Biotechnology’s role in food production is mainly based on which process?
Correct answer D. Fermentation
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In a seed plant, what is the microspore that contains the male gametophyte and its gametes called?
Correct answer D. Pollen grain
In the life cycle of Pinus, the megaspore mother cell inside the megasporangium divides to form four megaspores. Which type of division is this?
Correct answer B. Meiosis
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Which of the following groups is the most advanced?
Correct answer A. Anthoceropsida
To which group do Pinus, Taxus and Picea belong?
Correct answer C. Gymnosperms
In which group of tracheophytes are ovules borne exposed on the surface of megasporophylls?
Correct answer C. Gymnosperms
What does the protonema of a moss resemble?
Correct answer C. Algae like
What are the protective layers surrounding the megasporangium, which vary in number, called?
Correct answer D. Integuments
Which feature gives Adiantum, a member of Filicinae, the name maidenhair fern?
Correct answer A. Stipe (stalk) and rachis of leaf have black smooth and shiny hair like structures
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In which plant are antheridiophores and archegoniophores found?
Correct answer B. Marchantia
Which statement about Filicinae, a group of tracheophytes, is incorrect?
Correct answer B. They belong to Sphenopsida
Which are the simplest of all bryophytes?
Correct answer B. Liverworts
During leaf evolution, what is the arrangement of unequal dichotomous branches into a single plane called?
Correct answer B. Planation
Mosses belong to which sub-division?
Correct answer A. Bryopsida
Megaphylls, leaves with branched veins and an expanded lamina, are a characteristic of which plants?
Correct answer B. Both b and c
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Which plant group was the first to form true leaves?
Correct answer B. Lycopsida
What is the chromosome condition of the sporophyte?
Correct answer B. Diploid
Addison’s disease results from a deficiency of which hormone?
Correct answer A. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone
By what other names are ground pines known?
Correct answer C. Both of these
What is the zygote formed in liverworts?
Correct answer B. Unicellular