Read the following statement (A-E) and answer the equestion which follows them
(A) In liverworts, mosses and fems fametophytes are free living
(B) Gymnospers and some ferms are heterosphorous
(C) Sexual reproduction if Fucus, Volvox and Allbugo is oogamous
(D) The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses
(E) Both, Pinus and Marchantia are dioecious
How many of the above statements are correct

Options

A. Three
B. Four
C. One
D. T'AO

Answer

1

Explanation

(i) True, In liverworts and mosses the dominant generation is gametophyte in ferns the gametophyte although not the dominant generation it is free living, autotrophic. (ii) True, Gymnosperms a re heterosporou s and some ferns ( e., g- selaginella&salvinia) are also heterosporous. (iii) True, Fucus (Brown alg( l) and Volvox (green alga) are both oogamous algae. Albugo is a fungus belonging to Oomycetes/ Phycomycetes which too shows oogamy. (iv) False, Actually the sporo- phyte of Mosses js more elaborate than of Liverworts. (v) False, Cycas is Dioecious and Pinus is Monoecious