NEET Previous Year Question
Read the following given statements (A to E) and select the option with all correct statements:
(A) Mosses and Lichens are the first organisms. [AIPMT 2015]
(B) Selaginella a homosporous pteridophyte.
(C) Coralloid roots in Cycus have VAM.
(D) The main plant body in bryophytes is gametophyte where as in pteridophytes it is sporophytic.
(E) In gymnosperms, the male and female gametophytes are present within sporangia located
to sporophyte.
Topic: NEET PYQ
Answer: C. Full step-by-step solution below.
- A(A), (C) and (D)
- B(B), (C) and (D)
- C(A), (D) and (E)
- D(B), (C) and (E)
Correct answer: C
Solution
(c) Statement (A) is correct: In ecological succession, Lichens and Mosses are pioneer organisms that can colonise bare rock by weathering it into soil.Statement (D) is correct: Bryophytes have a dominant gametophyte (n) phase, while Pteridophytes have evolved to have a dominant sporophyte (2n) phase.
Statement (E) is correct: In Gymnosperms, gametophytes are highly reduced and remain dependent within the sporangia of the parent plant.
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