Question

Match the columns I and II:
(A)(a) - (ii), (b) -(V), (c)-(iii),(d) -(i);(e)-(iv)
(B)(a)- (v), (b) -(iv), (c)-(iii),(d) -(ii),(e)-(i)
(C)(a) - (v), (b) -(i), (c) -(ii), (d) -(iv), (e) -(iii)
(D) (a)-(iii), (b)- (ii), (c) -(i), (d) -(v), (e) -(iv)
(E)(a)-(i), (b) -(iv), (c) -(iii), (d) -(v), (e) -(ii)

Answer 1

A Anthoceros - hornwort (sporophyte appears horn like)

B Adiantum - Walking fern (vegetative reproduction by bending of fronds towards the soil, where new roots arise)

C.Prothallus - Gametophyte (haploid, independent, cordate gametophyte, bears both Antheridia and Archegonia)

D.Sargassum - Alga (Brown, marine, macroalgae belonging to class Phaeophyceae and order Fucales)

E. Asterales - Inferae (As per Bentham and Hooker classification, Asterales is a cohort belonging to series Inferae)

So, the correct answer is '(A) - (a) - (ii), (b) -(V), (c)-(iii),(d) -(i);(e)-(iv)'