NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 2003

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                    Plants reproducing by spores such as mosses and ferns are grouped under the general term:

    A)                                                                                                                                                                                            sporophytes         

    B)                 thallophytes                         

    C)                 cryptogams                          

    D)                 bryophytes

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    The word cryptogam came from the greek word cryptos - hidden: gamos - marriage.                 Sporophyte is a stage in the life cycle of a plant. In ordinary conditions it always diploid. Thallophytes are the group of lower plants which do not have vascular supply, e.g.. Bacteria, algae, fungi etc.                 Bryophyta is a group of cryptogams which has the amphibious type of adaptation.


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