Which one of the following is a non-vascular embryophyte?
(a) Thallophyta
(b) Bryophyta
(c) Pteridophyta
Which one of the following is true moss?
(a) Club moss
(b) Reindeer moss
(c) Irish moss
(d) Bogg moss (Sphagnum)
First land inhabiting plants are
(a) Angiosperms
(b) Gymnosperms
(c) Bryophytes
(d) Pteridophytes
Saprophytic bryophyte is
(a) Buxbaumia aphylla
(b) Ricciocarpus natans
(c) Riccia fluitans
(d) Radula sp
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Bryophytes are of
(a) Great economic value
(b) No value at all
(c) Great ecological importance
(d) A lot of aesthetic value
Bryophytes can be separated from algae, because they
(a) Are thalloid forms
(b) Have no conducting tissue
(c) Possess archegonia
(d) Contain chloroplast
The largest bryophyte is
(a) Funaria (Moss)
(b) Marchantia
(c) Megaceros
(d) Dowsonia
Bryophytes comprise
(a) Sporophyte is of longer duration
(b) Dominant phase of sporophyte which is parasitic
(c) Dominant phase of gametophyte which produces spores
(d) Small sporophyte phase and generally parasitic on gametophyte
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A common characteristic between bryophytes and pteridophytes is
(a) Vascularisation
(b) Terrestrial habit
(c) Water for fertilization
(d) Independent sporophyte
In bryophytes, antherozoids are
(a) Biflagellate
(b) Multiflagellate
(c) Sometimes biflagellate and sometimes multiflagellate
(d) Biflagellate in a few species and multiflagellate in the rest
Largest gametophyte is found in __
(a) Angiosperm
(b) Polytrichum
(c) Nephrolepis
(d) Cycas
Dichotomous branching is found in
(a) Fern
(b) Funaria
(c) Liverworts
(d) Marchantia
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Two type of cells hyaline and green or with various shades are characteristic of bryophytes in
(a) Funaria hygrometrica
(b) Polytrichum commune
(c) Sphagnum pappiolossum
(d) Porella pelatyphylla
Heteromorphic alternation of generation is commonly found in
(a) Algae
(b) Fungi
(c) Bryophyta
Gemmae are vegetative reproductive structures found in
(a) Angiosperms
(b) Bryophytes
(c) Algae
(d) Gymnosperms
The term bryophyta was given by
(a) Darwin
(b) Braun
(c) Aristotle
(d) Galen
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Along the sea-coast which of the following is least likely to be found
(a) Brown algae
(b) Red algae
(c) Mosses
What is incorrect for bryophytes?
(a) Vascular tissue lacking
(b) Independent sporophyte absent
(c) Gametophyte reduced and dependent
(d) Asexual reproduction by zoospores absent
Venter is the part of
(a) Sporogonium
(b) Sporangium
(c) Antheridium
(d) Archegonium
One of the following is of considerable economic importance
(a) Riccia
(b) Funaria
(c) Marchantia
(d) Sphagnum
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The function of elaters is
(a) Absorption of food
(b) Conduction of sap
(c) Spore dispersal
(d) To provide support
Among the following which is not characteristic feature of bryophyta
(a) Motile sperms
(b) Presence of archegonium
(c) Water essential for fertilization
(d) Photosynthetically independent sporophyte
Archesporium is
(a) A diploid tissue responsible for the formation of sporogenous tissue
(b) A part of archegonia
(c) A haploid tissue responsible for the formation of gametophytic cells
Have capacity of absorbing water, used to replace cotton and used as a fuel is
(a) Marchantia
(b) Riccia
(c) Sphagnum
(d) Funaria
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Elaters are present in sporogonium of
(a) Riccia
(b) Marchantia
(c) Selaginella
(d) Sphagnum
In which of the following groups would you place a plant which produces spores and embryos but lacks seeds and vascular tissue:
(a) Fungi
(b) Bryophytes
(c) Pteridophytes
(d) Gymnosperms
The evidence for aquatic origin of bryophytes is
(a) Ciliated sperms
(b) Green colour
(c) Protonema thread
(d) Some are still aquatic
Last stage of gametophytic generation is
(a) Gametes
(b) Zygote
(c) Spore mother cells
(d) Spores
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A bryophyte suddenly started reproducing parthenogenetically. The number of chromosomes of the second generation compared to parent plant will be
(a) Same
(b) One-half
(c) Double
(d) Triple
