the following statements is wrong?
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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: