Plant Kingdom

Read the following statements and identify the characters related to the alga shown in the diagram : [Figure] Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

1. C, D and E only
2. A and B only
3. A, B and C only
4. A, C and D only

Gemmae are present in

1. Some Liverworts
2. Mosses
3. Pteridophytes
4. Some Gymnosperms

Which of the following algae produce Carrageen?

1. Blue-green algae
2. Green algae
3. Brown algae
4. Red algae

Which of the following algae contains mannitol as reserve food material?

1. Ulothrix
2. Ectocarpus
3. Gracilaria
4. Volvox

Genera like Selaginella and Salvinia produce two kinds of spores. Such plants are known as :

1. Heterosporous
2. Homosorus
3. Heterosorus
4. Homosporous

Which of the following pairs is of unicellular algae?

1. Gelidium and Gracilaria
2. Anabaena and Volvox
3. Chlorella and Spirulina
4. Laminaria and Sargassum

Floridean starch has structure similar to

1. Amylopectin and glycogen
2. Mannitol and algin
3. Laminarin and cellulose
4. Starch and cellulose

Strobili or cones are found in

1. Pteris
2. Marchantia
3. Equisetum
4. Salvinia

From evolutionary point of view, retention of the female gametophyte with developing young embryo on the parent sporophyte for some time, is first observed in:

1. Pteridophytes
2. Mosses
3. Liverworts
4. Gymnosperms

Pinus seed cannot germinate and establish without fungal association. This is because :

1. it has very hard seed coat
2. its seeds contain inhibitors that prevent germination
3. its embryo is immature
4. it has obligate association with mycorrhizae