NEET Previous Year Question
Read the following five statements (A - E) and answer as asked next to them.
(A) In Equisetum, the female gametophyte is retained on the parent sporophyte.
(B) In Ginkgo, the male gametophyte is not independent.
(C) The sporophyte in Riccia is more developed than that in Polytrichum.
(D) Sexual reproduction in Volvox is isogamous.
(E) The spores of slime moulds lack cell walls.
How many of the above statements are correct?
Topic: NEET PYQ
Answer: C. Full step-by-step solution below.
- AThree
- BFour
- COne
- DTwo
Correct answer: C
Solution
(b) in Ginkgo (a gymnosperm), the male gametophyte is dependent and not free-living. All other statements contain biological inaccuracies regarding life cycles, reproductive types, or structural complexity.More Plant Kingdom PYQs
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