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Identify the pair of heterosporous pteridophytes among the following: 

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Important Questions on Plant Kingdom

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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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Character of Pteridophyte considered as an important step in evolution
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Genera like Selaginella and Salvinia produce two kinds of spores. Such plants are known as:
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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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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.

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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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Pteriodophytes, especially ferns possess the following characteristics

i) Circinate vernation

ii) Ramenta

iii) Eustele

iv) Paraphysis

The correct combination 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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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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Selaginella has a tendency to form seed, called seed habit, because it follows ______
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The number of spores in the sporangium of fern is
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Jacket of fern antheridium is composed of ______
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The place where sporangium of a fern bursts open is called ______
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In which of the following would you place the plants having vascular tissue lacking seeds?
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Selaginella has a tendency to form seed, called seed habit, because it follows ______
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Which of the following examples is correct with respect to a vascular cryptogam?