Multiple Choice Questions

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Funaria gametophyte is

  • dioecious

  • heteroecious

  • autoecious

  • monoecious and autoecious


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monoecious and autoecious

Funaria is a monoecious species, i.e., male (antheridia) and female (archegonia) set organs are found on the same gametopyhtic plant. Antheridia and Archegonia are found on the different leaf like branches called gametophores of the smae plant.


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The character found only in halophytes is

  • sunken stomata

  • vivipary

  • velamen tissue

  • heterophylly


Which one of the following is categorised under living fossils?

  • Selaginella

  • Metasequoia

  • Pinus

  • Cycas


Iodine is obtained from

  • Laminaria 

  • Chlorella

  • Polysiphonia

  • Porphyra


In Funaria, stomata are present on the

  • stem

  • leaves

  • capsule

  • apophysis


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Chlorenchyma is known to develop in the

  • spore capsule of a moss

  • pollen tube of Pinus

  • cytoplasm of Chlorella

  • mycellium of a green mould such as Aspergillus


Agar-agar is obtained from

  • Chlorella

  • Spirogyra

  • Ulothrix

  • Gelidium


Largest moss is

  • Pogonatum

  • Funaria

  • Dawsonia

  • Polytrichum


Phycobilins absorb light of wavelength

  • 670-700 nm

  • 610-650 nm

  • 500-650 nm

  • 420-520 nm


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Which one of the following is a saprophytic bryophyte?

  • Riccia fluitans

  • Buxbaumia aphylla

  • Funaria hygrometrica

  • Sphagnum


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